Should the 49ers Entertain the Idea of Bringing Troy Smith Back?

I feel that bringing back Troy Smith would be divisive to the locker room and detrimental to the development of both Kaepernick and continued developments of Alex and Troy Smith. With Carr, you know what you have, and his room for improvement is near nonexistent due to age and being shell-shocked from his run with the Texans. Troy Smith, on the other hand, is still young, and needs considerable coaching to continue improving; if he remains with the Niners, that coaching will take away from the attention Kaepernick and A. Smith would receive, whereas if he went somewhere else where he could be the focus of development, it’d be most beneficial to him.

I’m not sure why Troy would even want to sign here. Kaepernick will be the number two guy until he takes over for Alex, so Troy would be at best the reserve QB. There are plenty of teams that could sign Troy to compete for the number two spot, and certain teams where he could potentially start a few games (i.e. the Cardinals). It just doesn’t make much sense career-wise for Troy to stick around here.

then also add an UDFA as well such as Froman

So, yes I would totally entertain the idea

I would say no. I’d rather have Kaepernick over A Smith and A Smith over T Smith and an UDFA over T Smith because his contract will command more money.

First, I think that Harbaugh likes his quarterbacks who are high intelligence type guys. I don’t know that Troy fits that bill. I remember they dummied down the offense (I don’t know how it’s possible to dummy down a Jimmy Raye offense), but nonetheless he didn’t have a grasp of the full playbook. Conversely, he did not have a training camp last season, but it is something to consider. Also, the Ravens dumped him so it’s possible John might have had a personal disinterest in Troy and let his brother know about it.

are you guys serious?

What did Carr do while on duty?
What did Troy do?

JH said he wants the best players in the name of competition.

Carr: Shell shocked and non athletic
Troy Smith: Swagger and more athletic then any other QB we have.

This is probably a moot point anyway, I doubt Troy wants to come back

He seems like a strong character guy with some toughness but I was not a fan of his accuracy when throwing the ball or his decision making. His performance seemed to depend on how lucky he got when he would throw up a couple jump balls. If the receiver’s made a great play or the defender fell down it would make his final numbers look better.

I mean, as a third QB he’s not bad but I don’t see him as a significant improvement over Carr. Seems like 6 of one, half dozen of the other to me.

I do like the idea of having a veteran third stringer though. I think Harbaugh’s going to be very busy this August trying to work with A. Smith and Kaepernick. I’d like for the 49ers to have a third string QB who has experience in the league and knows how to get the most out of mental reps because there won’t be a lot of snaps to go around.

as it stands right now, say one of the two gets hurt and the other sucks (AS, CK), you would put Carr in over Troy?
How can you say you want the worst of the 2 QBs (Troy/ Carr) to start?

who would you start 1st, Carr or Troy?

What would the contract be worth. I’m not going to waste cap space for a third string QB but if we could save cap space then yes I am all for it.

Jim Harbaugh once beaned a girl with a fastball

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1. Troy Smith > Carr
2. The more Smith’s we have, the more awesome the Niners are

as expected didn’t know much of the playbook. Initially was signed as the 3rd string QB. Can’t imagine he got many reps in practice up until we lost all confidence in Carr after the Carolina game.

For a QB who only got in 11 weeks of practice with very limited repetitions before starting a game, he did well enough to bring him back again this year.

David Carr is a better fit for Harbaugh’s offense, though I am a big Troy Smith fan. Folks have to remember that Carr was well-regarded around the league as a capable backup before coming to San Francisco, and the only reason I (an avid hater of the signing of Carr, look it up) give him a pass is because all the talk we heard about a lack of preparation. About amatuer-level training camps being run by Mike Singletary. To me that says I can’t fault Carr, who seems like a guy who likes to study, for being bad in the Panthers game.

This will be a power rushing attack, and Troy Smith certainly can hand off the ball and run an effective play action game, but he doesn’t have the accuracy needed in the short and intermediate and that’s where Carr excels. If it were me, I’d be looking elsewhere for an upgrade over both of them, but in a pinch, there’s no reason to re-sign Troy when there’s a contract in place with Carr.

Article here about Terrelle Pryor. I was half-expecting it to mention the 49ers but it didn’t. Any likelihood? I think Baalke said the Niners wouldn’t take part in the supplemental draft?

He has one of the most important skills for a QB.

The balls to throw it deep, get picked off, and still be willing to make that throw next drive.

Now I’m not saying those are smart throws, some of the ones Troy made were very poor decisions. But at some point you have to trust your playmakers to go up and get the ball.

That’s one thing we haven’t seen in Red and Gold for a very long time.

If his accuracy and decision making could improve he’d be a good number 2 — I don’t know why we wouldn’t keep him instead of Carr as a #3 and see if we could coach him up.

It’s not like he’ll be expensive to keep, and it’s not like he’s had a coach that knew how to develop QBs worth a damn.

This is for the guy who takes over if A. Smith gets injured. Carr had his best season when coached by (sorry don’t remember which, but he’s a current niner coach). CK will NOT play this year (all bets are off if Carr goes down too). There’s no way QB will be staffed by A. Smith and two rookies. T. Smith wouldn’t be much of an improvement over a first year player.

Even if Carr isn’t the guy, there are infinitely better options for this offense.

BRING IN JOSH JOHNSON BY TRADE, STEAL, OR BUY….CUT AND DRY……BOOK-EM-DANNO.

even if Troy was #3, it still could wind up being a good business decision to help his development…. working with Harbaugh.

So If there is a young guy, who has shown flashes of talent, and could develope, why would you NOT want him? We have A. Smith, a Third rounder who was reached for in the second, and David Freakin Carr. Ditch Carr, pick up someone with a couple of years under their belt, and lets see if one of these 3 actially pan out for us.

Troy Smith fits the description, so Yes, Smith over Carr.

but it’s really only because then i can HOPE that our faceless, nameless hero won’t suck.

troy didn’t do badly last season, but he’s not a harbaugh profile qb. can’t picture him getting his timing or accuracy where it needs to be.

david carr totally sucks and is a waste of space. an EXPENSIVE waste of space.

soooo, faceless 3rd string hero, where ever you may be, i would like to sign you!