After a successful regular season was ended against the New York Giants in the NFC conference championship fans of the 49ers are left wondering what the team needs to put it over the hump. In years past that answer has been almost solely been a quarterback. But with 2011 being Alex Smith’s career year in terms of avoiding turnovers and executing the game plan there has been a large amount of discussion about the need to improve the wide receiver core on the team. This was especially demonstrated in the game against the Giants in which only one pass the entire game and overtime was completed to a receiver. Michael Crabtree caught a pass for 3 yards. The 49ers other receiver of note in that game was Kyle Williams, a name which may never be forgotten, as he caught zero passes but lost two punts-one in overtime and arguably cost the 49ers the game. One catch among all the receivers combined in the NFC Championship isn’t exactly going to strike fear into the minds of opposing defensive ...
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