Training Camp 2010

Originally posted by 209ers:
SLam49ers Team drills. Wragge at center, Snyder replaces Rachal and ADavis it tackle. Mays getting some rep with starters.

'Atta boy Mays! I wonder how he looked working with the first team, either way good to see he's getting some reps.

Originally posted by pdxredandgold:
# Alex Smith continues to face pressure from the right side. Haralson beat Anthony Davis on the last play. 4 minutes ago via UberTwitter

# Boone v. Brooks highlights one on one blocking drills. I'll have more on that later in my blog. 9 minutes ago via UberTwitter

# Rookie CB Phillip Adams knocks ball away from wr Jason Hill. Adams has been solid, but his ticket to the team is on special teams.

From MB

i know that hes very raw but the only way he will learn is by getting beat so im acually happy this is happeneing however i hope this will stop by the end of TC

Originally posted by 49ersalldaway126:

Originally posted by pdxredandgold:
# Alex Smith continues to face pressure from the right side. Haralson beat Anthony Davis on the last play. 4 minutes ago via UberTwitter

# Boone v. Brooks highlights one on one blocking drills. I'll have more on that later in my blog. 9 minutes ago via UberTwitter

# Rookie CB Phillip Adams knocks ball away from wr Jason Hill. Adams has been solid, but his ticket to the team is on special teams.

From MB

i know that hes very raw but the only way he will learn is by getting beat so im acually happy this is happeneing however i hope this will stop by the end of TC

Especially from a "pass-rushing specialist" like Brooks. Failure is a much better teacher than success. Hopefully Davis is just a sponge right now and learning what he can as fast as he can.

Its a little bit disheartening that Davis isn't as ready to replace the incumbent as Iupati is. But either way, by mid-season both guys should be starters.

Originally posted by SourdoughDan:

Originally posted by 209ers:
SLam49ers Team drills. Wragge at center, Snyder replaces Rachal and ADavis it tackle. Mays getting some rep with starters.

'Atta boy Mays! I wonder how he looked working with the first team, either way good to see he's getting some reps.

Mays and Adams both sound like they're doing good. With a little luck and some accelerated learning, maybe we can have some youth and speed injected into our secondary?

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Originally posted by LambdaChi49:

Originally posted by iLL49er:
from cbs sportslines Rapid Reports

As uninspiring as QB Alex Smith's play has been this practice, backup QB David Carr has been even worse. He's already been picked off twice and looks uncomfortable throwing anything besides checkdowns. QB Nate Davis might challenge him before long.

LOL, I thought Smith was firing deep TD passes this morning...and now his play was "uninspiring?"

This is why I never take any of these reports too seriously. These are the same reports that lauded JTO.

Along with the coaches... He did beat Smith out didnt he?

Smith was still hurt now wasn't he!!!

Come on! Don't use a broken bone in his throwing shoulder as an excuse!!!!!

JTO won the job because he knew Martz's gay offense better, get your facts straight. How's JTO doin now?

Certainly not getting any starting gigs handed to him without earning it like someone else I know.

lol Alex Smith is in no way shape or form being "handed" a starting gig. He has most certainly earned it, by playing in 9 1/2 games, putting up numbers like he had played an entire 16 game season, having a BETTER QB rating than Peyton Manning. And now with continuity this season with the same OC, good numbers from last season for only playing in 9 1/2 games, there's no reason Alex Smith doesn't deserve the starting job. Not to mention the fact that he's molded into a fine leader supposedly.

And the fact he lost the starting job to JTO before he re-aggravated his shoulder, CLEARLY means that his throwing arm/shoulder, was never 100% back to the way it was to START with.

Peyton Manning had a QB rating of 99 last year compared to Smith's 80, so Im not sure about your math on that one... but thats besides the point. My biggest issue is that all of those stats were achieved out of the spread formation and a good chunk of them were against soft, prevent defenses.

Until Smith shows that he can be a productive out of a pro-style offense (i.e. operating from under center), our offense will never achieve enough balance to be successful over a 16 game season.

I sincerely hope that he proves me wrong, but Im not getting my hopes up.

Who the f**k cares "how" he produced the numbers he did. The fact is he played better than he ever has before in his career. You really are making "Alexcuses".

Actually, everyone should care about how he got those numbers. I'll use our newly acquired bench QB, David Carr, as an example. A few years back, I selected Carr as my starting QB in a fantasy league, and the guy seriously kicked ass for me. Now I'm not going to sit here and say he was a great quarterback, because he wasn't. But nearly every week, the Texans would get behind early and were forced to give up the run. They ended up running a ton of pass plays every week. He was getting very good numbers but they were based on quantity, and not quality.

I'm not saying whether Smith paralleled Carr in that regard or not. I'm merely saying that you really should care "how" he produced those numbers.

