The Taxi Squad is Here . . .

TAXI SQUAD
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  • WR           Dres Anderson
  • OL             Alex Balducci
  • OL             Fahn Cooper
  • TE             Je’Ron Hamm
  • CB            Prince Charles Iworah
  • OL             Norman Price
  • LB             Marcus Rush
  • LB             Shayne Skov
  • RB            Kelvin Taylor

I’m glad they were able to keep Skov, Rush, Hamm, Anderson, and Taylor. All of those guys showed something promising. I’m a little surprised Rush wasn’t snapped up by someone. He may be undersized and one-dimensional, but he showed a very quick burst to the QB and caused disruptions on passing downs. Hamm has nice hands, as does Taylor out of the backfield. Dres? Made a nice adjustment on the TD pass from Ponder. He must be showing something in practice. Same with Harper and the linemen. Hey’ I’m just glad to see Pears gone.

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158 Responses to The Taxi Squad is Here . . .

  1. Winder's avatar Winder says:

    You guys can go ahead and like Baalky all you want. As far as I’m concerned he’s in the Joe Thomas category. He is responsible for the players on this team. Believe me there is a reason just about everyone is picking us for last. And, Nip I don’t even expect him to bat .300, as far as that’s concerned he’s in the Johnnie Lemaster range. somewhere around .211

  2. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    I do t think the roster is as bad as people are saying but this is Baalke’s last stand.

  3. Berger's avatar Berger says:

    My only problem with Chip’s running game is the RB typically has to come across the formation to get the ball. A team that gets initial penetration can blow that up. What does Chip do to counter that? He would need to go Pistol or put the QB under center. Don’t now if I remember seeing that from Chip. Maybe he’ll just tell the line to block better. But some teams will get penetration.

  4. 12th man's avatar 12th man says:

    Niners are home dogs for MNF against the Rams, Oi vey!

  5. Irish Kevin's avatar Irish Kevin says:

    Enough talk let the games begin, the Niners are who they are, we can talk about the what ifs all year long, let’s just see how this all unfolds, the preseason has had both ups and downs. No big deal. Let’s see them play. Will they be good probably, will they be great probably not, but they should be way better than last year. 8-8 would be a good place to start. If they do better than that, icing on the cake.

  6. rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

    Over/under 47. I’ll take the Under with an extra side of BBQ sauce, thank you very much.

    Rob, Gabbert and Ponder are hacks, a dime a dozen in the NFL. Now, Ponder has a slim chance; he has a higher ceiling. But he had everything he needed for success in Minnesota and he did less than nothing. Contrast him to Teddy Bridgewater (pre-injury).

    The Denver Broncos drafted a 7th rounder in their HOF QB’s last year. They drafted a 1st rounder after the HOFers’ retirement. They knew they had a partial rebuilding year, after all, Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady aren’t Free Agents. The 7th rounder is now starting. Both have unknown futures with tons of potential. BTW, ALL EIGHT of the SB Champs draft picks this year made the team. Ya think Harbaugh would’ve liked that kind of support?

    The Niners had five draft choices out of eleven make their 5-11 team.

    Heck, even JerryWorld spent a 4th rounder on a QB who by injury is now their starter and looks terrific in his first preseason. His future is probably lousy, but it’s unknown and he has a high upside.

    You keep telling yourself how great Baalke is. That and ten bucks will get you a NM green chile enchilada dinner.

  7. Winder's avatar Winder says:

    Just look at a team like Jax, Bortals got Robinson and Hurns to throw to. Between the both of them they scored 24 td’s. If they ever get a running game lookout. Then look at us.

    • Winder's avatar Winder says:

      Even in the Joe Thomas years we could score some points. It was our defense that was the seive. If it were not for our defense now I doubt we win a game.

      • Winder's avatar Winder says:

        Sorry but I am just a little pissed. But like the poster just said it’s time to stop whinning and watch the games.

  8. Lurker John's avatar Lurker John says:

    Have we even seen Chip’s offense yet? What I mean is did he show it all during the preseason. I watched a lot of Oregon games, but, to be perfectly frank, I don’t know a thing about the NFL version of it. To hear him say it, it’s a run first offense, not a passing offense like is often said.

    The image of Miller with blood on his face is disturbing. It looks like the old man or his son got some good shots in, but wtf was this guy thinking? The way he leans against that wall at the end of the video shows, imo, that he’s troubled. But to just snap on someone like that is indicative of some serious rage issues. I think his career is over and that he’ll spend some considerable time in jail. He should.

    • rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

      It’s a hurry-up ball control run/short pass O, Half of the runs are read options. It relies heavily on runs up the gut and swing passes out in the flat. At least that’s what he was running in Philly.

    • rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

      The O runs on speed outside. The back catching out in the flat has to be a threat to beat his defender 1 on 1 and break a long gain. Otherwise, the D just puts everybody in the box.

