So, far the Niners are losing guys faster than they are gaining them, but there’s not much fretting yet. Goldson is finally able to put food on the table for his family by signing a $41 mill deal with Tampa, Walker signed with the Tit’ns, Soap to the Iggles, RJF to the Dolts (3/$22 mill? Dorsey’s a deal as the swap). The guys apparently on the radar are Nnamdi Asomoaga (?) LaRon Landry, Charles Woodson, and Ed Reed. They are likely going to get one of these guys to replace Goldson, so Landry? He’s the youngest. I don’t know.
Louis Delmas is coming to town, but I’m not sure the Niners are ready to back up the truck for him. He’s a stud, though he’s injured too much. It would be a risk, but Reed and Woodson are old, Landry is another health risk, but could be had for relatively cheap. Sensabaugh’s better in coverage than Goldson, Bernard Pollard of the Ravens is Goldson’s clone.
I guess I’d cross my fingers and go with Delmas. He’s great in coverage. And I just found out Landry’s gone. So, Delmas it is.
BTW, nuckfut’s been banned.
Forty Niners Forever 
Where do I talk right and wrong? You are supposedly Responding to me yet I made none of the points you argue. Good one. I’m talking about Congress and their lack of accountability, skippy. Keep building those wicker guys to rail against. Comprehension ain’t your string suit.
From day 1 the Republicans in Congress vowed to make Obama a one-term president. They vowed to oppose anything and everything that he put forth. And that is exactly what they did. The republicans held up money to help first responders to 9/11 victims and their families until Obama took out the tax hike for the rich. The republicans made their bones for, oh, 7 years spewing the words 9/11 in EVERY local city, county, district, state and federal election. But when it came time to actually help the people that they conveniently called heroes, they turned their backs on them in their hour of need. Much like Bush cutting care for returning soldiers from Iraq/Afghanistan. As just happened AGAIN under the rebpublican congress. The republicans moan and groan about a policy that would spend 1 billion to help vets get job training to get back into the work force. They let the US credit rating slip,thus edging the world economy closer to faltering, rather than raise the debt ceiling. Something which happened 17 times under Bush II. You know. The guy who lowered taxes and started 2 wars. Thus creating 10 trillion in debt.
These and about 1,000 other things are why politics in this country at this time are clouded by cronyism in the republuican party. That and the teabagger movement. There is little to no meaningful discourse mainly because of the veiled racism coming out of the supposedly mainstream republicans, and the anti-everything coming out of the tea party.
Differing views of the world? The ONLY THING Obama has done differently than Bush is Obamacare. The rest is pretty much status quo. Yet to you, it’s a fucking sea change. Open your eyes skippy. It’s the same shit, different party. Can’t you see that? Of course not. You are swayed by Rupert and Fox. Calling Obama the Kenyan and believing the socialist crap agenda they put forth. If you understood anything about politics, you’d see that there’s nothing really different about Obama and any other president since Reagan. Except for the color of Obama’s skin.
“Reward his friends and punish his enemies.” Yup. Obama’s the first president to do that. Good God, man. Are you serious?
It’s like fantasy land. Like republicans crowing about how low gas prices were under Bush in 2008. Yeah, that’s true, but the economy was shedding 800,000 jobs a month at the time and the country was in free-fall. Hearing the republicans talka bout things, the country was in fine fettle in 2008, and ony then did things go to hell in a basket. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
I mkay be juvenile NoFear, but Christ, you are positively infantile.
This is too funny:
Elvis Dumervil now a free agent
Fax machine? Welcome to 1985, guys . . .
I’m out, y’all.
Have at it either way.
Well, thanks Chuck for the twenty-eight posts proving my point. Now get your binky and take a time out until normal color returns to your face.
btw, as much as you bring up Fox News you should actually look at it now and then. There are plenty of liberals and libertarians running around there with the independents and conservatives. When you take your talking points from others you’re bound to stumble over your (their) references now and then.
