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Tagged with: 49ers, Blaine Gabbert, Carson Palmer, Colin Kaepernick, Jerry Jones, Jimmy Johnson, Kyle Shanahan, Scot McCloughan, Wade Phillips
Posted in Around the League
Posted in Around the League
Hello Goodbye
The endless pre-Draft piffle machine will finally, mercifully grind to a halt next Thursday night, when the Browns and 49ers step to the podium to make their 2017 first round selections. While DE Myles Garrett is the consensus number one…
Seahawks 25, 49ers 23
After a brief foray into the land of the winning, a journey described hysterically by Blaine Gabbert‘s clueless backup as “huge” and “something to build on,” the 49ers reverted quickly back to the norm and tacked on a season ending…
Tagged with: Adam Gase, Blaine Gabbert, Chip Kelly, Colin Kaepernick, Jed York, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Tomsula, Paraag Marathe, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Trent Baalke
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Falcons 41, 49ers 13
The 49ers rolled to their 13th straight loss Sunday in Atlanta, extending their franchise record for consecutive losses. They also set the franchise record for most rushing yards given up in a season, which now stands at 2,468 yards. And…
Tagged with: 49ers, Atlanta Falcons, Blaine Gabbert, Chip Kelly, Christian Ponder, Jed York, Jim Tomsula, Mike Singletary, Trent Baalke
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Jets 23, 49ers 17
The Good: Sorry, we got nothing for you here. Zip, nada, zilch, nope, fuggeddabouddit. The Bad: Twelve straight losses, the 2016 49ers continue their march into the franchise history books. And they aren’t done yet. The Weird: The team has…
Tagged with: Bilal Powel, Blaine Gabbert, Bryce Petty, Carlos Hyde, Chip Kelly, Jed York, New York Jets, San Francisco 49ers
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Dolphins 31, 49ers 24
Close, but no cigar. Or close, but light ’em up! Blaine Gabbert‘s backup took a mouthful of shoulder pad from Ndamukong Suh and Kiko Alonso at the two yard line as time ran out on his desperate attempt to be…
Tagged with: 49ers, Blaine Gabbert, Garrett Celek, Jay Ajayi, Jed York, Joe Staley, Joe Thomas, Kiko Alonso, Miami Dolphins, Ndamukong Suh, Ryan Tannehill, Trent Baalke
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Keep the Streak Alive
The New Orleans Saints come calling this Sunday, no doubt looking eagerly forward to trashing the 49ers’ woeful defense. The Saints’ defense is no top drawer outfit, either, but if the game is a shootout, who you gonna call: Drew…
Cardinals 33, 49ers 21
The 49ers and Cardinals spent the first half of their Thursday night game trying to cure the nations’s insomnia problem. Then, just before the first half ended, the Niners discovered they had a 7-0 lead and needed to jump start…
Tagged with: 49ers, Blaine Gabbert, Cardinals, Chip Kelly, David Johnson, Drew Stanton, Jed York, Jeremy Kerley, Larry Fitzgerald, Tramaine Brock, Trent Baalke
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Cowboys 24, 49ers 17
For one shining quarter, the Chip Kelly offense lived up to its hype. The 49ers roared out to a 14-0 lead, scoring their second TD one minute into the second quarter. From there on out, it was Cowboys 24 and…
Tagged with: 49ers, Arik Armstead, Blaine Gabbert, Carlos Hyde, Chip Kelly, Colon Crapperdick, Cowboys, Deforest Buckner, Ezekiel Elliott, Jeremy Kerley, Quinton Patton, Torrey Smith, Trent Baalke
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Lame Owners’ Bowl
The Jeckyll and Hyde 49ers return home this weekend to play the Cowboys, hoping the Doctor is in and not the other guy. The howls have already begun to yank Blaine Gabbert and try one of the other bust QBs…
Tagged with: 49ers, Antoine Bethea, Blaine Gabbert, Carlos Hyde, Chris Davis, Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys, Dez Bryant, Doug Baldwin, Jerome Kearse, Jerry Jones, Jimmie Ward, Jimmy Graham, Rashard Robinson, Seattle Seahawks, Tony Romo, Tramaine Brock, Trent Baalke, Tyler Lockett
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
Seahawks 37, 49ers 18
The Seahawks hadn’t scored a touchdown in their first two games of the season, but it only took three plays and 43 seconds to remedy that ailment against the inept 49ers Sunday in Seattle. They added three more, tossed in…
