The long offseason begins. Seeing Russell Wilson and the Seahawks discover Sunday that they were not an invincible force was a pleasant send off to the 2014 year. There’s nothing sweeter than seeing a bunch of crass and arrogant blowhards…
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Jed York Sucks
Tagged with: Art Rooney, Greg Roman, Jed York, Jerry Jones, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Irsay, Jim Tomsula, Robert Kraft, Russell Wilson, San Francisco 49ers, Trent Baalke
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The Raiders’ Swag
PFT‘s first 2013 Power Poll began oozing from its website this past week, and leading off, in the very last spot on the chart, was the Oakland Raiders. Dead last at number 32. Also leaking its way into existence, from…
Tagged with: Al Davis, Colin Kaepernick, George Dukakis, Mark Davis, Matt Flynn, Oakland Raiders, Ron Jaworski, San Francisco 49ers
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Sixteen Reasons
The Twitter news feed has been bonkering hot this week, for those of you who are Twitterholics. Leave the computer to take a leak and when you get back there’s a message: “29 new Tweets.” Goodness! The Jets make the…
You Ain’t Got A Thing, If You Ain’t Got That “Ing”
The NFC Championship Game will feature the number 1 and 2 seeds in the playoffs. How quaintly proper. And there are no wildcard entrants still in the running from either conference. Terrif! The four remaining teams all earned their way…
Tagged with: Atlanta Falcons, Colin Kaepernick, Jim Harbaugh, Justin Smith, Mike Nolan, Mike Singletary, San Francisco 49ers
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The Xth Game
Ronnie Lott once said you didn’t know what kind of team you really had until the tenth game of the season. As it so happens, next Monday’s game against Chicago will be game number ten for the 49ers. I don’t…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Chicago Bears, Colin Kaepernick, Jason Campbell, Jay Cutler, Jim Harbaugh, Jon Gruden, Mike Nolan, Mike Singletary, Ronnie Lott, San Francisco 49ers
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Thunder and Lightning
The 49ers did not unveil their super terrific, tricky and prolific passing game against the Vikings last week, and we’re not likely to see it during the remaining three exhibition games. For the past few years, the Niners have been…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Anthony Dixon, Brandon Jacobs, Frank Gore, Jim Harbaugh, Kendall Hunter, LaMichael James, Mario Manningham, Randy Moss, San Francisco 49ers, Vernon Davis
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J. O. Y. to the World
It’s been almost six days and Aldon Smith has not been arrested, stabbed, sued, blackmailed, or injured while hang gliding. Way to go, big guy! Only 21 more days on your own that you can screw up before falling under…
Tagged with: Aldon Smith, Bill Belichick, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Schwartz, Mike Singletary, Pete Carroll, San Francisco 49ers
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Away From the Lights
Last year, the Eagles won the Free Agency PR title and were promptly awarded a berth in the 2011 Super Bowl. Hmmmm. Is “oops” too strong a word? The actual Free Agency winner was the guy who laid in the…
Tagged with: Carlos Rogers, Donte Whitner, Joe Montana, Josh Morgan, New Orleans Saints, New York Jets, Peyton Manning, Roger Goodell, San Francisco 49ers, Ted Ginn, Trent Baalke
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The Crying Game
NY Giants head coach Tom Coughlin mentioned after Sunday’s loss to the San Francisco 49ers that he thought his team was in control of the game and he was shocked that they lost. After pouring over the tape of the…
Tagged with: Anthony Davis, Bill Parcells, Bill Walsh, Jim Harbaugh, Mike Ditka, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Tom Coughlin
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The Polls Are Open
One by one, the vaunted head infrastructures of the blogopolis are checking in with their carefully constructed early assessments of the 49ers likely ability to succeed or fail this coming season. The Outsider database grows fatter by the day, gathering…
Agendas. Damned Agendas.
We began the 2011 offseason waiting for a new CBA to be signed. That wait was in vain. We now await the light bulbs flickering on in the concussed brains of the NFL rank and file players. A vain wait…
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Smith, Brian Dawkins, DeMaurice Smith, Domonique Foxworth, Drew Brees, Jeff Saturday, Kevin Carter, Mike Vrabel, Takeo Spikes, Tony Richardson
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Behind the Scenes Behind the Scenes
Yesterday came and went without a lockout, but it may have closed the door on the 49er careers of Alex Smith and Abrayo Franklin. Neither of these players is expected to re-sign with the team. The Niners indifference to giving…
Tagged with: 49ers, Abrayo Franklin, Alex Smith, Jim Harbaugh, Mike Nolan, Mike Singletary, Ricky Francois, Scot McCloughan, Trent Baalke, Vic Fangio
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Beat The Clock
The Bay Area beat reporters have been milking the Jim Harbaugh/Alex Smith courtship almost daily, but this site, in deference to its readers who have gagging issues, has mostly demurred from squeezing that udder. None of these scribes actually expects…
Return To Sender
Our old buddy pal, Mike Singletary, showed up in Mobile for the Senior Bowl event and parked himself at the top of the stadium, just like he did last year, presumably getting the big picture view. Sitting up there is…
Just Around the Corner
The 49ers have certainly stocked up at the safety position lately, selecting one in three straight drafts. Any failure by that unit this coming season would only seem possible because of injuries. Probably more than one. The cornerback situation is…
Tagged with: 49ers, Mike Singletary, Nate Clements, Shawntae Spencer, Tarell Brown
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Stenches in the Trenches
The 49ers have two positions on the team that caused a considerable amount of consternation last season. Left guard and right tackle. In addition to not moving appreciably forward on running plays, the two fellows at these positions gave up…
Tagged with: 49ers, Adam Snyder, Anthony Davis, David Baas, Jimmy Raye, Joe Staley, Mike Iupati, Mike Singletary
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No Mo SCO
Next on the operating table is Moran Norris. Some might say, “Who cares about him?” Or something similarly disdainful, perhaps more graphically expressed. But Norris is indeed worthy of discussion in this series of scathing frowning critiques of the 49ers.…
Tagged with: 49ers, Dominique Zeigler, Frank Gore, Jason Hill, Jimmy Raye, Kyle Williams, Mike Iupati, Mike Singletary, Moran Norris, Ted Ginn, Tom Rathman
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Hesitation Blues
I was going to ease into this critical ogle-eye period by starting off with our kicker, Joe Nedney, looking at his advancing age and weakening leg. A guy whom you don’t replace until he proves he’s done. The fact that…
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Smith, Brian Jennings, Eric Heitmann, Joe Nedney, Mike Nolan, Scot McCloughan, Urban Meyer
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Pawing the Fruit: An Intro
Sigh. The OTAs and mini-camp are finished. There will be no further action for six long, agonizing, excruciating weeks until the 2010 ball game officially kicks off with Training Camp on August 2. SIX WEEKS!! Dead air, baby. You know…