Earlier this week, Alex Smith was asked about his relatively low passing-yardage total from the 2011 season.
"I could absolutely care less on yards per game," Smith said. "I think that is a totally overblown stat because if you're losing games in the second half, guess what, you're like the Carolina Panthers and you're going no-huddle the entire second half. Yeah, Cam Newton threw for a lot of 300-yard games. That's great. You're not winning, though."
And now, let's all give a warm welcome to Newton's defense lawyer, Panthers linebacker Jon Beason. Here was Beason's tweet on Thursday:
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Alex Smith, don't hate on Cam Bc your stats would've gotten u cut if Peyton decided to come 2 San Fran.Truth b told..That's after a 13-3 yr.
Sound off: Do you think Beason has a point? Do you think Smith has a point? Both? Neither?