Top 12 reasons why Jim Harbaugh called Alex Smth an elite NFL QB

12) Also believes all of that stuff he told Jim Schwartz

11) Given his past DUI record, could possibly have been drunk at the time

10) Does not really know the meaning of the word elite

9) Also believes that all of the Harbaughs were also elite NFL QBs

8) Dominating the weakest division in football has caused his mind to snap

7) Knows that, going into this weekend's matchup with Eli Manning, that the line between ordinary and elite can be just a helmet catch away

6) Believes that, since Smith has gotten lucky in avoiding interceptions so far this year, that makes him elite

5) Clearly is not familiar with any of the '80s and '90s footage from the franchise vaults, or from before he took the job

4) If you are drafted #1 overall and have the starting job as the QB of a playoff-bound NFL team, you must be elite

3) Thinks that being on pace to throw for around 3,000 yards and 20 TDs in a season makes you elite, since that was good enough in the mid 1970s

2) Has seen enough of Colin Kaepernick and Scott Tolzien to know that pumping up Smith is his only real option

1) Wanted to see if he could say it and keep a straight face