Re: Official San Francisco 49ers thread
I have no problem with letting Peterson go. Hindsight makes it look bad but he wasn't worth $20 million or whatever he was looking for. If they signed him then, they'd have had him restructuring by now.
You have to get younger and cheaper.
Smith the jury is out. This injury gives him a reprieve because if he didn't show improvement in his numbers of last season, there would be a lot of second-guessing by the end of the season. With that line and the lack of weapons, there was likely going to be little improvement.
They should at least think about drafting a QB this year. Not a first rounder but someone to groom because Dilfer isn't going to be around forever.
As for whether they should have drafted someone else, well the stud of that draft so far appears to be Merriman, picked 11th or 12th. But Edwards may be on his way to a breakout season, so while we needed a QB of the future at the time of the 2005 draft, we could use Edwards too, even though he may not have been worth the first pick of the draft.
The distressing thing about Smith is that he seems to be no better than some other young QBs who have the same amount of experience or less -- Derek Anderson at Cleveland, Romo.
Trent Edwards had a real good first game last week, which probably compares well with most of Smith's games.
I have no problem with letting Peterson go. Hindsight makes it look bad but he wasn't worth $20 million or whatever he was looking for. If they signed him then, they'd have had him restructuring by now.
You have to get younger and cheaper.
Smith the jury is out. This injury gives him a reprieve because if he didn't show improvement in his numbers of last season, there would be a lot of second-guessing by the end of the season. With that line and the lack of weapons, there was likely going to be little improvement.
They should at least think about drafting a QB this year. Not a first rounder but someone to groom because Dilfer isn't going to be around forever.
As for whether they should have drafted someone else, well the stud of that draft so far appears to be Merriman, picked 11th or 12th. But Edwards may be on his way to a breakout season, so while we needed a QB of the future at the time of the 2005 draft, we could use Edwards too, even though he may not have been worth the first pick of the draft.
The distressing thing about Smith is that he seems to be no better than some other young QBs who have the same amount of experience or less -- Derek Anderson at Cleveland, Romo.
Trent Edwards had a real good first game last week, which probably compares well with most of Smith's games.
. Another guy said that Tim Ratty should have been the starter over Alex Smith. Others are saying the 9ers should have traded down that draft (We all know the 9ers tried trading down to get more picks that season). I'm not ready to write off Alex Smith yet. The Kid is still one of the youngest QBs in the league. Nolan may be the problem. He's way too conservative. Nolan trusted Norv Turner last season to be aggressive.
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