Excuse the wonderment here, but the 49ers find themselves in the exact same uncomfortable position that AZ was a a scant few days ago. And that was the distict possibility that they could lose their nominal starting QB Kevin Kolb, AND lose out on the Peyton Manning sweepstakes. Well, in a few short days, Kolb re-signed with AZ, and Peyton is knocking on our door. For good, bad, or indifferent, the Niners could very well lose Alex Smith AND fall out of the Manning race.
And, yes there are some that wouldn’t be too sad about that. Until you look at the fact that the alternative is someone like Josh Johnson (unproven), Matt Hasselhof (decomposing), or even Matt Flynn (unproven as well). There are others who say whoever the starter is, Jim Harbaugh will wave his majic QB wand and produce another winning starter a la the job he did with Alex last year. Given the fact the Harbaugh set the bar impossibly high after one short year, Manning would have 2 years tops to produce a Super Bowl win for it to be considered a good move. Even if the status quo holds out, the bar is set to improve on last season. Which again means Super Bowl or bust. Heady stuff, yes, but QB roulette at this point is a very dicey game to be playing when Harbaugh has preached team team team since he arrived.
At this point, losing out on both Smith and Manning would be a fatal mistake. I’m not sold by any means on Manning being the missing piece to take the Niners to the championship (he may not be healthy or STAY healthy to play), and Smith did his part in spades to get the Niners close, but I’m good and goddamn sure that fricking Hasselhof ain’t the guy. Neither is Johnson. Both those moves would be strictly placeholders until Cappy Kaepernick is ready to go. Flynn? Who knows? And in Hasselbeck’s case, Cappy would be starting by week 6. In other words, without either Smith or Manning, the Niners definitely regress. Sure, they’ll likely make the playoffs, but again, that ain’t the goal going forward. The goal is Super Bowl XLVII. Anything short is failure. I don’t think Hasselhof/JJ or even Flynn get the Niners all the way. They screw up this QB search, and this season is likely a back-pedal.
Forty Niners Forever 
The article on Brees by Cole claims that Loomis wants to pay Brees like a “very good “QB, not a “great” one..
Anyway, I don’t think I’m ready to buy anything anymore, until pen gets to paper for anybody involved.There are writers throwing Big Ben out there as a 49er possibilty.
the concept of an *insider* in any sport is a joke. They’re just all trying to get to twitter before the next guy, they could give a shit about anything that’s verified……
It’s better to just go with common sense and your gut………
You know, looking back on Smith’s tenure here, then the news he’s headed to Miami, and now-wait a minute- might be another 4 years… he just might never leave. Really, we know the guy’s smart, and if he’s as bad as his detractors say, he’s hornswaggled 3 head coaches, and 7 OC’s. Yeah, 8 million ain’t much, but that would his bump his earnings here to something like 75 million, huge bucks for a terrible QB -I figure he’ll be the QB until 2020, then OC for10, HC another 10 more, then he buys the team and moves them to La Jolla…
haha, good one. Chuck that’s POTD, though I know you don’t pay much attention to that widget…….
POTD? Ha! Stop kissing his ass. That was like his 10th best today.
And his first nine all belonged to Nipper.
Damm…Why did that doofus Owner Dan Snyder give away all his #1 picks in the future for RG3?
Hell I wanted to see the Frank.Capra sequel “Mr.Smith goes to Washington play out.”
Actually Alex misses Mike Nolan.The Alex tour bus will be rolling into Atlanta next.Followed by a stop in Minnesota for a visit with Singletary as well.
This just in: That T-Mobile girl on the TV commercials is hot in her pink dress. But it truly is magenta. But that’s just the fashion expert in me talking. That, and the registered trademark that owns the color magenta.
It’s posts like that earn a girl the Spitter’s fag tag. You miss him don’t you, Hussein?
I’m gonna go pop some of Orville Redenbacher’s “Pop Up Bowl” popcorn and go watch Disney’s fourth installment of its “Pirate’s of the Caribbean” franchise. In other words, I’m probably going to go waste another 2 hrs. of my life.
Seriously? When has the fourth of anything that’s ever been made been any good? Now. If you want to talk about a good “fifth” being made? I got a long list there.
We’re not in such a bad place really. Either we get Manning who impressed Harbs and Baalks -sorry couldn’t help it- in his work out plus with a few good receivers to throw to and a stout OL with our D we’ll be okay. OR we get Alex back after his great season with better receivers, etc.
Man I haven’t sang a round of Kumbaya like that since Chuck and I did that duet around the time they reupped Ahmad Brooks…
…or Manning’s neck snaps in the 3rd game, Cap promptly throws the game losing INT and Smith is signed elsewhere…
Naw gimme Kumbaya and some Jameson’s…
No Manning for you! Gone to Denver.
Reports are Manning is going to Denver.
Dennis, nice knowing you . . .
Yeah listening to The Herd, Manning has instructed his Agent to deal with Denver only. Good bye to Tennesse and SF.
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