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| McNown Leaves Lots To Imagination August 17 2002 By Bryan Hersh of 49ers Paradise THIS CONTENT IS COPYWRITED, REDISTRIBUTION OF IT (including copy/pasting it to a message board, forum or bbs) IS PROHIBITED AND COULD RESULT IN LEGAL ACTIONS - feel free to quote up to 1 paragraph providing a source link to http://www.49ersparadise.cjb.net is included When the 49ers traded for Cade McNown this off-season, I really thought it was a good move. Sure there was no reason to believe McNown would have any more success with the 49ers than he had with the Browns or Dolphins, other than a more quarterback friendly offense and coaching staff. While I thought it was a good trade considering that the team really didn’t have to risk anything to acquire him (the trade being for a conditional seventh round draft pick), I also didn’t get my hopes up. Now that training camp has finished it’s become quite clear that McNown doesn’t have good enough handle on the West Coast Offense yet. We know this because of the way he struggled in training cap, not just throwing the ball but also in finding the receivers. Of course, McNown’s injured shoulder hasn’t helped his cause either.
The 49ers have pretty much finalized their quarterback depth chart, with Garcia, Rattay and Doman. The McNown trial isn’t quite over yet. The team will likely place McNown on the injured reserve after the pre-season and allow him a year to learn the offense. That way next off-season McNown will be able to come back to the team with a better understanding of the offense, and fully healthy.
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