Originally posted by backontop:Originally posted by foamingatdamouth:Originally posted by backontop:Originally posted by foamingatdamouth:Originally posted by backontop:Originally posted by GoFD74:Originally posted by backontop:Originally posted by GoFD74:
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Here's what I see happening:
- Smith is the starter in '10, Davis as the 3rd string QB
- Hill gets released in the offseason
- We sign a veteran to back up Smith
- If Smith falters during the season, the vet takes over and Smith is done as a Niner
- If the vet fails to get us to the playoffs, Davis get his shot
That is pretty much the plan B I see happening. We agree on something *gasp*
of course it would just be much easier if Smith turned out to be the QB we drafted him to be
Which 2010 free agent vet will the Niners sign?
Kyle Orton (Denver will retain him)
Jason Campbell
Chad "Duck Season" Pennington
Tavaris Jackson
Kellen Clemens
Charlie Batch
Kyle Boller
David Carr
Brodie Croyle
Daunte Culpepper
Rex Grossman
Joey Harrington
Jon Kitna
Matt Moore
Chris Redman
Their a group of guys who couldn't hold starting jobs with other teams.
Why would the team cut Hill a player popular with his peers for one of those journeymen bums?
No, the most likely scenario is that the team is going to retain Hill at the #3 spot.
Nate Davis will be promoted to the #2 and bide his time until Smith get's pulled (my $ is by game 4 if he plays at the same inconsistent level as this year).
The NFL is based on merit. Players aren't tenured because of draft position and they don't get mulligans for being injured. If another player can perform better regardless of draft position and experience, then they'll take their spot.
Davis will NOT be the #2 QB. He will remain the #3QB. Either Hill stays at the #2 or gets let go and a vet QB is brought in to be the back up. The list of available veteran QB's to back up Smith is a lot larger than the short list you compiled. They could bring back Damon Huard if they wanted to. He already has experience in Raye's offense. Just an example.
The team already cut Huard because Nate Davis showed more intangibles and upside. Also you didn't say which vet the Niners would probably get and what they bring to the table.
You seem to ignore the fact that as the #3 QB, Davis wouldn't get any practice reps and would progress. The team would make him the #2 with the intent of possibly starting him in 2011.
You don't even acknowledge the fact that if Alex Smith under performs in 2010, then the #2 would be promoted. Again, that #2 would be Davis.
What support do you have for your argument that Hill would be cut, the team will sign a vet and Davis will remain the #3?
I havent' stated that if Smith underperforms then the #2 QB will be brought in??? Thats odd because I have said it at least 4 times in this thread alone. And (just for the crybaby) IMHO Davis will be the #3 QB. Do I know what vet QB will be brought in?? Do you think I have some kind of magic crystal ball that tells the future? You like to assume that Huard was released because Davis showe more upside and bla bla bla. That could be the case but sorry the coaches are the only ones that know the real reason why Huard was cut. Hell I can throw out a scenario as well and try and pass it off as fact just as you are with your statement. The reality is that there is a large group of vet QB's that can be brought in to back up Smith. It all depends on who the coaches want to go after. The support I have for releasing Hill is the fact that the coaches know that he can not move the ball down field. Teams have figured him out, all they have to do is take away the short routes and Hill is pretty much useless. If it wasn't true then Hill would have never been demoted and Smith would not be the starter right now(AND THAT IS FACT!!!!!) You don't keep a QB who can not move the ball on the team. Therefore Hill is let go and a more capable vet QB is brouht in to back up Smith. Davis remains #3 and continues to learn the offense(Davis has a learning disability and has to be tought the offense in a differet way then a QB who does not have a learning disability) Am I calling Davis stupid, no I am just simply stating FACTS. Davis has a learning disability and has to learn the offense through pictures(as stated though one of the Matt's) but hey you and the other guy are right. I am have nothing
Actually it is fact that Damon Huard was cut because of Nate Davis preseason performance.
From a Sept 1 article by Matt Barrows
The 49ers heaped praise on quarterback Nate Davis on Tuesday morning and backed it up with action in the late afternoon. The team released 12-year veteran Damon Huard, making Davis, a fifth-round draft pick out of Ball State, the No. 3 quarterback heading into the regular season. Though Huard has had a solid offseason, he has been eclipsed by Davis, who has jumped out in the last two exhibition games. "He has a calm demeanor about him," offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye said of Davis early in the day. "He has an ability to go fast and not hurry, and if a guy is open he can hit him."
http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/49ers/archives/2009/09/niners-release-1.html
The list of available QB vets is substandard therefore the coaching staff will not bring in another QB. (deductive reasoning)
While it is correct that Shaun Hill isn't a starter, it doesn't mean that the team won't retain him as an emergency starter. Considering releasing him means taking a cap hit.
If a QB is the #3, he does not get the rep to develop. Therefore Nate Davis will not be the a #3 QB. (deductive reasoning)
As for dyslexia, it isn't an impediment to success as an NFL QB or in life, period.
