Every year I think it's going to be the end of Alex Smith and I get sad, but then somehow he always comes back and it looks like it's going to happen again.

49ers QB Smith says he's likely to return

Smith indicated a personal consideration is a factor in his reluctance to move from the Bay Area. Smith's wife, Elizabeth, gave birth Wednesday to the couple's first child, a boy.

Baby!!! Alex Smith is one of those people like Tom Preissing or Brian Boucher for me (err, without the excessive love) where I don't think they're spectacular players, but I think they're pretty solid and believe they can succeed.