2011 NFL Free Agent QBs And The 49ers: Is Anyone OUR FUTURE?

kyle orton already signed a one year extension. he won’t be a free agent until 2012-13

you mean you don’t want Alex Smith anymore?

Otherwise try for someone list Tarvaris Jackson.

Part of me wants the team to continue it’s losing ways so that we could get Luck.. otherwise.. someone with good potential, strong and accurate arm and able to read and react postively to defenses.

manning

vick would fit fine. move j. staley back to the right side.

draft another qb with starting potential

heck I even like gradowski

(my previous post btw was pure mischeviousness)

Sorry Tre had to poke a little fun

There are plenty of guys out there. I would swoop up on Denis Dixon or Vick if we could. My morals are tossed to the side once we have a poop infested season like this. If we have a chance snag up Luck, Locker , or one of the Oregon boys.

But let’s not lose sight of what’s truly important:

Wasn’t there a moratorium on graphical representations of The Hated One on our beloved blog?

theres absolutely no way in hell peyton leaves the colts. that team is sub-500 without him

lets see about troy smith and nate davis, then see whos available in FA. id honestly like to get a FA rather than draft a QB. draft a top CB

of course i wanted vick signed our of prison so

But seriously, Dennis Dixon looked fantastic in college before the injury(s)… And Kerry Collins is the real deal, even if he just holds a clipboard (which is why I doubt they let him walk).

Same with Tarvaris, but again, he’s more likely to be locked up than Glen Coffee with a loaded weapon.

I would rather have the future QB come from the draft in any of these 2 guys than sign anybody in that list (Manning & Vick wont be available, lets get real)…..show Carr and T.Smith the boot, keep A. Smith for a year more and let Luck learn the system, and then we will have a complete team (considering the most important part of all, that we have a new coaching staff that actually teaches some football to these guys, we have talent, its only a matter that they have been poorly coached and poorly put in the position to make an actual team effort and thus win games)

Orton is an intriguing option who might become available.

If the Broncos continue to have a mediocre season then either the fans or ownership might clamor for Tebow. And if he shows anything then Orton becomes expendable.

As competition for whoever we draft. Would not mind him as a backup.

I find the whole thing a bit depressing. None of the free agents either will sign for us (Manning, Vick) or are any good (everyone else on that list). And I can’t think about a high pick being spent on a QB because it reminds me of Alex and gives me the heebie-jeebies.

The only thing I can think is that we bring Shaun Hill back.

(For what it’s worth, my first paragraph was serious; my second was not.)

I think the 49ers need to take several routes to fix this issue. They need depth. They need a starter. They need both short term and long term solutions. Free agent signings, re-signings, and drafting will all be necessary.

Of the available free agents, I’m not too excited about anyone. Michael Vick is intriguing because of how well he has played and how he could make this bad pass blocking look a lot better. However, I don’t think he will ever be a reliable option long-term (injury; cost; will always play at such a high level?). Also, there will be a lot of competition to sign him after what he has shown this season, not to mention there would be a lot of sensitive 49ers fans resenting him from day 1.

Hasselbeck would be an interesting gap-filler. He wouldn’t be the future, but he could compete for the starting job and would at the very least add depth and a veteran presence. With that said, I wouldn’t be surprised if he stays in Seattle. McNabb, eh. Manning isn’t gonna happen. No thanks to Favre. Orton is over-achieving (to his credit, of course), but I don’t see him as a franchise guy.

Of the lower-profile guys, the ones I would have any interest in are Jackson, Pennington, Gradkowski, and Dixon. However, I wouldn’t see any of them as “the future.” More just guys that could compete and add better depth than Carr. None would be a guaranteed upgrade over A.Smith, but they could compete. Jackson seems similar to Smith (still unsure if he would be better or not), Pennington is a smart and scrappy (but injury prone) veteran, Gradkowski is an energetic spark plug, and Dixon has the potential to be a dynamic player. Not so sure he’ll ever be much of a passer, though.

As for Alex Smith, as sick of him as many fans are, I think it could be a good idea to retain him. He won’t demand a high salary, and rather than looking at him as “the future,” you simply look at him as one of the QBs on your roster. It is unlikely anyone available is going to come in and be immediately better than Smith, so he could help your team whether he’s starting or the backup. With that said, I don’t know if he will want to stay after this year. It may depend greatly on who the coach will be next season and whether he likes Smith or not.

And, of course, there is the draft. However, will that fix this team’s problems? I don’t know. Either way, a QB has got to be taken off the board by the 49ers, and I hope they hit on him. It’s such a damn crapshoot with QBs in the draft, so I hope the 49ers have good offensive minds going into the draft (I’m not so sure they have enough of those guys right now).

from the list. kerry tarvaris and gradkowski would probably be in there as well. vick will be hard to get, not impossible, but if he has a great year in philly, they’ll be foolish to let him go. vick and kolb is a QB headache most coaches would be happy to live with.

Let’s bring back Rattay

Put Bamm-Bamm in at qb/ with an Andy Lee wildcat option.
Put a helmet on Sing and let him fill in for PW and have TKO keep him from killing a ref while out there.
Make Johnson the interm HC since Sings on the field. And have Alex Smith take over Play calling since he seems smart enough just has problems with the exicution part of it.

