Trent Baalke hit the lotto two years in a row with his third round picks — NaVorro Bowman and Chris Culliver. Neither pick drew oohs and aahs at the time. More like who’s and wha’s. Bowman stepped in for Takeo…
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Lunch Lips
Tagged with: Adam Snyder, Alex Smith, Carlos Rogers, Chris Culliver, Glen Coffee, Josh Morgan, Kevin Kolb, NoVorro Bowman, Peyton Manning, Reggie Smith, San Francisco 49ers, Scot McCloughan, Takeo Spikes, Ted Ginn, Trent Baalke
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation
Core de Corps
Patience holds little value in the blog world, but it is a major contributor to assembling a good team. This past year, we saw Tarell Brown emerge as a solid CB, Dashon Goldson go to the Pro Bowl, Adam Snyder…
Tagged with: Adam Snyder, Alex Smith, Dashon Goldson, Derrick Deese, Isaac Sopoaga, Jeff Fuller, Jesse Sapolu, Navorro Bowman, Ray McDonald, Ronnie Lott, San Francisco 49ers, Steve Young, Takeo Spikes, Tarell Brown, Trent Baalke
Posted in Vacant Observations
Posted in Vacant Observations
Champagne Brunch
Back to work week for our intrepid 49er lads who tasted defeat last Thursday for the first time since mid-September. Even in defeat, however, Dame Fortune remained kind to the team by sneaking into Seattle on Sunday and inducing the…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Frank Gore, Greg Roman, Jim Harbaugh, Norv Turner, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams, Takeo Spikes
Posted in Mindless Drivel
Posted in Mindless Drivel
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
Flavor of the Month
Last call for vanilla. We hope. Is anybody going to watch this game? Maybe the first quarter or half. The blackout was lifted in San Diego, so the stadium is going to be filled to the brim with invisible patrons.…
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Smith, Blake Costanzo, Colin Jones, Curtis Taylor, Dominique Zeigler, Greg Manusky, Ian Williams, Lance Long, Marty Schottenheimer, Mike Nolan, Norv Turner, Phillip Adams, Takeo Spikes
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
FA Brake Down
There’s been a lot of early season jitters as the blogorama shakes off the rust of the long offseason and gets its tonsils game ready. But one week into the new season, the collective nerves seem to be settling down…
Tagged with: 49ers, Abrayo Franklin, Adam Snyder, Aldon Smith, Chilo Rachal, Dashon Goldson, David Baas, Isaac Sopagna, Jim Harbaugh, Manny Lawson, Nate Clements, Navorro Bowman, Patrick Willis, Takeo Spikes
Posted in Training Camp
Posted in Training Camp
Agendas. Damned Agendas.
We began the 2011 offseason waiting for a new CBA to be signed. That wait was in vain. We now await the light bulbs flickering on in the concussed brains of the NFL rank and file players. A vain wait…
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Smith, Brian Dawkins, DeMaurice Smith, Domonique Foxworth, Drew Brees, Jeff Saturday, Kevin Carter, Mike Vrabel, Takeo Spikes, Tony Richardson
Posted in Vulcan Mind Probes
Posted in Vulcan Mind Probes
Hypothetical Hypnosis
On the plus side of no football activity this off season, the 49ers will likely be able to retain the services of Manny Lawson, Dashon Goldson, David Baas, and maybe even Abrayo Franklin or Takeo Spikes, if the team still…
Tagged with: 49ers, Abrayo Franklin, Aldon Smith, Alex Smith, Anthony Davis, Chilo Rachal, Dashon Goldson, David Baas, Jim Harbaugh, Manny Lawson, Michael Crabtree, Nate Clements, Parys Haralson, Reggie Smith, Takeo Spikes, Tarell Brown, Taylor Mays, Vic Fangio
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation
Holy Gulparoni!
