Sunday’s game was as ugly as a Mike Singletary game plan. In fact, that’s exactly what it was. Kudos to Kyle Shanahan for eschewing his ego and going with the smash-mouth approach. The 49ers had a superior team and let the full…
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49ers 17, Eagles 11
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Mack, Eagles, Elijah Mitchell, JaMycal Hasty, Jeff Wilson, Jimmy Garoppolo, Kyle Shanahan, Mike Singletary, Raheem Mostert, Trey Sermon
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
49ers 34, Raiders 10
For a preseason game, Sunday’s trashing of the Raiders was quite entertaining. It’s always fun to crush the Raiders, of course, but using a shuttle system at QB as misdirection while running the ball down their throats was a Kyle Shanahan…
Plenty of Nothing
At this point in the offseason, “no news is good news” rules the day. It means no 49er has broken any of his precious bodily parts or been arrested for some type of bad behavior. There’s been quite a bit…
Tagged with: 49ers, Aaron Banks, Ambry Thomas, Elijah Mitchell, Javon Kinlaw, Jimmy Garoppolo, Kyle Shanahan, Tasom Hill, Trey Lance, Trey Sermon
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation
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
Posted in Organized Team Activities
Posted in Organized Team Activities
It Was a Good Draft – Unless It Wasn’t
After a month of letting the media and NFL “expert insiders” with “highly reliable sources” convince all of us that the 49ers were going to select Mac Jones as their QB of the future, Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch saved us all from befuddled…
Tagged with: 49ers, John Lynch, Justin Fields, Kyle Shanahan, Mac Jones, Trey Lance
Posted in Draft Reaction
Posted in Draft Reaction
49ers Go All In
John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan certainly put some pop into the normally ho-hum activities of the second week of Free Agency last week, trading two number one picks and a third to move up from the number 12 pick to the…
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Smith, Bruce Arians, Jimmy Garoppolo, John Lynch, Justin Fields, Kirk Cousins, Kyle Shanahan, Mac Jones, Robert Saleh
Posted in Draft Board
Posted in Draft Board
Seahawks 26, 49ers 23
The 49ers ended their 2020 season the same way they ended their 2019 season. They gave up three TDs in the 4th quarter to blow a ten point lead and lose a game they had handily controlled for three quarters.…
Tagged with: 49ers, Alex Smith, Kyle Shanahan, Marty Schottenheimer, Robert Saleh, Seahawks
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Cowboys 41, 49ers 33
The 49ers were officially eliminated from the 2020 playoffs Sunday in Arizona. Nick Mullens played Santa Claus to the Dallas Cowboys, gifting them with two interceptions and a fumble for 17 points. Richie James kicked in a fumble, too, for another 7…
Tagged with: 49ers, Bill Walsh, Ceedee Lamb, Cowboys, Jerick McKinnon, Jimmie Ward, Kyle Shanahan, Nick Mullens, Raheem Mostert, Richie James, Tevin Coleman
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Eagles 25, 49ers 20
The 49ers lost to the Eagles 25-20 Sunday night, but a more accurate portrayal of the score would be 49ers 20, Eagles 8, Nick Mullens -17. And just like that, the bandwagons of the 49ers and of Mullens emptied out into…
Tagged with: 49ers, Eagles, Jimmy Garoppolo, Kyle Shanahan, Nick Mullens, Ziggy Ansah
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Cardinals 24, 49ers 20
The 49ers tried to play a 21st century football game with no wide receivers. Fail. Kendrick Bourne: 2 receptions. Dante Pettis: zero. AZ secondary: smoke break. DC Robert Saleh had an entire offseason to figure out how to defend against squirt-ball QBs. Fail. Kyler…
Tagged with: 49ers, Arik Armstead, Brandon Aiyuk, Cardinals, Dante Pettis, Deebo Samuel, Deforest Buckner, Jimmy Garoppolo, Jordan Reed, Kendrick Bourne, Kyle Shanahan, Robert Saleh, Trent Taylor
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Bubble World Blabber
Most of the news lately has been which players are opting out of the 2020 season. That all ended, presumably, at last Thursday’s 1pm deadline. At this point, you’re either in or you’re out. Sixty-seven players took the out. For…
Tagged with: 49ers, Jake Brendel, Jerick McKinnon, Kyle Shanahan, Matt Breida, Raheem Mostert, Shon Coleman, Travis Benjamin
