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Report: The San Francisco 49ers and QB Alex Smith have begun talking about a contract extension - NFL News | FOX Sports on MSN
Quarterback Alex Smith and 49ers officials have unofficially broached the subject of a contract extension for the seven-year veteran and former No. 1 overall choice (2005), sources told The Sports Xchange this week.
Smith obviously has resurrected his career this season and under the tutelage of rookie 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh is performing with considerably more confidence.
What Smith and his people have to weigh is the connection to Harbaugh, his loyalty to an organization that believed in him enough to make him the unchallenged starter despite a spotty track record his first six seasons, and how the 49ers' proposal, if made, might stack up against his price tag on the open market and in a league where there is a dearth of veteran quarterbacks available.
Smith is playing on a one-year deal worth $4 million, and the early indications are that San Francisco might consider at least a two-year extension.
Quarterback Alex Smith and 49ers officials have unofficially broached the subject of a contract extension for the seven-year veteran and former No. 1 overall choice (2005), sources told The Sports Xchange this week.
Smith obviously has resurrected his career this season and under the tutelage of rookie 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh is performing with considerably more confidence.
What Smith and his people have to weigh is the connection to Harbaugh, his loyalty to an organization that believed in him enough to make him the unchallenged starter despite a spotty track record his first six seasons, and how the 49ers' proposal, if made, might stack up against his price tag on the open market and in a league where there is a dearth of veteran quarterbacks available.
Smith is playing on a one-year deal worth $4 million, and the early indications are that San Francisco might consider at least a two-year extension.
