Monthly Archives: February 2012

Ahmad Brooks Get his Payday

The Niners took their first step in trying to keep the team relatively intact for the 2012 season by signing Ahmad Brooks to a 6 year $44.5 million contract, with $17.5 mill of that guaranteed. If you haven’t heard the … Continue reading

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Goldson Ditches His Agent – We’re Halfway Through the Franchising Period . . .

. . . and nothing out of 4949 Centennial Blvd. I’m curious as to what end the ditching of notorious weenie agent Drew (the Screw) Rosenhaus serves in the immediate future. Goldson is angling for a new big fat contract. … Continue reading

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Breaking News ! ! ! ! ! !

Per Trent Baalke’s press conference, he’s leery of using (but isn’t averse) to using the franchise tag. He’s not looking to be reactionary in the free agency period, and is looking at possibly acquiring some wideouts soon. Either through free … Continue reading

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Escape From Behind the Orange Curtain . . .

I’m back. Disneyland nightmare and traffic hell notwithstanding. I set the blog to stop taking comments too early, so that last one shut down prematurely. Sorry. I fixed that problem. Anyhow, not much brewing yet in 49er-land other than speculation on when and … Continue reading

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Out Out Out

ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…………………… Not much happening out there in football-land (pitchers and catchers report this weekend! Go Giants!) and I’m going out of town for the long weekend. So, play nice or don’t play at all. I will be back on Tuesday … Continue reading

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Peyton’s Place – Is It Here?

Ha ha. No way. Word is (thanks, Dennis) is that Peyton Manning had an additional undisclosed surgery on his neck, and that there are apparently bone spurs in his previously fused portion of the neck vertebrae, which would neccessitate an additional … Continue reading

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R.I.P. Freddie Solomon

Sad. Very Sad. Freddie Solomon passed away at 59. He was battling liver cancer for the last nine months of his life. An outstanding quarterback out of the University of Tampa, he wasn’t highly recruited, but was a Mike Vick … Continue reading

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Free Agent WRs Redux Part MCMCLXVIII

There are over 600 free agents on the market this year. Don’t know if that’s some kind of record, but it is a hell of a lot. I think 250 of the are WRs. From Dwayne Bowe to Marcus Colston … Continue reading

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Down Time . . . At Least There’s No Lockout . . .

I’ve pretty much given up on ESPN as I don’t follow college b-ball (although St. Mary’s is currently 16th, playing the Zags, and I’m taking the fambly to meet my daughter for the game vs Santa Clara this Saturday) and I … Continue reading

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The Giants Win the Super Bowl . . .

And all is right on the East Coast. Yes the season was a huge success for the San Francisco 49ers, but it was still a huge let-down for me, as I know the 49ers would have more than likely beaten … Continue reading

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