I really like what I’m seeing from the 49ers. I like their ability to evaluate talent, but more importantly, set a price for what that talent’s worth. They aren’t signing Reed, Woodson, Delmas (who just resigned) or Landry. They’re letting the market drive the price down. That’s the right move. Let those guys either sign else where or swing in the wind so the price is near rock bottom. All you’re paying for at this stage in their careers is their knowledge. Good coaching can bridge that knowledge gap to younger talent. The more confident the 49ers are in their ability to scout and coach, the more it negates Ed Reed’s value, thus dropping the price. I read that the 49ers had Woodson in for a look, and they’ve expressed interest in Nnamdi….. but no offers yet. Let ’em sit on the market, twisting in the wind, and let them think “maybe there careers are over in the NFL.” Then bring one of ’em back from the dead if necessary…. off the scrap heap. That’s the right move. Maybe even do it after the draft is over.
Good points, a lot is going well on upgrading the roster and looks like staying under the salary cap too. Like the talent evaluation ability too. Future’s bright
It looks like, now, after being handcuffed for four years, the Obama administration is starting go after Wall Street. The Fed is investigating the SnP, JP Morgan Chase,and they just reached a settlement with a hedge fund for fraud for 615 million dollars. Don’t stop, Obama. Clean up the mess from yesterday. The only reason Obama couldn’t three years ago is because A.) he wasn’t strong enough politically, and B.) re-election. Now I hope he lays out a scorched earth policy regarding Wall Street. Make. Them. Pay.
HAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAH This is NoFear’s party. http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2013/03/15/trump-on-immigration-let-in-white-europeans/
Nothing like having a Swiss Miss clean your toilet for minimum wage.
Or some French guy picking lettuce.
It is obvious Trump doesn’t get it and he’s a bigot.
But more importantly, Trump’s a Republican mouth piece driving away more people from the party. The GOP answer to winning elections? Trump alienating more people. I love it.
Stupid game to play. Trump belongs to which ever party gets him in front of a camera, which includes being a registered democrat. While you’re busy trying to define parties by its nutjobs, don’t leave out your own.
http://bit.ly/XHvcGo
Speaking of games, NoFear …. Let’s play this one. Cite Your Source. It’s a hilarious game once we “site” yours. I’m citing the Seattle PI. You?
You’re requesting sources? That alone is hilarious, but sources for what?
I hope to see your next and future mental meanderings fully attributed, too. Anyone calling for sources on silly games can never go back.
And you were told he was a tea partier, right?
Source? You aren’t familiar with what I’m talking about? Your source was blogspot. LOL…… compared to a Seattle newspaper. ‘Nough said….
SFGate reports from an NFL Network report that Aldon Smith had shoulder (labrum) surgery several weeks ago. Love it how the local “insiders” stay on top of things…
You mean Lynch doesn’t ask the tough questions? Aldon wasn’t right towards the end of the season – this may explain it.
I’ll throw in a name for the new FG kicker.Why blow a draft pick on one who will fail.Though the Norwegian guy that Snarrk mentioned did get laughing some,I’m going with another Vet,just recently cut.
Phil Dawson…yeah he’s barely younger then Akers,then again he’s pretty Damm consistence.
305-363 for his career 84% made the Pro-Bowl last year after a excellent season.
Kat’s making the call now.He will be the guy they sign! Hook-em Horns.He went to University of Texas.
I must say, I’m a little teapot.
V’s probably got 50 stolen computers in his cabin…..
It’s not about boxes. It’s about spoofing IP addresses. But you should know that.
Internet proxy.
Fear – I don’t know shit about that kind of stuff. My warfare isn’t technical, it’s psychological. And I’m a psychological warfare geneous.
Your 1st amendment rights pertain to the government, not someone’s private blog..
As an experiment for the reader, try going to work and telling your employer that you are a Communistic, believe in the forcible redistrribution of all wealth, and the violent overthrow of the US government and it’s replacement with a revolutionary council.
Your government allows you (for now) to say such things.
It has no opinion, however, about what your boss does in response. Happy job hunting.
Cool, I’ll try that the next time I find myself on the job hunt… My point to the OP was that the bill of rights, and his 1st amendment rights have nothing to do with someone’s private blog.. It’s pretty straight forward.
