Sacbee.com: Smith to go on injured reserve; Will he be in 49ers uniform again?

[ciscofan]

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/49ers/archives/015246.html

Mike Nolan began his Wednesday morning press conference by saying that Alex Smith will be placed on injured reserve, thus ending his season. As reported earlier, the team has signed ex Rams quarterback Jamie Martin to take his place on the roster. It was obvious that Nolan didn't want to spend much time talking about Smith. He said he didn't know any of the specifics of the injury, which seems unlikely given that it happened five days ago and an MRI was taken Friday night. He also refused to address Smith's future with the team, saying he didn't want to deal in hypotheticals. "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it," he said.

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[Cooley4President]

Ouch, could go down as one of the biggest draft busts in history if he doesn't catch fire with his next team.

[ciscofan]

Ouch, could go down as one of the biggest draft busts in history if he doesn't catch fire with his next team.

I think he is another classic case of a QB who was brought into a bad situation.

Rules for a rookie QB

1. Sit a year behind a veteran QB
2. Strong offensive line
3. Good ground attack
4. Some offense/coordinator for the first 3-4 years

I promise you, that would make the world of a difference. Would have been good for Ramsey, Carr, Harrington, Campbell.

Maybe not all of them would have been great, but you would have at least gotten more out of them, and possibly you would have seen them develop into a quality starter.

[skins4eva]

I think he is another classic case of a QB who was brought into a bad situation.

Rules for a rookie QB

1. Sit a year behind a veteran QB
2. Strong offensive line
3. Good ground attack
4. Some offense/coordinator for the first 3-4 years

I promise you, that would make the world of a difference. Would have been good for Ramsey, Carr, Harrington, Campbell.

Maybe not all of them would have been great, but you would have at least gotten more out of them, and possibly you would have seen them develop into a quality starter.

Smith was way way way overvalued out of college...one of the worst, if not the worst 1st pick of all time.

[CowboysSaintsFan]

It's amazing how ONE BAD draft pick can shoot down an entire team's fortunes in the LONG haul.

Really-aside from Smith, the Niners have alot of good talent on D, the OL, WR, and RB. However-it's still headscratching how ONE BAD player can just sink a team's fortunes like that for years to come.

What if the Colts had drafted Ryan Leaf instead of Peyton?