      When he had DeSean Jackson, longer passes were part of the O because of DSJ’s speed from the slot. Afterwards, it was more of an intermediate game; unfortunately, Badford wasn’t very good at it and Badford was also bad at the running part of the read option.

    • Nipper's avatar Nipper says:

      Proscecute this guy. You never attack tourists in San Francisco. Never……never…..never.

    • Winder's avatar Winder says:

      Not only will he spend a lot of time in the pen. But if i’m not mistaken the average parole is for 3 years which i believe there is a 95% return violation rate. With Sex/child offenders and Elder abusers I believe the parole is around 15 years with a registration clause. If he doesn’t get the elder abuser charge dropped to an aggravated assault he’s gonna have a pretty rough time. The word SNAP comes to mind.

  9. Nipper's avatar Nipper says:

    Being drunk and a hell raiser is no way to go through life.

  10. rob's avatar rob says:

    Guys too much is being made of the ACL picks IMHO.
    Baalke picked it up from mcloughan (sp) .Gore being the poster child for the strategy. When we had a stacked roster we could afford to take a flyer. The reason we keep going to the well now IMO is because we usually have so many picks to use.

    • NJ49ER's avatar NJ49er says:

      Well Rob I’ve thought the same thing for quite sometime now with Baalke.
      Gotta admit, you can’t argue with the payoff thus far.
      Gotta wonder how someone like Bowman makes it back yet, the development guys can’t get there.
      I could support the strategy for ‘stashed assets’ but, the end results are all that count.
      Thus far, it hasn’t paid off in terms of finding a ‘budget gem’.
      Maybe Tank will break that cycle with any luck.

      • 12th man's avatar 12th man says:

        Baalke drafted Thomas in the 3rd round and said he had a 2nd round talent. Thomas is on the Lions PS.

        The national press is making a fool of Baalke and he earned it.

        The 49ers have gotten little return for bold drafting of torn ACLs

        Slice it. dice it, and excuse it anyway you want Rob, they got nothing worth talking about from this “strategy” and this is the 3rd draft in a row where the Niners needed healthy players now not injured future possibilities.

        If Tank turns into the second coming of LT, it still won’t make up for this idiotic drafting of seriously injured players.

        Baalke sticks to his guns, I give him that. To me Baalke has been a great D personnel evaluator, but a GM has to be much more than that and Baalke has been lacking.

      • Berger's avatar Berger says:

        It is nonsense to not count Curly. He was the result of one of those picks.

    • Winder's avatar Winder says:

      No Rob, we really aren’t. There is a reason most GM’s passed on all those guys.

    • 12th man's avatar 12th man says:

      We are discussing his injured picks Berger. Thomas was a total bust.

  11. Nipper's avatar Nipper says:

    Remember in Baalke we trust. You guys have to have faith.

    • 12th man's avatar 12th man says:

      I did have. Man can’t live on faith alone. Time for a change after the season before he starts picking guys in wheelchairs.

      • Berger's avatar Berger says:

        Not really, we got a starting WR for him. Not bat at all. Maybe he was a bust but the pick isn’t. In the end, turned out to be a good pick.

      • 12th man's avatar 12th man says:

        A starting wide receiver, that sounds great! Oh, you mean Curley, the bit part player from the Lions we traded for our 3rd round bust. He wasn’t even a starter there. If Ellington didn’t get hurt we wouldn’t have him at all.

        On second thought, Baalke should high draft as many injured stiffs as possible in the hope they they can be last minute traded for a shitty teams cast off right before cut downs and we call it good. Lol.

        You drinking again Berger? Your logic is on the blink.

      • Berger's avatar Berger says:

        Haven’t drank in about a month. Been drinking about once every month or two. Trying to lose some weight. I’m going to try out for the 270lb slot receiver spot and overtake Curly. I’m going to go by the name Moe because in the midnight hour she cried Moe, Moe, Moe!. We will eventually need to trade for a Larry!

      • 12th man's avatar 12th man says:

        I bet you’ve got better hands lol.

  12. Nipper's avatar Nipper says:

    Niners have to at least beat the Rams. Beat LA.

  13. Lurker John's avatar Lurker John says:

    Who’s curly?

  14. Lurker John's avatar Lurker John says:

    The article 12th posted says something to the effect that Baalke began his strategy of drafting injured players to show how clever he was, which is a load of bullshit if you ask me. The strategy hasn’t worked out, but on the surface it looks like a sound plan. You draft a guy with first or second round talent whose stock has dropped because of a torn ACL.

