Some 49er fans (and a few beat writers) are skeptical that the team will open up the offense this coming season, spreading it out and running 3-wide formations abundantly. After all, Trent Baalke just drafted a couple more big, bruising…
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Sgt. Pepper vs the Blue Meanies
The Richter Scale crowds in Seattle are making a mockery of competitive fairness in the NFL. It’s one thing for the home crowd to make it difficult for an opposing offense to operate, but quite another to make it flat…
Tagged with: Adam Snyder, Alex Boone, Anquan Boldin, Colin Kaepernick, Frank Gore, Joe Staley, Justin Smith, Kassim Osgood, Mario Manningham, Michael Crabtree, Mike Singletary, Patrick Willis, Quinton Patton, Ray McDonald, San Francisco 49ers, Scot McCloughan, Seattle Seahawks, Tarell Brown, Vernon Davis
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
The Fallen Idols Bowl
Now that fans have expressed their outrage over losing a game nobody expected us to win in the first place, it’s time to move along to the next opponent. One that the 49ers specialize in beating — a losing team.…
Tagged with: Adam Snyder, Colin Kaepernick, Daniel Kilgore, Jim Harbaugh, Joe Looney, Michael Crabtree, Robert Griffin, San Francisco 49ers, Washington Whatchamacallits
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
Midterm Reflections
At the halfway point of the 2012 season, the NFC playoff picture seems pretty clear. For the teams that will be the true SB contenders this year. There will be a scrubeenie entrant, that takes its fans down to the…
Tagged with: Adam Snyder, Alex Boone, Alex Smith, Chilo Rachal, Chris Culliver, Colin Kaerpernick, Dashon Goldson, Jim Harbaugh, Jonathan Goodwin, Peyton Manning, San Francisco 49ers, Tom Brady
Posted in Waltzing Matilda
Posted in Waltzing Matilda
Around the Horn
The second week of OTAs has come and gone, which is the good news. We are one week closer to the start of Training Camp. With only three changes to the starting lineup this year — Randy Moss replacing Josh…
Tagged with: Adam Snyder, Aldon Smith, Alex Boone, Alex Smith, Cam Newton, Jay Cutler, Jim Harbaugh, John Skelton, Josh Morgan, Ken Whisenhunt, Kevin Kolb, Kurt Warner, Matt Flynn, Paryis Haralson, Pete Carroll, Randy Moss, Robert Griffin III, San Francisco 49ers, Tarvaris Jackson
Posted in Around the League
Posted in Around the League
OTA Week I of IV
The first of three OTAs, plus a concluding minicamp, begins Tuesday. I’m not sure if the players get to actually touch each other yet, let alone play partially real football. The offseason rules of the new CBA are convoluted enough…
Tagged with: Adam Snyder, AJ Jenkins, Alex Smith, Chilo Rachal, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Schwartz, LaMichael James, Mike Singletary, Mike Smith, Pete Carroll, Randy Moss, San Francisco 49ers, Vernon Davis
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation
Feeding the Beast
In the past three drafts, Trent Baalke has grabbed six offensive linemen, and brought in another in FA. That’s a focused commitment to the old adage that the game is won and lost in the trenches. Only two guys are…
Tagged with: A.J. Jenkins, Adam Snyder, Alex Boone, Alex Smith, Anthony Davis, Chuck Persons, Colin Kaepernick, Dan Kilgore, Jason Slowey, Jim Harbaugh, Joe Looney, Joe Staley, Josh Johnson, Mario Manningham, Michael Crabtree, Randy Moss, San Francisco 49ers, Scott Tolzien, Trent Baalke
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation
Easter Choices
It’s that time of year for Rob to put on his bunny suit and hide eggs all over Florida under his Bonsai trees. Happy hoppin’, Rob ! !! The new Nike jerseys unveiled Tuesday were not modeled by a single…
Tagged with: Adam Snyder, Alex Smith, David Baas, Dontarius Bogan, San Francisco 49ers
Posted in Vacant Observations
Posted in Vacant Observations
Leftover Stew
Free Agency 2012 burned up its drama in about ten days. By Friday of last week, the top headliners had all been signed. Over the next few weeks, the off Broadway guys will be trickling in hither and yon throughout…
Tagged with: Adam Snyder, Alex Smith, Colin Kaepernick, Frank Gore, Joe Montana, Josh Johnson, Kyle Kosier, San Francisco 49ers, Steve Young, Tony Romo, Troy Aikman
Posted in Mindless Drivel
Posted in Mindless Drivel
Lunch Lips
Trent Baalke hit the lotto two years in a row with his third round picks — NaVorro Bowman and Chris Culliver. Neither pick drew oohs and aahs at the time. More like who’s and wha’s. Bowman stepped in for Takeo…
Tagged with: Adam Snyder, Alex Smith, Carlos Rogers, Chris Culliver, Glen Coffee, Josh Morgan, Kevin Kolb, NoVorro Bowman, Peyton Manning, Reggie Smith, San Francisco 49ers, Scot McCloughan, Takeo Spikes, Ted Ginn, Trent Baalke
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation
Hangin’ Round the Ink Well
