NAPA - Much has been made of the three-way battle for San Francisco's starting quarterback job, which includes former UC Davis star J.T. O'Sullivan. Everything from the exact number of reps to who plays first, even in practice, has been talked about as 49er fans - and Aggie fans - try to figure out the possible depth chart.
On Monday, when San Francisco traveled north from Santa Clara to have two joint practices with the Raiders in Napa, I decided to have a look for myself.
In the morning pracice, (which I did not make it to) the three quarterbacks (O'Sullivan, Alex Smith and Shaun Hill) split reps against the Raiders' first-string defense. Media members I talked to seemed to think J.T. was the most impressive.
The same was true for the night session as I watched the three quarterbacks once again receive an equal amount of snaps. O'Sullivan was solid despite throwing an interception. His best play of the day came on s 30-yard completion to wide receiver Dominique Zeigler, a second-year man from Baylor.
Zeigler was probably the star of the day for the 49ers' offense, as the former member of the practice squad caught nearly every ball as Smith led San Francisco down the field on a two-minute drill.
O'Sullivan was 19-for-30, according to the San Francisco Chronicle's unofficial numbers.
Two other interesting moments from Redwood Middle School fields: The two rival Bay Area teams appeared to get along well with the exception of a few scuffles, one in the night session between 49ers tight end Vernon Davis and Raiders defensive end Kalimba Edwards.
In fact, the players from both teams who weren't actually participating in the shoving match, were laughing.
Another interesting moment for hardcore Davis Enterprise fans was a Dan Brown sighting. Brown is now a 49ers beat writer, but in a previous life nearly 20 years ago he was the Enterprise's sports editor. And, in 1994, Brown hired a young intern named Chris Saur straight out of the seventh grade.
- Chris Saur
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