Thanks Ric Romero!

I have not been an Alex Smith supporter. I even went as far as to call him a “bust” in the off-season and even mentioned releasing him following this season in a separate thread just weeks ago.

          But i am all about the success of the 49ers franchise and if Alex Smith continues what he started in the 2nd half against Houston then of course the success of this team will be fast tracked.

… if Smith had been wearing a peach and papaya colored uniform with a mucho macho swashbuckling ostrich plume plastered on his helmet.

Well put. Great reference to Young!

I saw at least as much confidence emanating from Nate Davis during the preseason

I’d be confident playing against 2nd and 3rd stringers as well. Shaun Hill played with confidence and so did JTO, yes JTO, he was confident that he would screw up eventually. The Nate Davis Bandwagon is the most annoying vehicle since the suped up Cavalier. C’mon with this Nate Davis stuff.

The question in the poll was, “COULD Alex Smith Actually be the 49ers QB of the future?” To which 83% say yes it’s possible that he COULD be. If the question was, “WILL Alex Smith be the 49ers QB of the future?” the results would probably be a lot different.

i don’t know about other fans but the 9er fans on here are way too emotional over nothing. maybe its cuz most of them are actually from frisco. smith has not proven anything yet. one half does not a qb make.

I agree that it’s nice that we’ll get to see Smith play this year. If he doesn’t pan out and we have to cut bait and draft a 1st-round QB, that’s of course disappointing, but not the end of the world. While I understand why there are so many “Smith’s-a-bust”-ers, we really only have about a season and a half to go on because he was playing with a broken shoulder in year three. Hill is a quality back-up, and Davis is a guy whose potential I’m excited about—but at this point, I hope Smith makes like year 2 when he took every snap for the Niners.

Hey, at least we get to see what we have here. Worst case, he fails, we know neither him or Hill are the future and we know it with certainty and we keep drafting QBs until we find one. The problem is we spent a lot of money on a guy whom got hurt so we havn’t properly been able to evaluate him. Which I feel has kept us off the table when it came to using a high draft pick on another QB. At least this year, we get to see what we have, good or bad. Well said Spurred. I’m just glad we get to see once and for all, what we actually have.

Should he be the QB of the future (and present), that type of experience will serve him and the franchise quite well.

And if he does perform well ( but still isn’t our guy for whatever reason ) his trade value will increase noticeably.

he just has physical limitations that most NFL QB’s and Alex Smith don’t have. I appreciate everything Shaun Hill has done for this team, he has been the true professional and a winner. But it is clear where the talent is at the QB position for the 49ers. And if Smith can continue it will only benefit the 49ers organization.

         And in the end aren’t we all about winning as 49ers fans?

I’d be more than happy to give you the Medal of Miraculous Foresight, except…

I still thought the 49ers would win their division and even go 11-5, but never because of Hill, just because of our defense and a running game.

We’ll be holding off on that medal until the end of the season. Sound fair?

it is dismaying to hear current Niner fans with no class. Back in the day we loved our Niners and never said this guy sucks or that guy is garbage. Totally classless. You need to grow up.

But I’ve been an adamant Smith guy for quite a while. The numbers don’t tell the whole story and dirtbag Nolan tried to end his career but Alex drove on. He has what it takes… People remember what they want to remember and thats a scapegoat for a horrible team.

How many people remember the articles about “small hands”? Now ask how many remember him leading several game winning 4th quarter drives in 06.

I want us to stay as far away from a top 3 round QB as possible. It would be such a gift to have Smith become an above average QB so we can really, and I mean really focus on the lines during the draft. I wanted despretly for us to go with Rodgers (Cal bears!!) and was a little bit let down with Smith, but without regurgitatiing the reasons (and there are many) why Smith hadn’t yet got a fair shake, it was nice EVEN FOR A HALF to see the mobility, arm and football brain he was billed to be. Nothing can recreate the magic that was Montana, Young and to me really Garcia, but we have a young team with some decent options at QB. Please oh please York, lets get some line help! Looking back, and I believe it was said up a ways, Smith was a high ceiling player that is finally giving us some hope (vs previous play) that may be the case and I for one am stoked. It has been a fun week of speculation and waiting so far!

There are no excuses if he fails this time

Except for a godawful O-line.

The kool aid tastes good. :)

if you think all of a sudden the 9ers are “real” contenders. they have to WIN FIRST to be real contenders. and there’s no way alex smith is better than arron rodgers. thats some strong koolaid you’re drinking.

Any given sunday you just never know

They can’t run the spread offense entirely, that just doesn’t work in the NFL. But what they could do is filter it in here and there, about 25-30 percent of the time. Who says Smith’s success in the 2nd half cannot translate to a more traditional NFL offense? We have not seen him fail at that this season so until we do shouldn’t we be reserving judgment?

                  Listen i am not advocating Alex Smith here as the saving grace of this offense, especially after just one half. But what i am doing is giving him another chance to prove that he isn’t a bust, at least in my mind. His success means 49ers success and both are what we as 49er fans strive for. Lets just take a wait and see approach until about week 11 then assess his success at that point.

                  This Nate Davis bandwagon is also starting to piss me off a little bit. Handing the mantle over Davis after just 4 pre-season games is way too premature. I think as a project Nate Davis could be the answer, but he is nowhere near ready and won’t be in the 2010 season either.

And an acceptable conclusion, but somewhere you lost the whole “reasoning” part that is necessary in any kind of assertion. Please try again. I’m not doubting your premise or your conclusion, but… why, exactly does the premise lead to the conslusion? Is it because defenses will adjust? Is it because it was a “once in a blue moon” effort from Smith? As written, you provide no actual evidence that Smith will NOT be successful. All you do is point out that he was indeed successful for pretty valid reasons.

anyone but the Dolphins use the spread offense exclusively…and even they put themselves in normal formations from time to time.

If the Niners can mix it in here and there, it only increases the Niners chance of offensive success. The more you can mix up the play-calling, the more you increase the looks you present to a defense. The Niners last Sunday did not run the spread exclusively anyhow, they mixed it up quite a bit if you go back and watch it again…or even the highlights for that matter.

The Patriots ran this sort of offense in 2007 when Brady threw 50 TD passes. I’m not implying that Smith would or could come close to that record so don’t get off track of the point here. The point is this, if Smith has the defense spread out, his passing efficeincy sky rockets. His last year at U of Utah he had 32 TD passes and 4 INT’s. Now this is pro versus college but consider the efficeincy rate there.

I can’t think of one team that used alternating QB’s in the same season that ever succeeded. The current situation in Philly is just plain weird. Just last week Vick was put in on a 2nd and 10 , threw a 4 yard pass, and then was taken out. WTF was that all about?

We shall see

did you mean the one over throw to Gore that would have resulted in a short gain or loss even? Those passes looked pretty crisp and on target.

I think that coach Singletary will just tell him to relax and go out there and have fun. If Alex is having fun, he increases our chances of winning