Ink flowing is not normally as fascinating to observe as is paint drying, grass growing, or televised Combine events, but this could change in the next two weeks. The 49ers have until March 13th to re-sign currently held players or…
Tagged with: Adam Snyder, Alex Smith, Blake Costanzo, Brett Swain, Carl Nicks, Chilo Rachal, Dashon Goldson, Jim Harb, Josh MorganCarlos Rogers, Justin Peelle, Larry Grant, Madieu Williams, Marques Colston, Patrick Willis, Peyton Manning, Reggie Smith, San Francisco 49ers, Tavares Gooden, Ted Ginn, Tramaine Brock, Will Tukuafu
Posted in Vacant Observations
Posted in Vacant Observations
Core de Corps
Patience holds little value in the blog world, but it is a major contributor to assembling a good team. This past year, we saw Tarell Brown emerge as a solid CB, Dashon Goldson go to the Pro Bowl, Adam Snyder…
Tagged with: Adam Snyder, Alex Smith, Dashon Goldson, Derrick Deese, Isaac Sopoaga, Jeff Fuller, Jesse Sapolu, Navorro Bowman, Ray McDonald, Ronnie Lott, San Francisco 49ers, Steve Young, Takeo Spikes, Tarell Brown, Trent Baalke
Posted in Vacant Observations
Posted in Vacant Observations
Milk Carton Man
Most of the time, disappearing acts and football are not a good combination. Ask Michael Crabtree, who vanished during the playoffs. But someone else dropped off the radar screen in 2011, too, and it was a very good thing. One…
Tagged with: Adam Snyder, Alex Smith, Anthony Davis, Chilo Rachal, Dashon Goldson, Eli Manning, Josh Morgan, Justin Smith, Larry Grant, Mario Manningham, Michael Crabtree, Mike Nolan, Patrick Willis, Ray McDonald, Reggie Smith, San Francisco 49ers, Scot McCloughan, Tarell Brown
Posted in Waltzing Matilda
Posted in Waltzing Matilda
Roster MRI
Cheer up Kyle Williams. You goated it in front of 69,000,000 viewers, but Wes Welker clanked to the turf in front of 118,000,000. That is a whopping 49,000,000 more You Sucks on his head than yours. Feeling a little lighter…
Best in the West
Eight years of Dweeb football came to a resounding end Sunday at Candlestick. The 49ers completely stomped the Rams in a game that had zero sweaty moments. Not once, even for a second, was this game in doubt. NFC West…
Tagged with: Adam Snyder, Alex Smith, Braylon Edwards, Frank Gore, Isaac Sopoaga, Kyle Williams, Michael Crabtree, Mike Nolan, Mike Singletary, San Francisco 49ers, St. Louis Rams, Ted Ginn, Vernon Davis
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
The Homestretch
Monday Night’s game in the Superdome just about guaranteed that the 49ers will not be letting up in the month of December. Nobody, even the Packers, wants to end up in New Orleans during the playoffs. If the 49ers can…
Stuffed and Basted
The San Francisco 49ers Magical Mystery Tour ran out of hallucinogens Thursday night and the team crashed back to reality. Bummer, man. Not hard to figure this game out. Nine sacks. 125 yards of game altering penalties. Short end of…
Tagged with: Adam Snyder, Alex Smith, Baltimore Ravens, Braylon Edwards, Chilo Rachal, Frank Gore, Joe Flacco, Josh Morgan, Kyle Williams, San Francisco 49ers, Ted Ginn, Vic Fangio
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Kool-Aid Sales Soar
The Bye Week is normally a drizzly, anguished time where we either say good-Bye to another lost cause 49er season or drastically reduce our expectations for what the team can hope to accomplish with the remaining schedule. This latter occurrence…
Tagged with: Adam Snyder, Aldon Smith, Alex Smith, Anthony Davis, Brad Seely, Braylon Edwards, Carlos Rogers, Chris Culliver, Delanie Walker, Donte Whitner, Isaac Sopoaga, Jim Harbaugh, Navorro Bowman, Ray McDonald, San Francisco 49ers, Tarrell Brown, Ted Ginn, Trent Baalke
Posted in Monday Morning Quarterback
Posted in Monday Morning Quarterback
Rise of the Machine
For those of you who were born too late to witness first hand the San Francisco 49ers’ glory years in the ’80’s and ’90’s, Sunday’s complete demolishing of the Tampa Bay Bucs was the type of game those earlier years…
Tagged with: Adam Snyder, Alex Smith, Chilo Rachal, Jim Harbaugh, San Francisco 49ers, Tampa Bay Bucs, Trent Baalke
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
A Debacular Success
Sunday’s 13-8 victory over the Bengals was probably the 49ers’ most exciting and satisfying unwatchable game in many years. And there are a lot of unwatchable games in contention for this distinction. What made this ugly duckling sparkle over the…
Tagged with: 49ers, Adam Snyder, Bruce Miller, Chilo Rachal, Frank Gore, Isaac Sopoagna, Kendall Hunter, Moran Norris, Vernon Davis
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Spine Bottom Roulette
The 49ers’ Training Camp 2011 ended Thursday, and the players broke camp by checking out of their hotel rooms, I guess, because they don’t go anywhere for camp any more. With the new CBA banning two-a-days, you can’t call these…
Tagged with: 49ers, Adam Snyder, Ahmad Brooks, Aldon Smith, Alex Boone, Chilo Rachal, Jim Harbaugh, Parys Haralson, Patrick Willis, Tarell Brown, Tramaine Brock
Posted in Training Camp
Posted in Training Camp