The Season is Here!

Carolina travels to Sherpaland to open the 2016 season! The talk is over. The miasma of uncertainty  stops, and the real shit begins. Of course, the Niners are saved for the last game. Monday night vs the Rams.

To me this is a very important game. Given the tough schedule, this would appear to be the most winnable of the first 5. The. A k end isn’t as tough as the beginning, but all may be lost by then.

Well, enough talk. Play ball!

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177 Responses to The Season is Here!

  1. bigflavor's avatar Flavor says:

    AD absent from practice, not injury related. I have said since he came back that he doesn’t really want this. We’ll see what the reason is but I, for one, won’t spend a second counting on him. He doesn’t give a shit about playing football, he’s all about those checks…..

    • bigflavor's avatar Flavor says:

      i mean, i could tell that just following him on twitter for a couple of years. Why would the Niners set themselves up for this guy to fuck them again? Desperation?

      • rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

        Did you see their O-line last year? Baalke was trying to save another high draft choice.

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

        He is talented. Looks like a spotlight grab to me, Trent Brown is getting a lot of praise as RT and AD is maybe a bit jealous. Problem for him his the Niners have a guy right behind him, Tiller, who can step right in.

  2. rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

    I haven’t followed it, but AD was a huge road grader tackle. He may be finding that he sucks as a zone blocking guard.

  3. Irish Kevin's avatar Irish Kevin says:

    12th man, I have season tickets, so I will be at the Cowboy game.

  4. NJ49ER's avatar NJ49er says:

    Nice piece on TBrown – Screw blocking sleds in the off-season.
    He used his Yukon Denali. NICE!

    http://tinyurl.com/j6z56vm

  5. rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

    One thing to remember this year. Touchbacks on kickoffs come out to the 25.
    OK, two things. There is a no longer a “probable” on the injury list. So expect to see zillions of “questionables”.

    • NJ49ER's avatar NJ49er says:

      1st kicker to perfect a parachute kick to drop inside the 5, that gives coverage enough hang time to get there, wins that battle.
      Squib kicks might be too tough to control relative to going OoB and giving them additional yardage.
      The perfect plan is to force a return somehow.

  6. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    The NFL in its brilliance of noticing that tons of players get hurt on kick returns change the rules to make them more likely.

    I mean, they moved the kickoff line from the 30 to the 35 to encourage touch backs. Used to be the 40 back in the day. Now this? Dumb.

    Newton gets speared in the helmet 4 times and the refs are like, meh. They Offset the penalty on that play because of the intentional grounding. Mixed signals anyone?

    • Nipper's avatar Nipper says:

      BLEEP!

    • rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

      The two in the second half that really hurt Cam were technically penalties. But Cam was ducking down on both plays. Consider this: Cam is the strongest and arguably the most elusive QB in the league as well as the best runner. You’re a defender coming in hard and fast, trying to nail him before he jukes away, and he ducks. What’re supposed to do, stop?

    • NJ49ER's avatar NJ49er says:

      Marv Levy’s term, Over-Officious Jerks comes to mind Chuck.
      They’re clueless minions for Goodell and The Billionaire Boys Club.
      No idea what’s going on from an Officiating perspective anymore.
      Everything becomes a League investigation after the fact, and apologies or fines are handed out.

  7. Nipper's avatar Nipper says:

    Is AD going to play in the Rams game? Or is he retired for that game? Will Kap encourage more players to take a knee during the anthem? Can Chipper forge an offense out of the Niners? Will our RB hold up under the pounding? Questions……questions never end.

  8. rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

    Alex is getting smacked hard at home by the Chargers – early, early, early surprise.

  9. NJ49ER's avatar NJ49er says:

    Holtzman from ESPN –

    Dolphins RB Arian Foster just told me he plans to take a knee and raise his fist during the national anthem today in Seattle. He said some of his teammates will join him. Foster said Dolphins players met on Friday and agreed to make their own decision on how to handle today’s anthem.

  10. NJ49ER's avatar NJ49er says:

    SD WR Keenan Allen knee injury?
    Anyone see it?
    Reports suggest it could be serious.

  11. rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

    The Raiders better fix their problems defending the deep ball or it’s going to be a long season. This, when the AFC West and indeed, the whole AFC, is up for grabs this year.

  12. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Jesus. The NFL has to come up with PI calls that make sense. I’m no Raider fan, but they’ve been hosed on 2 consecutive pass plays.

  13. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    AD? Who knows? I thought he was doing the right things by asking to move to RG. What he’s doing now is beyond me.

    Raiders block a FG and it still goes through

    • rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

      Undead Al’s dead though I still despise Raider fans. I like Reggie McKenzie and how he’s improved the team. I like Carr. But they’re not the Niners and never will be.

    • rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

      That being said, the alternatives to root for in the AFC don’t do much for me, might as well be the Raiders.

  14. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Crabs just did something that drives me nuts. Crabs runs his route and is wide open underneath. Carr scrambles, so Crabs turns his back to his QB and runs toward a safety and into coverage. Don’t get it. If he had just sat, Carr could have found him.

  15. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Wow. Raiders going for 2? Go for the win on the road? Del Rio doesn’t trust his defense?

  16. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Crabs redeems himself. Then unredeems himself for the unsportsmanlike for excessive celebration.

    • rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

      Freakin’ unbelievable. Add the two muffed passes in the last minute before the TD and you’ve got a team trying to lose. Carr’s gotta be PIZZED.

  17. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Seabass saves Crabs’ bacon.

  18. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Raiders go soft and give up 22 yards.

    • rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

      They haven’t had a pass rush since very early in the game. Brees has been tearing them up but it was the two quick TDs that killed them. They can’t defend the pass.

  19. rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

    Wow, great (?!?!?!) road win for the Raiders. Going for 2 at the end looks really good now!

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