Alex Smith Can Still Win Passer Rating Crown Keep an eye on what San Francisco does with Alex Smith over the next two weeks. Coach Jim Harbaugh might want to make sure Smith gets a few more passes, particularly in what could be a meaningless Week 17 game for the 49ers against the Cardinals. Smith has a passer rating of 104.1, and Aaron Rodgers, Robert Griffin III and Peyton Manning are all within one point of Smith, who ranks third in the league. As it stands, unless Smith attempts seven more passes this season, he will be ineligible to win the passer rating crown, but if Harbaugh is so inclined, he could help Smith qualify. Smith also has a 70.0 percent completion percentage, but again, is seven attempts short of qualifying. If Smith completes nine of nine passes over the next two games, he will break the single-season completion percentage record set by Drew Brees last year. That's not too bad for a backup quarterback.