Alex (4-0) Smith, a resume

Or, what Aaron Rodgers might have become...

6-4, 212 lbs.

Career W/L:  42-36-1

• 2005, age 21
• First pick in NFL draft.  
• New team, new coach, new offensive coordinator.
• Games started 7 / rating 40.8 / IAYPA 2.0
• Passes for one touchdown, 11 INTs

• 2006, age 22
• New offensive coordinator (Norv Turner)
• GS 16 / rating 74.8 / IAYPA 4.7

• 2007, age 23
• New offensive coordinator (Jim Hostler)
• Shoulder injury from Seahawks game mis-diagnosed, character and courage questioned
• GS 7 / rating 57.2 / IAYPA 3.7

• 2008, age 24
• New offensive coordinator (Mike Martz)
• Beaten out for starting job by Shaun Hill
• New coach (Singletary) at mid-season following firing of Nolan.
• Placed on injured reserve with broken shoulder bone in September
• Plays in no games
• Takes large pay cut
• GS 0 / rating 0 / IAYPA 0.0

• 2009, age 25
• New offensive coordinator (Jimmy Raye)
• Starts as 2nd string QB but replaces Hill during the season
• Goes to the Super Bowl...as an announcer for the BBC
• GS 10 / rating 81.5 / IAYPA 4.7

• 2010, age 26
• New offensive coordinator after 0-5 start...Raye replaced by Mike Johnson
• GS 10 / rating 82.1 / IAYPA 5.5

• 2011, age 27
• New coach (Harbaugh), new offensive coordinator (Roman)
• Smith's family urge him to leave SF, but signs a one-year contract and helps install Harbaugh offense during strike
• During the offseason Smith is chosen by teammates as winner of the Ed Block Courage Award, annually awarded to the player that exemplifies a commitment to sportsmanship and courage.
• GS 16 / rating 90.7 / IAYPA 6.5

• 2012, age 28
• Harbaugh denies courting Peyton Manning during the offseason
• Smith completes 18/19 passes, 232 yards and three touchdowns, no INTs, in 24–3 win over Arizona.
• NFL record: highest completion percentage in a game with minimum of 15 attempts. 
• Concussion the following week and is replaced by Kaepernick
• GS 9 / rating 104.1 / IAYPA 6.8

• 2013, age 29
• New team, new coach (Reid), new offensive coordinator (Doug Pederson).  
• GS 4 / rating 92.1 / IAYPA 6.1
• 4-0

Alex Smith, who lost his job last year with the 49ers, threw three touchdown passes, and Dexter McCluster returned a punt 89 yards for another score as the Chiefs joined the 1980 Detroit Lions as the only teams in modern league history to win two or fewer games one season, then rocket to a 4-0 start the next.  (link)

Screw it, I'm just going to root for this guy.  Hard not to.