Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Shield.
WR DiAndre Campbell
CB Marcus Cromartie
G/C Dillon Farrell
RB Kendall Gaskins
TE Xavier Grimble
CB Leon McFadden
LB Nick Moody
DT Kaleb Ramsey
OL Justin Renfrow
DL Marcus Rush
NT Garrison Smith
QB Dylan Thompson
G Andrew Tiller
S Jermaine Whitehead
IR: WR Dres Anderson, TE Busta Anderson, RB Kendall Hunter
Huh. No one of note on the cutdown-list (well Nick Moody is a little surprise) as Kendall Hunter was rolled to the IR, as was WR Dres Anderson. Desmond Bishop and the Niners reached an injury settlement, still and all if this was the direction they decided to go, I would have liked to see Stuka stick around. Oh well.
The big side-story is Ahmad Brooks is cleared to play. By the league AND the team. Yippee. Winning with class. Except when it gets in the way of a player who we need out there.
Another chance to make a stand, but the league and the team deem it frivolous and unworthy. Smoke a joint and feel the wrath. Beat up your GF? Well, boys will be boys. Carry on. Here’s to hoping the coach has something to say about this. Frankly I’m sick of these guys getting away with (sometimes literally) murder, and then being cleared to play as if nothing happened.
Jim Harbaugh famously chided his brother for welcoming Ray Rice back with open arms after the initial 2-game suspension for knocking his girlfriend out in a Las Vegas elevator, then hid behind the ‘due process’ mantra when it came to RayMac and his domestic abuse charge. He didn’t even bother to bench Aldon Smith hours after his DUI. It’s easy to lay blame at the feet of others, as Harbaugh did with the Seahawks and their steroid issues, but when the chickens came home to roost, he took the weasel way out.
My hope is Jim Tomsula benches Brooks for the game as no one else on the team or in the league gives a shit about the issue at hand. Well, let’s all wear pink for the fallen wives out there. I bet Rae Carruth is laughing in jail.
Forty Niners Forever 
If RT wants to be a Baalke hater that is his business. I am not going to disparage him for that. He’s allowed to have an opinion but don’t give me any bullshit that draft was Scotts. I don’t buy bullshit.
Baalke went from VP of player personnel to GM before the 2010 draft and made all the picks. He’s been with the team for 10 years
True. Baalke had 31 whole days to exercise his vocal chords to read off Scotty’s board. Good work! Your voice was loud and clear.
My guess is Trent did most of the work while Scott was drinking. Hence, he got fired. Just like Scott’s drunken scout board, a Lamborghini is mostly a useless car. I’m glad I drove my pick up truck to 7-11.
Just wondering why we assume Scotty McDrinkie was the only person doing the picking. Thats like saying Harbaugh did ALL the coaching. What was the largest coaching staff in the NFL doing then?
Its absurd RT, plus, he was long gone on draft day. Don’t know about you but if it was me I would make my own decisions not those of the predecessor unless I agreed with them, in which case it is still my decision.
I sure hope Brooks plays. So he groped a woman who was drunk and being salacious. Big fucking deal. She was probably faking being passed out. I have no sympathy. She chose the life style. If you have a daughter that choses that lifestyle she will get groped. No two ways about it. Get over it.
Based upon our investigation to date, we determined that placing Ahmad Brooks on the Commissioner’s Exempt List was not warranted,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told CSNBayArea.com. “Our review will continue during the legal proceedings and we will examine all available information from the court under the Personal Conduct Policy.”
Based on Goodell’s previous actions, punching a woman in the face warrants 2 games off. Smoking a joint gets you 4 games. Goodell suspended a CONVICTED domestic abuser for 4 games. If that’s your standard, then this is obviously part of the problem.
It ain’t about the league or even the team. They will weasel their way out of this as Harbaugh did last year by crying due process after ripping his bro for welcoming Ray Rice back.
The ONLY guy who can make a stand on this is Tomsula.
Seriously Bergs. She deserved it? Say that was your mom.
My Mom RIP wouldn’t have let herself get picked up at a bar, go home with a football player, and pass out drunk.
The only way it could have been my mom is if they dug her up from the grave. The investigation turns to your mom.
BTW, gold digging is a dangerous past time. She probably did deserve it.
Ray Mac is going to court over it so there’s something to go on. The video apparently omplicates Brooks. Or RayMac threw him under the bus.
Nope. My moms in the ground as well. Figuratively of course.
If the O line jells perhaps seven wins this season. I hope for better but I’m doubtful about the offense. Too many changes too fast. When it comes to football none of us has any morals. We enjoy the game and the people who play it either enjoy the game or are willing to take the risks. Football is too violent to be moral. Man wasn’t built for this game.
