49ers ‘Buy Back’ Option on Smith
The 49ers exercised a “buy-back” option in Alex Smith’s contract that will keep the quarterback around for three more seasons. If they didn’t pick up the option, Smith would have become a free agent after this year.
“It just goes to show that we have faith in him,” McCloughan said. “He’s our guy.”
“It wasn’t a tremendous amount of money, but it was enough that shows we have faith in him to be our guy,” McCloughan said. “It just shows we believe with him and Shaun (Hill) going out there that we have two quarterbacks that can compete for the starting job and feel really good that the winner of that is going to be a dang-good quarterback for us. From a business standpoint, if we didn’t think he was worth it, we wouldn’t have done it.”
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yes we have committed to alex now let the mad scientist mike martz mold this young talent<<<<<<<
Maybe Smith can finally be in the same offense for more then a season
SHIT! This blows! Why????
Great. Now if Smith crashes and burns this year, we are stuck with him. Way to roll the dice, Scot. I hope you are right…
Shit We Are Screwed!
Now that Issac Bruce was cut I say go after him!!!
I thought Id just throw it out there but how about Lorenzo Neal to replace Moran Norris???
fuck isaac Bruce! hes old and tired, we dont need 2 slow hags in him and Darrell Jackson, what we need is Bernard Berrian as our #2 WR and Djax at #1 and Arnaz at #3 and special teams.
Even so hes a solid 2nd stringer who is familar with Martz system and doesnt drop balls I say sign him to a 3 year deal
Also Michael Robinson got a 3 year extension. No one has reported that on this site yet. Also
“Finally, McCloughan warned fans not to expect the same excitement generated by the club during the NFL’s free-agent signing period last season, when they inked cornerback Nate Clements and safety Michael Lewis to lucrative deals in the opening hours. McCloughan confirmed the 49ers are most interested in bolstering their defensive line.
“We don’t feel like we have to go out and make a big splash right away,” McCloughan said.”
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3269581
This is the link for it since so many people ask for a link of the story.
As far as Bruce maybe on a 1 year deal but no way do i give him more then that. We need to build on younger recievers not older ones at end of there careers. Bruce on 1 year deal to maybe mentor our younger recievers and help them learn system better.Bruce himself did have a very solid career in nfl. So based with experience and familiar with system I wouldn’t mind it. Even if he doesn’t make team and gets cut during training camp or preseason the little bit of time could help out our younger guys. But If we are going to go with someone who is familiar with martz system I’d like to believe we could get Mcdonald from lions for cheap reasonable price. Since with there off. system changing he more then likely won’t fit and the only reason he went to detriot in first place was because of martz. So he I think is a better option not only faster but younger then bruce but we’d have to give up something for him.
I def do think that we atleast inquire on bruce though to see his price and all that
Bottom line is with over 23 million to spend the Niners will be active with FA signings. Personally I think you’ll hear DeShaun Foster and Issac Bruce signed quickly followed by Justin Smith or Calvin Pace.
I think we’ll loose the bidding war on Berrian and that’s fine, he’s no Randy Moss.
With Bruce, Battle, D-Jax and using Lelie to stretch the field and have V.D. catching more then blocking, then we should be in good shape.
Unless the NFL continues to bring in new blood Martz will not last more then 1 year and Smith will have a 5th OC and a 2nd head coach.
Consistancy on all points of the organization is the only way Alex or this team will be successful. For an example, see the Giants.
We should still draft a quarterback this year or next year.AND NOT COLT BRENNAN!!!!
So far, the niners have shown me that they are going after the BARGAIN/YARD SALE players. Faneca is someone we are going after…..good we NEED him since we let Smiley walk away without even saying good bye. Furthermore, the Vikings are sounding REALLY confident that they are going to sign BOTH Berrian AND Justin Smith. SORRY BOYS, but if that happens then the niners were caught paying attention to the bargain bin TOO DAMN LONG. We needed to address NEEDS. LASTLY, foxsports is reporting that Calvin Pace is going to be visiting the dolphins who are ready and willing to pay him. SO, again I ask, WHAT THE HELL HAVE THE NINERS DONE…..cause I can tell you that you guys shouldn’t be impressed with what they have done so far. JT O’Sullivan is a third string QB, Foster is a BACKUP RB, this dude from the Vikings could work out, and now we finally don’t have a kick returner that everyone laughs at due to high numbers of fair catches……WOW!!! McNolan better do better than this because if they don’t then I see a 6-10 record coming.
So, now http://www.49erswebzone is reporting that We are OUT OF CONTENTION with Berrian and Pace…..so that leaves Justin Smith and Faneca. We have the money to sign BOTH of those players and now we will be lucky to get one. I like the fact that the niners are going to have Justin Smith visit them first before he goes off to Minnesota for good, but they better not let him get on that plane. Faneca would BE HUGE for us.
The niners CAN STILL make this free agency look great by signing Justin Smith AND FANECA. Justin Smith and Bruce would give them a B- in my opinion, but if you add Faneca to that list it becomes an A. Faneca is a must!!! He would anchor our line. Staley, Faneca, Heitman (weak link) Baas, and Mr. Glass. Sounds AWESOME, but we should think about putting Baas at center and putting Snyder at right guard if this happens. THAT IS UNLESS WE DRAFT A CENTER. Faneca would make a huge difference…..you don’t believe me than ask the Vikings what Steve Hutchinson did for them and AP.
Ryan…we here are reporting that as well. Being out of contention for Berrian, Pace and Briggs.
Niner Pundit…..ARE YOU a little disappointed on how we haven’t signed anyone that is a big name yet? I mean, we might sign Smith if he visits us first and we might get Bruce as foxsports.com is reporting that he is on his way to visit SF, but is that enough for you? What about Faneca….could we get all three? THAT would make a KILLER free agency period, but I hear the Jets are the favorites for Faneca.
Lastly, http://www.profootballtalk.com is reporting that Marques Douglas is likely headed to Tampa Bay.
Fucking stupid !!!!! Alex Smith Sucks!! We could have been free of that garbage after this year? Very stupid move. We all know deep down in our hearts that Alex Smith was NEVER meant to be a quarterback in the NFL. Here comes the panic in the pocket, Blind side sacks, high throws, low throws, inacurate deep passes and lot’s of other fudamental qb mistakes that we have seen from Alex Smith over the years with our own two eyes. Bad move, all that free cap space we could have had and your telling me we couldnt find someone better =/
No I don’t think there is anything better. We have Mike Martz for a Offensive cordinator. Look at the Quarterbacks he had in Detriot and St Louis. Kurt Warner worked in a fucking grocery store before he got there. John Kitna isn’t that good without Martz, Trent Green was an uknown and Marc Bulger wasn’t a huge target in the draft when he came out. Alex Smith was a #1 for a reason. With some help on his michanics which Martz will fix and some help on the WR position Alex Smith could maybe be a probowl QB. This guy need to be given 1 more chance he had a different OC every year he’s been in the league. This offense is tough to learn but he scored very high on the QB smarts test. This is a quarterback Martz has never had, a Quarterback that can Move in the pocket. Look for Alex Smith to have a 20+ Touchdown year. Now if I’m wrong you can bust my balls all you want next year but most people who have any knowledge of football knows this could and most likely will happen.
WE JUST CANT GET IT RIGHT WITH MIKE NOLAN; FUCK ALEX SMITH!WE GOT RID OF ONE SMITH AND NEED TO DO THE SAME WITH THE OTHER ONE. HOW MANY CHANCES DOES ONE MAN GET. MCNABB HAS DONE NOTHING BUT WIN IN PHI AND THE FANS AND THE WHOLE WORLD WANTED HIM GONE. WE HAVE A PROVEN LOSER AND WE RE-SIGN HIM FOR THREE MORE YEARS. IF “THE REAL DEAL” SHAUN HILL DOES NOT START, GET READY FOR THE S.O.S. NEXT SEASON BECAUSE NO.1 THE MAN IS SCARED TO DEATH AT ALL THE ATHLETES HE SEE ON THE DEFENSES OF THE NFL. NO.2 HE COMES FROM A BULLSHIT OFFENSE AT UTAH{SHOTGUN OPTION} AND NO.3 HE COULDNT READ DEFENSES IF HE WAS APART OF SPY GATE. WHO DO WE WANT “THE REAL DEAL” WHO IS THAT “SHAUN HILL”, WHO DO WE WANT “THE REAL DEAL” WHO IS THAT “SHAUN HILL”, WHO DO WE WANT “THE REAL DEAL” WHO IS THAT “SHAUN HILL”, WHO DO WE WANT “THE REAL DEAL” WHO IS THAT “SHAUN HILL”, WHO DO WE WANT “THE REAL DEAL” WHO IS THAT “SHAUN HILL”, WHO DO WE WANT “THE REAL DEAL” WHO IS THAT “SHAUN HILL”, WHO DO WE WANT “THE REAL DEAL” WHO IS THAT “SHAUN HILL”, WHO DO WE WANT “THE REAL DEAL” WHO IS THAT “SHAUN HILL”, EVERYBODY SAY! WHO DO WE WANT “THE REAL DEAL” WHO IS THAT “SHAUN HILL”, WHO DO WE WANT “THE REAL DEAL” WHO IS THAT “SHAUN HILL”, WHO DO WE WANT “THE REAL DEAL” WHO IS THAT “SHAUN HILL”, WHO DO WE WANT “THE REAL DEAL” WHO IS THAT “SHAUN HILL”, WHO DO WE WANT “THE REAL DEAL” WHO IS THAT “SHAUN HILL”,
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