Posted in Training Camp
Posted in Training Camp
Seven Days to the Clock
One of the enduring screen shots of the Super Bowl was John Lynch frantically signaling for a Time Out from his sky box while down on the field Kyle Shanahan calmly let the clock run out shortly before halftime, even though there…
Thumb Twiddling
Looks like we’ll be getting a 17 game season in a year or two, with an extra wild card team in each conference. And only the top seeded team in each conference will get a BYE week in the playoffs.…
Tagged with: 49ers, Bill Belichick, Drew Brees, Jed York, Kyle Shanahan, Sean Payton
Posted in Mindless Drivel
Posted in Mindless Drivel
Perspective Detective
Last week was hard to digest. Tough for us 49er fans, and no doubt tougher for the team and coaches. But they get paid for their grief, and we don’t. Kyle Shanahan has been roasted a bit, while Andy Reid has…
Tagged with: 49ers, Andy Reid, Ben Roethlisberger, Brett Farve, Jimmy Garpppolo, John Elway, Kyle Shanahan, Kyler Murray, Matt Ryan, Peyton Manning, Russell Wilson, Tom Brady
Posted in Delusional Therapy
Posted in Delusional Therapy
Chiefs 31, 49ers 20
The 49ers’ fairy tale season came to an ignominious end Sunday night in Miami, crushed to death at the fifty yard line as Jimmy Garoppolo stood motionless, unable or unwilling to throw the ball on fourth and ten with the season…
Tagged with: 49ers, Andy Reid, Chiefs, Jimmy Garoppolo, Joe Montana, Kyle Shanahan
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
49ers 37, Packers 20
The 49ers made it look easy Sunday night, pounding their way to a 27-0 halftime lead and cruising to the finish line. There wasn’t a moment of real anxiety the entire game. The most laughable and yet telling stat of…
Tagged with: 49ers, Deebo Samuels, Emmanuel Sanders, George Kittle, Jimmie Ward, Jimmy Garoppolo, Kendrick Bourne, Kyle Shanahan, Nick Bosa, Packers, Patrick Mahomes, Raheem Mostert
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Let’s Go Get A Ring
Okay, here we are again. Back in the playoffs, number one seed, and as good a chance as any team to advance to the Super Bowl. Not exactly what any of us envisioned at the start of the season, but…
Tagged with: 49ers, George Kittle, Jimmy Garoppolo, Joe Staley, Kirk Cousins, Kyle Shanahan, Matt Moore, Travis Kelce, Vikings
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
Falcons 29, 49ers 22
The 49ers backed into the playoffs Sunday, when the Rams got clobbered by Dallas. That they lost to the Falcons was disappointing, but in the end makes little difference in the standings. They still need to win the next two…
Tagged with: 49ers, Dan Quinn, Deebo Samuel, Falcons, George Kittle, Julio Jones, Kyle Shanahan, Matt Ryan
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
49ers 36, Cardinals 26
The 49ers squeezed out a win Sunday afternoon against the Cardinals, and guaranteed their first winning season since 2013. Early in the game, however, it looked more like they would be the first team in NFL history to win its…
Tagged with: 49ers, Cardinals, CJ Beathard, Dante Pettis, Deebo Samuel, Jimmy Garoppolo, Kyle Shanahan, Richie James, Ross Dwelley
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Rocky Road Ahead
Half the 49er season is already over. Sigh. If only the offseason moved this quickly. At this time of the year, we’re normally finishing the autopsy and preparing a eulogy, so this is uncharted territory. A perfect half season. Zounds!…
49ers 9, Washington 0
As noted by our astute commenters, sometimes ugly can be beautiful, and this game truly was. Probably the most gorgeous ugly victory of the year. Washington conjured up a squall for this game, which tilted the odds their way since…
Tagged with: 49ers, Adrian Peterson, Arik Armstead, Case Keenum, Dee Ford, Julian Taylor, Kwon Alexander, Kyle Shanahan, Lamar Jackson, Nick Bosa, Robbie Gould, Russell Wilson, Washington
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
49ers 17, Cowboys 9
18 for 216 yards. Not bad, if you’re a QB. But we’re not talking about yards gained. No, those were yards lost – to penalties. Yes, the 49ers were in midseason form Saturday night, gaining 339 forwardly and 216 backwardly.…
Tagged with: 49ers, CJ Beathard, Cowboys, Kyle Shanahan, Nick Mullens, Shon Coleman, Trent Taylor, Vic Fangio
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread