What do you think we should've done?

[Simplicity]

Walk into this beyond horrid draft with no QB with NFL experience (playoff xp too) and draft one of the shitty QBs in the class? Or walk in the season with Cassel or Quinn? Seems that way seeing how much people bitch about the Smith trade. Who the **** cares about the 2nd round pick, you're not going to get anyone with any actual talent in this shit draft anyways. Yeah I was a Geno fan but not to start and be the only QB on the roster. Every QB in this draft blows and every QB that we had on our roster blew. We needed a guy and Alex was a great choice.

[Simplicity]

Bump, you sound stupid as **** kid. You're high get off the board, in 2011 (the year he led SF to the NFCC) he had 17 TDs with 3122 yrds so he is capable for 18/3200, and last season he had 13 with 1733 yrds in just only 10 games, was leading the league before his injury.

[BigMeatballDave]

What is the difference between fans and GMs?

We're not running a business.

[el borracho]

Have all the sailor fun they want this year but don't marry a hooker.

[ayleswbj]

Originally Posted by Bump

Lamar Hunt had to have instilled a policy that you never draft a QB after Todd Blackledge. It must have affected him greatly. I guess an exception with a 5th round QB every 5 years or so.

It's obviously this teams policy that QB is the least important position on the field.

We know with Alex Smith, we are getting a guy who isn't capable of taking control of an offense. We know he's not capable of throwing more than 18 touchdowns and 3200 yards in a season.

We don't know if any of these QBs in this draft will work out, but they might. There's always an element of gambling with the draft.

We'd rather take the 18 touchdowns and 3200 yards at best. Then to take a 50/50 chance at QB stardom.

Not capable of taking control of an offense? That is exactly what he is good at. He ran a very complicated scheme with Harbaugh an Roman. Im not talking about numbers and passing yards. He is as good as anyone of the top 5 QBs at reading defenses at the line of scrimmage and making audibles an reads. Go back an watch the tape, it speaks for itself. The Niner run game thrived on Smiths reads an audibles. They were as balanced as anyone in the NFL because of him. Everyone tries to say Harbaugh controlled him, really? In the heat of the battle Alex Smith had complete autonomy to do what he needed to do. He ran a really good offense the first year and was having an even better season the next. What, you dont think They tried to control Cassel, they said hey dont throw int's dont fumble. Guess what he did all those things. You put the best game plan together and then your QB goes out an tries to execute it. Alex Smith did that with great success. Harbaugh is the coach, he is not on the field. The players play and the coaches watch! Is it really not conceivable that these players can get better. It happens all the time. Guys get worse i.e Sanchez after going to 2 AFC championships and guys get better. We see it every year. Its what makes profootball so interesting.