Originally posted by NinerBuff:

Originally posted by 49ersalldaway126:

Originally posted by pdxredandgold:
# Alex Smith continues to face pressure from the right side. Haralson beat Anthony Davis on the last play. 4 minutes ago via UberTwitter

# Boone v. Brooks highlights one on one blocking drills. I'll have more on that later in my blog. 9 minutes ago via UberTwitter

# Rookie CB Phillip Adams knocks ball away from wr Jason Hill. Adams has been solid, but his ticket to the team is on special teams.

From MB

i know that hes very raw but the only way he will learn is by getting beat so im acually happy this is happeneing however i hope this will stop by the end of TC

Especially from a "pass-rushing specialist" like Brooks. Failure is a much better teacher than success. Hopefully Davis is just a sponge right now and learning what he can as fast as he can.

Its a little bit disheartening that Davis isn't as ready to replace the incumbent as Iupati is. But either way, by mid-season both guys should be starters.

He's only been a pro for like a week....give him a little time

Originally posted by jreff22:

Originally posted by NinerBuff:

Originally posted by 49ersalldaway126:

Originally posted by pdxredandgold:
# Alex Smith continues to face pressure from the right side. Haralson beat Anthony Davis on the last play. 4 minutes ago via UberTwitter

# Boone v. Brooks highlights one on one blocking drills. I'll have more on that later in my blog. 9 minutes ago via UberTwitter

# Rookie CB Phillip Adams knocks ball away from wr Jason Hill. Adams has been solid, but his ticket to the team is on special teams.

From MB

i know that hes very raw but the only way he will learn is by getting beat so im acually happy this is happeneing however i hope this will stop by the end of TC

Especially from a "pass-rushing specialist" like Brooks. Failure is a much better teacher than success. Hopefully Davis is just a sponge right now and learning what he can as fast as he can.

Its a little bit disheartening that Davis isn't as ready to replace the incumbent as Iupati is. But either way, by mid-season both guys should be starters.

He's only been a pro for like a week....give him a little time

Touche salesman, touche!

Originally posted by WillistheWall:

Originally posted by SourdoughDan:

Originally posted by 209ers:
SLam49ers Team drills. Wragge at center, Snyder replaces Rachal and ADavis it tackle. Mays getting some rep with starters.

'Atta boy Mays! I wonder how he looked working with the first team, either way good to see he's getting some reps.

Mays and Adams both sound like they're doing good. With a little luck and some accelerated learning, maybe we can have some youth and speed injected into our secondary?[/quote/]

I could see Mays getting some action this year, but best-case scenario for Adams is probably just making the roster period (which hopefully he does). Yay foy youth in the secondary!

mattbarrows

Eric Heitmann suffered a shoulder stinger, which is why he missed most of the A.M. practice. It's not serious ...

MM Twitter:

Jones, Morgan, Ginn caught those aforementioned perfect deep passes from Smith. Crabtree dropped his.

about 1 hour ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

Originally posted by NinerBuff:

Originally posted by 49ersalldaway126:

Originally posted by pdxredandgold:
# Alex Smith continues to face pressure from the right side. Haralson beat Anthony Davis on the last play. 4 minutes ago via UberTwitter

# Boone v. Brooks highlights one on one blocking drills. I'll have more on that later in my blog. 9 minutes ago via UberTwitter

# Rookie CB Phillip Adams knocks ball away from wr Jason Hill. Adams has been solid, but his ticket to the team is on special teams.

From MB

i know that hes very raw but the only way he will learn is by getting beat so im acually happy this is happeneing however i hope this will stop by the end of TC

Especially from a "pass-rushing specialist" like Brooks. Failure is a much better teacher than success. Hopefully Davis is just a sponge right now and learning what he can as fast as he can.

Its a little bit disheartening that Davis isn't as ready to replace the incumbent as Iupati is. But either way, by mid-season both guys should be starters.

But then again you also have to remember that filling the 'Tackle' position from day one in the NFL is WAY HARDER than coming in at the guard spot (which is why promising 4-star tackles are usually drafted higher than guards).

If we want Davis to succeed we're gonna have to start him early, and endure the growing pains for his learning curve to grow. Hell, I'd rather have young Anthony Davis "mess-up" and improve rather than watch Adam Snyder "mess up" and continue to deteriorate.

Yeah, I agree - I'd much rather see Davis in there making mistakes than Snyder. Let him take his lumps he'll be better for it at the end of the season.

Slooooooooow Day for news today

Originally posted by jreff22:
Slooooooooow Day for news today

no news is good news if you ask me. Last thing I wanna read is, "Starting LB for the 49ers Patrick Willis goes down in TC with an ACL tear."

Originally posted by SybErkRimInAL:

Originally posted by jreff22:
Slooooooooow Day for news today

no news is good news if you ask me. Last thing I wanna read is, "Starting LB for the 49ers Patrick Willis goes down in TC with an ACL tear."

I know but with a full practice done I would hope there would be more progress reported on....or something.