San Francisco 49ers: Alex Smith, the Spread and What It Means Come April 28

March 30, 2011   ·   Ted Johnson   ·   Jump to comments

Bill Cunerty remembers seeing Alex Smith 12 years ago at Helix High in San Diego. The reaction was common among those who know that a smart, good head makes plays. “I thought I was watching a phenomenal athlete,” remembered Cunerty, the former head football coach at Saddleback Junior College who now works with Athletics Performance.
Cunerty’s specialty is quarterbacks, and outside Athletic Performance he also has his own summer camps in Orange County, California. Carson Palmer and Mark Sanchez, among many others, have worked with him.
In working with Athletics Performance, which is a national chain geared towards helping elite athletes train for the highest level of competition, Cunerty gets an up-close look at the top prospects either during offseason workout sessions that last two to three months at the company facility in Phoenix or the Home Depot Center near Los Angeles.
“When Alex got to Utah, he started doing all the stuff with [then head co...

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