49ers' QB job looks like Troy Smith's to lose

All it took was one start for the 49ers and head coach Mike Singletary to decide that the starting QB job is now Troy Smith’s to lose. Team insiders tell us that, even when Alex Smith’s non-throwing shoulder fully heals within the next couple of weeks, he likely will be taking a backseat to Troy Smith, who at least for one game made Singletary’s decision to start him against the Broncos — a decision, we hear, that even surprised his coaches — look good. But while Troy Smith did indeed offer a genuine glimmer of hope, saving his best for last with an impressive 21-point fourth quarter in the Niners’ 24-16 victory over Denver, our sources on the San Francisco scene told PFW that Niners Nation is hardly getting carried away. “They’re a pretty skeptical bunch right now,” one source said. “The consensus is that all the Niners really proved were that they were less demoralized than the Broncos.

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