Five more weeks of the offseason before we begin to see if Kyle Shanahan can emulate Jim Harbaugh by taking a 6-10 team and turning it into a 13-3 playoff team. Some might say that’s not a fair contest, since…
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There’s a Bar Up Above
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Smith, Bill Walsh, Chip Kelley, George Seifert, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Tomsula, Jimmy Garoppolo, Kyle Shanahan, Mike Holmgren, Mike Shanahan, Robert Saleh, Vic Fangio
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation
It’s Been Real
For the third consecutive year, the 49ers will travel to Chicago late in the season for a game against the Bears. The Third Annual Loser Litmus Test Game. Three years ago, then HC Jim Tomsula was handed a fluke OT…
Tagged with: Chicago Bears, Chip Kelly, Jed York, Jim Tomsula, Jimmy Garoppolo, John Fox, Johnny Manziel, Kyle Shanahan, Mitch Trubisky, San Francisco 49ers
Posted in Waltzing Matilda
Posted in Waltzing Matilda
Cardinals 20, 49ers 10
The Cardinals and 49ers met for the second time this season and the results were pretty much the same. A deadly boring contest which Arizona won. 49er fans were apparently expecting this sort of performance, as the stadium was only…
Tagged with: Adrian Peterson, Arizona Cardinals, Chip Kelly, Jacquiski Tartt, Jim Tomsula, Jimmie Ward, Jimmy Garappolo, John Lynch, Kyle Shanahan, San Francisco 49ers, Sean McVay, Trent Baalke
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Potential vs Reality
Okay. Enough of the foreplay. Next Sunday the Kyle Shanahan Era officially begins. Good luck, KS. You’ve got big shoes to fill (the Jim Harbaugh Era), and tiny shoes to flick aside (the Jim Tomsula/Chip Kelly Eras). And, of course,…
Tagged with: Carolina Panthers, Chip Kelly, Christian McCaffrey, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Tomsula, Kyle Shanahan, SF 49ers
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
The Long Road Back
By this time next week, the pads will be on and the 2017 NFL season will be officially grunting with activity. When Jed York hired John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan, he mentioned the word “culture” about a thousand times. Restoring…
Tagged with: 49ers, Chip Kelly, Jed York, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Tomsula, John Lynch, Kyle Shanahan, Kyle Williams, Mike Nolan
Posted in Training Camp
Posted in Training Camp
OTA Waltz
The 49ers held some OTAs last week, and the guys were running around in their shorts doing athletic stuff. Titillating entertainment for the female population. Wimpy fake football to us manly men. The Niner beat writers seem very impressed with…
Tagged with: 49ers, Brandon Jacobs, Chip Kelly, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Tomsula, Kyle Shanahan
Posted in Orgainized Team Activities
Posted in Orgainized Team Activities
Cerebral Infarction Surgery
It’s the annual NFL Combine week, which means everybody most people many folks quite a few fans several guys a few boys NJ49er and Bullit will be glued to their TV screens this week. Happy tape measures and stop watches,…
Great Expectations
And away we go with another edition of the Jed York Follies! The hiring of Kyle Shanahan as the new Head Coach won’t be booed in too many gin joints in all the towns in all the world. But, pulling…
Tagged with: 49ers, Chip Kelly, Jed York, Jim Tomsula, John Lynch, Kyle Shanahan, Trent Baalke
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
For the third straight year, the 49ers are beating the bushes looking for a new regime to hopefully convince a skeptical fanbase that they know what they’re doing. Unfortunately for them, the fanbase is, by now, 100% sure that this…
Tagged with: 49ers, Chip Kelly, Dennis Erickson, Jed York, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Tomsula, Mike Nolan, Mike Singletary, Paraag Marathe, Scot McCloughan
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation
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