    With today’s surgical techniques, the prospects of a full recovery from a torn ACL are very high, dare I say they’ve even become routine. Guys hurt that ligament all the time and make it all the way back. It takes a while but they get there. Modern sports medicine has advanced by leaps and bounds in the last 30 years

    This plan hasn’t worked out for the Niners and I think it’s high time they bag it. All they’ve gotten for their trouble is empty draft picks which have put them behind the 8 ball to a certain extent. It’s been a failed experiment. But the last thing I think Baalke was doing is trying to show everyone how smart he is. He took a chance and it didn’t pan out. Time to move on.

    • NJ49ER's avatar NJ49er says:

      I bought the strategy too, simply because the roster was relatively stable.
      He’s known to Draft and develop anyway, so that fits his MO.
      Problem is, in hindsight, the ROI has been non-existent.

    • Berger's avatar Berger says:

      We do have 4 players on the roster because of the strategy. Tank, Dial, Reaser and Curly.

  15. 12th man's avatar 12th man says:

    Dial isn’t an ACL warrior.
    Kieth Reaser stats page http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/16930/keith-reaser
    Curley isn’t an ACL warrior.
    Tank is but hasn’t done anything good in 3 seasons yet.

    Looks great Berger.

    The strategy was worth trying when the roster was really stacked. 11,12,13. It didn’t work. Baalke still did it 14,15,16 when the roster needed every able body. Still hasn’t worked.

    6 high and mid round picks and 1 7th rounder = zero starters.

    Why are we still talking about this?

    I’m not. Have at it.

    • Berger's avatar Berger says:

      Dial,dropped because he had a bad knee. Did not play until late in the 1st year because of it. I will count this one all day long. I’ll keep bringing him up so you can stay in denial.

      • 12th man's avatar 12th man says:

        Ok you do that Berger and the rest of us and the press will talk about ACL injured guys. Maybe you should widen your parameters even further until you can justify your argument?

      • Berger's avatar Berger says:

        Us? So now you are the spokesman for “us”. What a burden it is to be so relied on.

      • 12th man's avatar 12th man says:

        us because you’re the only one fudging it by introducing non ACL players in some weird attempt to prove something that doesn’t exist.

        You should start drinking again, you make more sense lol.

    • Berger's avatar Berger says:

      We are still talking about it because you are still selling it.

  16. Winder's avatar Winder says:

    Well, you guys won’t have to wait very much longer to see what we actually have. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that our defense has a lot of speed but needs to make the crucial 3rd down plays so our anemic offense maybe has a chance to make some plays. But, the Chipski does look good in his post game interviews.

  17. NJ49ER's avatar NJ49er says:

    Lurker John the caveat with the Kerley Trade is, BThomas was carrying a Late RD1 Grade prior to tearing the ACL during a private pre-Draft workout with NOLA.
    Baalke snagged him in RD3 I believe?
    He never got to the starting roster before being dealt.
    Now Detroit has him on their PS.
    He’s simply overrated or, isn’t working hard enough to improve his stock.
    Kerley is no Spring chicken at this point either.
    He’s been pretty productive however so, maybe we’ll get some short-term production from him, while we wait to see if Ellington or Patton can contribute some meaningful stats under Chip.

  18. rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

    At long last, OPENING DAY!

    At the end of the regular season, only 12 will return.
    ———————————————————————

    Half a league, half a league,
    Half a league onward,
    All in the valley of Death
    Rode the six hundred.
    “Forward, the Light Brigade!
    “Charge for the guns!” he said:
    Into the valley of Death
    Rode the six hundred.

    “Forward, the Light Brigade!”
    Was there a man dismay’d?
    Not tho’ the soldier knew
    Someone had blunder’d:
    Theirs not to make reply,
    Theirs not to reason why,
    Theirs but to do and die:
    Into the valley of Death
    Rode the six hundred.

    Cannon to right of them,
    Cannon to left of them,
    Cannon in front of them
    Volley’d and thunder’d;
    Storm’d at with shot and shell,
    Boldly they rode and well,
    Into the jaws of Death,
    Into the mouth of Hell
    Rode the six hundred.

    Flash’d all their sabres bare,
    Flash’d as they turn’d in air,
    Sabring the gunners there,
    Charging an army, while
    All the world wonder’d:
    Plunged in the battery-smoke
    Right thro’ the line they broke;
    Cossack and Russian
    Reel’d from the sabre stroke
    Shatter’d and sunder’d.
    Then they rode back, but not
    Not the six hundred.

    Cannon to right of them,
    Cannon to left of them,
    Cannon behind them
    Volley’d and thunder’d;
    Storm’d at with shot and shell,
    While horse and hero fell,
    They that had fought so well
    Came thro’ the jaws of Death
    Back from the mouth of Hell,
    All that was left of them,
    Left of six hundred.

    When can their glory fade?
    O the wild charge they made!
    All the world wondered.
    Honor the charge they made,
    Honor the Light Brigade,
    Noble six hundred.

  19. rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

    http://www.vegasinsider.com/nfl/odds/futures/

    150 to 1. That’s what I call a dark horse.

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