San Francisco 49ers quarterback Trent DilferBarring a miraculous recovery from his current forearm injury, it appears that San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith will sit in favor of reserve QB Trent Dilfer this Sunday against the St. Louis Rams.  It looks like the forearm injury is a result of trying to overcompensate from Smith’s previous shoulder injury.

Both Smith and team head coach Mike Nolan cleared the air in a meeting Thursday (today); the disagreement that followed – based on lack of communication – led to the benching by Nolan.  As it were, the disagreement was a two-fold argument – communication issues and his ineffieiciency as quarterback since he returned from his shoulder injury.