Originally posted by foamingatdamouth:
To all the Nate Davis supporters be patient, we've all seen this movie before.
Alex Smith will be the designated starter going into next year. In the offseason he'll show an improved rapport with his receivers and a better grasp of the offense.
However, Nate Davis will move up the depth chart and will probably get some reps with the first team. He'll show a good grasp of the offense and he'll continue to wow the team and fanbase with his arm strength, accuracy, pocket presence and leadership.
Come preseason Alex Smith will play decent, but nothing special. In comparison Nate Davis will show more big play potential and have long sustained scoring drives. Despite the obvious hints at a having a potentially explosive offense, the fanbase's excitement will be stymied when the coaching staff makes the conservative choice and sticks with Alex Smith as the starter.
The team will once again start with a record of 2-1, with the obligatory win over the Tards', a winnable road loss and another win over either the Lambs or Chickens of the Sea. The wins will be a result of the defense creating turnovers, while the offense will fail to put points up on the board and blow teams out.
Next, the season will enter into the stretch we're the team normally gets exposed as pretenders by losing winnable games against mediocre and good teams.
In the first such game, Alex Smith will stink it up against a good defense. For the sake of irony, I hope it's the Broncos. He'll get pulled out of the line up during halftime and replaced by Nate Davis.
The offense will get an initial spark, but unlike Smith against Houston, he'll actually pull out the win.
While Nate Davis leads the comeback, Alex Smith will stand on the sideline with his pathetic slumping body language that he always have after an Int or a failed 3rd down conversion. In the postgame he'll say all the right things "About being team first and being happy for the win." Then he'll say the wrong prideful things about "Believing that he shouldn't lose the starting job, but that the decision is up to the coach to decide and for him to accept."
In his press conference, Mike Singletary will be noncommittal about who the starting QB is for next game, but it will become obvious when Nate Davis gets the first team reps. With Nate Davis starting the next game, the Alex Smith era will have come to it's pathetic and long over due end.
There's no saying how long our how successful the Nate Davis era will be, but it will be a huge sigh of relief knowing that the Alex Smith experiment is over. He will ride the bench and fade into offseason oblivion.
I can't wait for 2010!
I thought this would happen this year! Davis' exploits in preseason last year were not appreciated by many fans because most of them thought Hill was the obvious starter and Smith the obvious backup.
Now, they will focus in on Davis as a possible starter and if he does well, then there will be a lot of pressure to play him.
Next year is the telling year for the coaches. If it is another year at the bottom of the offensive pile, then it is doubtful they would be back for a third year. They will play whoever keeps them in the game, and will abandon Smith if he fails at all. This was his nurturing year to mend his mind, next year it will be more impersonal.