Now that the draft is over and we're entering in the dog days of the NFL offseason it's time for some good ole meaningless discussion topics.
Looking at both the AFC North and NFC West it's tough to argue against them being the two best divisions in football as of today and honestly I was...
Smart move.
Buy low when he's injured which is an injury he'll fully recover from and only lock him up until 2016 when he'll hit the age where he'll need to be replaced.
Despite the 34-0 drubbing yesterday and being beat handily by the Ravens I really don't think feel there are a lot of major concerns and I don't think the scores are really indicative at all to how are season is going to play out.
The concerns I have though are:
1) Backup QB - The obvious...
Sources: Mangini expected to coach 49ers' tight ends | CSN Bay Area
Looks like Mangini is going to stick around for a while.
Surprised they are putting him in this role considering he's never coached offense before but Harbaugh must've liked what he saw last season.
Also it seems Tight...
NFL projected to raise salary cap to about $130 million - ESPN
Higher than teams expected so that's pretty much good news for all 32 teams.
Might enable us to keep another player that was going to be a cap casualty.
Of course that means our competition might be able to keep another...
Granted I know this is the formation Gore got his big run on but Roman seriously needs to use this less.
It invites the defenses to bunch up and clog up the running game which has been happening a lot as the RB is finding himself bottled up at the LOS. Gore is just so good at squeezing...
Bill Barnwell on the read-option scheme - Grantland
Pretty much states what a lot of us felt when the whole "read option is dead" vibe was going around in that people knew it wasn't going to set the league on fire like last season but it wasn't going to be the next wildcat either.
Brian Jennings: 'I've been honorably discharged' | CSN Bay Area
Class Act
Hate to see the guy go especially since we were so close to getting him a ring last season.
Hopefully another team picks him up or he has a long and prosperous life post football.
NFL reaches $765 million settlement in concussion lawsuit | ProFootballTalk
That's a big check to scratch off but hopefully now that it's done the league will tone down it's overzealous approach to player safety.
......he thinks Kaepernick has a chance to be one of the greatest QBs of all time.
No way would I ever go that far yet but I will say I expect CK to be a top 3 QB in the league by 2014.
Also I won't say Jaws is completely crazy because Kaepernick is extremely physically gifted, has the...
100. Dennis Pitta
99. Trent Williams
98. Maurice Jones-Drew
97. Heath Miller
96. Dashon Goldson
95. Max Unger
94. Daryl Washington
93. Anquan Boldin
92. Gerald McCoy
91. Troy Polamalu
Draft is over and we have a solid idea of everybody's rosters so why not project some records since it'll be a while before anything of interest happens in the NFL.
I'll go:
Packers - W
@Seahawks - L
Colts - W
@Rams - W
Texans - W
Cardinals - W
@Titans - W
@Jaguars - W
BYE...
Mayock's Mock
Has us taking Zach Ertz but he thinks SF is going to trade up so I don't think he believes we'll take him.
Unless it's Eifert I don't see us taking a TE in the early rounds.
We need to replace Walker but in my opinion he can be replaced by a guy in the later rounds...
Colin Kaepernick's birth mom
This is why athletes tend to not like the media.
It's none of your business if Kap chooses or doesn't choose to talk to his birth mother.
I get that Rick has his own adoptive daughter and some first hand experience in the matter but tell that to Kap man to...
Brace for it, New Orleans; Niners fans display pattern of violence
Yes, because some knuckleheads that cause violence represent the entire fanbase clown.
As much hype as Luck, RGIII, and Wilson have gotten I can't see taking any of those guys over CK at this point. And I would definitely take him over any of the rookie QBs in the 2011 class
Just as smart, just as capable leadership skills, same poise, but the key difference is he's just a way...
AJ Jenkins 100+ yards receiving in the game today.
Reasoning:
This comment by Walker
"I even brought A.J. with me because he's going to be a key factor, in this game, he could be," Walker said.
It sounds like Walker let it slip and added the "he could be" at the end when he realized...
Aaron Rodgers: Read Option will eventually pass
Figured it was worth a discussion on what everyone's take is on the read option since it pertains heavily to us.
I partially agree with Rodgers on it. I don't think it's going to take over NFL offenses and completely change the game but I do...
Was undecided on whether to start this thread but I did find it funny that both CK and Smith wound up with exactly the same amount of Attempts which made comparing them stat wise easy.
Alex Smith:
ATT COMP PCT YDS AVG YDS/G LONG TD TD% INT INT% SACK YDSL
218 153 70.2 1737 8.0 160.0 55 13...
Thought having the 2nd seed last season was a huge part of our run and I think it will be a huge part of our run this season.
In these past two seasons I thought the team has shown some fatigue and wear and tear the last couple of games and having that extra week to rest will be key to...