And your whole argument falls flat on it’s face.. People like me only hear what I want to hear? Question: Which side has the bigger tent? Think about it.
This is a football blog, cocksucker. Adios, muchacho.
THis s for flying dildo.
This type of discussion usually morphs into a free for all.
Let’s reset this. Flying V came here and provoked as trolls do that Kaepernick was a thug because he was black and sported tattoos. Blatant bigotry.
Defending his statement can only mean you concur.
In 2013 you can’t shout down a bigot who hides under a political label?
That is the bottom line.
Nailed it. V lived down to his tattered reputation but why buy?
There wasn’t a single sentence worthy of a reply in anything V had to say. It was all a litany of antagonism, a blatant attempt to provoke a response. Worthless.
As my friend Phil once said “Don’t feed the trolls”, good advice.
You well.
Have you looked in the mirror lately?
You’ll see what pure ignorance looks like?
Why doesn’t V comment on the tattoos on the white guys on the Forty Niners?
Both of you guys don’t know the difference between your pieholes and your assholes.
The END result is the same diarrhea spewing out of both orifices.
You must have missed the ‘monkey thug’ comments, little V.
Nothing like a courageous punk calling other people “girls” on a blog hiding behind a
keyboard. You must have eaten your Wheaties today.
Does your wife know how you’re behaving?
Oh yeah no possible way any woman would marry you.
Let me rephrase, what does your mother think?
My thinking on the politics discussion is that under Reagan a policy of trickle down went into effect. Give the rich more money and everyone below them get’s some when the rich spend.
That policy has never stopped under any President since, including Obama. It has never worked of course, it should have been named trickle out as in out of this country to China etc.
The public political fighting over “brand” is nothing more than a skirmish over the crumbs left to 90% of the populace. Yes Democrats are willing to give a few more crumbs to the lower income spectrum so in that light they are slightly “less evil” as someone here put it but how easily are we Americans bought, that we have allowed our entire system to be gamed to this degree right under our noses, over the exact amount of crumbs we should have?
It’s easy to fall prey to the framing of arguments fed us by our particular “news” source and bicker amongst ourselves how “our” party is better than “yours” but it’s all crap.
Each successive government since Reagan has increased the wealth at the top by taking it from the bottom and increasingly from the middle. Any cursory look at wealth distribution shows this fact.
I am not for taking from the rich to give to the poor, the Robin Hood approach. I am for keeping as much as I earn as possible and deciding for myself what to do with the money, not donating it to large corporations and individuals who extract it without my permission by structuring tax laws and enacting other laws to benifit themselves at my expense.
This is in fact where the majority of money goes. Secondarily, and to a lesser extent it goes to social programs. Some of which are white elephant sink holes for politicians reelection voter sweeteners. But there is a distinction, pensions, medicaid are PAID for programs by the elderly that worked and PAID all their lives to earn the right to receive those funds. They are not “benefits” as politicians like to call them, they are “funds” paid for by the hardworking American people and no politician has any right to redistribute that money to any other entity rich or poor.
Those funds will not be sufficient due to an aging populace but the answer is not to give everyone who paid in less, that is called theft, it is to use government backed investment to grow the fund, just like all those corporate guys do and yes they are government backed investments commonly known as bailouts.
Stop buying into this propoganda and look at what is really happening. Our money and rights are being stolen at a record pace and Obama is not our saviour anymore than Bush was. They are part of the enabling machine along with almost every other elected official.
There is a reason the stock market is over 14,000 and the average “Joe” is scraping by. Democrat, Republican, two sides of the same coin.
America is close to being an Oligarchy in reality and who you vote for as president next time won’t do a damn thing to change that.
Ah, supply side economics.. You’re right, it’s still going on.. I’ll even go further and say that calling them ‘entitlements’ is much worse than calling them benefits.
I would define what’s going on as more of a plutocracy. We have at least 5 different people here who differ on specific issues — and that’s good for a country. If we all thought the same, we’d be really fucked.
