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For the San Francisco 49ers, promoting Colin Kaepernick required demoting Alex Smith. Coach Jim Harbaugh, in explaining the move to Smith, could have used the old relationship breakup line: "It's not you. It's me." 2012 Alex Smith Stats ...

Five notes on the San Francisco 49ers from our recently published 2012 preview page: 1. Alex Smith has an opportunity: San Francisco ranked 31st in third-down conversion rate and 30th in red zone touchdown percentage last season despite higher ranki...

Five things I saw on the second of three days at San Francisco 49ers camp: Justin Smith, Patrick Willis, Alex Smith and all their 49ers teammates wearing red kitchen aprons with their names and jersey numbers in white lettering. It was all part ...

Five nuggets of knowledge about Week 14: Alex Smith has 49ers fans seeing red. More than a few have reached out to me in anger after the 49ers reinstalled Smith as their starting quarterback heading into an elimination game against Seattle (the 49...

Taylor Price of 49ers.com says the 26-degree weather in Green Bay wasn't as cold as the team's offense in the red zone. Quarterback Troy Smith has completed 2 of 7 passes for 20 yards, one touchdown, no interceptions and a 79.2 rating on passes throw...

Following up an earlier item, the red zone is where San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith has played his best. Smith has seven touchdown passes without an interception when the 49ers are inside their opponents' 20-yard line this season. That ...

Matt Ryan, Alex Smith, Drew Brees, Matt Schaub, Derek Anderson, Tom Brady ... What's wrong with this list? Nothing. Those six quarterbacks lead the NFL in red zone passing, according to ESPN Stats & Information. Sample sizes are a bit sm...

49ers quarterback Alex Smith entered Thursday night with the highest red zone passer rating in the NFL among players with at least 10 attempts. He had completed 8 of 11 passes for 55 yards, four touchdowns, no interceptions and a 123.1 rating, acc...