According to AP, Alex Smith will get $16.5 million guaranteed from the Niners instead of the $10 million they originally offered. Good for him. Good for the Niners for stepping up. This saga had a happy ending for both sides, call it a win win. Now they can move forward. [...]
I just got home from teaching and Grant told me Alex Smith is in the process of signing with the Niners. I assume this will get wrapped up on Wednesday. So, what do you feel about Smith returning to the Niners? Given the circumstances -- no Peyton Manning -- I [...]
In the interest of being helpful -- here at the Cohn Zohn we pride ourselves on being helpful -- here is advice to Trent Baalke on what he should do to sign Alex Smith. Stick to the same three-year offer you originally made, $24 million for three years. Don't lower [...]
Two gut-check questions: 1. Do you think Alex Smith will re-sign with the 49ers? I do. 2. Do you think he will re-sign today? I do.
I am pleased to see that, although many readers disagreed with me about Jim Harbaugh's "failure" in getting Peyton Manning -- most readers exonerated Harbaugh -- very few readers called me an idiot or a hack or a loser, etc., or told me to retire or get a new brain. [...]
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat just posted my Tuesday column about Alex Smith and the 49ers' quarterback vacancy. I post this with some trepidation as things are changing rapidly and I don't want this thing to be out of date. But that's daily journalism. I argue that Jim Harbaugh blew [...]
Over here at the Cohn Zohn we are interested in investigating all sides of an issue. In an earlier post, I said the Niners should re-sign Alex Smith because Colin Kaepernick, the heir apparent at quarterback, is not ready to take the controls. I firmly believe that. My son Grant, [...]
Take your emotion out of it. Think about Alex Smith and where he stands. The power has shifted from the Niners to him. The Niners, unless they are crazy, need Smith. So his agent, Condon can act as the advocate for a wronged player and ask for more than the [...]
Mrs. Cohn Zohn and I went out to dinner tonight in Pleasant Hill with our friends Flo and John. Of course, I had my cell phone on in case there were any developments in the Alex Smith-Peyton Manning-Jim Harbaugh-49ers ongoing saga. My phone never rang which means nothing has been [...]
The Denver Post reports Alex Smith is in negotiations with the Dolphins. So, we come to this. If Smith goes to the Dolphins, the Niners better get Peyton Manning or they will look very foolish. They also may end up with a worse QB than Smith. This is getting very [...]
Lowell Cohn, retired columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, covered sports for almost 40 years and never ran out of things to say.