Plutocracy fits too Chico. I agree various opinions is a good condition for our Republic, I would prefer to deal with our crooked government regardless of who the placeholder is. Citizens United is am oxymoron, it is Oligarchs United. Money buys influence and power. We the people is largely redundant.
The very first step to fixing this is to have no private funds from anyone in any election. The second is to allot exactly the same amount of press coverage candidate by candidate until there are 2 left. If every candidate has exactly the same budget it becomes how to best use those funds and it becomes about ideas rather than attack ads.
Next, ban lobbying and special interests. No campain contributions will make most of it obsolete anyway.
To fix the system you must remove the money from it.
A fucking men! I have been throwing this link http://getmoneyout.com/ out there before it was cool.. Getting rid of that horrible ruling would be a good start..
If we had a plutocracy half the people wouldn’t be paying less than zero taxes. And Obama was flat broke as a Senator.
Even if the contributions can’t go to the candidates the bundlers can set up another company to keep it and use it in support. It’s not just ads. Today’s elections are all out efforts to gain advantage anyhow and anywhere. It would be a nice start if some of those supporters breaking laws were even punished.
The primary system is another aspect that gives me much trouble. It seems only the voters of the states with primaries before super tuesday have any say in who the rest of us have to choose from.
As long as the voting public remains essentially too lazy to care it won’t get fixed. We now have a guy who ignores the limits of the Constitution and operates in secret as much as possible with the aid and support of the media. He ignores contract and bankruptcy law and pays bond holders pennies on the dollar while giving th UAW more than their share of the profits from a taxpayer paid bailout. And now we have the USG holding your car’s warranty. Private company executives fired by the president and told how they will operate their private business. And for the first time ever Americans are required to purchase a commercial product as a condition of citizenship. And still he’s held as blameless and untouchable by half the sheep and their press.
One thing is certain. Nobody gets tired of spending other people’s money. The people must say that’s enough. But as long as the takers outnumber the makers they never will. And that’s the main flaw in our system, that folks can and do vote themselves other people’s money.
THat’s been my point all along skippy. I’ve been saying just that for five years no out here on the web.
Plutocracy: Historically and by the nature of their existence, wealthy individuals and organizations can exert influence over the political arena. In the modern era, democratic republics around the world permit fundraising for politicians, who frequently rely on such income for advertising their candidacy to the voting public.
Whether through individuals, corporations or advocacy groups, such donations are often believed to engender a cronyist or patronage system via which major contributors are rewarded on a more or less quid pro quo basis. In fact, while campaign donations need not directly affect the legislative decisions of elected representatives, the natural expectation of donors is that their needs will be served by the person they donated to. If not, it is in their self-interest to fund a different candidate or political organization.
Does that sound familiar NF? If it doesn’t, lets just agree to disagree.
NF, to who would the bundlers give money if the politicians can’t use it for re-election and the special interest lobbyists are no longer in existence?
If elected officials can’t position themselves favorably by getting more money and they can’t get a second career as a lobbyist that cuts out most of the crooked government at source.
It won’t be perfect of course but naked greed is rampant now with laws framed to the highest bidder, that needs to end before we get back the American dream for all but a few.
As for the Obama rhetoric do you really believe Bush observed the constitution more than Obama? Or his government was more transparent? They are the same guys. Has Obama repealed any of the laws Bush enacted that gave the White House more executive power? Of course not, and the next guy, whichever party he affiliates with won’t either. We will hear the same party line bleating from the loser about accountability and transparency and it’s all crap.
You have your right to believe how you wish but to me that thinking is exactly why we are being screwed by our own successive governments whatever the placeholders name happens to be.
As always it’s a case of KISS…keep it simple stupid and follow the money, it ain’t rocket science.
NF, first you must identify “the takers” and if you follow the money you will find it is largely not the elderly or the sick or the 47% or whatever group those that receive the most from our government want to place the blame on whilst chewing on their havana’s and laughing at the stupid “little” people who pay tax.
It is the few that buy favorable laws to give themselves more money one way or another.
