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Mike Nolan Comments on 49ers’ Decision to Draft Alex Smith over Aaron Rodgers
- Updated: April 26, 2016
While Alex Smith has developed into a Pro Bowl quarterback, that wasn’t always the case. For the early part of his career Smith was a bust, with San Francisco 49ers fans despondently looking on as Aaron Rodgers soared to greatness in Green Bay.
More than a decade after the decision to take Smith over Rodgers at No. 1, then-49ers coach Mike Nolan offered insight into the team’s thinking.
“The other thing as [Smith] at the time was a good kid—a very good person, a safe choice, always trying to please,” Nolan said on NFL HQ, per Conor Orr of NFL.com. “On the other hand, [Rodgers] was very cocky, very confident, arrogant. So you can say, ‘Why didn’t you take him to begin with?’ Because that’s really what your best quarterbacks look like. They aren’t very pleasing. They aren’t very safe.”
The decision wasn’t exactly controversial at the time. Smith was coming off a remarkable season at Utah, while Rodgers was pegged by some as a “system” …
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