Comments on: Alex Smith must pass “contact” test

By: redandgoldhitman52

redandgoldhitman52 — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:33:00 +0000

i like kaepernick. he can throw any pass , he can get u first downs and td’s with his arm and speedy feet. he played good last week getting the ball down 10 and making a game out of it. i say start kaepernick. if niners win… give kaepernick the start again. hes the future.

By: maddbearfan

maddbearfan — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:36:48 +0000

Yeah right, Smith is playing…Harbaugh will milk this till gametime….not to mention he’s practiced a couple days.

By: msclemons67

msclemons67 — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:28:54 +0000

Smith is irrelevant. The 49ers don’t ask much of their quarterback.

Frank Gore is healthy, that’s all that matters.

By: fanfromcan

fanfromcan — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:25:19 +0000

I think a good contact test is facing the Bears. Let him play and if his head gets dinged again he can sit.

By: ohiobears

ohiobears — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:17:02 +0000

Either way I do believe this will be a close game, especially with starting qbs out (or worst case, Chicago’s strating QB out, Alex Smith is as good as most backups in the league). Both defenses are good, i’d give the edge to campbell over kape, plus the home field advantage scale tips slightly for San Fran. end of the day… Bears 17, Niners 9. it does get excited though at the end with the niners driving in hopes of a td with a two point conversion to send this one in overtime..But, just as usual, the bears’ front four pressure gets the qb to throw a pick to tim jennings.

By: packerfan1000

packerfan1000 — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:30:05 +0000

I would be interested in hearing what this contact test actually is. It doesn’t seem like a great idea. If you fail, that obviously means you were subjected to contact while still suffering from concussion symptoms, which doesn’t seem like a healthy thing to do to an unhealthy brain.

I guess subjecting a player to less contact to see if symptoms reappear is better than subjecting them to NFL contact during a game.

Still seems dangerous though.

By: niners816

niners816 — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:23:53 +0000

Chi01town,

“Smith will play tonight.”

Don’t know what game you’re watching tonight, the Bears and Niners play Monday night. Your team doesn’t do well against teams that actually having a winning record because of your easy schedule. I doubt this game is as close as people think. Go Niners!

By: kingpel

kingpel — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 13:56:24 +0000

So everything looks good now, but he has to pass a contact test that will either prove he is ok, or reaggravate the condition. It just seems to me that Smith should sit out a week and rest.

By: chi01town

chi01town — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 13:50:18 +0000

A good coach does everything he can do to put his BEST QB on the field for a big game. Smith will play
tonight. Cutler will not play because Lovie didnt do his job and get Cutler to take the test and practice. Lovie is the reason Chicago hasnt won a Superbowl. and he needs to go now.

By: the1849ers

the1849ers — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 13:44:08 +0000

I want to see Kap play a full game; kids got skills. Hope Alex gets better, right around Tuesday.

By: steelernationfartsinyourfaceandwinschampionships

steelernationfartsinyourfaceandwinschampionships — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 13:41:00 +0000

Today the Steeler Nation continues their dominance over the Ratbirds. We will again prove who the holy one is.

They won the last few times, why? Because we let them! They need their confidence built up so beating them today will be even more enjoyable. Wow, we are so gracious.

By: grizzlybear34

grizzlybear34 — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 13:16:38 +0000

The 49ers would be foolish to play him and risk the rest of the season, unless they have enough confidence in Colin to play at Smith’s level – which is good enough to compete for the Superbowl.

Smith will surely have a “contact test” performed on Monday night.

I think Smith will end up sitting.

By: kingmj4891

kingmj4891 — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 13:12:17 +0000

Posted by Mike Florio
“It suggests a lack of consistency in the concussion protocol, placing before some players different hurdles than other players face.”

Each concussion is different I have had two once from a car accident and another back in HS from taking a baseball to the head which also knocked me out cold. The one from the baseball took over two weeks to really be symptom free while the car accident one was gone in a few days. I would believe this holds true with football concussions as well and that each one has to be handled according to the severity of the concussion and thus some players only need to submit to easier test while more sever concussions would have more tests. I guess you could make every player have to have every test but if they Ace the low level tests is it necessary to have them take the high tests which the lower test have already clear them. While a player with a sever concussion may pass the low test but the result indicate he needs more testing to be sure he is no longer concussed.

By: titansfan1950

titansfan1950 — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 13:00:42 +0000

I’ve heard rumors of this “test” being used by SF. It consists of the symptomatic player being headbutted by an asymptomatic player. Never thought it was true, guess it is. What a second rate operation they are.