With the Niners things are never certain. Here’s what I mean. If Troy Smith has a good game vs. the Rams and the Niners win, it’s goodbye Alex Smith because Troy will be the starter from here on out.

OK, we’ve got that.

But what if Troy stinks? He could go out there and have an Alex-type game and the Niners could lose — although, I expect them to win.

Anyway, if Troy is no big deal what do the Niners do after that?

Stay with Troy?

Go back to Alex?

Wave the white flag?

When a team is 2-6 it faces dilemmas like this one.