San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith seems to have a problem on his hands, full pun intended. The first overall draft pick heading into this season, the man who played quarterback alongside this years Heisman winner Reggie Bush, the man who is supposed to be the future at quarterback for the 49ers, just cannot seem to hold onto the football. In the 49ers loss (and by loss I mean defeat, pounding, slaughtering…) to the Seahawks this past week, Alex Smith fumbled three times. His season total for fumbles is approaching double digits. Both the 49ers Reebok Minnesota Vikings #4 Brett Favre Realtree camo Jersey
coach Mike Nolan, and Smith have recognize that this fumbleitis is a problem. Apparently the team is taking steps to correct it by practicing with only brand new footballs (which are more slick because of a thing film the balls have on them when they come out of the box) – but I suggest this is not enough. There are not enough weeks left in the season for the 49ers to slowly try and solve this problem. Action, firm action, needs to be taken now. And so I propose the following three ideas.1) Do not just practice with new footballs. Make Smith throw wet footballs, cold footballs, over inflated footballs, under inflated footballs, icy footballs, hot footballs, muddy footballs – well you get the picture. We are not talking peewee football here, a professional accountant can pick up any calculator and calculate a companies net income, likewise a professional quarterback should be able to pick up any football and throw it like he is being paid over $40 million dollars to do so.2) Strengthen Smith's grip. Most athletes work on their speed, their arm muscles, their leg muscles, etc. Smith needs to work on his hand muscles. There are numerous exercises from which he can chose to do this, but ultimately the idea is simple. Stronger hand should mean fewer drops.3) Finally, if Smith wants to earn the love of Reebok Minnesota Vikings #69 Jared Allen Realtree camo Jersey
the fans, he should start wearing a glove. Just as Jeff Garcia does, particularly in cold weather, Smith should seriously try playing with a receiver's glove. They are relatively thin, keep the hand warm, and they are sticky. All this with only minimal affect on the ‘feel' quarterbacks need to deliver passes with perfect accuracy. The 49ers need to take major action on this issue, because letting it fester all off-season would be extremely hard to stomach. For all the latest news and resources about the 49ers please visit 49ersparadise.com (0)
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