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A new type of dominance…for the 49ers, anyway
A new type of dominance…for the 49...
The first step is to realize that we are no longer rooting and hoping for our idealized version of football — that being the 1980’s 49ers. No, my friends, we are rooting for the 1980’s Bears. And really, isn’t that almost better in a sense?
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Expensive 49ers worth every penny today
Expensive 49ers worth every penny today...
I have to say, I’m exhausted. This statement might be colored (literally) by the fact that this weekend marked the first time I’ve watched college or pro football on a modern TV in my own apartment, but this was the best sports-on-television weekend I can ever remember. Michigan/Notre Dame....
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Ranking the McCloughan-era 49er first-rounders
Ranking the McCloughan-era 49er first-ro...
Not that we couldn’t have already figured this out for ourselves, but Matt Maiocco says there’s pretty much no way Michael Crabtree will suit up for the opener, even if he ended his holdout and signed a contract with the San Francisco 49ers today. Terrific. You know, because the 49ers are...
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Singletary at least has the 49ers looking like a team
Singletary at least has the 49ers lookin...
With Mike Nolan, it was hard to know what to think. The team would look great one moment, and completely lost the next. We didn’t find out much about the quarterback competition between Shaun Hill and Alex Smith last night, but the team sure looks a lot more capable than they did under Denver’s...
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Do the 49ers HAVE to draft a pass rusher first?
Do the 49ers HAVE to draft a pass rusher...
First off, let me preface the following unsolicited draft advice with this: while on my trip to Montreal I read Michael Lewis’ The Blind Side, the book detailing the story of Ole Miss left tackle Michael Oher, who’s been projected as a first round pick in Saturday’s NFL Draft. It’s...
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49ers were better when special teams was...
Back in the glory days of the 49ers, the years when 11-5 was considered a disappointment and 10-6 an abomination, writers in the Bay Area and 49ers fans everywhere — in spite of themselves — took part in the weekly tradition of nitpicking. Since the offense and the defense were almost always...