Alex Smith: Is This the Beginning of a Lost Cause in San Francisco?

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Published: June 14, 2009

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... the dominant franchise, which was led by Joe Montana, later on by Steve Young.

The 49ers have been lucky in the past for the quarterbacks they have selected, and in front of their eyes, saw these men turn into all time greats.

Since the glory days of Young and Montana, the franchise has not found much success. San Francisco hasn't experienced playoff atmosphere since 2002, when Jeff Garcia led the great come back over the New York Giants (gosh, such long ago).

Leading up to the 2005 NFL Draft, there was a lot of speculation of who the 49ers would select. They would either take Alex Smith, the quarterback from Utah, while also thinking about Aaron Rodgers, the quarterback from Cal.

San Francisco made Smith their man, selecting him number one overall and signing him to a six year, $49.5 million deal, with $24 million guaranteed.

Aaron Rodgers, took one of the bigger fall outs in recent draft memory, as he fell to the 24th overall selection by the Gree...

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