Alex Smith
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3.6K5“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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2014 San Francisco 49ers schedule released – showcase game is a real turkey
The NFL already told us which teams the 49ers will play a long time ago, and they waited until Wednesday to bless us with the dates and times. We’ve got reactions! Week 1: @ Dallas Cowboys – Sunday, September 7, 1:25 p.m. FOX Is there really a reason to care much about this one, besides that it’s […]
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3.4K20Drama follows Jim Harbaugh (and vice versa)
Plenty of people suffer through longer commutes than San Francisco to Santa Clara. Yet when you aren’t forced to make that drive, it’s pretty easy to makes excuses why the time stuck on 101 or 280 is worth it. As for covering the 49ers, one could just as easily watch the press conferences online and […]
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4.4K7Inside the LOL: 49ers season in review, Part Two – Alex rules, Kap drools
In part one of our 49ers season in review – A Season on the Brink, we flipped the 49ers fan base onto its back and examined its soft underbelly. What we found was horrifying. Faced with the adversity of a 12-4 record and the sour taste of another failed playoff run in their mouths, distraught […]
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Top three teams of the Jim Harbaugh era
Since being installed as head coach, Jim Harbaugh has led the 49ers to three straight playoff berths, including two trips to the NFC Championship game and one to the Super Bowl. Though they have fallen short of football’s ultimate prize, they have not disappointed — in terms of competitive value, at least. Each year, the […]
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Revisiting our preseason NFL predictions while they still look halfway decent
With the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs about to start, this seemed like the perfect time to take a look at our official BASG preseason predictions. And by “perfect,” I mean totally self-serving. Besides believing too much in two teams that everyone seemed to like before their seasons went to crap — Houston and […]
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49ers 2012 opponents are flat out offensive
Yesterday I broke down the defenses that the 49ers faced in 2011, along with those they’ll face in 2012. The news was...
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49ers’ 2012 opponents make for an easier road (offensively, that is)
The 49ers 2011 offensive struggles are well documented. Any faithful 49ers’ fan knows the feeling: Regardless of the down or distance, there are always nerves attached to watching the offense play. Pre-snap ponderings always include “Will Alex get sacked?”; “Is he throwing a pick here?”; and “What’s the play call, and how is it going […]
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Experts not picking 49ers in 2012, Harbaugh probably not losing sleep over it
49ers fans have certainly been enjoying the ability to parade their newfound powerhouse around this offseason, and deservedly so. The club went from a 6-10 mess – the butt of national mockery and “dadgum Yahoo commercials” – to 14-4 with a trip to the NFC Championship. It seems that the team has found the right […]
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Who’s got it better (at WR): 49ers or Raiders?
The history of the NFL is replete with iconic moments: Joe Namath’s guarantee of victory prior to Super Bowl III, Dwight Clark’s catch, Franco Harris’s immaculate reception, and Kellen Winslow’s performance in 1982 AFC divisional playoffs. But for every monument of greatness, there are the not-so-great. Perhaps none speak to this as perfectly as the […]
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Yahoo’s Brad Evans calls Randy Moss ‘trash’ (as a fantasy WR)
It’s pretty easy to diagnose where skeptics are going to pick and poke and prod when it comes to the 2012 San Francisco 49ers — the passing game, specifically Alex Smith and the receivers he’ll throw to who aren’t Vernon Davis. This is due in part to the fact that everything else is fine. — […]