Has an NFL franchise ever won a division title on the last day of the season, playing at home in front of a crowd wearing paper bags over their heads? With Sunday’s splutz out by both the Seattle Seahawks and…
The Fat Lady Is Dressed
The Seattle Seahawks ruined the end of the 49ers 2009 season and the beginning of this 2010 season. Sunday, they have a chance to ruin the end of the 2010 season, as well. That would be three straight ruinations and…
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Smith, Mike Nolan, Mike Singletary, Seattle Seahawks, Takeo Spikes, Troy Smith
Posted in Friday Walkthrough
Posted in Friday Walkthrough
Enjoy the Moment
The 49ers win over the Raiders did not impress the blogosphere all that much, nor did it provoke any playoff fever epidemics. But there was no denying the immense sigh of relief that wafted up through cyberspace. I will not…
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Smith, Isaac Sopoagna, Michael Crabtree, Mike Singletary, Oakland Raiders, Takeo Spikes
Posted in Tuesday Morning Waterboy
Posted in Tuesday Morning Waterboy
Niners Win Suck Bowl
When it comes to sucking, the Raiders are still the champs. For three quarters Sunday, the 49ers gave it their best egg layers effort, but the Raiders hung in there and out laid them down the stretch, falling behind and…
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Smith, Frank Gore, Jason Campbell, Jimmy Raye, Oakland Raiders, Sebastian Janikowski, Takeo Spikes
Posted in Monday Morning Quarterback
Posted in Monday Morning Quarterback
The Missing Ornament
I had a dream last night that the 49ers beat the Eagles 59-0. In the dream, as the team lined up for its first offensive play of the game, one by one little light bulbs popped up over the helmets…
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Smith, David Baas, Eric Heitmann, Isaac Sopoagna, Justin Smith, Moran Norris, Nate Clements, Shawntae Spencer, Takeo Spikes
Posted in Thursday Practice, Uncategorized
Posted in Thursday Practice, Uncategorized
The Fateful Fifty-Three
Over the weekend, somewhere in the vicinity of 700 NFL players were laid off. 256 of them got hired back at much lower wages to fill out the practice squads around the league. All of these PS fellows are young…
Tagged with: 49ers, Curtis Taylor, Dashon Goldson, Diyral Briggs, Karl Paymah, Matt Wilhelm, Michael Lewis, Michael Robinson, Mike Singletary, Navorro Bowman, Patrick Willis, Takeo Spikes, Tramaine Brock, Travis LaBoy, Will James
Posted in Training Camp
Posted in Training Camp
49ers Win Scrub Bowl 17-14
The 49ers closed out the 2010 Exhibition Season by beating the Chargers 17-14 in a largely empty Candlestick Park stadium. There were no initial reports of any serious injuries. Whew!!! The emergence of Phillip Adams has got to be the…
Tagged with: 49ers, Anthony Davis, Anthony Dixon, Dominique Zeigler, Frank Gore, Kyle Williams, Mike Iupati, Nate Davis, Navorro Bowman, Patrick Willis, Phillip Adams, Takeo Spikes, Taylor Mays
Posted in Exhibition Season
Posted in Exhibition Season
49ers 15, Farvettes 10
While watching the Bret Farve telethon Sunday night, I was surprised to see a 49er exhibition game spliced into the fawning endeavor. How annoying. What was NBC thinking? There must have been at least a hundred more facial expressions that…
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Smith, Anthony Davis, Diyral Briggs, Mike Iupati, Mike Singletary, Nate Davis, Patrick Willis, Phillip Adams, Takeo Spikes, Travis LaBoy
Posted in Exhibition Season
Posted in Exhibition Season
The Wheeze Out Factor
Every year, it seems, a guy nobody is thinking about decides to get old in a hurry or just suddenly run out of gas, throwing a serious owie into the outlook for the team’s success. Injuries can achieve the same…
Tagged with: 49ers, Brian Jennings, Eric Heitmann, Joe Nedney, Justin Smith, Michael Lewis, Moran Norris, Nate Clements, Takeo Spikes, Tony Wragge
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation
Squinting at the Horizon V
The final Squint in our week long series focuses on the Linebackers. The Dline gets no peeps in this series because nothing much has changed there from last year’s lineup. Ricky Jean Francois is working at the nose trying to…
Tagged with: Ahmad Brooks, Manny Lawson, Navorro Bowman, Parys Haralson, Patrick Willis, San Francisco 49ers, Scott McKillop, Takeo Spikes, Travis LaBoy
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation