In an offseason full of distractions, shit just got crazy with the shooting of 1st round pick Ricky Pearsall. He was in Union Square for an autograph signing session and a 17 year old kid attempted to rob him of his Rolex. As they struggled with the gun, multiple shots were fired, both were hit, and Pearsall was shot through the chest with what were called serious injuries. He’s in stable condition. Luckily he survived, but his football future is certainly up in the air.
Regardless of the national hooraw now coming that San Francisco is now Beirut by the Bay, this just throws another major distraction on the team that seems to be courting them by the dozen. All the talk of Super Bowl Hangover is just the diarrhea frosting on the shit cake this season is becoming. And it hasn’t even started yet.
The 49ers, as they neglected their offensive line yet again, are now being held hostage by Trent Williams, their 36 year old all-pro left tackle. Not signing him would be a major blow to an offensive line that already isn’t very good at pass protection. Jaylon Moore is the answer to the question ‘which backup sucks the least?’
One would think Robert Saleh is salivating over the possibility of facing a Niner front without Trent. We seem to be he team everyone nationally loves to hate. Purdy is regularly slammed as being a system QB, Shanahan is wearing the crown of not being able to win the big one, and now this latest debacle with Pearsall just reaffirms the perception that California, and San Francisco especially, is a lawless shit hole run by Communists. You can bet Trump is warming up the meme machine as this is all Harris’ fault.
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Speaking of awesome covers, I absolutely love this version by Creedence.
Thing is, Shanny can use this to his infinite advantage if he plays it right.
But, man, coming out of the chute on a Monday night nationally televised game with Trent possibly not playing stands to be a huge game. Throw in all the extra bullshit and the conversation will be up there with the fall of the Roman Empire if they lay an egg.
Pearsall’s Mom Erin says the bullet went clean through not hitting anything vital.
What a crazy life.
12th…Man that is beyond crazy Ricky wrestling with the kid gets shot, probably shoots the kid in the scrum? And then walks over to the ambulance ( hello wtf atleast a wheelchair chair to ambulance)Rolex still on his wrist, he is one tough MOFO I’ll give him that!
Damm I hope it doesn’t turn into the high pick of “The Curse of WR Jalin Hurd part 2”who never saw the football field with injuries but he was never shot..
All over a watch Kat!
On the bright side it gives Pearsall’s shoulder time to heal (kidding). But seriously now we know he will be ok, on the football side of things they can’t put him on IR with a return designation as those spots are used.
I would think the league has a mechanism for this type of thing so they don’t have to keep his spot on the 53 open, some version of PUP maybe?
Chuck and you know what San Francisco is a Cesspool and I was born there but it was ok way back in the Time Machine days.
Anyway you look at it, it’s just another major black eye for the city, and now involving a pro athlete will make any football are baseball FÃ from wanted to come there even harder especially ones with families..
Yeah the Giants could put their spin on going to SF and enjoy a safe beautiful city with many attractions, but it’s all BS and most probably like 90% of players live either in Lafayette are Blackhawk, Greenbrae,Atherton,Los Alto Hills, Hillsborough, etc..
Posey talks the talk for management sake about how great SF is but he’s got a beautiful mansion in Lafayette,gated secure for his family, only a guy like Hunter Pence and his GF have an apartment in the city , but their single with no kids otherwise they would split too..
Kat- I was born there also and there always places that were dangerous to be. I always thought the most dangerous person in the world was a 14 year old with a gun this guy turned out to be 17 but it’s still the same. Can’t blame the whole city for some people who just don’t have any morals. There are sociopaths and psycho’s everywhere. To me it’s all the dot-com money that changed the city the most.
Pearsall released from hospital, great news.
the city is fine. Every major city has these exact samw
problems. A couple months ago saw a show at the warfield. Right next
to the tenderloin and walked to cow hollow at midnight. No biggie.
I’m in the city all the time and have never had problems.
you just have to know where you are and what you are doing. Just like every other major city.
sure this will blow back on Kamala. But this is where the main stream media really like to pile on. So we get to hear how the Dems ran SF I to the ground. And yeah some of it was justified. But the voters passed the stupid crimes under $950 are misdemeanors.
The DA as well (son of the weather underground) played a huge part.
Pearsall is now one of my favorite Niners. I wish the kid nothing but the best.
his mom said the bullet miss all his vital organs so he is extremely lucky.
Really glad to hear Pearsall was released less than 24 hours after getting shot, no surgery required, which is very encouraging.
Get well soon, Ricky!
As 12th said (tongue in cheek) if the league has a safe space to park Ricky due to the injury being non football related it might be a golden opportunity to get that shoulder tightened up?
As for the city of San Francisco. I have loved going year after year, but it’s impossible not to see it’s shameful decline. Horrible political policies and terrible laws enacted, handcuffing policing efforts, theives vagrants and homelessness are just about everywhere.
Like Chuck said, this particular incident with Pearsall could have been in any major city, and that’s true, but the SF of today is a shadow of it’s former beautiful self.
Whatever. The city was much dirtier and dangerous(er) in the early 70s. Much more violent crime than now beyond compare.
Just ask Dirty Harry.
The ony diff now is the incessant coverage from the media about how awful SF is.
Houston, New York, Chicago, and LA have 5x the crime than SF but all the media talks about is the doom loop, Elon is LEAVING!!! *GASP* and blah blah blah.
Like I said, whatever.
Getting rid of a soft DA and getting rid of the stupid law that makes theft under $950 a misdemeanor would do a lot.
It’s like the Republican screaming about the border. Illegal crossings are at an 8 year low and Trump stopped reforming the non-existent policies but it is Harris’s fault.
And does the media (CNN in particular) call out any of this? Of course not. They are in the business of propping up Trump in order to cause division and drive their own ratings. Dana Bash asks Harris about the stupid ‘she’s Black for convenience’ comment. She just says ‘Trump being Trump’ and leaves it at that.
Does she ask about the blowjob comment? Does she say things like ‘Are Biden’s border policies working now that illegal crossings are way down?’ Of course not. Instead it’s ‘why do you flip-flop on everything?’ Trump was a pro-choice Democrat when he was going through his Viet-nam in the 70s and paying for abortions left and right. He contradicts himself 5 times a day. But he’s not the issue.
CNN goes out of its way to normalize Trump’s completely insane actions.
Trump LOVES to rail on ‘main stream media’ and ‘big tech’ but BOTH of those entities got him elected on 2016 and both are in the business of doing it again.
>>> end of political rant <<<
Look at it this way Chuck.
RFK Jr found Trump’s brain worm and now they found each other. What a happy ending huh?
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In hindsight perhaps the shoulder ailment Ricky has been dealing with is a result of carrying that Angel around that just spared his life?
Man, this is is just so surreal. Next we’ll hear the bullet somehow fixed his shoulder.
Just saw a new name for Pearsall that might stick…..Wick Pearsall.
Summers over and football is about to start, even though our offseason has sucked it’s about time for some real games. Sign fucking Williams.
Brutal off season and it’s still not over Winder.
I’m definately concerned for the team early on, I would think by game 3 or 4 they should be playing 9er ball, but those first few games have me worried.
In any event, Monday night football is almost with us!
Yeah 12th, pretty sure defense is gonna have to win this one on Monday.
I read an article about Ricky shoulder, ortho doctors say that it should not happen multiple times like Ricky has. The doctors say he needs surgery. But we all know the Niners heath care does not pay attention to doctors outside their walls. Yes his mother says no damage done, it was through and through. A very very lucky young man.
SFPD on the job for this one. Ricky might have played his his pro game on his birthday but for this.
https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/nfl/san-francisco-49ers/ricky-pearsall-shooting-san-francisco-police/1776694/
Good cops run toward the sound of gunfire which is why they deserve our respect and support. The assholes in Uvalde, not so much.
Nice find NJ.
Thanks 12th, we’ve got LEOs in the family and too many of them get zero respect.
Many of them are good caring people having to be in situations that are in direct conflict with theirs.
Happy to read about a LEO that tells us a positive story.
This is interesting from David Bonilla. 9ers just cut a tackle leaving 2 on the 53 and the international player on the PS.
Something brewing with Silverback?
https://www.49erswebzone.com/articles/183405-49ers-roster-moves-suggest-williams/
Boy did this kid step in something special.
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/ricky-pearsall-out-at-least-four-games-on-non-football-injury-list
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/49ers-sign-t-brandon-parker
New thread is up.