Gladiators all.
I like that explanation!
Interesting tid bit from our old friend Kevin Lynch over on the insider
8. Second-round pick Jaquiski Tartt won himself a job as the nickel linebacker. To many it will look like a dime defense with three safeties and three cornerbacks, but Tartt will be at linebacker, where he can blitz and chase down running quarterbacks like Russell Wilson
Tartt compares pretty favorably with Kam Chancellor is Seattle too.
Tartt – 6’1″/221
Chancellor – 6’3″/232
Let’s hope we get similar production from him going forward.
He and LJ McCray look like a nice duo down the road.
Jesus H. fucking Christ. The only thing worse than those who still believe in “God,” is those of you who still believe in the San Francisco Forty Niners.
You people make me fucking sick. Sick to my stomach, that is.
I don’t even know where to begin. So I will keep this very brief. Even more brief than the time it took Ray McDonald and Ahmad Brooks to rape that poor girl at the pool party.
They’re guilty.
You’re guilty.
I’m guilty.
Everyone is fucking guilty. It’s human nature. People suck. People commit crimes.
It’s what we do. That’s why I’ve recently tried to shut off my communication to the “real” world.
Just fucking listen to yourself. Do you hear what you’re saying?
This complete and utter nonsense that’s going back and forth from here and the “other” blog belongs in the DSM-5.
I’ll save Nipper the trouble… The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition
It sounds a little harsh, but don’t fret. The red jello tastes great.
Now onto things not so great…your San Francisco Forty Niners.
Record? I’ve never been too good at predictions. I’m still waiting for those fucking Mayans to make my wish come true and see the world disappear on 12/22/2012. That would have been the best magic trick ever. Fuck & Teller
4-12 and Kap gets benched in favor of Gabbert by Week 6.
My question to you #7 apologists…will you root for Gabbert to get injured so your man can start again?
No. You’ll hide behind the lame excuse that it was best Kap didn’t have to play behind the 49ers’ shaky OL.
Won’t cut it here. That’s total deflection and Alex Smith redo.
STOP making excuses for our sub-par play at the QB position. If you could hear yourself making the excuses for Kaepernick, well, you’d think he was wearing #11.
And I don’t mean Steve Spurrier. Hey, Rob! Now that’s the kinda of COCK you should go find.
The gamecocks ? I love cocks
I’ll go 9-7 on the Niners this year. A bit of a surprise, I’ll predict.
I was ready to go 8-8, but then the Hayne Train/Plane (which is better?) arrived. He’s worth an extra win…
Our Niners are 2 1/2 pt underdogs to Teddy fucking Bridgewater on Monday night.
You’d think we had lost to Joe fucking Flacco in the Super Bowl to be made that kinda dog…opps!
Colin Kaepernick on Monday Night Football is a 2 1/2 pt. dog AT HOME vs Teddy Bridgewater.
Did we draft a 100% Caucasian pocket passing quarterback yet?
Now that a federal judge has basically ruled that Goody and henchmen have ridden roughshod over the CBA, it’s going to be tough for the league to suspend guys for anything short of committing a murder in front of a live remote for the 6 o’clock news…
And no disrespect at all to the film crew back in Virginia that was murdered by that jackass who then killed himself…
Del I was anywhere between 6-10 & 10-6 going in.
Aldon gets released, I figure, there goes the pass rush.
Add Ahmad to the clusterfuk of dysfunction and I’m now thinking Trade him to the first available taker.
We didn’t show much in the Preseason, in terms of a passing game, coupled with a shaky (at best), OLine.
I figure, passing game will take time to develop anyway.
So, we need to run and play D.
Not impressed with anything related to Kaep’s mechanics either.
In terms of a Pocket QB, Gabbert is much more comfortable at that anyway.
He feels the need to find a target,much more quickly, whereas, Kaep feels the need to scoot.
Fine for the here and now but, if he doesn’t learn to ‘feel’ a Pocket, he won’t succeed in this League.
I’ve tempered my optimism to 7-9.
Too many changes, too many questions.
I have no doubt that Gabbert would be the better quarterback of a mediocre team. He’s made for it.
RT I think Gabbert trumps Kaep at just being more mentally aware of the Pocket timing.
Kaep is too used to running IMO.
Given the fact that Gabbert never had a decent OLine in JAX, he seems to make a much quicker read and, he’s got a much better touch throw.
In terms of timing, I give the nod to Gabbert.
Kaep certainly has the deep ball threat going for him.
However, deep balls require time to be patient.
OLine hasn’t shown anything close to Pass Pro yet and, Kaep is too quick to seek a running lane.
