Posts Tagged ‘starting quarterback’

Niners finalize deal with Carr

Posted by Chris Kolb on March 7th, 2010

After dancing back and forth most of the weekend, David Carr (Giants) finally has a new home.

According to Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News, the free agent quarterback has decided to accept San Francisco’s offer, and will compete with fellow former #1 overall pick Alex Smith for the starting role next season. The move likely spells the end of Shaun Hill in a 49ers uniform, as he is valuable enough as a backup and potential starter to bring San Francisco a relatively decent draft pick in return, should they choose to put him on the block.

Carr has spent the past two seasons as Eli Manning’s backup and while he is best known for his disastrous tenure as the starter for Houston, he has shown the ability to take on a starting job once again, and should have every opportunity to do just that with the 49ers. His deal with the club is reportedly for two years.

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Singletary endorses Smith for next season

Posted by Chris Kolb on December 20th, 2009

The 49ers haven’t had much luck as of late with their quarterback play, watching former #1 overall pick Alex Smith struggle with his propensity to turn the ball over. While it seemed as though Smith took a step forward last week with a solid game at home against the Cardinals, that wasn’t the case today, when he threw three interceptions in San Francisco’s loss to the Eagles on the road.

But none of that seems to matter to head coach Mike Singletary, who gave the strongest indication yet as to the team’s plans for the off-season at the QB position, with a relatively strong endorsement of Smith at the end of the game.

“I think tonight Alex played poorly. He’s capable of playing better than that. I don’t have any questions about him. I don’t have any questions going forward. Sometimes you try to make things happen, and if they’re not happening and you force it. Maturity, patience, those kinds of things, trust in receivers’ routes, all of those things, you try to make happen. As a quarterback, you have to learn you can’t force it. He’s shown me enough prior to tonight. He had a bad game. Great quarterbacks have bad games. So I don’t have any questions about him.”

– San Francisco head coach Mike Singletary

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Analysis: Young deserves second chance with Titans

Posted by Chris Kolb on October 27th, 2009

Tennessee’s dreadful 0-6 start to their season has made headlines for all the wrong reasons, but through it all, head coach Jeff Fisher has steadfastly refused to turn back to a young quarterback the team invested its hopes and dreams in just two seasons ago.

In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past year, that player is QB Vince Young, and even though the Titans clearly have nothing to lose as the season progresses in giving him another shot, Fisher has thus far chosen to stick with veteran QB Kerry Collins instead, driving a wedge between himself and several key figures within the organization in the process.

One of those individuals happens to be team owner Bud Adams, who has unequivocally voiced his displeasure at Young’s continued stay on the bench, claiming the team needs to find out what Young can do for them soon.

“I have been wanting [Fisher] to play Vince Young more because Collins has been having his problems out there,” Adams told The Tennessean last week. “I just think we need to find out how well [Young] can do. If you don’t play the guy and lose all your games, it is hard for you to see what he can do for you. Vince has won a lot of games for us.” - Tennessee owner Bud Adams

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Despite Stafford’s cash, Culpepper still starting in Detroit

Posted by Chris Kolb on May 4th, 2009

Being the #1 overall pick in the draft can get you a lot of nice perks, but in Detroit, a guaranteed starting job is not necessarily one of them.

According to the Detroit Free Press, the Lions are currently planning on Daunte Culpepper starting the season as the first team quarterback, while Matt Stafford sits on the bench and learns the game. Detroit GM Martin Mayhew did not rule out Stafford earning the starting job in training camp, but would prefer that the team not rush him into the lineup just because he’s getting paid big time money.

That has been the recipe for disaster with other young QBs coming into the league according to Mayhew:

“They get drafted early by teams that haven’t been successful, and then they got rushed onto the field, which makes it tough to succeed. I think that’s been a pattern if you look at a lot of these guys.”

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