Last year at this time, the Rams were favored to win the NFC West, and they did precisely that. The 49ers were favored to provide a spirited chase, which might possibly land them a playoff berth. They did precisely not…
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Chargers 29, 49ers 27
Sunday’s 49ers looked a lot like last year’s 49ers. Gritty, competitive, never-say-die, back-and-forth nail-biter but short end of the stick. Just enough positive play to stay in the game and just enough mistakes to lose. CJ Beathard filled in admirably…
49ers 31, Giants 21
Rookie HC Kyle Shanahan finally got his first win Sunday, trouncing the hapless New York Giants. Rookie QB CJ Beathard also got his first win, while enjoying the rare treat of a clean pocket and a break from getting pounded…
Tagged with: Chip Kelly, CJ Beathard, Jimmy Garappolo, Joe Staley, Kyle Shanahan, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Eagles 33, 49ers 10
What can I say? Another fun day in 49erville, as the boys ran their record to a clean 0-8, doggedly keeping pace with the Cleveland Browns in the empty barrel division. The 49ers are getting better and better at getting…
Tagged with: Brian Hoyer, CJ Beathard, Dontae Johnson, Garry Gilliam, Jimmie Ward, Joe Staley, Julio Jones, Kyle Shanahan, Philadelphia Eagles, Robert Saleh, San Francisco 49ers, Solomon Thomas, Trent Brown
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Take a Number
The 49ers close out their offseason practices this week. If you gleaned any useful information from these sessions, congratulations. Your drug of choice has served you well. Joe Montana‘s recent birthday was a painful reminder that we once had recognizable,…
Tagged with: 49ers, Jed York, Joe Montana, Joe Staley, John Lynch, Kyle Shanahan, Navorro Bowman
Posted in Orgainized Team Activities
Posted in Orgainized Team Activities
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
Carolina In My Mind
The 49ers travel to North Carolina this weekend to throw themselves under the Panthers’ playoff bus on Sunday. At least, that’s the general view around the league and in Las Vegas. Apparently, the blow out win over the Rams did…
Tagged with: 49ers, Cam Newton, Carlos Hyde, Case Keenum, Joe Staley, Panthers, Vance McDonald
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
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
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
Not Good Enough
We’re finally down to the last dregs of the offseason. One more garbage game to go before the San Francisco 49ers become NFL roadkill. The team sent 15 nobodies packing on Monday and will say good-bye to another 22 after…
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Boone, Jed York, Joe Staley, Navorro Bowman, Trent Baalke
Posted in Exhibition Season
Posted in Exhibition Season
The Great Divide
It’s been a long time since the blogosphere was this polarized. Not since the pre-Harbaugh days of Alex Smith. Heading into the 2015 season, bloggers either think the franchise is just fine, or they think it’s become a laughingstock. There’s…
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Smith, Anthony Davis, Carlos Hyde, Frank Gore, Jed York, Jim Harbaugh, Joe Staley, Mike Iupati
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation
Rebuilt Retool
49er spring practices are over and there’s six weeks left until Training Camp opens and puts an end to this disastrous 2015 offseason. Still plenty of time left for more disasters, though, so stay tuned. It will be interesting to…
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Boone, Chip Kelly, Colin Kapernick, Erik Pears, Jim Harbaugh, Joe Staley, Marcus Martin, Trent Baalke
Posted in Vacant Observations
Posted in Vacant Observations
Baalke’s Decade
With the departures of Patrick Willis, Ray McDonald, Michael Crabtree, and Frank Gore, the Mike Nolan/Scot McCloughan draft era is just about wrapped up. There are only two guys left: Joe Staley and Vernon Davis. And only one FA signing…
Tagged with: Adam Gase, Frank Gore, Jed York, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Tomsula, Joe Staley, Justin Smith, Michael Crabtree, Mike Nolan, Patrick Willis, Ray McDonald, Scot McCloughan, Torrey Smith, Trent Baalke, Vernon Davis
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation
Baalkan Island
For the next two months, it will be GM Trent Baalke‘s turn to show us what he can do. Free agency begins in two weeks, followed by the draft in late April. Everyone seems to be clamoring for a fast…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Anquan Boldin, Brandon Lloyd, Colin Kaepernick, Frank Gore, Joe Staley, Mario Manningham, Mike Iupati, Mike Nolan, Randy Moss, San Francisco 49ers, Stevie Johnson, Trent Baalke, Vernon Davis
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation
Farewell Parties
Just over three weeks until the start of Free Agency. Hopefully, that will give the 49ers’ FO enough time to finish assembling an entire coaching staff, or at least parading them out there in a formal introduction. But, maybe Jim…
Tagged with: Chris Culliver, Frank Gore, Jed York, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Tomsula, Joe Staley, Justin Smith, Michael Crabtree, Mike Iupati, Patrick Willis, Perrish Cox, San Francisco 49ers, Scot McCloughan, Trent Baalke, Vernon Davis
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation
Bourbon Street Blues
What a depressing week. Losing to the Rams, at home, is always depressing, but this time it was also embarrassing. The loss to a team that had no business even being in the game set off tremors to the franchise.…
Tagged with: Ahmad Brooks, Alex Boone, Frank Gore, Jed York, Jim Harbaugh, Joe Staley, Michael Crabtree, Mike Nolan, New Orleans Saints, San Francisco 49ers, Trent Baalke, Vernon Davis
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
Changing of the Guard
By all accounts, Aldon Smith is having a superman TC so far. That’s the good news. The bad news is multiple reports are predicting a six to eight game suspension for the 2014 season. The silver lining news is that…
Tagged with: Aldon Smith, Alex Boone, Antoine Bethea, Bill Ring, Bruce Ellington, Carlos Hyde, Chris Borland, Chris Culliver, Colin Kaepernick, Eric Reid, Frank Gore, Jimmie Ward, Joe Looney, Joe Staley, Justin Smith, Michael Crabtree, Patrick Willis, Peyton Manning, Quinton Dial, Quinton Patton, Ray McDonald, San Francisco 49ers, Scot McCloughan, Tank Carradine, Trent Baalke, Vernon Davis
Posted in Mindless Drivel
Posted in Mindless Drivel
Little Big Men
It only took three practices to answer the question about what to do with the crowded situation at running back. The answer was “Never mind.” First Kendall Hunter went out for the year with an ACL tear, then LaMichael James…
Tagged with: Ahmad Brooks, Alex Boone, Anthony Davis, Jim Harbaugh, Joe Looney, Joe Staley, John Madden, Kendall Hunter, LaMichael James, Mike Iupati, San Francisco 49ers, Scot McCloughan, Trent Baalke
Posted in Training Camp
Posted in Training Camp
Dollar Daze
Four days left until the Free Agency period begins and the 49ers have re-signed only one of their twelve pending FAs — Anquan Boldin. Prominent among the unsigned players are K Phil Dawson, SS Donte Whitner, and CB Tarell Brown…
Tagged with: Anquan Boldin, Colin Kaepernick, Craig Dahl, Donte Whitner, Jim Harbaugh, Joe Staley, Navorro Bowman, Patrick Willis, Phil Dawson, San Francisco 49ers, Tarell Brown
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation
Strategic Failure
Draft guru Mike Mayock has pronounced this the deepest NFL draft he’s seen in ten years. We’ll presume, for the sake of argument, that Mr. Mayock’s eyesight has gotten a recent approval from his optometrist and that his basement houses…
Tagged with: Colin Kaepernick, Eric Reid, Joe Staley, Mike Mayock, Peyton Manning, Russell Wilson, San Francisco 49ers, Trent Baalke
Posted in Delusional Therapy
Posted in Delusional Therapy
On The Road
Welcome to 2014, fellow Outsiders! We are now in the sudden death time of year. Each 49er game might be the last we see them until next August. Scary. It’s also 0-0 time and any team can catch fire, luck,…
Tagged with: Aaron Rodgers, Alex Smith, Andrew Luck, Andy Dalton, Cam Newton, Clay Matthews, Colin Kaepernick, Drew Brees, Green Bay Packers, Joe Flacco, Joe Staley, Nick Foles, Peyton Manning, Philip Rivers, Russell Wilson, San Francisco 49ers, Tom Brady
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews