49ers Smith Needs To Prove He’s Not As Good As Hill But Better

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Published: August 10, 2009

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... and head coach Mike Singletary are no closer to figuring out who will be their starting quarterback.

Or, if they have, perhaps they should consider submitting their press conference video to the Academy.

On one hand you have Shaun Hill, who is, if not, at his peak then right at the precipice of it. He is extremely limited athletically, but has the fortune of playing a position where many men before him have done remarkable things without the benefit of having won a genetic lottery.

Hill has the dink-and-dunk arm and at times when he does try to uncork one deep at practice, it makes one wince. 

However, he is 7-3 as a starter, he isn't mistake prone, and he plays the part of a franchise quarterback remarkably well when it comes to body language and the podium.

He knows he won't ever convert everyone into a believer, but the only people he really needs to convince are Singletary and the 10 other fellas in his huddle.

Then there's Alex Smith...

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