Most of the news lately has been which players are opting out of the 2020 season. That all ended, presumably, at last Thursday’s 1pm deadline. At this point, you’re either in or you’re out. Sixty-seven players took the out. For…
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Bubble World Blabber
Tagged with: 49ers, Jake Brendel, Jerick McKinnon, Kyle Shanahan, Matt Breida, Raheem Mostert, Shon Coleman, Travis Benjamin
Posted in Training Camp
Posted in Training Camp
Testing the Water
The NFL is tiptoeing back to work this week. Although “work” might be stretching the concept a bit. All the players will be doing this week is sitting for a virus probe, waiting in isolation for a couple of days,…
The Football Panacea
One more week until Training Camp opens. Maybe. With the restrictions imposed by the governor of California, it’s hard to see the 49ers training in Santa Clara without some sort of dispensation. Arizona and Nevada are the most likely possible…
Tagged with: 49ers, Brandon Aijuk, Javon Kinlaw, Jerick McKinnon, Trent Taylor
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation
Waiting for Godot
Like most of you, I’m sitting here watching to see how this whole thing plays out. The various sports entities are plunging ahead like they are sure there will be a new season, while the various medical entities are doubting…
Posted in Mindless Drivel
Through a Glass Darkly
Baseball is starting up again, with plans for a 60 game season. The NBA plans on having playoffs based on teams’ abbreviated records from last year’s interrupted season. Golf is back, fanless for now. And the NFL keeps insisting there…
Posted in FOS Speculation
Subterranean Homesick Blues
The world has certainly become difficult to cope with this year. Pretty rude, if you ask me. I know you guys rely on me for not much of anything, but it’s getting harder and harder to deliver nothing when everybody…
Posted in Delusional Therapy
For What It’s Worth
There’s something happening here What it is ain’t exactly clear There’s a man with a gun over there Telling me I got to beware I think it’s time we stop, children, what’s that sound Everybody look what’s going down There’s…
Posted in Existential Elbows
Eras Come, Eras Go
The retirement of Joe Staley closed the books on all the players drafted from the Mike Nolan/Scot McCloughan era. In fact, only two players from those years are still on NFL rosters – Alex Smith and Frank Gore. If Michael Crabtree finds a team sometime this…
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Smith, Dan Marino, Frank Gore, Fred Warner, George Kittle, Jeff Garcia, Jimmie Ward, Jimmy Garoppolo, Joe Montana, Joe Staley, Michael Crabtree, Mike McGlinchey, Mike Nolan, Nick Bosa, Scot McCloughan, Steve Young
Posted in Vacant Observations
Posted in Vacant Observations
Luck of the Draw
It looks like everyone pretty much agrees that, barring any weird shit, the 49ers will once again be contenders this year. In the NFC, the list of possible contenders is not daunting. There’s the Eagles and Cowboys, Bucs and Saints,…
Tagged with: 49ers, Aiyuk, Brandon, Dante Pettis, Jalen Hurd, Javon Kinlaw, Trent Taylor
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation
Virtually the Same
Well, that was a pretty weird draft for the 49ers. Fairly effective overall, but decidedly lacking in fan appeal. There’s an old saying that if you aren’t getting better, you’re getting worse. In the Niner’s case, however, staying pretty much…
Tagged with: 49ers, Brandon Aiyuk, Deforest Buckner, Emmanuel Sanders, Javon Kinlaw, Joe Staley, Marquise Goodwin, Matt Breida, Trent Williams
Posted in Draft Reaction
Posted in Draft Reaction
Seven Days to the Clock
One of the enduring screen shots of the Super Bowl was John Lynch frantically signaling for a Time Out from his sky box while down on the field Kyle Shanahan calmly let the clock run out shortly before halftime, even though there…
The Virtual Draft
The NFL Draft appears to be on schedule near the end of the month. It won’t have any of the first round players on hand, but Mel Kiper will still be hyperventilating at the camera and you can bet the…
It Can’t Happen Here
Lots of bodies flying off the shelves last week. The 49ers didn’t acquire any of them, and they lost Emmanuel Sanders and traded Deforest Buckner for the 13th pick in this Draft. Weaker on offense and defense. For now. Not much to fault…
Tagged with: 49ers, Arik Armstead, Deforest Buckner, Emmanuel Sanders, George Kittle
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation
[ominous music]
The world has gotten a bit dangerous and weird since we last checked in. No NBA, no MLB, no March Madness. America is in the process of shutting down it looks like. And when it re-opens, who knows what it…
Posted in Angst 101
Thumb Twiddling
Looks like we’ll be getting a 17 game season in a year or two, with an extra wild card team in each conference. And only the top seeded team in each conference will get a BYE week in the playoffs.…
Tagged with: 49ers, Bill Belichick, Drew Brees, Jed York, Kyle Shanahan, Sean Payton
Posted in Mindless Drivel
Posted in Mindless Drivel
Segwe to 2020
The 2020 Combine is coming up later this month, which will get hearts fluttering with excitement for the draftniks among us. And for complete football junkies, the XFL is making another effort at forming a viable alternative to the NFL.…
Perspective Detective
Last week was hard to digest. Tough for us 49er fans, and no doubt tougher for the team and coaches. But they get paid for their grief, and we don’t. Kyle Shanahan has been roasted a bit, while Andy Reid has…
Tagged with: 49ers, Andy Reid, Ben Roethlisberger, Brett Farve, Jimmy Garpppolo, John Elway, Kyle Shanahan, Kyler Murray, Matt Ryan, Peyton Manning, Russell Wilson, Tom Brady
Posted in Delusional Therapy
Posted in Delusional Therapy
Chiefs 31, 49ers 20
The 49ers’ fairy tale season came to an ignominious end Sunday night in Miami, crushed to death at the fifty yard line as Jimmy Garoppolo stood motionless, unable or unwilling to throw the ball on fourth and ten with the season…
Tagged with: 49ers, Andy Reid, Chiefs, Jimmy Garoppolo, Joe Montana, Kyle Shanahan
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Defense, Defense, Defense!
It’s blah, blah, blah week while we wait for next Sunday’s Super Bowl game. While it’s nice that the Niners and Chiefs are doing the yapping, and not some other team from the East Coast, it’s still a lot of…
Tagged with: 49ers, Chiefs, Dan Marino, Dee Ford, Jimmy Garoppolo, Patrick Mahomes
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
49ers 37, Packers 20
The 49ers made it look easy Sunday night, pounding their way to a 27-0 halftime lead and cruising to the finish line. There wasn’t a moment of real anxiety the entire game. The most laughable and yet telling stat of…
Tagged with: 49ers, Deebo Samuels, Emmanuel Sanders, George Kittle, Jimmie Ward, Jimmy Garoppolo, Kendrick Bourne, Kyle Shanahan, Nick Bosa, Packers, Patrick Mahomes, Raheem Mostert
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Gloat Sandwich
The 49ers and Packers had a pretty good rivalry in the late ’90s, albeit a bit one sided. Brett Farve had their number and knocked them out of the playoffs in 1995, 1996, and 1997. The Niners finally beat him in…
Tagged with: 49ers, Aaron Rodgers, Brett Farve, Dickhead Sherman, Garrison Hearst, Jerry Rice, Packers, Pete Carroll, Russell Wilson, Seahawks, Terrell Owens
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
49ers 27, Vikings 10
When last we saw the 49ers, they were surviving by an inch after a second half defensive collapse that nearly derailed their season. They had also just finished five consecutive nail-biter games, going 3-2. Saturday, however, they mercifully quit pissing around…
Tagged with: 49ers, Ahkello Witherspoon, Dee Ford, DJ Jones, Earl Mitchell, Emmanuel Moseley, Jaquiski Tartt, Jimmy Garoppolo, Kwon Alexander, Mike Person, Vikings
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread