It was only a matter of time. For the past two years, Jed York has been quiet, almost invisible. Leaving Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch alone to do their jobs. Over the weekend, however, word leaked out of 49er HQ that York had…
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Return of the Jed
Tagged with: 49ers, Ahkello Witherspoon, Antone Exum, Dickhead Sherman, Jason Verrett, Jed York, Jimmie Ward, Jimmy Garoppolo, John Lynch, Kyle Shanahan, Marcell Harris, Odell Beckham, Tarvarius Moore
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The Three Amigos
This year’s playoffs have been a lot like watching this year’s 49ers. Various versions of seeing a team get blown out of a game. Only two out of ten games have been nail biters. Some were over by the second…
Tagged with: 49ers, Brian Hampton, George Paton, Jed York, Jim Irsay, Kyle Shanahan, Paraag Marathe, Terry McDonough, Tom Gamble
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Opening Bell
The Chip Kelly era officially began Monday morning when the team gathered in Santa Clara for the first offseason workouts and team meetings. The prelude to the era revealed that Kelly belongs to the school of coaches who deal with…
Tagged with: 49ers, Chip Kelly, Jed York, Jeff Lurie, Jim Harbaugh, Trent Baalke
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Desperate Guys’ Club
The Santa Clara Yorkies hired an actual NFL head coach last Thursday. Last year’s meathead D-line coach experiment might have seemed cutting edge to Jed York and Trent Baalke, but the 2015 season revealed that edge to be as sharp…
Stuck Inside of Mobile
The 49ers have been soundly beaten by the Cardinals and the Seahawks. They’ll get whipped again by each of them this year. Next Sunday we’ll find out if they get trashed by the Rams, too. And with the fearsome front…
Tagged with: Colin Kaepernick, Jed York, Jim Tomsula, San Francisco 49ers, Trent Baalke
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Forward to the Past
The marketing wing at 4949 Centennial Blvd. has officially scrapped the “Quest for Six” slogan and replaced it with “Hooray, We Suck” banners for the 2015 season. Santa Clara tax dollars at work. The 49ers will be holding a rookie…
Tagged with: Eric Mangini, Geep Chryst, Greg Roman, Jed York, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Tomsula, Justin Smith, Mike Singletary, Ray McDonald, San Francisco 49ers, Vic Fangio
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Coming Attractions
It’s been one week since the free agency period started, yet just about all the big names are already off the market. That wasn’t very exciting. It also means there won’t be much happening between now and the end of…
Tagged with: Aldon Smith, Chris Borland, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Tomsula, Michael Crabtree, Ray McDonald, San Francisco 49ers, Trent Baalke
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March of Many Dimes
The 2015 Free Agent market opens for business on Tuesday at 1:00pm PST, as well as the new NFL year. Bear in mind, Seattle still lost the Super Bowl to end the 2014 season and the jeering period has not…
Tagged with: Chris Culliver, Frank Gore, Jed York, Jerome Simpson, Jim Harbaugh, Michael Crabtree, Mike Iupati, Ray McDonald, San Francisco 49ers, Torrey Smith, Trent Baalke
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Scraping the Barrel
Jed York took a weekend break from his whirlwind tour of beaming like a dunce while trying to sell Jim Tomsula to a highly skeptical world. Too bad. The laughter was just starting to make me forget how screwed the…
Tagged with: Anquan Boldin, Colin Kaepernick, Frank Gore, Geep Chryst, Jed York, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Tomsula, Michael Crabtree, Patrick Willis, Ray McDonald, San Francisco 49ers, Trent Baalke, ustin Smith, Vernon Davis
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Fools Rush In
The 49ers are in a pickle. Or at least us fans are. The team is run by an insecure boy owner trying to fill his Uncle Eddie’s shoes and an insecure GM trying to prove he deserves the job for…
Tagged with: Adam Gase, Bobby Wagner, Dan Quinn, Darrell Bevell, Drew Brees, Gus Bradley, Jed York, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Tomsula, Josh McDaniels, Kyle Shanahan, Marshawn Lynch, Pete Carmichael, Rex Ryan, Russell Wilson, San Francisco 49ers, Scot McCloughan, Sean Payton, Todd Bowles, Tom Brady, Trent Baalke, Vic Fangio
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Mug Shot Patrol
The past week has not been a good one for the 49ers. Train wreck about covers it. On Sunday, OLB extraordinaire Aldon Smith went off the rails yet again, getting arrested in L.A. for a false report of a bomb.…
Tagged with: Aldon Smith, Chris Culliver, Colin Kaepernick, Jim Harbaugh, Quinton Patton, Ricardo Lockette, Roger Goodell, San Francisco 49ers, Trent Baalke
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Fab Rehab Team
The second of three OTAs begins Tuesday and hopefully we will not hear anything newsworthy from this three day practice session. If there’s real news, it’s going to be bad. Otherwise, everyone is looking great and ready to have a…
Tagged with: AJ Jenkins, Aldon Smith, Chris Culliver, Craig Dahl, Dashon Goldson, Jim Harbaugh, Justin Smith, Kendall Hunter, Kyle Williams, Marcus Lattimore, Mario Manningham, Michael Crabtree, Quinton Patton, Ricardo Lockette, San Francisco 49ers, Tank Carradine, Trent Baalke
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Tampering Week
The blossoms are on the trees these days, coloring up the bleak winter view, and attracting the sleek black crows to the nests of robins where they can eagerly gobble up the little robinettes, ending their poor little lives before…
Tagged with: Albert Haynesworth, Carlos Rogers, Clark Haggans, Darcel McBath, Dashon Goldson, Delanie Walker, Donte Whitner, Isaac Sopoaga, Larry Grant, Leonard Davis, Randy Moss, Ricky Jean Francois, Ronnie Lott, San Francisco 49ers, Tavares Gooden, Ted Ginn, Tramaine Brock, Trent Baalke
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Semester Break
The 49ers zoomed into sole possesion of first place in the NFC West Sunday by lounging pool side while watching Arizona get stuffed by Minnesota. Next Monday night, the team will get to stuff Arizona themselves. Meanwhile, Seattle CB Richard…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Arizona Cardinals, Cam Newton, Jay Cutler, Jim Harbaugh, Pete Carroll, RGIII, Richard Sherman, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams, Tony Romo
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Pucker Up And Blow
It’s generally assumed the 49ers will have a very good year in 2012. Heck, this site gooped as much just last Friday. But one thing the 2012 season won’t have is the amazed glee the 2011 season provided. The 2011…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Greg Manusky, Jim Harbaugh, Kyle Williams, Mike Nolan, Mike Singletary, Paraag Marthe, San Francisco 49ers, Scot McCloughan, Terry Donahue
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QB or Not QB
This year’s training camp and preseason games will be quite a bit different than the previous seven years have been. The 49ers are the reigning NFC West champions, not the team that might be good or might be bad. They’re…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Colin Kaepernick, Harbaalke, J. T. O'Sullivan, Jim Harbaugh, Josh Johnson, Nate Davis, San Francisco 49ers, Scott Tolzien, Shaun Hill, Trent Dilfer
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Oh, My Darling
Today’s topic is Patrick Willis. He’s great. He’s awesome. Everybody agrees. Next up, the NFC West now has the 2010 (Sam Bradford), 2011 (Kevin Kolb), and 2012 (Matt Flynn) QB debutante darlings. And nobody’s darling, Alex Smith. Looks like the…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Colin Kaepernick, Drew Brees, Jim Harbaugh, John Skelton, Kevin Kolb, Matt Flynn, Patrick Willis, Sam Bradford, San Francisco 49ers, Tarvaris Jackson
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The Spin Doctor Is In
Now that the 49ers’ Front Office has bungled away the feel good atmosphere of the hugely successful 2011 season and reminded us of the ten years of ownership ineptitude which preceded it, everyone can get back to business. And thank…
Circle Jerk
It’s back to the drawing board this week for coach Jim Harbaugh and his reputed secret magic marker. Unfortunately, the drawing board always begins with five circles in a row that represents a commodity not so far evident in the…
Lieutenant Smith
Thankfully, the meatheads who have brought us the lockout/legal gagger seem to be finally getting around to hacking out a new CBA and getting this 2011 season started. As soon as that happens, and it’s been predicted at two weeks…
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Smith, Jim Harbaugh, Mike Nolan, Mike Singletary
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Personna Non Grata
Jim Harbaugh inherited a team with only one quarterback signed for the 2011 season — David Carr. Harbaugh had no use for Carr and has barely even mentioned him. And no one has faulted his judgment on this non-stated thumbs…
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Smith, David Carr, Jim Harbaugh, Jimmy Raye, Mike Singletary, Troy Smith
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Rope A Dope
The NFL players seem to have approached the CBA talks with the assumption there would be no deal because they wouldn’t make one, and they would simply decertify and promptly win an injunction against the owners lockout. They considered winning…
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