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

The San Francisco 49ers have experienced success in the NFL many times in their history. They had 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 quarterbac...

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