Training camp battleground: No. 3 quarterback Premium Story

Pickett will have hard time holding onto No. 3 job
Pickett will have hard time holding onto No. 3 job
By Craig Massei
SFI editor in chief
Date: Jul 12, 2006

Alex Smith is firmly in place as the 49ers’ starting QB for better or worse in 2006, with Trent Dilfer entrenched as his experienced veteran backup who can be called upon in a pinch. But who’s No. 3? That role belonged to Cody Pickett entering the spring, but he since has been caught and passed by others, leaving a training camp free-for-all among three players to decide who will get the job.

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