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O'Sullivan gets the starting nod
Mike Nolan named the starter for the regular season and it should come as no surprise that JT O’Sullivan is getting the nod. Alex Smith will be holding the clipboard and Shaun Hill will not make dress to often.
“We want to play our best players to give us the best chance to win,” Nolan said of the quarterback position. Nolan said, “He’s just not there at this point.” This is a case of J.T. O’Sullivan playing very well, not Smith and Hill underperforming.
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What are the salary-cap ramifications if the 49ers release Smith after the season?
Believe it or not, they’re minimal. The 49ers structured this deal in such a way that it would not be catastrophic if they had to part ways after four seasons. Although all of the orginal $24M is accounted for, there is only $5.3M of money that would accelerate to the 2009 cap. Right now, his scheduled cap figure for 2009 is $12.29M. If he were released, he’d still count $5.3M, saving the team from paying him his non-guaranteed base salary of $9.625M. Remember, the 49ers are already going to have a $7M credit on the 2009 cap, thanks to the incentive clause in Donald Strickland’s deal that will not be earned.
9nerfan, the main reason I don’t like the Cowboys is because of there fans. They couldn’t name 5 people that played for them. My whole family and most of my friends are Cowboys fans. I can remember the day I became a 49ers fan like it was yesterday. I was about 10 years old and I started to notice that Cowboys fans were full of shit. So I started watching other teams play and one day I happened to turn on the game between the 49ers and Vikings and not even 10 seconds after I turned it on Steve Young busted that QB run for about 60 yards. Ever since then I have been A diehard 49ers fan. I like other Texas teams like the Longhorns and the Texas Rangers but I can’t stand the Cowboys.