Report: 49ers’ Alex Smith won’t return to team next season

I really like Alex. I think what happend to him was unfortunate. Basically he got screwed. He was performing well, the Niners were playing well and without the concussion he would have been the QB leading his team to the S.B. Good luck Alex, I wish you the best.

Smith will be going to the Eagles. Vick is second string at best.

Don't get all the cat and mouse being played. Smith gets 8 plus million if still with the 49ers by mid March. Are the Niners going to pay Smith 8 million US to be a backup? No... If he is such a hot property which he wasn't as a free agent end of 2011 then some team will come forward to offer the Niners a deal. Otherwise the Niners cut him and he is a free agent. My bet is no team will come forward to offer anything for Smith and will wait to take a shot at him when he's cut..

I agree , i've been thinking about this situation and it could really happen cause the Ravens will be looking to knock Kaepernick out

If only Green Bay had treated their QB as well as this.

I give the Niners huge props if this story is true, as they could certainly be huge jerks in regards to where Smith could play in the future. 

This story is anything but new news, but at the same time, he's bound to be a hot trade commodity.  He has LOTS of experience with new Offensive Coordinators, unfortunately, is smart, is going to be driven, seems like a good bet for a quarterback lacking team.

Imagine this scenario:  Kapernick gets hurt in the first quarter and Smith comes in.  Its a tight game and Smith plays well, leading a game winning drive in the closing seconds to win the Super Bowl for the 49ers.

Real 49er fans wish you well Alex, while realizing that you've got to go!  We're not going to pay a guy $8+ million a year to hold a clipboard.  This is a franchise that let Ronnie Lott, Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, etc. to walk when it was the best move for the team.  It's a business.  Alex, you've been a great teammate, a great professional and a true leader and example of class.  Good luck wherever you go!

Never saw this coming! What's next? A-Rod will be linked to PE's? Sky will be blue?

He's a great QB. I can't believe he doesn't want to come back next year and play with or be around the greatest receiver to ever play. It boggles the mind.

Philly is a perfect fit come to the city of brotherly love

The 9ers will miss him. Starting this weekend...

Alex Smith is a great man, a great sportsman, a great team player, if not the greatest QB. He volunteered to join the search for a missing girl in the offseason. He endured his team's difficult times. He has great work ethic. He handles the difficult situation of losing the starter's job with class. I wish him all the best for the rest of his career.

I'm gonna miss that quarterback.

With no clear cut franchise QB, in this year's draft so far, Smith should be a hot commodity.  I can see him, Matt Flynn, Foles and even the Yates kid, from the Texans, having good shots at being starters somewhere.  With the rookie salary cap, a team can afford to bring in one of these guys and still draft a QB with a high pick.  As of now, that is what I hope my Chiefs do.  They can't go another season with such poor QB play and I think they will insure they have more than one option.