It's surprising, or maybe from reading Niner Talk during the offseason, not surprising at all, that what Steve said has been twisted to be a comment about Alex instead of about Matt Leinart. It's cool, I know how people on NT roll, they gotta get as many shots in about Alex as possible. I just hope the mods can keep this thread up because I feel Steve is being misrepresented in what he said. Here's the interview:
http://www.knbr.com/portals/3/podcasts/razormrt/0902young.mp3
Skip to about 3 minutes remaining. (right click save as to the link if you wanna be able to listen in windows media player or winamp).
So this quote that's going around,
"Phil Barber of the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat says former 49ers quarterback Steve Young has harsh words for current starter Alex Smith. Young on KNBR radio: "I think Alex is a competent quarterback. I think Alex understands the game, and I'm telling you there's a reaction -- similar to Matt Leinart. He can't get out of third gear. He throws the nice ball, he can drop back. But when things get fast -- fast, fast -- you can tell, he just can't quite keep up. You really can't win jobs when you can't keep up."
Is being misconstrued. Sorry to say (to the Alex haters).
[ Edited by Method on Sep 3, 2010 at 11:02 PM ]