I said that because Nolan has not announced who is going to be starting in week one. Other teams have a clear cut starter and there is no question as to who the backups are. This isn’t the case here and in fact is happening more so that Nolan can attempt to save his job. Smith should be starting in my opinion and I’ll just leave it at this since this is really going nowhere.

Pollard finished 2007 with 28 catches for 272 yards and 2 scores. Not bad from the tight end position when you consider that Seattle’s receivers took all but 88 of Hasselbeck’s 352 completions last season. Sure they might not have been good numbers by Pollards previous standards, say in 2003 for example. But even Ben Watson who did start for New England last season only had 36 catches for 389 yards and 6 touchdowns. He had four more scores then Pollard but we are talking about the Pats and Brady here, not Seattle and Hasselbeck.

I agree though Pollards best days are certainly behind him and the only reason he was listed as a key signing was because New England didn’t really sign any other free agents of note then the ones I mentioned.

Yeah, no I wasn’t making a reference to double or triple posting. Just curious as to whether or not you were a regular on 49ers.com, paradise or webzone messgae boards is all.

A. “Just as a sidebar isn’t it a bit concerning that here we are only two days away from the third preseason game of 2008 and there is still, at this very moment no inclination as to who will be the starting quarterback on opening day?”

I post this AGAIN. This, among a few other comments, is what I am referring to.

B. Pollard was a camp body. He had dropped 3 passes in the first two preseason games and looked terrible. He was awful with Seattle last year, his career is more than likely over. I thought it was funny that you had him as a key pick-up. I’m sure even Pollard would have been surprised had he read that, he hasn’t been a key pick-up since going to Detroit. Even if the guy would have made the team due to some kind of an injury, he wouldn’t have played. I wasn’t attempting to look like a know-it-all, I was merely commenting on your strange choice of key contributors. I guess I was wrong when I put a comment in a comments post.

To answer your question I frequent quite a few .com’s and I am aware that double and triple posting is a no-no, if that is what you were getting at.

You don’t seem to fully be reading my responses, or I must be stupid, because we seem to just be spinning wheels.

I misunderstood you then because it very much appeared to me that you were defending the position that there is indeed an open competition. So if we are in agreement that there in fact isn’t then good.

You thought it was funny that I had him listed as a key pick up before there was any indication that he was going to be released? That makes sense, once again your post read as if you were a bit pompous, but there’s no way that’s the case is there?

A buried mistake? How did I comment on a buried mistake and then open my post with one? As far as I could tell there was no reason for you to come to comment on an article and;

A. Tell me that I am complaining about there is an open competition when I never said anything of the sort,

and then

B. End your post by telling me about something that had not even happened at the time the article was posted. I already knew that Pollard had been released when you responded and I am sure many others did as well, so again there was really no need to attempt to look like know it all in posting that info.

Oh and please don’t try to educate me on what does or does not look bad in regards to writing.

One last thing… are you frequenter of .com?

“Just as a sidebar isn’t it a bit concerning that here we are only two days away from the third preseason game of 2008 and there is still, at this very moment no inclination as to who will be the starting quarterback on opening day?”

I am referring to the above comment, in regards to you criticizing an open competition. My point is that there is no QB competition, so in that respect I completely agree with you.

I’m sorry I didn’t understand your use of the term carousel; which I take to mean that one QB starts then the next game another QB starts, and then the next game the first QB starts again, round and round like a carousel, but thank you for explaining to me what those giant machines in the middle of amusement parks are, I’ve always wondered.

As far as the Pollard comment, I knew that you had no idea Pollard had been released, because it hadn’t happened yet. I just thought it was funny that you had him as a key pick-up, when clearly the Patriots did not think as much of him.

It really wasn’t meant as a full-blown call out, though I admit it does read that way. Like I said I did agree with a lot of what you wrote. I have quite a bit of respect for the contributors to this sight.

“I think I might be being called out”. If you’re going to comment on a buried mistake don’t open up your post with one, it looks bad.

It’s not because he has been with six teams in eight years, (which by the way IS a little concerning to me) or that he has never started a regular season game in the NFL. I said it because I believe, again this is what I BELIEVE, that Smith deserves a chance to be the starter after being in this hell for the last four years.

Smith has been working with the second team, not the first and he has not been named the starter for any of the three preseason games thus far. How me stating that there is a QB carousel which I believe there to be, and by carousel I mean big machine with horses on it that goes around and around in a circle, and then stating that Smith should start is contrary is beyond me. I liken this so called competition to a carousel in that it’s been the same old thing with Nolan for years now and this is just one more instance where I don’t understand his coaching. That and kids ride on them and this team sometimes feels as though it is being run by a bunch of children.

Sure O’Sullivan had one good game against the Packers second defensive unit, so what? It was a preseason game and came after he led the team nowhere against the oppositions first team defense. It doesn’t mean that he is the better quarterback then Smith and therefore it is my OPINION that Smith should be staring. If for no other reason then that this team needs to knows what it does or does not have in it’s former first overall draft pick.

If you think there is an “open competition” at quarterback then I don’t know what to say. It clearly isn’t an open contest my man but you keep on believing it.

And lastly at the time the piece was submitted Pollard was still a Patriot. But thanks for pointing that out. Since we are on the topic of making nit picky corrections, what does it mean to “out preform” someone? Just curious.

Have a great day.