The Niners won a thrilling (zzzzzzzzzzzz) contest of wills and flags in Sandy Eggo as the backups from SF beat the backups of SD 31-21. 2-2 in these meaningless games, but the takeaway from this game is that no one got hurt.
Colin Kaepernick afro’ed himself into a middling performance that didn’t change any minds about the pecking order. Blaine Gabbert is our starter, Kaepernick is the backup. After that, Jeff Drisekll looked horrible, throwing 2 pick in 3 passes in a bad 3rd quarter stretch. Christina Ponder continues to impress against the backup brigade, throwing passes to WRs and generally looking like he should stick. Over Driskell? Yes.
Other that that, the other hot players coming out of camp are Marcus Rush and Mike Davis. But for two fumbles, Davis would be even more of a shoe-in for the back-up RB spot. That should be his. Carlos Hyde is once again a question mark, and Shaun Draughn is battling a rib injury himself, so Davis, and possibly Kelvin Taylor, will make the squad.
WR is a big question mark as well, but Kerley made a few nice catches from CK. Beyond Torrey Smith and Kerley, we got a lot of young guys. Dres Anderson had a clutch catch on the goal line on the 1st drive, and after that? Unsure.
For the D line, Ronald Blair had another solid game, and the D line in general has played well despite losing Ian Williams, and Dorsey’s uncertain status. DBs as well. No surprises there. I was a little surprised to see Kenneth Acker traded, but we have a soliod group of defenders.
Optimistic? Who knows? I’d like to be, but this season has been way too wacky to be realistic. Will Kappy get cut? No. Despite the hooraw, he’s better than Driskell. Ponder? Well, that’s harder to tell, but I think they carry all three at this point. Kelly can’t afford to be caught short-handed with all the weirdness circling the team. Still think this could be an 8-8 team if they can get healthier and not get too many injuries.
Forty Niners Forever 
In the end it comes down to Kappy’s play on the field. Much like Tebow, the media can frenzy all it likes. If the team can’t see past it, then they bow to the media bullshit and cut him? That will make the 49ers look like the biggest pussies in the world. Everybody and their brothers whine about political correctness ruining the country, and this is political correctness in the extreme. Yay! Let’s be free to do everything the same! Let’s be free to not make waves! Yay Up With People!
If Kappy can prove to wins games, he’ll be in there. If he doesn’t he’s gonna back up this year. Then he’ll be gone. If fans are so hurt by his actions that they don’t watch, well, boo hoo. Your choice. Your poor little feelings don’t get hurt cheering for wife beaters and felons? Sitting for a song draws your ire?
I want to be a pussy, cut the bastard. Fuck the entire political show on a football field. Some like politics and football, I don’t.
Lol.
It is being reported that Kap and Ponder are both making the 53.
So, 3 QB’s it is.
Rush has been cut. This is a major disappointment for me.
Wow. They can’t use him on ST? Lemonier better not have made it. Rush will land somewhere and probably come back to haunt the Niners for he next 5 years or so.
What do you want to be he lands in Seattle.
Lemoneir was cut. Rush doesn’t possess a huge array of moves and isn’t considered somebody to hold the point. He did his damage against 2s and 3s. I do understand but I don’t agree. Having a good pass rush is what makes DBs look like all pros.
Lemonier was little more than a black hole his entire time with the 49ers. He won’t be missed. Carradine needs to step up and be a pass-rushing threat from the edge. And the continuing development of Buckner and Armstead needs to happen. Another year with a shit pass rush could spell doom for the defense.
Smelter gone.
Wow, pretty much all the young guys I was hoping would stick are gone. Maybe I’m too emotional about these things and don’t do enough to take into account playing against the 2’s and 3’s. I’m terrible at predicting who’ll make the roster.
They always cut my favorites too. I hope they either come back to the PS or get picked up by anyone out of our division.
I’m glad they kept Rashard Robinson.
I really like Robinson. He is probably our best raw cover guy.
He made a great read on his pick the other night, dropping right back into the passing lane to nab it.
We traded for WR Rod Streeter with KC.
Saw that. The hard-hitting McCray to Seattle.
We traded McCrae to Seattle.
I was hoping Dres Anderson would make it.
Here’s the link to the moves:
https://t.co/w5Hmu1j5Te
Driskel tagged for the PS?
I called Kaep’s protest *powerless* if it doesn’t end police oppression which is the reason he said he’s doing this. People talking about it doesn’t mean anything, doesn’t change shit. All that’s happening is disruption. Will that be enough to one day achieve Kaep’s glorious dream of eradicating police oppression everywhere? Hey, we’ll see. But for the 49ers right now and the fans all it’s doing is fucking up a season that hasn’t even started yet. Again, if you think the players are enjoying having throngs of national media people asking them about this every day, if you think they’re down with that memo from the police, I don’t think we are looking at this the same way. And that’s fine, we don’t have to. But to say this is all just no big deal and a few of us are overreacting on the blog and the network isn’t going to show the protest anyway so none of this matters….well, I totally disagree….
I’d say on average, 2% of any protests work. What throngs are swarming the 49ers? They are at home getting ready for the season. Their exposure to the media is 1/2 an hour after the game. Maybe at practice a couple times a week. Big fucking deal. This in no way resembles what Bonds did to the Giants, or even Mantle’s home run chase.
If the cops go on strike over this, they are a bunch of idiots. They deserve to be fired if they walk out on their jobs. If people get seriously hurt at the game, that falls on the police, not any of the protesters.
Bonds and Mantle? Uh, don’t you think they were worth the hassle? A back up QB who sucks is not worth this bullshit.
3-time Pro Bowl G Josh Sitton, 30, recently of Green Bay, is free and clear for $6.85 mil in cap.
Too expensive for a 30 year old. Niners must stay young and cheap.
New thread is up.
I expect the Niners to be lousy and if so they have to stay cheap with lots of cap space. Hey, that’s the York way.
I don’t give a shit what anyone thinks I wanted Kap gone because he’s lost the ability to be an effective QB. And, it is a big distraction that’s all the national media is talking about. I hope the
sc police do boycott the games. Fuck Jed. I cannot be anything but a Niner fan but right now I am not at all happy with the way things are.