Guys are dropping like flies in camp, and we haven’t even reached the one-week milestone. 3rd string LB Jimmie Gilbert is out for the year with a torn ACL, Jaquiski Tartt is day-to-day with a rib injury, DeForest Buckner is day-to-day with an ankle injury, but apparently it is not as bad as initially thought, TE George Kittle is being held out of practice for individual drills, and Keith Reaser will miss practice entirely for a 2nd day. Eli Harold is being held out of practice for a concussion suffered a few days ago.
Good news is that Eric Reid is back to full practice status after tweaking his ankle. Other than that, the latest casualty if the new regime is Bruce Ellington, the speedster who never got untracked.
Camp sleeper, according to Adam Schefter is matt Breida, UDFA RB out of Georgia Southern, who ran a blistering 4.38 in the 40 is making headway to make the team. He also had the highest vertical leap, 42 inches, and pumped out 23 repetitions of 225 pounds on the bench press. He also seems to be meshing very well with what Kyle Shanahan and RB coach Bobby Turner are looking for in a fast powerful guy who can catch the occasional pass.
That’s about all the news that’s out there Niner-wise. Ryan Tannehill is out for a while, so the Colin Kaepernick death march to the NFL continues.
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I gotta laugh about the Ravens owner about Kap. The guy should just keep his mouth shut. Don’t act like you want him when you don’t. I think Miami is the perfect place for kap since Seattle didn’t want him. We have had lots of injuries but so have a bunch of teams. Makes you wonder what these fucking physical trainers are doing. I bet Ellington didn’t show the desire to be on the team as the others have. I mean he does have the skills but he’s also missing something. Someone will pick him up. Probably Seattle just for the playbook.
With that 40 time and shiftiness, I have to wonder why Breida was overlooked in the draft. I don’t know how big he is, but he looks muscular as hell in photos, with huge arms. If he pans out, we’d have a nice trio in Hyde, Williams and Breida. I’m really champing at the bit for the first preseason game.
As for injuries, I just hope Shanahan isn’t pushing the players too hard. As a first-time head coach, it’s possible that he’s so gung ho that he doesn’t know when to rein it in.
Kap is a dipshit. He made his bed. Now he gets to sleep in it. I wouldn’t mind not hearing his name for the rest of the preseason.
Flavor’s blog is entertaining in their frustration with the Giants losing ways. Those Matt Moore starts are especially pathetic. The bodies keep changing but the results are the same….players that can’t field, hit or pitch much.
thanks Nip. You should get some IT help so you could post there again. You were one of the originals at the Splash. Flap would welcome you back with open arms.
Brieda had a crappy senior season as Ga Southern retooled their offensive scheme. It screwed him up. He also played pretty small at like 180 and has since put on some weight.
As for Kappy, I hope he gets a shot.
Anyone think Smelter makes the team? He remains, to me, an interesting prospect. He’s big and tough, supposed to be a good blocker and has those legendary hands. Given that the Niners are still thin at wideout, I’m sure he’s getting his chance, I just haven’t heard much. The preseason games will be telling I’d imagine.
I see Breida has some experience returning kicks. At the end of the day, that may be his path to making the team. Hightower is 31 and has never really done all that much, but he has experience. I haven’t heard much about Williams this camp either.
The yearly “your team suks article” . . . ! Make mine a double . . .
http://deadspin.com/why-your-team-sucks-2017-san-francisco-49ers-1797328541
Bruce Ellington waived…
another one of TB’s head scratcher moves. TB loved guys who were hurt who he would draft who would end up doing exactly squat.
Driving home from Reno today, got to listen to the Eric Reed interview on KNBR. He sounds genuinely excited about the new regime and that’s enough for me. We are thin at almost every position so I’m assuming that as the season unfolds and more and more guys get injured we’re going to be totally fucked like last year. But unlike last year, we don’t have buffoons making the decisions. I’m cautiously optimistic right now.
oh, and fuck Kap. He’s not good enough to be worth the hassle that he brings with him.
I’m very curious to see how the defense fares. We have a bit of talent on the line and a lot of questions in the d backfield. Our DC last year was absolutely clueless so I think better coaching will go a long way to improving the defense.
The o has to carry their side of things though. We have a ton of players and a lot of hope but more unknowns across the board. Smelter looks like the real deal but at least we have an OC that appears to have a plan.
I thought we’d do more for the o line but there’s still time I guess.
Say what you will about Kappy but his numbers Weren’t bad but for the clown show built by Baalke. Not our headache anymore but whatevs. I think he deserves a shot.
It sounds like Tannehill may need season-ending knee surgery. If that’s the case, Miami may be where Kap gets his shot. I’d certainly take him over an over-the-hill Jay Cutler. My main beef with Kap now is that he’s no longer a 49er but gets constantly talked about on the the various 49er sites and elsewhere. Since he’s gone, I’m way more concerned with how the Niner offense will do with the QB’s they do have.
I’m with Flavor, Fuck Kap. He was a distraction last year and he will be one again.
Miami will go the pussy route and take Cutler. The hooraw around Kaepernick is akin to all unwritten rules in baseball. In that the Latin players shouldn’t be so demonstrative and the minority players should know their place. It ain’t all about that but there’s a large element of it in these situations.
Look at all the shit Harper got for calling baseball ‘boring’.
Kap did what he did for what he thought were valid but unpopular reasons. He’s better than at least half of the 96 QBs on NFL rosters. But yeah fuck him. Let the rich white owners dictate the actions of its players.
Its the fans as much as the owners. Backlash is a real concern for them, alienating a large portion of a fan base, as pig socks Krapadick did, is expensive.
Moving on.
If Kaepernick came in and won games for some team, he’d be a Goddamn hero. Perception is reality.
Beyond that, the game is hurting due to stupid and inane penalties, the tons of shitty teams, shoddy QB play, corporate takeover, billions of ads, and the abject greed of the league. The owners would have you believe that Karpernick is solely responsible for the downturn in attendance and ratings. As if he kneels for All 128 games a season, not just the 16 with SF.
Eighteen years ago, Warner came out of nowhere to lead the Rams from a 4-12 season to a Super Bowl championship
It can be done, just saying!
It could be done. Just not with a Brian Hoyer. Cousins would give us a chance.
Didn’t Kap win a game at Miami last year? Last second stuff? Maybe they’d give him a shot. I could see picking him up to PLAY but not to sit on the bench and cause distractions. If he played and he was good, you keep playing him. My opinion is that Kap is a shell of who he once was and he won’t be able to win consistently but I wouldn’t mind watching it all play itself out. Entertainment.
They came close but lost, I believe by getting stuffed near the goal line as time ran out:
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/201611270mia.htm
Kap would likely walk into the starting job in Miami. No one would be signing him at this point to sit on the bench. Good bad or indifferent he would be a distraction.
The thing about Kap is he got fucked hard by Jed. Kap took a very team-friendly deal, one he and his yokel agent got shit for, to help keep the talent on the team. They didn’t, and he suffered for it. As the talent around him got worse, so did he. Jed promised to keep the talent here and then let everyone go. Baalke didn’t do anything to fix the roster problems, and their response was to whisper about Kaepernick’s ineffectiveness. Of course Gabbert came in and played like a duller turd than Colin, so there you have it.
Shell of himself? No one could have won with that team the last couple years. If he was on Denver last year, Denver makes the playoffs. They made a mistake by not taking him. Denver is going to suck again this year as their defense ages and their QB hole continues to gape.
Besides LOOKING much smaller over the last couple of years, to me, he seems to have totally lost his confidence on his throws. Here’s a pass that Kap would have thrown but check out Taylor hauling it in. AWESOME, really looking forward to this guy in the slot
Speaking of small, Taylor is 5’8″. Dude is tiny. He might make the team based on the dogshit WRs we have, and that we desperately NEED a punt returner.
he can be tiny and play out of the slot. Lots of good small slot guys–esp with Shanny utilizing him to the fullest. Really excited to see what this offense is gonna look like .
I think our WR’s are pretty good right now and since we have a QB not named Kap maybe we can get the ball to em. I like Taylor because he plays way bigger than he is. He has heart and he makes plays.
He’s been making plays in camp, great plays. The dude may be small but he’s the real deal. Great hands and athletic ability, fearless over the middle and tough as nails. Don’t sell short because of his size, the Niners aren’t. Small or not, he’s a football player.
He’s making the team regardless.