Super Bowl game notes

[ChrisPozz]

San Francisco 49ers ? Niner Insider Blog ? SFGate.com » Killion: Eating crow on Kaepernick

I’ve been told that a few of the veteran players went directly to Harbaugh to express their concerns about Smith losing his job. When asked if he talked to his coach, tackle Joe Staley said, “I was kind of vocal with my feelings initially. It’s all well-documented.”

I wasn’t alone in my concern about locker room chemistry: Many who know a lot more than I do shared the same wariness. Virtually every former NFL player to weigh in on the matter expressed similar thoughts.

“It could have been a real problem,” said Steve Young, who knows firsthand about divided loyalties. “It was a big deal. It should not be underestimated.”

This was all already known and documented by others. I just wanted to highlight it again in case there were others that hadn't seen it before or had forgotten about it.

 

[ChrisPozz]

Mic'd Up: NaVorro Bowman

 

[ChrisPozz]

San Francisco 49ers ? Niner Insider Blog ? SFGate.com » KNBR Conversation: Jed York of 49ers

 

[ChrisPozz]

Tattoo parlor offering $49 49ers tattoos | ProFootballTalk

 

[ChrisPozz]

Tavares Gooden Faces Former Franchise

 

[ChrisPozz]

Super Bowl 2013: 49ers will be greeted in New Orleans by huge picture of Kaepernick and Davis - San Jose Mercury News

As the designated "home" team, the 49ers will get to use the facilities of the hometown Saints in nearby Metairie. The Ravens will practice at Tulane University. Practices are closed to the public and media, aside from a designated pool reporter each day.

 

[ChrisPozz]

Seifert retires to role as 49ers fan | CSN Bay Area

Seifert said there is a "pretty good chance" he will attend the Super Bowl next week to watch the 49ers face a Ravens squad that he calls "a particularly strong team."

 

[ChrisPozz]

Harbaugh parents could become Super Bowl TV stars - San Jose Mercury News

 

[ChrisPozz]

Santa Clara, new home to Super Bowl-bound 49ers, beaming with small-town pride - San Jose Mercury News

 

[yossarian]

Coach's Notebook: Jan. 25

Press Pass: Jim Harbaugh

I think Jimmy took his mood meds before the presser. He was quite different, almost like a weight was lifted from him.

 

[ChrisPozz]

Super Bowl 2013: Jim Harbaugh lauds 49ers' focus upon team's arrival in New Orleans - San Jose Mercury News

 

[ChrisPozz]

Staley: San Francisco 49ers 'addressed' Bourbon Street - NFL.com

 

[ChrisPozz]

2013 Super Bowl -- San Francisco 49ers arrive in New Orleans - ESPN

 

[ChrisPozz]

Niners arrive in New Orleans

http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/201...r-bowl-san-francisco-49ers-arrive-new-orleans

"I think this team has the best focus on unity and winning I've ever been a part of."

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Most of the team's veteran players disembarked first, including center Jonathan Goodwin, who won a Super Bowl three years ago with the Saints.

"You get to go to the Super Bowl with your childhood team, so that's something special to me," he said. "So hopefully I can find a way to win the Super Bowl with my childhood team."

 

[ChrisPozz]

49ers Blog and Q&A: Routine trip: 49ers say Super Bowl no different than stay in Youngstown

 

[ChrisPozz]

So I just saw about the first 20 or so guys off the plane and I saw ZERO camcorders being used by any of the players coming off the plane. I'm not sure I can ever remember seeing that before? Seems like every year that every other guy that comes off the plane is filming the action as they step off the plane. No? Not a huge deal either way. Just a minor observation that surprised me a little bit.

 

[yossarian]

San Francisco 49ers ? Niner Insider Blog ? SFGate.com » Killion: Eating crow on Kaepernick

I’ve been told that a few of the veteran players went directly to Harbaugh to express their concerns about Smith losing his job. When asked if he talked to his coach, tackle Joe Staley said, “I was kind of vocal with my feelings initially. It’s all well-documented.”

I wasn’t alone in my concern about locker room chemistry: Many who know a lot more than I do shared the same wariness. Virtually every former NFL player to weigh in on the matter expressed similar thoughts.

“It could have been a real problem,” said Steve Young, who knows firsthand about divided loyalties. “It was a big deal. It should not be underestimated.”

This was all already known and documented by others. I just wanted to highlight it again in case there were others that hadn't seen it before or had forgotten about it.

I don't think Harbaugh got enough credit for managing this potential cluster fuck of a situation. The press gets on him for being so awkward in his press conferences, but only someone who truly can relate to people could have gotten the team through this surprising move without a divided locker room. I can't picture a lot of coaches handling this very well.

 

[yossarian]

So I just saw about the first 20 or so guys off the plane and I saw ZERO camcorders being used by any of the players coming off the plane. I'm not sure I can ever remember seeing that before? Seems like every year that every other guy that comes off the plane is filming the action as they step off the plane. No? Not a huge deal either way. Just a minor observation that surprised me a little bit.

They were talking about this on the NFL Network and someone asked Staley about it -- he said it was not a concerted thing, they were just all business

 

[ChrisPozz]

They were talking about this on the NFL Network and someone asked Staley about it -- he said it was not a concerted thing, they were just all business

Neat. I'm getting caught up on the news so I missed that. I got a little too wrapped up in the golf tournament today because I knew I wouldn't have time to watch today's round(s) and the finish of it tomorrow with the Super Bowl stuff starting and all the post Senior Bowl stuff I have to sort through.

 

[ChrisPozz]

ESPN Stats and Info:

- Kaepernick has only been TOUCHED 6 times on 55 option calls since becoming the starter (Less than 1/game).

- Opposing defenses have 0 hits on Kaepernick on the 41 plays he's handed it off on option plays. (Parcells, among many others, have said that teams need to start blasting him, within the rules, even as he hands it off).

- On zone read plays this season the 49ers rushers haven't even been contacted until an average of 5.9 yards past the line of scrimmage.