Would you believe this last year...

Originally posted by Draftology:
If I told you before the season started last year that Vernon Davis would be one of the best tight ends in the NFL, Alex Smith wouldn't be considered a bust, and the Niners would be the clear favorites to win the NFC in 2010, would you have believed it?

I don't think I would have. This makes me think about how psyched I am for this season. We have come sooo far from a season ago and we haven't even added any major free agents.

Originally posted by Allx9er:
sooo smith is no longer in danger of being called a bust?

Originally posted by YourHuckleberry:

Originally posted by Draftology:
If I told you before the season started last year that Vernon Davis would be one of the best tight ends in the NFL, Alex Smith wouldn't be considered a bust, and the Niners would be the clear favorites to win the NFC in 2010, would you have believed it?

I don't think I would have. This makes me think about how psyched I am for this season. We have come sooo far from a season ago and we haven't even added any major free agents.

Some don't even think we're favorites to win our division, much less the conference

Originally posted by Chico:
Well, we could slowly see the progression in this team since Nolan took over! Eventually, we're bound to get better with all the new talent we drafted/picked up! Now we have a good coaching staff to get these players going.

What really hurt us was the O-line, Alex getting hurt in his third year and every flipping year we would LOSE our OC!!!

This is finally a year where we can develope some consistency and continuity!

Originally posted by NinerBuff:

Originally posted by Allx9er:
sooo smith is no longer in danger of being called a bust?

Not any more, being the unquestioned starter in year 5 pretty much removes the BUST label.

Now we'll see if he becomes:

A Serviceable Starting QB
A Playoff Caliber Starting QB
An MVP Caliber Starting QB
(or)A career back up QB

Maybe by next year at this time we will have a better idea.

Originally posted by ninersrule4:
Lol sounds like our 2006 offseason

Originally posted by pelos21:

Originally posted by Chico:
Well, we could slowly see the progression in this team since Nolan took over! Eventually, we're bound to get better with all the new talent we drafted/picked up! Now we have a good coaching staff to get these players going.

What really hurt us was the O-line, Alex getting hurt in his third year and every flipping year we would LOSE our OC!!!

This is finally a year where we can develope some consistency and continuity!

Yup, alot of people hate on Nolan but he did build the foundation of this team. I'll always give him props for that. He sure was a s**tty coach though. I think Nolan can make a good gm for an NFL team imo.