For a second I thought we might draft a quarterback then but then I figured we would just take Jake Matthews.

I am already anticipating Friday's excuses:

"Jamaal isn't in there, Alex Smith doesn't have a running game."

"Fisher's thumb is sore! We can't expect Smith to play both RT and QB!"

Oh you can count on Fisher getting a lesson from one of the best in the business in Aldon Smith when he flips to the otherside. Brooks and Mac are no slouches either. Alex is going to be on the run the whole time. I have to believe that Alex, Reid and Pederson are well aware of it and will game plan for it. (even if it is a pre-season game) It's going to be interesting to watch.

When he hits his back foot there, ball shold have been coming out to Dex. He was open.

We ended up scoring, but he needs to be able to hit that throw.

He was open, but the lineman was in his face and had the lane... possible tip...and there was a guy on top..he'd have gotten 5 yards maybe.

just stoked that his one incompletion is being beaten to death.

Just awesome work.

This is called nitpicking, or beating a horse to death....

How about it's a preseason game and at the end of it all if they play well I could give a shit?

Scores matter in 3 weeks not this one.

Alex Smith could throw 3 TD's and 300 yards and Clay would still bitch because he didn't throw 40 yard lasers downfield every pass.

Let it be known that I think, despite all your shortcomings, that this was clever.

wow. Really? We had been using that on the 49ers forums for years lol.

So you're saying Clay stole somebody else's intellectual property? I find that hard to believe.

LMAO

oooo, I like your sarcasm....That rocks. ROFL

50 drives on that ball and either picks it or murders McCluster. You make that throw more than a time or two and your WRs are going to hate you.

And he was going backwards due to pressure straight at him (the worst kind) when McCluster cleared the middle.

There's probably a throw to be made there right when Clay pauses the GIF and circles McCluster, but it's not an easy one. He's going to have to throw while running and dropping back. He's being pushed backwards there and that's damn tough momentum to break.

But it's a makeable throw and one I'd like to see him try in the regular season, without question. The key is that he picks that up at that point and not 2 strides later when that CB almost certainly drives on the throw and turns it into a pick six.

It's not as easy as Clay makes it - because again, Clay knows nothing about actually playing the game of football - but it is one that a top 10 QB needs to be willing/able to make. So yes, I'd like to see him make that pass.

I'd like to see him make that pass, if it's necessary. If the game is on the line and time is short, absolutely.

But on the first drive? Not so much. Six points trumps three or an INT.