05-15-2009, 02:20 AM
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Year Of The Basel
Join Date: Sep 2008
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Vet on the hot seat: Alex Smith
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The assignment sounded simple enough: Identify and elaborate upon a veteran NFC West player "on the hot seat" this season.
The hard part was settling on just one.
I chose 49ers quarterback Alex Smith, with Rams quarterback Marc Bulger earning honorable mention, even though other candidates also seemed worthy.
The stakes are always highest for quarterbacks.
Smith is probably feeling less heat after accepting a reduced contract and the reduced expectations that came with it, but his career is unmistakably at a crossroads. That's a big deal for the first player chosen in the 2005 NFL draft.
Smith is one of 21 players remaining on the 49ers' roster from the most recent regular-season game he played, a 24-0 defeat to Seattle on Nov. 12, 2007. While the 49ers promised Smith a chance to battle Shaun Hill for the starting job in return for Smith accepting a significant pay reduction, they won't wait forever.
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Vet on the hot seat: Alex Smith
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