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49ers sign Weinke, place Smith on IR

Quarterback Chris Weinke, 35, has been signed as the 49ers' backup for Saturday's game against the Bengals. Weinke will wear No. 17.

The club announced that seventh-year veteran was signed to take the roster spot opened when the club placed Alex Smith on injured reserve. Smith will have season-ending shoulder surgery this week.

Weinke (6-4, 232) was the Heisman Trophy winner as a senior at Florida State in 2000. He spent six seasons with the Panthers after being a fourth-round draft pick.

He has played in 27 NFL games with 19 starts and completed 373 pass attempts for 687 yards with 14 touchdown passes and 26 interceptions.

Weinke immediately was inserted into the starting lineup as a rookie and finished second in NFL history with 2,931 passing yards by a rookie, trailing only Peyton Manning of Indianapolis who threw for 3,793 yards in 1998.

Weinke will be the 49ers' backup quarterback on Saturday against the Bengals behind starter Shaun Hill. Trent Dilfer is out after sustaining a concussion Sunday against the Vikings.

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Weinke will earn $35,000 a week while with the 49ers. (That is 1/17th of a $595,000 salary, which is the minimum for an NFL player with four to six credited seasons.)

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Posted By: Frank (12/12/2007 9:39:12 PM)
Comment: Can som eone tell me where I can retrieve stats from individual games? Like, for example, the first 3 games of the season?

Posted By: Nevyn (12/12/2007 9:01:35 PM)
Comment: SactoBob, if I had a week to prepare him to START, I'd try Olson over Weinke, simply because why not? But the only way either comes in a game is if Hill gets hurt, so it makes more sense to have a guy who's been around and won't be getting his first look at nfl speed in live game action. Why are we debating this anyway, though? Weinke is a warm body. He won't be here next year. Even money Olson won't be either. And we ain't winning anything, so who cares?

Posted By: JB (12/12/2007 8:10:28 PM)
Comment: Chris Weinke? Was John Brodie too busy for the next three weekends?

Posted By: razoreater (12/12/2007 6:39:53 PM)
Comment: capt. weinke? u have got to be kidding me-ftloc-just when i think it can't be ne more inept

Posted By: Jim in Walnut Creek (12/12/2007 6:31:07 PM)
Comment: "Boom Boom", not "Bam Bam" was the stripper in Fresno. And Hue Jackson is currently the OC in Atlanta, where Bobby Petrino just resigned. Hmmmmmm!

Posted By: SactoBob (12/12/2007 4:59:01 PM)
Comment: Nevyn, I'm thrilled the 9ers have Wienke. He can anchor their charity softball team. How much worse could Olson be as a back-up QB?

Posted By: Sam (12/12/2007 12:55:21 PM)
Comment: To be fair to Weinke, he didn't really slit time with DeAngelo. Williams lined up at QB in the shotgun on 7 occasions and each time they ran a keeper.

Posted By: louis (12/12/2007 12:47:50 PM)
Comment: Christ, who did you expect? Are we gonna sign Peyton Manning to the practice squad? Are talented QBs walking the streets? The guy's a bandaid in case our 3rd-stringer goes down, or throws 4 INTs in a half.

Posted By: ERIK (12/12/2007 12:41:59 PM)
Comment: FIRE NOLAN Matt this is another of the f'ed up moves that the clueless coach has made. Do you know who else we worked out?

Posted By: Bob In Pacifica (12/12/2007 12:23:46 PM)
Comment: This means nothing except that you've got to have someone to take the snaps if Hill's busted finger gets twisted too much. Weinke gets his 35K a game and hopefully Hill doesn't get destroyed between now and the end of the season. Just accept it as the ugly end to an ugly season.

Posted By: James in GB (12/12/2007 12:01:27 PM)
Comment: A Weinke at the QB position. Mmm

Posted By: Google (12/12/2007 11:54:30 AM)
Comment: Chris Weinke played professional baseball six years after high school. He reached triple A level, but then he went to Forida State as on "old" freshman.

Posted By: Nevyn (12/12/2007 11:53:59 AM)
Comment: SactoBob, who did you THINK the niners were going to find on the street in week 15 of the season?

Posted By: Marc (12/12/2007 11:46:58 AM)
Comment: Chris Weinke FTMFW!!!!!1

Posted By: SactoBob (12/12/2007 11:39:15 AM)
Comment: 14 TDs, 26 Ints, QB rating, 61.4 rating, and 35 years old. The quintessential Nolan guy. Does he give the 9ers the best chance to win?

Posted By: eddie (12/12/2007 11:31:05 AM)
Comment: fire nolan,yourk sell the team to some one thats going to get use back to winning games.they dont no what there doing...well now that nolan picked up this guy we got a chance at the superbowl...hahahahahaha

Posted By: Jeff in L.A. (12/12/2007 11:20:33 AM)
Comment: Weinke is 35 already? Jeez I feel old now.

Posted By: shootme (12/12/2007 11:14:13 AM)
Comment: Interesting perspective from Rotoworld: "49ers signed QB Chris Weinke, formerly of the Panthers. They opted for Weinke, 35, over practice squad QB Drew Olson to back up Shaun Hill until Trent Dilfer (head) gets healthy. Weinke hasn't thrown an NFL pass since splitting time with DeAngelo Williams in Carolina's Week 16 game last year. He shared snaps from center with Williams, a running back." ----- Don't we already have a RB that can play QB? Another great pickup!

Posted By: BHF (12/12/2007 11:08:07 AM)
Comment: Now I'm definitely taking the Niners and the points.

Posted By: Darth (12/12/2007 11:07:29 AM)
Comment: With all the QB trouble in Panther land. Why did they not bring back Weinke?

Posted By: 49erJeff (12/12/2007 10:45:14 AM)
Comment: The next Romo? hahahahaha

Posted By: Berger (12/12/2007 10:30:49 AM)
Comment: Did the new QB hop on one foot for Nolan?

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