A couple of years ago the San Francisco 49ers seemed like they were making all the right moves to get back to their dominant ways in the NFC.

They weren't exactly being compared to Joe Mantana's team or even Steve Young's, but they were looking to become a promising young team being built around quarterback Alex Smith.

Smith came into the NFL as one of the best young quarterbacks the league had seen in quite some time, but he wasn't able to transend his game into the NFL. Smith had all the weapons with a decent receiving core lead by a great young tight end Vernon Davis and a solid running game with Frank Gore.

Unfortunately for Smith and company there hopes of getting the Niners back to dominant status came up short with only Frank Gore being the bright spot by the Bay.

Things have started to change a bit in San Francisco though as they have turned over the team to Mike Singletary who has already made some much needed changes. The problem still remains that they just don't have a franchise quarterback, but they have decided to give Smith one more go around by keeping him on in the new era of 49ers football.