The NFL stirs back to life this week with the annual Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. We’ll be hearing about wingspan, 40 yard dash times, bench presses, Wonderlic scores, and a variety of other goofy measurements and drills — all designed…
The NFL stirs back to life this week with the annual Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. We’ll be hearing about wingspan, 40 yard dash times, bench presses, Wonderlic scores, and a variety of other goofy measurements and drills — all designed…
The Exhibition Season officially ends today, along with the 2010 Off Season. As of Friday morning, teams around the league will be focusing entirely on Game Number One of the 2010 NFL season. Last season will be gone and everyone…
The heart wrenching parental guidance miniseries House of Glass: The David Baas Story continued through Day 3 of TC, as our hero posed on the sidelines in various postures of dismay, gazing forlornly at his practicing teammates. Baas’ yearly injury…
Jimmy Raye was Mike Singletary’s first, and most controversial, hire. Not only was Raye himself seen as a dubious choice for Offensive Coordinator, but the process of selecting him took nearly a month and, to some fans, reflected poorly on…
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.…
The Outsider has not yet discussed Michael Crabtree. In fact, nobody is discussing him. Not the mainstream reporters, nor the blogosphere bloviators. The mainstream OTA reporters barely mention him unless a fan asks how he is doing. The answer is…
The sizzle coming out of Day 2 of the OTAs was the startling transformation of mild mannered Alex Smith into Barkin’ Big Dog Al. Standing over his offensive minions barking orders, directing traffic, and leaving no doubt as to who…
The first day of OTAs concluded without anyone getting broken. That was encouraging news, though a bit hampering reportage wise. Perhaps we can reach into the old noggin hole and salvage the day. Brandon Jones appeared to be third on…
The NFL, with its uncanny ability to invent mumbo jumbo speak, has come up with a tortured term for this time of the year, dubbing it “Organized Team Activities” (OTAs). A true mouthful of Spam. Do they have high level…
In the FA period before the 2009 Draft, Scot McCloughan signed Titans WR Brandon Jones to a five year contract. At the time, the 49ers starting WRs were Isaac Bruce and Josh Morgan. The #3 WR, a stiff named Bryant…
The first significant full squad OTAs will begin next Monday. This is very good news, since the blogosphere lately has been slower than the thought processes in Flyingv68’s brain. I mean virtually dead. Comatose. With nothing much going on to…