I Want My Quarter Back - Page 2

Right now, their #2 quarterback is Jason Hill, a quarterback they drafted in the third round last year, and think so highly of that he's touched the ball one time in the 23 games since he was drafted - as a receiver.

Their #3 quarterback is Jamie Martin, a 37-year-old journeyman who has appeared in two games since the end of the 2005 season. So the 49ers appear to be doomed to whatever fate J.T. O'Sullivan hands them until the future of their franchise is healthy again.

Injuries have had their effects felt elsewhere as well.

Brad Johnson look exactly like the incredibly rusty 40-year-old that he is in getting embarrassed by the Rams. Matt Cassel is not doing a great job of making Bob Kraft look like a genius for drafting a guy who never started in college to be his backup for Brady. We'll see if this is also merely a case of readjusting to the life of a starter or a guy who was never really meant to be one.

Another great example is Joe Flacco's insertion as the starter because of the two injuries above him on the depth chart in Baltimore. He has clearly shown the already-known fact that he is not ready to be a starter. Granted, in the case of Baltimore, it's no guarantee that Flacco was going to spend the entire season behind the always-disappointing Kyle Boller and the "great game manager" Troy Smith, and perhaps the trial by fire is a good thing, but it sure isn't showing results just yet.

I don't mean to rag on these teams, but the 49ers used the #1 pick on a quarterback in 2005 and have gone 18-37 since. The Ravens gave up their first round pick the following year so they could move up four spots and draft Boller, and they've gone 46-40 since then. Surely they would make some amount of effort to bring in proven names, try to move up in the draft, something to avoid playing guys like O'Sullivan or a far-from ready Boller? I guess that's why I'm not a football executive.

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