Problems solved in house.
Playoffs here we come.

In that order. Maybe Kerry Collins, but he’s so old. And I still think Alex is a decent QB, just needs coaches to open up the offense more.

What about some of the guys playing UFL?
I don’t know who’s all out there. But Garcia, Cullpepper?
Just thinking maybe that could be added to this disscussion?

This entire discussion (and possibly season) is fallout from the first time we tried drafting a QB from a weak class, remember?

Without a veteran QB, proven coaches, and system to plug him into, your #1 Draft pick superstar QB will end up just like Alex Smith in a few years.

Insert smart-sounding quote about those ignorant of history doomed to repeat it, etc etc…

I think he’s the best option with the most potential upside for a Rich Gannon late Renaissance career. He played well when given the opportunity in Tennessee and some wondered why he wasn’t given a shot to ever win that job. He’s been forgotten because he plays behind Phillip Rivers in San Diego. Still he’s considered one of the best backup QBs in the NFL and has spent three years studying under Norv.

I like that option best if the 49ers cannot secure the top QB prospect in the draft. Even a guy like Locker probably won’t be ready to start the season so Volek is viable starter while the rookie learns on the bench.

Gradkowski- for the price/upside/stop-gap, whatever
or
Vick- throw as much money at him as it takes.

I had been banging the drum for him to play QB the last few years. At Penn St he showed more ability and intangibles than Smith or Carr ever had.

Teams with bad O-lines are where QBs go to die. Vick would be the only one with a fighting chance and he’s not dumb enough to try it without a big deal.

seems nice, he’s been backing up for Favre for 2 years now (might start this week and beyond)… i think he would be the Singletary type QB, because Singletary will probably be back next year, SADLY, or atleast the Yorks like him (singletary)..

I like Jackson and Brodie Croyle… hell, bring back Hill. he was a gutty guy out there.

gotta go get Andrew in this years draft… hopefully we get Luck(y)

Wonder if Cody pick-it or Tim Rattay are FAs next year?! We could pick them up n have a real QB battle in pre-season!

But I dont think he’ll come here. He’s going to get old in a hurry even if he really doesn’t because his jail time saved his legs, but his age number will lead teams thinking he’s old. So if his agent is smart he is going to attempt to parlay the season Vick has into a long term deal. So I think we are going after a QB in the draft as top priority which means whoever we bring in is a stopgap, dont think Vick will want to be a stop gap. The other strategy is to take Vick now spend that high first rounder on another position of need like CB then take a 2nd or 3rd round qb that you can develop for 3-4 years while Vick is around and address to areas of concern. The only flaw in the second strategy is that by developing a mid round qb you are saying I most likely am not getting elite talent and while I may develop a good qb at what point do I say as the 49er organization I need to have an elite quarterback who can carry a team. Id say its the difference between a Flacco-Rivers both much better than our current situation but still an obvious disparity.

Draft K. Cousins in the 5th or 6th
Sign Matt Hasselbeck.

?

I know he injured his knee this year and that may make this too speculative but from what I’ve seen I’d think he’d be a reliable backup.

He has running ability and I think from watching some games while he was at Oregon he will be a decent passer.

Unfortunately really only got one game to see him perform this year however this guy seems to win most of the games he is in and sometimes you just need that intangible.

Tavaris Jackson also wouldn’t be bad as he is mobile also.

If we have the mentality of getting back to being an offense minded team and getting back to our roots, we need a veteran to play a year and let our QBOTF sit for a bit. I think McNabb fits the best. He knows he isn’t going to start very much longer and he knows the West Coast Offense. He’s also a classy leader who could teach a rookie not only how to play the game but how to conduct himself like a professional.

Use him and watch him turn a team around. He’s bailed out the Eagles from inept seasons on occasion.

Garcia still has a couple of years left in him. Get him as soon as his contract with the UFL is up in November.
Mooch took us 12-4 with a mediocre team so imagine what he could do with the level of talent we have. Gruden’s won a superbowl.
Draft a smart qaurterback who can throw deep accurately. Let him learn from Garcia for two years. By that time our rookies on the o-line will be solid and able to protect him.
Keep Johnson. His playcalling gets more creative each game, so I’d like to see where he goes.
The bend but don’t break has got to go. When the opposing team is driving sixty yards a possession, that is time that your offense is not on the field. It also wears out your defense.
That means get some top flight cornerbacks.

Order 1: Fire Singletary (sorry love you as a player, but barely like you as a HC)
Order 2: Hire Cowher, or Gruden, or Fisher, or Fox (in that order, whoever is available. We need a HC w/ success)

(Overall we need pieces all around and depth but obviously just focusing on QBs)
Order 3: Sign McNabb, or Collins, or Pennington, or Vick, or Gradkow, or Dixon (in that order, but preference more to the experienced veteran, than skills)

(If we keep the way we’re going, we will go 3-13 which would get us a top3 1st rounder.)
Order 4: Draft Andrew Luck, or Jake Locker. NOT Mallet (it is vital we get a QBOTF, that can learn properly through a good HC and experienced vet)