For those of you not prone to vomiting, here’s a starry-eyed view of the upcoming season.
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Could-Kellys-49ers-Go-From-Worst-to-First-387470902.html
I don’t subscribe to this outcome of a winning season, bit I certainly think something around 8-8 is a possibility. The offense has to improve, due to the fact that the Blaine Gabbert era has come and gone, and the theory Colin Kaepernick plays with more confidence than these last couple seasons. It could happen. Shit, the fricking Redskins made the playoffs last year, and the usual turnover of 5-6 playoff teams will usher in some new teams.
Us? Not likely. I[m simply looking for incremental improvement. The offense and defense are both huge questions, what with the offensive line being unsettled, the WRs being a fairly untested group, and a TE corps that is middling at best.On defense, the linebacker corps is thin, what with the Aaron Lynch 4-game suspension, Ahmad Brooks’ status, Wilhoite and Harold’s inconsistency, and uncertainty in the defensive backfield, as well as the shakey special teams unit. Not a recipe for success. Ol’ Chipper has his work cut out for him.
The big issue on defense is our pass rush. We now have book-end Ducks on the D line, and we’ll see how they get after it. Buckner should be an immediate impact guy. If not, we may have growing pains for the year. Bowman is Bowman, but he should be better with a full year of rehab and health under his belt. But the rest of the LBs are iffy.
Forty Niners Forever 
And now for something really outlandish . . .
http://isportsweb.com/2016/07/26/san-francisco-49ers-win-ten-games/
While 10 games is a pipedream, I certainly think 8-8 is doable.
An incremental jump.
As far as Boone goes, fuck him. He’s talked out of both sides of his mouth the whole time he was here. The Niners did him a solid by sticking with him, and his thanks was a hold-out and a wasted season.
Boone doesn’t know shit about anything. As far as Kappy goes, the job is his to lose. If he doesn’t win it, we are in trouble. If Gabbert is the starter, we are a 6-10 team.
To the minions in the playpen, the trade didn’t happen because Elway was trying to low-ball the 49ers. Baalke may suck at drafting but he’s done very well for himself and the team in terms of trades and contracts. And the 49ers certainly weren’t going to eat Kappy’s contract to get rid of him. Not with a new staff and coaches in place. That would be throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
All the pissing and moaning about how things went down under Harbaugh his last year here actually do apply to last season. The exodus of talent, the injuries, and the shitty coaching played a part in how the season unfolded. To pin everything on the QB is inane and myopic. You know. Playpen material.
But we will get 35,000 more videos from Buwwit.
It’s really kinda weird that there is so much hate towards kappy. i know he needs to work on things but the kid has some real talent.
He’s a legend in this own mind. Skeebers is so lucky.
Damn! …….another Giants loss at home. Sniff……Jay Bruce just killed the Giants.
I was a major Kap fan until he requested a trade. If he wins out the competition I’ll root for him again but I’ll do the same for Gabbert if he wins.
The biggest problem with the 49ers last year was the O-line. One can debate that was because of the coaching. The coaching was bad. Unfortunately Harbaugh had to go because Harbaugh wanted to go and he created the stir. He had the highest paid coaching staff in the league and that was not enough. He couldn’t get away with his shtick at Stanford or SF, he might get away with it in Michigan if he can beat Ohio State. But he was a good coach and he sure loved Kap. He lived and died with Kap. It is hard to imagine somebody being a Harbaugh fan and not a Kap fan. They were tied at the hip.
I stopped posting because all the blame was on Kap. Not the O-line, not the coaching, not the loss of talent but the blog experts squarely blamed Kap. The amount of stupidity was a waste of time to read over and over. Kap had three surgeries over the off season including his thumb on the throwing hand. Has anybody ever tried to throw a football with a sprained thumb? Good-bye accuracy. But the bog experts did not care about any of that. All they wanted was somebody to hang.
Kap has to work on the respect of his team mates again, Gabbert has him beat there. But Kap will out work everyone so may the best man win the competition. In the mean time, if the O-line plays like it did last year it won’t matter who the QB is, they’ll all suck.
Lets hope for the best.
Fitz signs s 1 year 12 mill deal. All that hooraw for that?
Here’s to hoping the jets suck.
Folws gets hid release. Better late than never.
Yeah it’s business. Every off season this stuff just happens. It’s time for agents and money to exchange hands.
Flavor is frustrated. He wants a deal……..now! Giants need a pitcher.
Giants get another utility guy?
Yes, Nip. Nunez leads the team in home runs though.
Go Giants!
According to Fooch, Garnett is signing ‘shortly.’ http://www.ninersnation.com/2016/7/29/12322482/49ers-rookie-joshua-garnett-expected-to-get-contract-done-shortly
GO NINERS!
New thread.