Tagged with: 49ers, Anquan Boldin, Blaine Gabbert, Carlos Hyde, Chip Kelly, Christine Michael, Deforest Buckner, Doug Baldwin, Greg Roman, Jed York, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Tomsula, Jimmy Graham, Quinton Patton, Seahawks, Trent Baalke
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
49ers 28, Rams 0
Well, that was surprising. Not the victory so much as the magnitude of it. Chip Kelly and Blaine Gabbert, two NFL entities pretty much consigned to the scrap heap by league “experts” and “insiders,” stuck the old thumb in the…
Tagged with: 49ers, Blaine Gabbert, Cam Newton, Carlos Hyde, Caroling Panthers, Case Keenum, Chip Kelly, Jared Goff, Jerome Kerley, Quinton Patton, Rams, Seattle Seahawks, Todd Gurley, Vance McDonald
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Packers 21, 49ers 10
After sitting out the offseason, and Training Camp, and the preseason, and the National Anthem, Colin Kaepernick finally returned to action Friday night and made a strong case for sitting out the regular season, too. And that’s your 49er highlight…
Tagged with: 49ers, Arik Amstead, Blaine Gabbert, Bruce Ellington, Carlos Hyde, Chip Kelly, Colin Kaepernick, Eric Reid, Jim O'Neil, Packers, Phil Dawson, Quinton Dial
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Return of the Prodigal Son
One more preseason game before we can forget about preseason games even though there will be one more preseason game to endure. Friday’s game against the Packers is mainly meaningful because it will mark the first time since the middle…
Tagged with: 49ers, Blaine Gabbert, Chip Kelly, Colin Kaepernick, Corey Lemonier, Marcus Rush, Packers, Tank Carradine, Trent Baalke
Posted in Exhibition Season
Posted in Exhibition Season
Texans 24, 49ers 13
The San Francisco 49ers trampled the Houston Texans in the first half of Sunday night’s exhibition game in Santa Clara, but two costly fumbles — one on the Houston two yard line that prevented a score and one Houston returned…
Tagged with: Blaine Gabbert, Brock Osweiler, Chip Kelly, Deforest Buckner, Houston Texans, Jeff Driskel, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Tomsula, Kendall Gaskins, San Francisco 49ers, Vance McDonald
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Post Harbaugh, Take II
And so it begins. The Chip Kelly Era is underway. Kelly’s Eagles team last year, while “collapsing” to a 7-9 record after two straight 10-6 seasons, still finished 13th in points scored and 12th in yards — yardage stats that…
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Smith, Blaine Gabbert, Chip Kelly, Colin Kaepernick
Posted in Training Camp
Posted in Training Camp
Camp Karaoke
Another week closer to the start of the 2016 season. And, for the first time since 2009, there will be a QB competition to provide some drama to the exhibition games. Shaun Hill got the nod over Alex Smith in…
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Smith, Blaine Gabbert, Colin Kaepernick, Mike Singletary, Shaun Hill
Posted in Vacant Observations
Posted in Vacant Observations
Fun House
The on-again off-again 49ers have a home game this Sunday. That usually means they’re on. The game is against the powerhouse Bengals, though, so maybe they’ll be off. However, Bengals’ QB Andy Dalton is injured and won’t play, so maybe…
Tagged with: 49ers, Andy Dalton, Blaine Gabbert, Cincinnati Bengals, Jed York, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Tomsula, Trent Baalke
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
Browns 24, 49ers 10
The Blaine Gabbert Era turned a jubilant corner last week against the Bears, only to run smack into a brick wall this week in Cleveland. The two win Browns completely dominated the game, out gaining the 49ers 481-221 yards, with…
Tagged with: Anquan Boldin, Blaine Gabbert, Cleveland Browns, Dan Kilgore, Donte Whitner, Jed York, Jim Tomsula, Joe Staley, Navorro Bowman, Patrick Willis, San Francisco 49ers, Shane Draughn, Trent Baalke
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
49ers 26, Bears 20
In the “blind squirrel finds nut” department, the 49ers won their first road game of the year Sunday in Chicago by being slightly less inept than the Bears. The game featured 15 punts — six by the Bears and nine…
Tagged with: Adam Gase, Blaine Gabbert, Chicago Bears, Jed York, Jim Tomsula, Robby Gould, San Francisco 49ers, Torrey Smith, Trent Baalke
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread