Niners finish preseason 2-2.
Michael Robinson is making a smooth transition to running back.
Robinson ran for two touchdowns in the second quarter to help the San Francisco 49ers end the preseason with a 23-14 victory over a San Diego Chargers team still searching for a backup quarterback.
Robinson was the Big Ten offensive player of the year in 2005 after quarterbacking Penn State to the conference title. Attracted by his athleticism and versatility, the 49ers picked him in the fourth round and immediately turned him into a running back.
With starter Frank Gore getting a rest to avoid possible injury, Robinson got his most extensive action of the preseason and delivered on the opportunity. He carried 12 times for 59 yards, scoring on runs of 1 and 13 yards in the second quarter.
Robinson was the offensive star for the 49ers, who made it into the end zone only once in each of the past two preseason games. Quarterback Alex Smith played only three series, completing one of four passes for 11 yards.
ddsaffd said:
DAMN ALEX MUST’VE LIT IT UP SINCE HE WAS PLAYING AGAINST A 2ND STRING DEFENSE FULL OF SCRUBS!
48 mins after the fact.MJ said:
No, Alex Smith did not really do that well. Trent Dilfer led the deep drives and Michael Robinson drove in the touchdowns. Joe Nedney, as expected, was excellent going 3 for 3 field goals.
Damn, Trent Dilfer has been so awesome. Everyone keeps defending Alex Smith, saying that he will get better. What is overlooked constantly is that he was a #1 OVERALL PICK, he is EXPECTED to be great. Second, HE IS NOT A ROOKIE ANYMORE. Unfortunately, we are paying him big bucks so we are going to have to hold our breaths and watch him. If he does good, that is wonderful. If he sucks up half the season, I would love Dilfer to go in and win some games for us.
If Trent Dilfer was our starting quarterback right now, I think we have a playoff shot. I really do think we can win 8 games minimum with him at QB. When Dilfer is on the field, he takes control. And then there is that connection between him and Michael Robinson, it’s like they read eachother’s minds. Michael Robinson is looking a lot like Brian Westbrook in 49er uniform. But anyways, it was a great game. We are forced to go with Alex Smith for now. Please people, just PLEASE, quit forgetting he was a #1 OVERALL PICK not some go-to-guy. Smith was a #1 overall pick, and Dilfer was a superbowl QB.
58 mins after the fact.Straighthate said:
I was very impressed by Robinson and not so impressed by Smith or the pass protection given to him. Without protection, Smith looks awful.
1 hour after the fact.MJ said:
For those who do not know, these are QB stats from the chargers game:
Alex Smith had 1 completion for 4 attempts for 11 yards. Smith also had to rush attempts for a total 5 yards.
Trent Dilfer had 7 completions for 9 attempts for 64 yards.
Shaun Hill had 8 completions for 14 attempts for 86 yards and 1 interception.
For the all stats, you can follow the following link. Click on GAME STATS to see a breakdown.
http://www.49erswebzone.com/content/news/view.php?id=6374
1 hour after the fact.MJ said:
Straighthate, it is funny but Dilfer and Hill had the same protection if not worst. Look at the numbers they posted. Just imagine how much better Dilfer would be if he played with the first string recievers and Vernon Davis! Please, I have had it with excuses for Smith. The offensive line is moderate. The spot light is on him now, no more excuses.
1 hour after the fact.Corey said:
MJ, you nailed it. sit Smith’s lil ass and let’s play Dilfer and win some games this year. I know he was the #1 pick, but he sux. Lets let this cat sit and learn 4 a while.
1 hour after the fact.SLiZzLe 4 DiZzLe said:
MJ and Corey, I am with you guys. Sit Alex Smith. But MJ, like you said it we do pay him so we have to let him start the season. If he still sucks, sit him. I want to sit his ass now though.
But how about Michael Robinson. Do you guys think we will use him as a trick player because he was a quarterback? You know, take a handoff or toss and convert it to a halfback pass to a reciever? That would be awesome. Week 1 baby!
2 hours after the fact.Corey said:
As far as Robinson goes we ae straight, Good ass pick. Smith is our future, but he is just not ready. Sit Smith and let Dilfer win us some games. Smith will only benfit. Right?
2 hours after the fact.Robinson 06 said:
All I know was Dilfer is the man. I want him to be our #1 quarterback. I like what I saw from him, and for all the preseason games the best part is when he is in the game. I can’t wait for season to start, today’s game was sweeeeeet
! 
2 hours after the fact.we'refucked said:
Robinson 06, Dilfer is not the starter,Smith is. How many wins do you predict? It won’t be much more then 6. I live in Colorado, so I had to purchase the NFL ticket. It will be a painful season once again. What are the chances of Dilfer starting?
2 hours after the fact.The Voice of Reason said:
I understand fans wants wins, but the immediate gain is outweighed by the possible development of Smith. The only way a QB can get better is to be out on the field playing. Practice helps, camps help, even scout team work helps, but nothing matches playing against the competition in live games.
People need to keep their patience before advocating getting rid of Smith. Drew Brees looked like a bust until his 4th year, Troy Aikman looked awful before enough offensive talent came together his 3rd year, etc.
Yes, at some point you have to give up on a QB if they don’t develop, but the second year is not the time for it.
Besides, what is the point of playing Dilfer?
-With him at QB would we make the playoffs? Highly Doubtful. Too many questions on defense.
-With him at QB do we make the SuperBowl? No.
-Will Alex Smith learn as much sitting on the bench? No.
So if we are not going to be a playoff team anyway, you are better off giving your young QB experience. The third season of starting is really the one where you decide if a player is worthy or not, better to get there sooner than later so we can move on if Smith is not the answer.
2 hours after the fact.ninerfan4life said:
SOME OBSERVATIONS FROM LAST NIGHT….
-SMITH LOOKED SHAKY, BUT HAD ONLY 4 ATTEMPTS … TWO WERE DROPPED … ONE TOUGH CATCH BY BRYANT AND ONE RIGHT IN THE BREAD BASKET OF DAVIS. CLEARLY, DILFER IS A BETTER QB, BUT I’M INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT ALEX CAN DO PLAYING THE ENTIRE GAME WITH THE FIRST UNIT. IF HE STINKS UP THE FIRST TWO GAMES … SIT HIS ASS!
-TAYLOR JACOBS HAS SHOWED ENOUGH TO MAKE THE SQUAD
-ROBINSON SHOULD BE MOVED UP TO #2 AND PLACE HICKS AT # 3
-NORRIS SHOULD BE THE FB
-CUT THAT PIECE OF SHIT SAMMY DAVIS! ALTHOUGH HE FINALLY MADE ONE PLAY ON THE BALL, HE IS STILL FUCKIN’ AWFUL.
-ANY WORD ON DELANIE WALKER’S INJURY?
8 hours after the fact.Bob In Pacifica said:
I’m officially very worried about Smith. The rest of the offense is potentially pretty good.
Still not much push on the defense, but Manny Lawson is starting to look good.
Rouen or Lee?
Who knows about the season? I expect Nolan to be doing a lot of scheming and trick plays that could give us some advantage. There should be a lot of two-tight end and maybe a few three tight end formations.
They looked watchable, but I’m still not feeling all that good about what’s about to happen. I figure with Smith at quarterback it’s going to be a long, frustrating season.
9 hours after the fact.Michael said:
About Alex Smith…This is going to be his first full season and you people are already ready to give up on him? He only started like 5 times last season and that isnt enough experiance. I dont expect him to have an amazing season but I expect improvement. I highly doubt he has a TD to INT ratio of 1/11. I mean I think he builds on those last two games of last season for this year.
As fans of the 49ers we were very spoiled even in those last few years with Steve Young where he masked the weaknesses of the team with how great he was. I think the offense will be alot better then last year. The defense still needs work but guess what. That is what next year is for. Everyone is bitching “Oh we need more linemen, linebackers, and d-backs” but I think they did it the right way working on the offense mostly first. If we have 8 holes on one side and 8 holes on another side what good is plugging 4 holes on each side when you could just shore up one side?
11 hours after the fact.baaqi said:
Now when I said all those things about alex smith I was one of the wrongest people in the world and npw look.
I was screaming micheal robinson on here and everybody was trashing him.
We need to pick up some of those players that got released and we can build our team to a playoff contender.
But on that note MICHEAL ROBINSON YALL!
11 hours after the fact.49erFAN408 said:
We didnt get to see what Alex Smith could really do, he overthrew 1 pass, that was his only poor decision. The other 2 incompletions were VD’s drop and a thrown away ball to save a 12 yrd loss on a sack. I thought Dilfer played really well and will be a quality backup, like he said in his interview the best thing he can do is to push alex. We really need to work on our run defense and pass rush. And rememeber sammy davis wont be a starter, when spencer comes back he’ll be pushed down to nickel or dime back. Either the chargers cant tackle or M. Robinson looks a like a beast running up the middle.
12 hours after the fact.ninerfan4life said:
Detroit released Charles Rodgers… I say we go for it … what do we have to lose…
12 hours after the fact.ddsaffd said:
what the fuck? smith had hella good protection. he had about 4-5 seconds to pass but all he could do was a pass to a RB or a 2-3 yd run. put jay cutler or matt leinert in alex’s position and i guarantee they could’ve made something happen.
12 hours after the fact.baaqi said:
See that’s what I’m saying dude is trash, and if he wasn’t a first round pick #1 overall of last year and if he wasn’t getting paid 25 million guaranteed then his ass would have been cut but they would take a serious cap hit and he would get that 25 mill from the niners.
I’m loosing my patients with dude, as far as charles rogers yeah pick him up we don’t have noting to lose and it is a whole lot of good players that will be out there NOLAN DON’T FUCK AROUND AND BULLSHIT!
13 hours after the fact.ted berkowitz said:
as much as i want rogers on our squad, there is no way in hell nolan and co. will go after him. there are already reports saying that mcloughan has said that there is no interest in rogers, fuck that shit get his ass in a niner uniform!
13 hours after the fact.MJ said:
Baaqi, I could not have said it better. You hit the nail on the head.
ddsaffd your words are true as well. Dilfer and Hill had the same protection as Alex Smith if not worst. Smith thus far has been a bust. And please, PLEASE, remember this is not his rookie year people! Baaqi said the situation best. Stupid cap hits.
As for Rogers, sorry fellas but he is not a “Nolan Guy.” I would like to see him on our team, but what can we do.
14 hours after the fact.niner said:
What do you guys think about Todd Pinkston should we go after him or not? He got released by Philly.
14 hours after the fact.Gold Finger said:
Naa, forget Pinkston. After last night though, I do want Dilfer to be the starting quarterback and Taylor Jacobs to be our #3 reciever over Gilmore. Us 49er fans have not been getting what we want the last few seasons, so I doubt it. We will wait and see.
15 hours after the fact.Sparrow said:
Robinson is even more valuable now. Sac Bee reports that Terry Jackson has been cut …
15 hours after the fact.ninerfan4life said:
CB DERRICK JOHNSON HAS BEEN CUT WHICH MEANS THAT PIECE OF SHIT SAMMY DAVIS PROBABLY STAYS. I’D RATHER HAVE RUMP BACK AS OPPOSED TO DAVIS. NOLAN AND CO. JUST DONT WANT TO ADMIT THE THE DAVIS FOR WOODS TRADE WAS A PUSH… NIETHER OF THEM HAVE NFL TALENT. ANYONE WITH TWO EYES CAN SEE THAT SAMMY DAVIS CANT COVER! HE GOT TORCHED IN DALLAS AND GOT TORCHED LAST NIGHT. IF SPENCER AND HARRIS DON’T STAY HEALTHY … WE’RE IN BIG TROUBLE IN THE SECONDARY.
15 hours after the fact.Sparrow said:
Johnson hurt his groin agianst SD. That didn’t help …
15 hours after the fact.Straighthate said:
MJ, not making excuses for Smith. I’m saying that he doesn’t handle pass rush too well. Unless he has a line that keeps him protected incredibly well, he gets flustered and looks awful. I do think Dilfer would be better in there this year, but as long as we’re still rebuilding, might as well see what Smith can do now. If we sit him all year, we may not know he’s a bust until a couple years from now… at a time when the team needs a good QB to be a contender. No matter how much we all try to convince ourselves, with Payton Manning in there, this team is still no Super Bowl team by a long shot.
23 hours after the fact.OG TRIPLE OG said:
Gold Finger I agree with you on having Jacobs as are number 3, he impressed me. As for Rogers, I say why not we need all the help we can get right?
23 hours after the fact.The Professor said:
Ill say this everyone says Smith sucks and had a bad game. COME ON YALL it was just preseason. Who cares, I want Dilfer to be our starter as well but look at it. Yeah he did good in the last game, and was on the niners 2nd string offense like MJ says, but hey MJ, was he playing against the opponent first string defense? NOOOOO, and Shaun Hill played against the third string defense, so lets not get ahead of ourselves. REmember if the niners have a great year, its because of Smith’s improvement and if we have another first overall pick, its because Smith flatout can play. But lets just see what the future holds.
2 days after the fact.About Michael Robinson, yeah great game against The Chargers. But did he crack the second string spot over Mo Hicks? Yeah just ask yourself that. Ill say this Delanie Walker looks awsome. I hope faggot Nolan puts him ahead of Bryan Gilmore on the WR depth chart.
But I would love for the Niners to sign Charles Rogers, but like MJ said he might not be a NOlan Guy.
That is all for now the professor has spoken.
Big M said:
I think MJ is an idiot. I always see his posts on here trashing Alex Smith and anyone who knows football knows MJ is an idiot. How can you expect Alex Smith to be an all-pro in his second year? He is still the youngeset starting QB in the league. Look at Eli’s stats last year and he has weapons all over the place on that offense.
Anyways, I had posted a long message for MJ on a previous post before and I forgot to put those dumbass numbers in and it deleted it and I wasnt about to retype everything, but I just saw him put in another retarded post saying the same thing he always does. I hope he’s just a kid or something cuz if hes not, he’s a douche.
We’ll get to the big game within 3 years.
2 days after the fact.