Article By Chad Lundberg on 30th June, 2010
They are a team on the rise.
More and more people seem to be giving the Niners the credit they deserve, so there's no reason for me to not pitch in.
Alex Smith
First off, I am going to go ahead and say that Smith will emerge as a franchise quarterback next season.
Seriously, when is it not the quarterbacks fault when they perform poorly?
In his first four years in San Francisco, he was sacked left and right. Virtually no protection.
The one fully healthy season he had, there was no 1,000 yard receiver on the roster. He had Arnaz Battle and Antonio Bryant. They were good, but not great. And Vernon Davis was only a rookie.
Alex Smith was only in h...
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