See what shows up Monday Night in terms of preparation and timing.
If we’re going to incorporate a quick passing attack, I want to see Kaep make quicker decisions and throw with better touch.
Vikings win the first game despite those new unis……….24-9. The D shows up and the O can’t buy a TD! Kaep runs like a wild man but can’t complete a TD pass to save his soul. Ouch! Damn life is cruel!
What I don’t want to see is Kaep out gaining the RBs.
Be a passer. Use your weapons.
Before Aldon and AD left and Simpson and Brooks got in trouble AND Kilgore went on PUP I said 10-6.
Now I have to fudge it to 9-7.
Assuming tomsula is a successful head coach. My even bigger concern is Chryst as OC. Not to mention the right side of the O-line.
If they stink it up … UH OH
I do still think we have a reasonable shot at
9-7
RTFIREFLY
I look at this the other way. To me as VP of player personnel Baalke was Scott’s right hand. Baalke’s thumbprint is all over the 2010 draft and his was the final say. He did make the picks after after all and no doubt had a key role in setting the board too.
Even before that as Scott’s #2 clearly had a huge impact on our drafts PRIOR to 2010
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BTW RT
Don’t miss my references above to Yahoo sports and Sirius and others.
All had Baalke rated top 6 or better in their nfl GM rankings
Here we are, 4 days from the real deal and thee are still a shitload of questions out there. Mostly stemming around our eager yet still not fully polished QB. Scheme over ability? System over style? Kappys obviously a smart young man, but for all intents to and purposes he needs to make quicker decisions. Have they worked that into the mix? Time will tell.
Funny how many time this team was outcoached last year (the fuckin Raiders?) and now it’s coming up as a problem now. How many leads were lost? 6? Like it was kappys fault we couldn’t get pays off until it was decided that it didn’t matter. But it was still his fault. One delay penalty in 4 games and you could hear the clucking for miles.
CHUCK
You had me at
“The fucking Raiders
So much for Harbaugh as “the quarterback whisperer”
http://www.sacbee.com/sports/nfl/san-francisco-49ers/article34501455.html
Another reason I like Tomsula
From Barrows
I agree 100 %
Nice article. Certainly one way to keep your starters fresh is to not use them. I ain’t sold on it completely, but last year’s preseason took its toll and added to the problems with holdouts and such. Funny, if all was well in Ninerland las year, as the revisionists would like to say, then why did VD and Boone hold out? Why the complaining about the play calling?
Oh yeah, it was all imaginary.
Like I said, I think the backups did what we plan to do. Quicker passes, zone blocking. Roll Kappy out to the right. But, the right side is still a big ??? I know we’ll be running to the left side more often than not.
Dennis, good to see you’ve replaced Flying V as the resident blowhard.
Skabies is calling the Minn game a must-win (sound familiar Del?) and hopes that Turner torches us. There’s your butt-hurt Harbaugh lovers for you. When the coach is bigger than the team, you end up with problems. How easily they forget how shitty we were last year WITH all those players and coaches that are no longer here.
There’s no problem with last year’s failure. What a bunch of crybabies.
Looks like we have RT and NJ are already wanting Gabbert instead of Kap. We’ll need to keep tabs on that. Del doesn’t count, he hates everything 49ers.
I don’t want Gabbert. I hope you’re just teasing me and you didn’t misunderstand me. I said that Gabbert was made for a mediocre team. He fits in perfectly, well if he’s lucky.
I must’ve misunderstood you. Thanks for clarifying.
RT, Bergs is just in shit-disturber mode. Blabbert is what he is. A career backup. If you think he should be starting, well, that is a different issue.
Wow. When NoFear starts revising his own history, then the shit is getting thick. He’s saying Turner took the SD job because he saw the impending trouble coming up in 8 years.
Fucking lunacy. The lengths they go to to fling shit around is astounding,
Entertaining as well. Good for some laughs, that’s for sure.
Besides, NoFear still thinks this team is as talented as the 2012 one. He doesn’t dare admit that there has been player turnover. To admit that is to admit that the standard from 3 years ago is different than what happens now. Of course it is, because losing Harbaugh made guys retire and leave. They would have healed had St Jim stuck around. Players would have taken less money to stay rather than go. You know, kindergarten stuff. Fantasy land material.
Football is a business except when dealing with St Jim. Harbaugh is the messiah!!!
Hahahaha lol CHUCK
One question for NoFear.
What do you think the Niners record would be had St Jim stuck around? Do you really think the Niners would be Super Bowl favorites had he stayed?
Shit-disturber mode is usually Friday. But then, it’s finally OPENING DAY and maybe Reno is taking a long weekend. Pats 37 – Steelers 32 BTW.