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He’s Makin’ a List …
The 49ers aren’t being very cooperative in generating offseason news so far. Unless you count fiddling with the training staff who are apparently solely responsible for wrecking the past two seasons. I’m sure all this backstage tinkering is going to…
Tagged with: 49ers, John Lynch, Kyle Shanahan, Marquise Goodwin, Robbie Gould
Posted in Vacant Observations
Posted in Vacant Observations
High Anxiety
Meanwhile, back here in the bottom feeder section, this will be the fourth consecutive year the 49ers have drafted in the top ten. Consistency is usually a good thing, but not in this case. Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis is doing…
Tagged with: 49ers, Jed York, Jim Harbaugh, John Lynch, Kyle Shanahan, Mark Davis
Posted in Vacant Observations
Posted in Vacant Observations
Playoff Blues
It’s been a month since the 2018 regular season ended. During that time, the Seahawks went to the playoffs and the Rams went to the Super Bowl. And the 49ers assumed their customary position on the spectator couch. They finished…
Staff Roulette
The 49ers leapt into the new year by firing their D-line coach, their Trainer, and their Strength & Conditioning fellow. The first pink slip is a bit puzzling since the D-line was one of the few areas of competence last…
Tagged with: 49ers, Antonio Brown, Chip Kelly, Jed York, Jim Tomsula, Kyle Shanahan, Odell Beckham
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation
Buzzkill Edition
We’re a week and a half into the offseason, and no 49er player has yet been arrested. Super Bowl here we come! There seems to be a ground swell of optimism forming for the 2019 season, unlike any season in,…
Tagged with: 49ers, Dante Pettis, Deforest Buckner, George Kittle, Jerick McKinnon, Jimmy Garoppolo, Marquise Goodwin, Matt Breida, Nick Mullens
Posted in Delusional Therapy
Posted in Delusional Therapy
Wild Card Weekend
Two games on Wild Card weekend will determine the matchups for the Divisional round. In the AFC, it’s the Colts vs Texans game. If the Texans win, they go to New England and the winner of the Chargers vs Ravens…
Rams 48, 49ers 32
Drama got no favors from the 49ers this year. It took three games to boot it from the season (Jimmy Garoppolo tears ACL), but only two possessions (fumble, interception) to erase it from the final game. Along the way, George Kittle…
Tagged with: Alfred Morris, CJ Anderson, Everybody Since, George Kittle, Jim Harbaugh, Jimmy Garoppolo, Laken Tomlinson, Le'Veon Bell, Los Angeles Rams, Robbie Gould, San Francisco 49ers, Todd Gurley
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Last Call For 2018
The 49ers have not won a road game all year. It would be a shame to ruin such a pristine swing and a miss by somehow eking out a victory against the Rams this Sunday in Los Angeles. After all,…
Tagged with: Aaron Donald, Andy Reid, Aqib Talib, Jared Goff, Los Angeles Rams, Marcus Peters, Ndamukong Suh, Nick Mullens, San Fancisco 49ers
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
Bears 14, 49ers 9
The Chicago Bears brought some old-fashioned smash-mouth football to Santa Clara Sunday afternoon. They shut down the 49ers running game, then shut down their passing game, then shut them out in the second half, and finally sent 25% of the…
Tagged with: Allen Robinson, Chicago Bears, Jimmy Garoppolo, Mitch Trubisky, Nick Mullens, San Francisco 49ers
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Bring Your Gum Wads
The Chicago Bears come to town this weekend, fresh from clinching the NFC North division. They would be more tempted to mail this game in if not for the falling fortunes of the Rams which have suddenly made the last…
Tagged with: 49ers, Adrian Colbert, Bears, Jacquiski Tartt, Jed York, Jim Tomsula, Jimmie Ward, K'waun Williams., Nick Mullens, Reuben Foster, Vic Fangio
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
49ers 26, Seahawks 23
Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit! After ten straight thumpings, the 49ers finally rose up and smote down the Seattle effing Seahawks. I’m still pinching myself, Shirley. Sunday’s victory was the biggest win of the Kyle Shanahan era…
Tagged with: CJ Beathard, Jeff Wilson, Jimmy Garoppolo, Kyle Shanahan, Nick Mullens, Richie James, Russell Wilson, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Sebastian Janikowski
