Shaun Hill Inspires Confidence, Could Start As ‘Niners QB

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Published: July 23, 2009

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... Shaun Hill.

I will let that player's name remain unknown, as I don't really want to contribute to any team disunity.

But why Hill?

Because he exudes confidence, despite not being a particularly artistic passer. Who needs artistic? Especially when the myth of the Montana-led 49ers were a "finesse" team.

Yeah, ask Eric Dickerson and other running backs and receivers who had the snot knocked out of them by a ferocious 49ers defense.

Factor in the fact that after serious back surgery, Montana came back and won two Super Bowls, and nearly a third.

I'm ready for rough-and-tumbe oldtime 'Niner ball.

Back to Hill. Why him? Because he has won games when the other quarterbacks have mostly imploded. With the turnstile that keeps bringing successive waves of offensive coordinators through Santa Clara, has this been fair to Alex Smith?

Not completely.

But that doesn't change the reality about Hill being the players' favorite, if t...

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