Wasn’t It a Long Way Down
Congratulations to the 2016 49ers. In the 68th year of the franchise, you guys have accomplished the awesomely difficult task of losing ten straight games, the most in team history. No mean feat. To think, only four years ago, this…
Tagged with: 49ers, Chicago Bears, Jed York, Jim Tomsula, Joshua Garnett, Kevin White, Kyle Long, Lamarr Houston, New York Jets, Trent Baalke
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
Saints 41, 49ers 23
The 49ers finally played a defense as nearly awful as their own Sunday, but it did not prevent them from streaking to their seventh consecutive loss. The Saints piled up 571 yards on the Niners, with the usual 200+ on…
Tagged with: 49ers, Blaine Gabbert's Backup, Carlos Hyde, Chip Kelly, Drew Brees, DuJuan Harris, Jed York, Jim Tomsula, Quinton Patton, Saints, Trent Baalke
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
The Poo Factory
We’re nearing the half way point of the 2016 season and a few things have become obvious: The team stinks. Fans hoped Chip Kelly would improve the offense and he has. Last year, the offense was near the bottom and…
Tagged with: 49ers, Anquan Boldin, Eric Mangini, Jed York, Jim Tomsula, Matthew Stafford, Trent Baalke
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation
Worst a Shires Tilt
Here it is! All you washed up QB and/or Trent Baalke fans, this is the game for you! Finally, a game the 49ers might actually win. The Tampa Bay Bucs travel cross country, dragging their 2-3 record with them. 3,000…
Tagged with: 49ers, Bill Bidwill, Chip Kelly, Jed York, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Tomsula, Tampa Bay Bucs, Trent Baalke
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
Disarray Juggernaut
The Santa Clara 49ers. Bwaaaaahaaaahaaa!! Wow. What a mess these clowns have become. Is this a football franchise or a sensitivity session for late bloomers discovering their “blackness,” complete with throw back ’70’s afros to help sell the sincerity? Maybe…
Tagged with: 49ers, Aaron Burbridge, Jed York, Jeff Driskel, Jim Tomsula, Trent Baalke
Posted in Waltzing Matilda
Posted in Waltzing Matilda
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
Happy Talk Time
Less than four weeks until Training Camp opens. Last year at this time, the players were excited about playing for Jim Tomsula. He was a lot easier on them in practices and meetings than his predecessor Jim Harbaugh. We all…
Long Odds
Your faithful scribe has been offline for a couple of weeks. In my absence, the 49ers have apparently been flying under the radar also, content to remain inconspicuous while the Warriors, Sharks, and Giants capture the attention of the Bay…
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Boone, Anquan Boldin, Chip Kelly, Deforest Buckner, Hue Jackson, Jed York, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Tomsula, Jimmie Ward, Joshua Garnett, Navorro Bowman, Scot McCloughan, Tramaine Brock, Trent Baalke, Zane Beadles
Posted in Orgainized Team Activities
Posted in Orgainized Team Activities
The Bust Maker
The 49ers haven’t come right out and admitted it, but their inactions during the Free Agency period have made it clear they have no intention of trying to be competitive this year. They are not even faking it. The 2016…
Tagged with: 49ers, Brandon Thomas, Bruce Ellington, Chip Kelly, Colin Kaepernick, Corey Lemonier, Jed York, Jim Tomsula, Marcus Martin, Quinton Patton, Tank Carradine, Trent Baalke, Vance McDonald
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation
Standing Pat
Two weeks into the FA period, it looks like GM Trent Baalke has concluded that last year’s 5-11 record wasn’t the least bit his fault. No, the roster’s fine. The record was all the fault of Jim Tomsula and Colin…
Tagged with: 49ers, Arik Armstead, Bradley Pinion, Colin Kaepernick, Dan Kilgore, Eric Reid, Glenn Dorsey, Ian Williams, Jim Tomsula, Jimmie Ward, Joe Staley, Mike Purcell, Quinton Dial, Tank Carradine, Tony Jerod-Eddie, Trent Baalke
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation