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Commentary: Alex Smith treading water in a sea of boos (Sacramento Bee)

pgutierrez@sacbee.com (Paul Gutierrez) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO Welcome to Alex Smith's personal hell. Pull up a chair and grab a cool one. It gets warm in here. Especially for the No. 1 overall pick of the 2005 draft, who is getting dangerously close to Ryan Leaf and Tony Mandarich territory. As in all-time NFL draft bust territory.

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Johnson returns from injury with three-catch night (San Fransisco Chronicle)

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Wide receivers Bryant Johnson and Ashley Lelie both returned from injuries, and while Johnson caught three passes for 41 yards, Lelie was shut out. Johnson had a 23-yard catch from Alex Smith on the 49ers' first play from scrimmage. The 49ers have to move 22...

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49ers' Smith looks shaky (Sacramento Bee)

mbarrows@sacbee.com (Matthew Barrows) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:00:10 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO Quarterback J.T. O'Sullivan got the VIP treatment Friday night, exchanging his helmet for a baseball cap and watching the 49ers' 20-17 exhibition loss to San Diego from the sideline with the rest of the team's valued veterans. Quarterback Alex Smith didn't do enough to show that the 49ers should reconsider giving the starting job to J.T. O'Sullivan, who didn't play in...

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Smith gets picked / Demoted quarterback throws 2 interceptions (San Fransisco Chronicle)

tfitzgerald@sfchronicle.com (Tom FitzGerald) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Now that Alex Smith has been demoted from the 49ers' starting job, he seemed to regress a little further Friday night when he threw a pair of interceptions. The one-time occupant of the quarterback throne came back in the second half to direct a 90-yard drive...

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Smith shows wisdom of Niners' QB choice (MSNBC.com)

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:32:27 GMT

Former starting quarterback Alex Smith throws two interceptions in a 20-17 preseason loss to the Chargers.

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Smith shows wisdom of Niners' starting QB choice (The Washington Times)

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:06:23 GMT

Even against his hometown team's third-stringers and scrubs, Alex Smith demonstrated why he's no longer the San Francisco 49ers' starting quarterback.

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Smith shows wisdom of Niners' starting QB choice (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:06:00 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO -- Even against his hometown team's third-stringers and scrubs, Alex Smith demonstrated why he's no longer the San Francisco 49ers' starting quarterback.

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Opinion: Leinart, Smith just aren't good enough (MSNBC.com)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:32:32 GMT

Alex Smith. Matt Leinart. As the 2008 season opens next week, neither is an NFL starting quarterback.

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Short Q & A: Nolan on his commitment to J.T. O’Sullivan and Alex Smith and X-and-Os about Justin Smith (Talking Points with Tim Kawakami)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:45:50 GMT

Just an add-on to yesterday’s 49ers stuff. Wrote the column about Alex Smith’s dwindling 49ers future. Already posted the long??Smith Q & A. Got sidetracked by pitch-count stuff… Should’ve put up these portions of??yesterday’s Mike Nolan interview session a while ago, but oh well. Nolan was typically cryptic about the QBs when attempts were made to pin [...]

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Alex Smith, grudgingly adapting to the back-up reality: “There’s going to be better days” (Talking Points with Tim Kawakami)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:37:25 GMT

I’m writing a column on Alex Smith’s new reality for tomorrow’s paper–he’s a back-up now for the first time since early in his 49ers career, and even then he wasn’t really the back-up… he was the heir apparent. Now Smith is not the starter, he’s not... Continue reading...

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Rookie Jerome Felton might be Lions' starting fullback (Detroit Free Press)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:20:36 GMT

Rookie fullback Jerome Felton was one of the last Lions to exit the practice field in Allen Park on Monday. He worked on his blocking technique with running backs coach Sam Gash and linebacker Alex Smith after most of the team had gone inside.

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Live & learn - on the bench (Denver Post)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:12:17 GMT

Alex Smith, the No. 1 pick in 2005 by the San Francisco 49ers, and Matt Leinart, the 10th pick in 2006 by the Arizona Cardinals, already know they're going to be carrying clipboards on the

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JT O’Sullivan: Pre-ordained Starter (The Big Lead)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:00:52 GMT

Over the weekend, the Sports Hernia informed us that the 49ers awarded the starting quarterback job to JT O’Sullivan, rendering Alex Smith the primary backup and Shaun Hill third string. While the decision seems absurd on the surface, it’s really not too surprising given Mike Martz’s history. When the 49ers acquired O’Sullivan in March, Martz pretty [...]

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Kreidler: Future still promising for 49ers’ Smith (NFL Superbowl)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:53:28 GMT

A revolving door of coordinators (among other things) has made life difficult for Alex Smith in San Francisco. But don't write off the former No. 1 pick. At 24, Smith still has a lot of football in front of him, writes Mark Kreidler.

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Kreidler: Future still promising for 49ers' Smith (ESPN)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:58:33 GMT

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If the 49ers are committed to Nolan, they should dump Smith now (but they aren’t and they probably won’t) (Talking Points with Tim Kawakami)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:47:37 GMT

It’s all tied together and, typically for the 49ers, it’s all very confusing and conflicted and perhaps about to be confrontational. Mike Nolan likes Mike Martz and they both like J.T. O’Sullivan and Nolan doesn’t like Alex Smith at all. Meanwhile, Martz is indifferent to... Continue reading...

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Nolan on Smith (49ersNews)

erickson@49ersnews.com — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:24:22 GMT

This says everything you need to know about what Mike Nolan thinks about Alex Smith. This is a screencap from the 49ers-Bears game.

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Morning report: Gold watch for Alex Smith? (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:42:00 GMT

Alex Smith, recently replaced as the starter for the San Francisco 49ers, should just retire.

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O’Sullivan named starter for start of regular season (New Love Lines)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:05:45 GMT

The drama has ended and we can finally get some sleep tonight. . Even though this was what I had thought since the second preseason game, it’s not official. Alex Smith will be the second stringer, with Shaun Hill at third. Taking a look at the stats compiled from the three previous games, O’Sullivan is [...]

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Letters to the Green: QB competition not a fair fight (San Fransisco Chronicle)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:35:00 GMT

Editor - When Mike Nolan brought in Alex Smith on Thursday against the Bears to get a few reps with the starters, I thought, how nice. The equal-opportunity 49ers were finally doing more than giving lip service. Up until then, the three-way competition we...

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