Vance McDonald
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9.5K127Grading Trent Baalke’s tenure as 49ers GM
Jed York maintains that he didn’t choose Trent Baalke over Jim Harbaugh. Even taking York at his word, it seemed like a good time to examine Baalke’s tenure as General Manager of the San Francisco 49ers. It’s not an easy task (as you’ll see by the length of this post). That’s because GMs are responsible for […]
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4.7K849ers take first quarter off, destroy Rams anyway
The 49ers are capable of running effectively, moving the ball through the air, and throttling opposing offenses. They checked the boxes next to the latter two areas in a 31-17 win against the Rams, a game in which they ran away from St. Louis despite one of the more lifeless, reckless and feckless first quarters this team […]
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3.7K5“It was a good day.” — 49ers out-FG Chiefs, seal win with Alex Smith INT
It wasn’t a masterpiece. The 49ers needed five field goals and a fake punt to beat the Chiefs, 22-17. But with what this team has dealt with, both on the injury front and the trickle of gossipy stories about Jim Harbaugh’s future that became an avalanche over the last week or two, wins against quality […]
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13 standouts from 49ers’ first preseason win of 2014
I didn’t see the 49ers beat the Chargers 21-7 in person, but after attending a birthday party for my Nana (93) and cousin Emily (30), I came home and went a little nuts with the Tivo remote. Rewinding, fast-forwarding, slow-motioning … I’m not sure if nature intended for preseason games to be explored so thoroughly, […]
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3.4K4Practice report: 49ers test out Levi’s Stadium, fans see a lot of INTs
I forgot today was the first open practice at Levi’s Stadium, until I took the Great America Parkway exit off 237 and saw more traffic in left and center lanes than I’ve ever seen on that stretch. It was around 11:45, a little over an hour before practice, so I had plenty of time. But […]
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49ers lose to Seattle in the worst possible way
At least now there’s no ambiguity. Generally fans of a team are supposed to root for the team that makes it further from their own division or conference, but there’s no way it’ll happen in this case. The Seattle Seahawks did what they needed to do today in their 23-17 win over the San Francisco […]
