The OTAs have come and gone. This year’s version was cut short prematurely, skipping the mini-camp portion of events after the league took away the final “volunteer” day as punishment for a rookie CB making contact with a WR during…
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2021 Organized Team Activities
The OTAs are underway, with about 90% attendance from the players who gave lip service to the NFLPA’s edict to boycott these “voluntary” work outs but clearly value their jobs over their union solidarity. Wise choice, lads. After all, there’s…
Tagged with: 49ers, DeMeco Ryans, Jimmy Garoppolo, Kyle Shanahan, Robert Saleh, Trey Lance
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Take the Points
In 2017, the 49ers defense ranked 22nd against the pass, 22nd against the run, but 24th in points allowed. The offense was 12th in yards, 9th in passing yards, 21st in rushing yards, but only 20th in points. In 2018,…
Tagged with: 49ers, Jim Harbaugh, Jimmy Garoppolo, Kyle Shanahan, Robert Saleh
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Man on the Street
The 49ers are back at OTAs this week. Not that anyone really cares, but, there it is. In depth reporting at its finest. While strolling down the boulevard last week, a guy noticed my 49ers cap and immediately came over…
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Roster Review
The 49ers defense ranked 24th last year. 22nd against the pass and 22nd against the run. The offense was 12th in yards and 20th in points. 9th in passing yards, 21st in rushing yards. It’s tough to draw too many…
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
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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
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School’s Out
The 49ers have concluded their Spring practices and we now have six weeks until Training Camp opens. The do-nothing 2016 offseason trickles toward its inept conclusion. Chip Kelly said that Antoine Bethea looked like the best player in the secondary.…
Tagged with: 49ers, Antoine Bethea, Carlos Hyde, Chip Kelly, Jed York, Mike Davis, Shaun Draughn
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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
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He Gotta Be He
OTAs begin this week. Unless they were last week and I missed them. Just to be fair and cover my bases, I’ll miss them this week, too. Everyone is talking about Chip Kelly and his “system” these days. A couple…
Tagged with: 49ers, Chip Kelly, DeSean Jackson, Jarryd Hayne, LeSean McCoy, Trent Baalke
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Dry Run
The 49er rookies got their first taste of life in the NFL last week, going through the rookie mini-camp. Most of them swaggered into the league full of themselves and the wonderfulness of their very presence on the planet. In…
In the Interim
News out of camp last week was that Jim Tomsula is “not just a meathead D-line coach.” This sounds suspiciously like: “I am not a crook.” or “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” Not exactly a ringing…
Tagged with: Jed York, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Tomsula, San Francisco 49ers
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Knothole Report
Your intrepid reporter spent the Memorial Day weekend in Santa Clara. Naturally, I couldn’t resist driving over to check out the new stadium. There was a chain link fence surrounding it and guards at the northwest and the northeast entrances,…
Tagged with: Carlos Hyde, Greg Roman, Jim Harbaugh, San Francisco 49ers
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Minicamp Munchies
The first day of minicamp produced a torrent of news that didn’t abate until the entire bottom of a thimble had been dampened. AJ Jenkins caught a difficult pass and Scott Tolzien tossed two to four interceptions, depending which beat…
Tagged with: AJ Jenkins, BJ Daniels, Chad Johnson, Jim Harbaugh, Patrick Willis, Pete Carroll, San Francisco 49ers, Scott Tolzien, Terrell Owens, Tim Tebow
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They’re Out There
The 49ers will hold their three day minicamp this week, Tuesday through Thursday. The practices will be open to the public, as mandated by the league. Understandably miffed by this open door dictate, Jim Harbaugh will hold the practices 100…
Tagged with: AJ Jenkins, Dashon Goldson, Delanie Walker, Eric Reid, Greg Roman, Jim Harbaugh, Michael Crabtree, San Francisco 49ers, Trent Baalke, Vance McDonald
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Tough Guys Don’t Dance
Anquan Boldin has been impressive in the OTA practices. A couple of the beat guys even said he looked like a true number one receiver. In seven years with the Cardinals and three with the Ravens, however, he was never…
Gone Fishing
The much ballyhooed offseason practices are in the books. Ballyhooed? Where were the flaming Tweets? The yellow headlines? The steaming trailers? True, there was little hoo in the bally, but the mere existence of offseason practices, where the 13-3 club…
OTAs Week IV of IV
The last of the 49ers’ offseason three day practices starts Tuesday. It’s called a minicamp, not an Organized Team Activity, and attendance is mandatory. Failure to show up results in fines totally up to $60,000. This will give us a…
Tagged with: Alex Boone, Anthony Davis, Daniel Kilgore, Dashon Goldson, Demarcus Dobbs, Isaac Sopoaga, Jim Harbaugh, Joe Looney, Joe Staley, San Francisco 49ers, Will Tukuafu
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Reporting For Duty, Sir
While many of you trudge reluctantly to the nearest Post Office today, grudgingly rendering to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, the San Francsico 49ers will gather in Santa Clara and toss the old potato around for the first time…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Frank Gore, Jim Harbaugh, Kyle Williams, Randy Moss, San Francisco 49ers
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They Call Me Al
The second edition of Camp Alex begins today, featuring Coach Alex instructing Himself Alex and the Supporting Cast Alex as to the fundamentals of Jim “I ♥ Alex” Harbaugh’s playbook. Alextrifying moments ahead this week, 49er fans. There have been…
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Smith, Dashon Goldson, David Baas, Jim Harbaugh, Jimmy Raye, Manny Lawson, Mike Singletary, Nate Clements, Ray McDonald
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Ode de Camp
Camp Alex, the first football activity of the 49ers’ 2011 season, has completed its four day run, and already the blog world is pissed off about everything. It could be a grumpy year ahead. Jim Harbaugh was almost unanimously welcomed…
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Smith, David Baas, Jed York, Jim Harbaugh, Michael Crabtree
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Naming Rights
Michael Crabtree weighed in decisively and affirmatively on the UQB issue Monday, refusing to be nudged into supplanting the “U” with an “N(ame)”. You can hardly fault the guy, given his brief history in 49er land. In his first year,…
Tagged with: 49ers, David Carr, Delanie Walker, Dominique Zeigler, Josh Morgan, Kyle Williams, Michael Crabtree, Nate Clements, Shaun Hill, Ted Ginn, Troy Smith, Vernon Davis
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