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Once More With Gusto
The Seahawks come to town next Sunday for an encore performance of “Kick my butt!” It’s doubtful the 49ers will be as generous this time around as they were two weeks ago in Seattle, when they gifted the Seahawks with…
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Smith, Arik Armstead, CJ Beathard, Kyle Shanahan, Nick Bosa, Nick Mullens, Seahawks
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
49ers 20, Broncos 14
Every dog has its day and Sunday the 49ers had their second WTF Dog Day of the year. The first was against the Raiders and this was against the Broncos. And both of them were engineered by Nick Mullens, who has…
Tagged with: CJ Beathard, Denver Broncos, DJ Reed, Emmanuel Sanders, George Kittle, Jimmy Garoppolo, Marcell Harris, Nick Mullens, San Francisco 49ers, Shannon Sharpe, Vance Joseph, Vernon Davis
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Trending Up Meets Trending Down
The Broncos were left for dead last month. Their record was 3-6. Now it’s 6-6, after dispatching the Chargers and Steelers, and they might just slip into the playoffs if they keep on winning. Imagine their delight to find the…
Tagged with: Alfred Morris, Antone Exum, Bradley Chubb, Brian Hoyer, CJ Beathard, Emmanuel Sanders, Greg Mabin, Jeff Wilson, Jimmie Ward, Jimmy Garoppolo, Kyle Shanahan, Marcell Harris, Matt Breida, Mike Shanahan, Nick Mullens, Raheem Mostert, Von Miller
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
Seahawks 43, 49ers 16
The 49ers rolled up nearly 500 yards of offense in Seattle on Sunday and … got beat by four touchdowns! If you throw out the losing part, and the 98 yard pick six by Bobby Wagner, and the fumble at the…
Tagged with: Bobby Wagner, Jeff Wilson, Kyle Shanahan, Nick Mullens, Richie James, Rob!!!, Russell Wilson, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Bend Over, Here It Comes Again
The 49ers make their annual trek to Seattle this weekend for their annual trouncing by the Seahawks. This will be the seventh consecutive year of embarrassment and futility up north. At the beginning of the season, it looked like things…
Tagged with: CJ Beathard, Dickhead Sherman, Earl Thomas, Michael Bennett, Nick Mullens, Russell Wilson, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
Buccaneers 27, 49ers 9
The 49ers responded to HC Kyle Shanahan‘s BYE week exhortations and threats by laying a turd Sunday in Tampa Bay. There were some bright spots littered within the fecal display. Rookie WR Dante Pettis got some playing time and caught 4 passes…
Tagged with: Dante Pettis, Deforest Buckner, George Kittle, Jed York, Kyle Shanahan, Matt Breida, Reuben Foster, San Francisco 49ers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
It’s Crowded at the Bottom
As the 2018 season enters the home stretch, many of you have already cast your thoughts forward to the 2019 season. And some of you have evidently dozed off and lost all interest. But the Outsider is duty bound to stay the course…
Tagged with: 49ers, Blake Bortles, Fred Warner, George Kittle, Jed York, John Lynch, Kyle Shanahan, Mike McGlinchey, Reuben Foster, Robert Saleh, Trent Taylor
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation
Giants 27, 49ers 23
That was a pretty entertaining game between two evenly matched teams, which is not what you want to say when the team you’re matched up evenly with came into the game with the worst record in the NFC and exited…
Tagged with: 49ers, Ahkello Witherspoon, Dickhead Sherman, George Kittle, Giants, Jimmy Garoppolo, Kyle Shanahan, Marquise Goodwin, Matt Breida, Nick Mullens, Odell Beckham
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
A Long Way From 1990
Okay, two wins in nine tries. We can build on this! Maybe. Nick Mullens will get a chance to prove or disprove that he was a one-shot wonder against the Raiders when he goes up against the free-falling New York…
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Smith, CJ Beathard, Giants, Jim Harbaugh, Nick Mullens, Tom Coughlin
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
49ers 34, Raiders 3
Well, that was unexpected. Nick Mullens climbed out of the 49er depth chart cellar and threw down the greatest game in NFL history by a QB newbie. It’s unclear whether this was the birth of a legend or mostly the…