Lowell Cohn&#39;s article

Lowell Cohn's article

fryet · 2009-12-19T21:59:23-08:00

You can read his article here (basically it says that Alex Smith needs to win the Philly game to prove he is our QB for next year): http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091219/sports/912199983 Here is the email response that I sent him: Asking for Smith to beat the Eagles? Yes, that would make the decision going into the offseason easy. Alex Smith would be the QB for the future. But what Alex has done this past season, is good efforts in losing causes. He is just on the edge of making people believe that he can be the QB for the next decade for the 49ers. So if he holds to form, he will throw 2 TD and 1 int, we will hover around 20 points total, and lose by 3 points. Do you blame him? Do you blame the supporting cast? The defense? Maybe he just needs an offseason working on timing with his receivers. And then comes the draft. And one of the "elite" QBs from college is available when the 49ers pick. It would be tempting to hedge your bet, and pick a QB. But then you sacrifice the ability to strengthen the rest of the team, plus tie a lot of money into a QB that may never play for your team (because Alex eventually does prove that he deserves to continue to start). I sure hope Alex Smith wins the game based on his arm, and we can enter the offseason with confidence. But the real story is what if he doesn't...

Dec 19, 2009 at 10:07 PM

Sinsation
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alex has done enough already for me to feel comfortable with him as the QB next yr. i'm excited to see what a full offseason will do for our offense. drafting another QB will do nothing to help our chances of winning next season.
Anyhow, the Philly game looks to be a tough game. First, the eagles defense loves to blitz and from everywhere. 2nd, the weather will make it tough to throw, and we all know how well smash mouth, up the middle has worked for us before. The only thing i think we have going for us is that they moved it to 4pm eastern so we will be playing at the normal time our guys are used to. otherwise, a game like this...cold, wet/freezing...looks like its going to be a defensive battle. i think it'll be hard to judge alex if he/the coaches arent comfortable throwing the ball in a blizzard.

Dec 19, 2009 at 10:09 PM

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I'm surprised Cohn hasn't trolled into NT to promote the article himself.

Dec 19, 2009 at 10:27 PM

TheGoldDiggerrrr
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Originally posted by HaiGuise:
I'm surprised Cohn hasn't trolled into NT to promote the article himself.

lol how else will we be able to read it. We need a win and are secondary needs to play just as good as the dline and willis if it's going to happen.

[ Edited by TheGoldDiggerrrr on Dec 19, 2009 at 22:29:11 ]

Dec 20, 2009 at 8:40 AM

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With 25 mph, Alex's job willbe to avoid turnivers. Really, a stat line of 14 - 21 for 115 yards with no interceptions would be great.

Dec 20, 2009 at 5:24 PM

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Originally posted by Brazilian49er:
With 25 mph, Alex's job willbe to avoid turnivers. Really, a stat line of 14 - 21 for 115 yards with no interceptions would be great.

with those #s I think we would have won the game....crazy huh?

Dec 20, 2009 at 6:47 PM

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Originally posted by Afrikan:
Originally posted by Brazilian49er:
With 25 mph, Alex's job willbe to avoid turnivers. Really, a stat line of 14 - 21 for 115 yards with no interceptions would be great.

with those #s I think we would have won the game....crazy huh?

F*&K COHN! That guy has NO idea what he is talking about. You know how many articles I have read of his in the past that were spewing garbag?!? He is always looking for attention. Honestly, we were gonna lose to Philly. The chance of actually winning this game was almost zero. Philly is HOT and we are NOT.

Dec 20, 2009 at 6:47 PM

foreign49er
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Originally posted by Afrikan:
Originally posted by Brazilian49er:
With 25 mph, Alex's job willbe to avoid turnivers. Really, a stat line of 14 - 21 for 115 yards with no interceptions would be great.

with those #s I think we would have won the game....crazy huh?

I agree....

Dec 20, 2009 at 6:49 PM

Brazilian49er
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Originally posted by Afrikan:
Originally posted by Brazilian49er:
With 25 mph, Alex's job willbe to avoid turnivers. Really, a stat line of 14 - 21 for 115 yards with no interceptions would be great.

with those #s I think we would have won the game....crazy huh?

I'm THAT good.

Dec 21, 2009 at 12:29 AM

LambdaChi49
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Originally posted by foreign49er:
Originally posted by Afrikan:
Originally posted by Brazilian49er:
With 25 mph, Alex's job willbe to avoid turnivers. Really, a stat line of 14 - 21 for 115 yards with no interceptions would be great.

with those #s I think we would have won the game....crazy huh?

I agree....

And it would have still sent the zone into a frenzy.

"I have yet to see Alex try to win us the game because of him."

Oh man..fvckin Niners. Freakin emotional roller coaster.

Dec 21, 2009 at 12:35 AM

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BodhiPaddlesOut
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Originally posted by LambdaChi49:
Originally posted by foreign49er:
Originally posted by Afrikan:
Originally posted by Brazilian49er:
With 25 mph, Alex's job willbe to avoid turnivers. Really, a stat line of 14 - 21 for 115 yards with no interceptions would be great.

with those #s I think we would have won the game....crazy huh?

I agree....

And it would have still sent the zone into a frenzy.

"I have yet to see Alex try to win us the game because of him."

Oh man..fvckin Niners. Freakin emotional roller coaster.

What kind of roller coaster goes down for seven straight years?

Us fans can still ride the "lack of consistentcy" and "First to Five" cards for another few years.

Dec 21, 2009 at 12:45 AM

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Even the raiders beat the eagles. We have a long way to go and a short time to get there. I'm eastbound just watch ol' bandit run....................