We are waiting, we are waiting, oh yeah, oh yeah Waiting for someone to come out of somewhere We should have had a new head coach announced on Monday, but all we heard were crickets. This can only mean one…
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The Waiting Game
Tagged with: Adam Gase, Gary Kubiak, Jim Tomsula, John Elway, Josh McDaniels, Mike Shanahan, Rex Ryan, San Francisco 49ers, Trent Baalke, Vic Fangio
Posted in Angst 101
Posted in Angst 101
Blame and Fortune
The election is over, the World Series is over, the Bye Week is over. Time to return to those thrilling days of yesteryear. Hi yo, 49ers, away! I can kind of see Jim Harbaugh riding around the West in a…
Tagged with: Jeff Fisher, Jerry Jones, Jim Harbaugh, Ken Whisenhunt, Mike Nolan, Mike Shanahan, San Francisco 49ers, Todd Heap
Posted in Mindless Drivel
Posted in Mindless Drivel
Retread Trips
Training Camp is still five weeks in the future, which means there’s not much 49er news to gnaw on these days. If this was the Donner Party blog, we’d be looking at each other with lustful teeth. The Bounty scandal…
Tagged with: Bill Walsh, Charlie Whitehurst, Dan Snyder, George Seifert, Jed York, Jim Harbaugh, John Elway, Matt Flynn, Mike Holmgren, Mike Shanahan, Pete Carroll, Robert Griffin III, San Francisco 49ers
Posted in Vacant Observations
Posted in Vacant Observations
Chips & Dips
It’s a great feeling watching all these teams interviewing new HC candidates, doing the Rooney Rule dance, looking for franchise redemption, and knowing the 49ers have solved this riddle for a long, long time. Not that everything is going to…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Andy Reid, Colin Kaepernick, Jeff Fisher, Jerry Jones, Jim Harbaugh, Mike Holmgren, Mike Shanahan, Norv Turner, Pete Carroll, Peyton Manning, San Francisco 49ers, Scot Pioli, Trent Baalke
Posted in Around the League
Posted in Around the League
Capital Conquest
The 49ers continued their destruction of competitive balance in the NFC West Sunday by winning their sixth straight game and extending their division lead to five games. The magic number at the halfway point of the season is FOUR! Putting…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Bruce Miller, Jim Harbaugh, Michael Crabtree, Mike Shanahan, New England Patriots, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Tom Brady, Vernon Davis, Washington Redskins
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Miked Up
Next Sunday the 49ers have a game against the Washington Inappropriately Nameds, who practice in Virginia and play in Maryland and never set foot in Washington. A true D.C. tradition. The Washingtons are coached by The Ultimate Leader, Mike “Bug…
Tagged with: Al Davis, Dan Snyder, John Elway, Marc Trestman, Mike Shanahan, Norv Turner, San Francisco 49ers, Takeo Spikes, Washington Redskins
Posted in Lunatic Ravings
Posted in Lunatic Ravings
Heaven Can Wait
The hometown crowd will not be praying for victory this Sunday against the Cleveland Browns. No, those knee callouses will have plenty of time to dissipate now. 49er fans will be expecting a rout. We might indeed get one, but…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Bill Parcells, Cleveland Browns, Dan Reeves, Dick Vermeil, Don Shula, Jim Harbaugh, Mike Holmgren, Mike Shanahan, San Francisco 49ers
Posted in Mindless Drivel
Posted in Mindless Drivel
Lower the Casket
The 2010 NFL season is now officially toast. The people in Green Bay and their fans in other cities and towns will try to keep it open for the next six months, but for the other 31 NFL franchises it…
Tagged with: 49ers, Albert Haynesworth, Ben Roethlisberger, Bill Belichick, Brett Farve, Dan Snyder, Jerry Jones, Ken Whisenhunt, Kurt Warner, Michael Vick, Mike Shanahan, Mike Singletary, Norv Turner
Posted in Around the League
Posted in Around the League
Man or Mirage Game
Next Sunday will be the tenth game of the season, but the NFC playoff teams are already pretty much identifiable. The Giants and Eagles, the Falcons and Saints, the Packers, and the token representative of the NFC West. The Bears…
Tagged with: 49ers, Donovan McNabb, Frank Gore, Mike Iupati, Mike Johnson, Mike Shanahan, Mike Singletary, Moran Norris, Ronnie Lott, Troy Smith
Posted in Wednesday Morning Game Plan
Posted in Wednesday Morning Game Plan
The Magic Carpet Tour
As noted yesterday, the NFC West appears to be a two team battle at the top and a two team battle for the bottom. Today, I thought I’d begin a meander around the league on the Outsider Magic Carpet and…
Tagged with: 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, Mike Shanahan, Mike Singletary, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Tony Romo, Vinny Cerrato, Washington Redskins
Posted in Around the League
Posted in Around the League