I didn't see this anywhere but Troy Smith will get the start for San Francisco this Sunday in London against Denver. This means Troy and Ted Ginn are together again. I hope they do well.
I didn't see this anywhere but Troy Smith will get the start for San Francisco this Sunday in London against Denver. This means Troy and Ted Ginn are together again. I hope they do well.
Congrats to the former Buckeye for leading the niners to only their second victory of the season.
It seemed like it took a while for them to put any trust in Troy's arm, as he mostly just handed off to Gore and got out of the way but he did end up throwing for one touchdown and running for another with a QB rating of 115 which was better than his counterpart, Kyle Orton.
Hopefully he will get the chance to keep starting. He is one of my favorite Buckeyes. He would have been the starter in Baltimore if it wasn't for that weird illness he got a couple years ago.
I still think he'll have a career as a starter, some guys just take a few years to get their chance.
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Punt Palmer, pick up Troy Smith.
Some guys on the local sports radio channel here in Columbus were pretty hard on him.I didn't watch but, according to them he was pretty terrible in the first half and was just ok in the second half even going as far as to say that most of his success was luck.You'd have to be pretty lucky to end up with a 115 QB rating.
I'm very interested in seeing how Troy does in SF.He has given myself along with many fellow Buckeye fans a lot of great memories.Seems like this might be his shot.There are plenty of weapons available for him and not much competition at his position and with the division he's in the Niners might not be out of it even at 2-6.We'll see.
Career path could go like Jeff Blake's, he didn't get a chance until his third season, and while he was never an elite QB he had a respectable career. He was also 6 ft (NFL.com has him at 6'1, but I'm pretty sure I remember him being listed at 6'0 back in the 90's).
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