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Timmy!
Back from my
Turkish hell
and I need to find out what is new in Niner land, so I called my good
buddy Jed.
Jed answers the phone
sounding like he
has tied on another one. Jeez, I thought
I had a drinking issue. I hope his “Ford
Escort” issues are o.k. – wink – wink.
Jed is a bit fuzzy,
but he informs
me that the Forty Niners have traded Timmy!
 That is Tim Rattay for those of you who
don't speak South Park or attended any San Francisco games lately.
Now that Timmy is gone; in a deal that sent
the former starting
quarterback to the Buccaneers for a reported sixth-round draft choice
in 2006, what
is happening with our quarterbacks?
Well, first it
means that
Coach Nolan is serious about sticking with Alex Smith, for the good and the bad.
This is all good because the Niners are not
going any to the playoffs
this season. I know this will come to a
shock to some of out faithful readers.
So Alex is going to be earning his money and
seeing a lot of time on his
back. After the preseason, I was a
little worried about our bonus baby. But
after the Colts game, I felt that he was making some better throws. Smith's struggles were predictable in his
first career start. The former Utah star never got comfortable, going 9-of-23
for 74
yards and committing five turnovers while getting sacked five times. Yeah, I know he threw five interceptions, but
his arm did look stronger than Timmy!
As Peyton Manning
said after
the game, "Everyone wants to win their first game, and everyone wants
it
to be just like college, but it's not," Manning said. "It is the NFL
for a reason. It's a big adjustment. It's tough going against an
excellent
defense in your first start. ... Six games or a year from now, you look
back on
these games and you say, 'I hated to go through it, but it helped me
become a
better player.'"
All I am hoping is
that at
the end of the season is that 1) Alex has
survived, 2) that his touchdown to interception ratio is about equal
and that
3) he begins to take command of this team.
I am looking forward to the final game against
Houston to see how much he has progressed, though my feeling may be mixed since the
Forty Niners will be
playing the woeful Texans in what might be dubbed the Reggie Bush Bowl.
If
USC's star junior tailback enters the 2006 NFL Draft, the team that
finishes
with the worst record might land him with the first pick.
QB Performance -
Rookie Year
QB
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Year
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G
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GS
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Att
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Comp
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Pct
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Yds
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TD
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Int
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Rate
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Eli Manning
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2004
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9
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7
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197
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95
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48.2
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1043
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6
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9
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55.4
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Peyton Manning
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1998
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16
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16
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575
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326
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56.7
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3739
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26
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28
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71.2
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John Elway
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1983
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11
|
|
259
|
123
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47.5
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1663
|
7
|
14
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54.9
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source - NFL & Dump York Bunker
Research Division
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October 20,
2005
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