Those glib sayings about those pulling wagons and those riding on them have nothing to do with where the big money is going.
It is absolutely true we need to live within our means, but it is not Joe public that is not doing that. It’s the guys taking an ever increasing slice of the revenue pie. Just look at which direction money is flowing and it is overwhelmingly to the very wealthy not because they “earned” it but because they structure law to benefit them. All this stuff about illegals, or lazy welfare recipients or topic du jour is true but it’s almost insignificant compared to the percentage of income gained by the super rich, they just steal it in different ways that sound legit on the surface.
People need to dig a little deeper than the headlines and get outraged enough to vote for real change not the window dressing Obama gave.
I think it’s generally accepted by everyone on this blog that in the draft the Niners need D line, secondary and WR help. I think we all also agree that with the first three picks we go best player available in one of those areas. But I think with free agency it just got more likely the 49ers grab a wide receiver in the first round.
Seattle and the Vikings (two teams who needed wide receiver help) have traded for or acquired Harvin and Greg Jennings. The Niners obviously grabbed Boldin. Seattle now has Harvin and Rice… and that’s not enough in my opinion. I think Seattle still has a WR need. But the question for Seattle, the Vikings and Niners becomes – now that they’ve acquired Harvin, Jennings and Boldin, is a first round wide receiver warranted? For the 49ers I say yes unless Baalke has found three or four wide receiver stars he’s confident he can draft in the later rounds. But I don’t have faith in Baalke to find us wide receivers in any round. It could seriously be Baalke’s biggest shortcoming when drafting, so that might mean another first round wide receiver.
In my opinion, if all things were equal regarding skill, wide receiver is one of the hardest positions to develop. The position requires coaches to teach players about defenses, qb play, route running and receivers need to get more physical to compete at the pro level. Compare a receiver to a running back. The running back just needs to learn to pass block and hit the hole hard. Micheal Crabtree took five years to develop (partly because Alex Smith wasn’t very good). Jenkins will take time to develop also. But Crabtree and AJ…. along with an older Boldin aren’t enough. The 49ers need to draft more wide receivers, and if you look at the NFL draft landscape, you’ll see that the best player available in the first round could be a wide receiver.
170 lb receiver?
Just the other day you were saying big receivers are better.
WTF?????????
That guy will be long gone. He’s better, in my opinion, than Pervy Harvin. I’m not suggesting the Niners move up to grab him.
Politics on Chuck’s blog? BLEEP IT!
Yeah no shit. Over here I wisely keep my big yap shut about politics as it’s not my place and too risky. For the US I’m more interested in the destruction of our currency and economy than what a buncha greedhead politicos are up to…which is the usual power and control grab.
Spit, if we draft a WR with our first pick I’ll want Baalke’s head on a pike and yours right next to it for even suggesting it. You want to compound last year’s mistake with Jenkins with another? Please don’t aggravate me with those thoughts. I have enough bad ones of my own.
One good thought: I got green donuts for St. Paddy’s Day tomorrow.
Add one more bad thought: we just signed Craig Dahl to a 3-yr deal. So as of now, our starting safeties are Whitner and a shitty, slow white guy. Seattle must be laughing.
Craig Dahl is a special teams guy. The Niners know they need to improve their coverage units. That’s the second acquisition to bolster STs. I love it. Field position on D – don’t give ’em an inch, while Kaep scores in bunches.
Dahl does play special teams, but unless the Niners sign Woodson/Reed or move up in the draft to grab Vaccaro, Dahl will be starting at safety. That is a horrific thought. Just what I needed, another terrifying thought to startle and scare me.
Time to go feed the ducks and restore some peace and tranquility.
Relax, Del. He won’t be our starter.
Del – guard against complacency and fear. Best player available. A good offense is a great defense. BPA DT, DB or WR.
My son the Notre Dame and Patriots fan will be boarding a plane in LA bound fer Manila on Paddy’s Day. Been 5 years since we last toasted the Green and we’re going to make up fer that with a bottle of 18 year old Jameson at sunset on the next island over.
Thankfully we spanked the Pats this year…