It’s happened to all of us. We get up, struggle through a hard day, and at the end of it realize we didn’t accomplish anything. For many non-Outsiders this is simply a way of life. For some, that way is a useless job and for others it’s a useless brain. But it happens to one and all at one time or another. Spinning one’s wheels.
What does this have to do with the 49ers? Nothing. I just had to write something that justified the post title, which I promised one of my nieces I would do. Polishing the old uncle apple. [Ed note: He’s lying. He stole the idea from her description of a typical day of travail in young motherhood.]
The closest the 49ers come to wheel spinning is the Sardine Can Offense they insist on running a ridiculous amount of the time. As noted by PFF Wednesday, Frank Gore led the league last year in percentage of carries when facing 8 men in the box. A whopping 42.3% of his carries, against a league average of only 23.3%. And the biggest reason was not Gore’s scary ability, but that the 49ers led the league with 53.5% of their rushing plays occurring with only one or none receivers split out wide. I.E: “Hey, other team, we’re running up the middle here! Let’s see how many bodies we can cram into a tiny little area!”
Why the 49ers get such a bang out of this cave man philosophy is a mystery no one in the blogorama has yet deciphered. Surely with an emergent Michael Crabtree joined by long time stalwart Anquan Boldin, plus a stable of young hot shot WRs, the 49ers will scale back dramatically on the SCO this coming year. Right?
Probably not. The curse of Mike Singletary lingers over the franchise.
The rookies will report for duty Friday morning. For three days, they’ll get introduced to the NFL. It was during this 3 day minicamp last year that first round pick, WR AJ Jenkins, discovered he was out of shape. And he never caught up, finishing the year as a zero catch disappointment.
AJ won’t be at this camp, but maybe he should be. HC Jim Harbaugh has already said more positive things about this year’s fourth round WR pick Quinton Patton than he said all last year about Jenkins. And Patton hasn’t even laced up his cleats yet.
The two draft picks that garnered the most approval from us fan types — DE Tank Carradine and RB Marcus Lattimore — won’t be practicing at all this weekend due to their injuries. Perhaps they can get some tips from Jenkins on how to pose on the sidelines in their street clothes.
One thing we won’t see from the sideline brigade this year is any of them wearing Wrangler jeans. With Levi’s tossing in $200 million for the naming rights to the new 49er stadium, there’s no way the team will allow some clever TV camera guy to zero in on a cowboy cut butt in back of the 49er bench. This friendly advice will no doubt be dispensed within the blarney of Jed York’s first team speech this year.
We had the Stick, now the Stitch. If somebody tells on a 49er employee wearing Wranglers it will be the Snitch!
The Niners decided to partner with Levi’s and commited to be forever in blue jeans or at least the next 20 years and yes money does talk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBxjVgogq0w
Blue Jean by David Bowie:
http://youtu.be/LTYvjrM6djo
Blue Jean Blues:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpwcajk-dUU
Neil Diamond? Seriously?
Bowie’s close . . .
Lol. That’s one of Neil’s better songs. I still kinda like Bell Bottem Blues by Derric(sp) and the Domino’s.
Yeah, thght about that one as well. Love the slow blues from Billy Gibbons, though.
unca- Wish I would of thought of the ZZ video. Good job!
Fandango’s one of my favorite albums.
Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioUdBAuUTAY
Greatest song of theirs that gets no airplay.
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This is the pre-80s version where they remixed (and f**ked up) the drums
unca- Since you obviously like blues, if do not have this CD go buy it today. Here is one of the great songs off of it. This one is a hard driving blues song:
http://youtu.be/1YDAB1wSVtI
WOw. Goos stuff. I really dig Joe Bonamassa. I missed Jimmy Thackery in Auburn a few months ago, dammit. But I did see him at the Santa Cruz Blues festival. Going to Bottle rock in Napa the next 3 nights. Some weird ass bands, including Primus. Black Keys, Black Crowes, and about 70 others. Charlie Musslewhite’s gonna be there. Trippy-ass weird show.
Blue Jean Blues would be a great song for the new stadium because that is what opposing teams would be feeling when they came to town! After a win they play Tony Bennet at ATT, after a win we could play Blue Jean Blues!
They are now marketing and selling moonshine nationally.
Has anybody had the pleasure of trying this?
http://www.juniorsmidnightmoon.com/
I’ve never had moonshine except one or two tastes. I’d be willing to give it a go.
I have never tasted moonshine but know it’s potent reputation.
Will give it a shot and buy a jar when I see it available.
Rookie mini camp starts.
First glimpse of the new talent.
Like Lattimore it seems they will hide Marquardt on the PUP list for a year because he has a foot injury and he is raw.
Okoye is interesting and has had a lot of press and hype.
Sleeper FA to watch is MarQueis Gray who can also be the Joker TE lining up inside and outside but changing positions. Versatility is the key as the Moran Norris types are no longer options for this offense.
Levi’s fits right in with one of the all-time Niner greats #18
“Blue” Gene Washington.
unca – I’ve always like ZZ too. Have some fun at the festival. I’m surprised Musslewhite’s still alive. He used to play all over the bay area in the early 70’s and always had a briefcase with him. The only thing I ever saw in it was vodka.
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Some of the best whiskey I’ve ever had came from the Tenn/N.carolina area. There is some shine that is so smooth it’s hard to believe.
Harbaugh opened up the afternoon practice to the media and let them watch it in it’s entirety.
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers/2013/05/10/patton-looks-fantastic-in-afternoon-practice/#more-12224
Rob
You can buy tix here and prices
seem reasonable for the game at Tampa Bay.
http://tinyurl.com/cfxfafs
Answer: This 46 yo white male and life long 49er fan has the bone density of an 80 yo woman. He also currently has partial tears in his rotator cuff, glenoid labrum and bicep tendons. As an addendum and medical aside, he currently is getting drunk on Bud Light.
If you cannot provide the “Who is?,” you have no shot on Jeopardy.
This is the San Francisco 49ers starting QB.
Reno is a freakin genius.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmwVE7BbDDs
I’ll be catching the final Bonamassa Night at the Beacon next Saturday 5/18 with a few friends.
Hope he brings down the house in style.
Joe puts on a great show.
Hoping the closing night has a little extra kick in store.
If you ever have the chance, don’t hesitate.
Joe Rocks The Blues.
One rule that NFL needs to change is not allowing rookies to report to OTAs until their college has their graduation.
Two points about that.
More than 80% of NFL bound prospects drop out of school after the football season to prepare for the combine, workouts and the draft.
Traditionally West Coast schools
don’t have graduations until Mid June.
This rule is archaic and hurts some rookies just because of the school they attended. NFL needs to set a date for all rookies that is uniform and fair.
Happy Mother’s Day to the Mothers and spouses of those who post here.
It seems these Mom’s put up with a lot and your sacrifices should be appreciated.
Tru dat.
Bullit, are you lonely tonight?
I simply don’t have the time or effort to deal with your constant libel.
Don’t care much, either.
Football takes the edge off of driving my friends to the hospital, saving lives in my old tiny little way and whatnot.
Thanks for asking.
Keep your grimy hands off of my friend.
I dredged this one up.
Then I am going to post the same vid on Chuck’s and go to bed.http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=san+francisco+49ers+football+video&mid=6F19CDC7101DDBB6B86B6F19CDC7101DDBB6B86B&view=detail&FORM=VIRE6
New post is up.