Alex Smith Question?

[Guest]

if alex simth goes 6 games 10 int wih no td will the 49ers bench him and put Dilfer in ?

[Guest]

Absolutely not, that would KILL Smith's confidence. If the 9ers start him opening day, he should start the rest of the season barring injury.

[Guest]

no they wouldnt but he probably wont put up those numbers anyway

[Guest]

no they wouldnt but he probably wont put up those numbers anyway

ok list his first 8 games stats

[Guest]

no they wouldnt but he probably wont put up those numbers anyway

ok list his first 8 games stats

Smith is so unpredictable being so young, the point of predicting stats on a very young QB is meaningless.

[johbur]

Re: Alex Smith Question?

if alex simth goes 6 games 10 int wih no td will the 49ers bench him and put Dilfer in ?

They, might. But I wouldn't. I'd give him the full year, with a statement at the beginning that he'd only come out of a game or not start due to injury. I would not mess with his head, having him worry about coming out. If he wasn't able to do it over the course of the season, then you'd have to look at maybe Brady Quinn for next year and cutting your losses. Over the full course of the year, you should know whether he is the guy you want or not. If he is, then he needs all the reps he can get. If not, you need all those reps to see whether you've made a blunder and wasted your #1 overall and a whole lotta money along with it.

[mcdlaxbonz13]

they would be smart and start dilfer then as soon as he starts playing like he did towards the end of the 05 season put alex in boosting his confidence, cause i still dont think he is NFL ready

[Paranoidmoonduck]

If Alex Smith goes his first 6 games with 10 ints and zero touchdowns, the problem isn't just gonna be him sucking. Even terrible quarterbacks playing on mediocre teams put up markedly better numbers than that.

[P-L]

You better believe they would start Dilfer. When you are 0-6 with 0 TD and 10 INT you're going to get benched. In the NFL it's all about winning now.

[ninerfan]

You better believe they would start Dilfer. When you are 0-6 with 0 TD and 10 INT you're going to get benched. In the NFL it's all about winning now.

Yep, even though they need to develop Alex its not at the detriment of the team. Dilfer was brought in to guide Alex but if he needs to go he'll be ready.

[yourfavestoner]

Absolutely not. It makes zero sense at all. I could understand the argument of putting in a veteran quarterback if they were competing for a playoff spot down the stretch, but they won't be. At this point, the 49ers aren't playing for this season. They're playing for the future.

[yourfavestoner]

You better believe they would start Dilfer. When you are 0-6 with 0 TD and 10 INT you're going to get benched. In the NFL it's all about winning now.

I dunno. It's not like anybody has huge expectations of the team anyways. They're gonna be bad. You know it. I know it. Fetuses in the womb already know it.

[Guest]

smith has these tiny little hands that can't grip the nfl ball. unless he grows some new hands he will never be successful. The premier QB's have these big old hands ala Eli and Peyton and Brady.

[Staubach12]

You've got your stats wrong. He threw 1 TD and 11 Ints in 9 games.

[stephenson86]

4 you ask too many questions