. >> look at ray mcdonalds and issac -- mcdonald, and issac.robably one of the best lines in football. alex smith took this team on his back, jeremy at the end and won this football game! >> the path to win the game was awesome. the best one was the drive before. he getting blitzed, he has a perfect strike down the sideline to vernon. he was clutch all the way down from the 4th quarter on. when he needed a play, he made it. perfect strike here to vernon. he leaves him running. how do you do it better than that? >> yeah, he was absolutely unleashed today because he had to be because they were in a situation where you had to keep responding, and i think if you asked anybody if drew brees and alex smith went head-to-head, and lest show the numbers, drew brees would win the matchup. not so. bruise had to throw 63 -- brees had to throw 63 times to get the numbers. look at alex's numbers. he struggled in quarters it and 3. no doubt about it. when the chips were down, both quarterbacks went head-to-head in one of the greatest duals of nfl playoff hist