Alex Smith was given a vote of confidence from Mike Singletary on Thursday. "I feel very good about saying that Alex Smith is our starter going into the next football season," Singletary said on the first day of player workouts at the 2010 NFL Scouting Combine. "The thing for me is, I'm always going to use words like 'probably' and all those other things, because I like competition. And I like guys knowing that we're always going to compete. "But I feel very confident in saying that Alex Smith is our starting quarterback going forward."