Well, we are witnessing the downfall of yet another season due to injury. The Kyle Shanahan era is one that has been ravaged by injury during 5 of his 8 seasons.
This season? Well, despite our 4-2 record, we’ve lost our starting QB, TE, WR1, WR2, WR3, DE, MLB, LG, FS, and a shit-ton of backups. So, I don’t think this team is in the fix-it-now mode. They shouldn’t be throwing draft picks to patch up the holes in Good Ship Niner. They need to save all their picks top fix the O line.
Yesterday’s game was flat atrocious as TB, a team with 10 sacks in 5 games, got 6 sacks, 12 hurries, and 2 picks. The O line play is beyond abysmal, and whatever good feelings were there after the Rams game were quickly squashed on the very 1st play from offense when Kendrick Bourne turned right, and Jones threw left, and TB was gifted a TD.
Then Fred Warner went down with a very nasty ankle injury as the braintrust forgot to get an RDE into the game and the running play went right at the gap. After this I thought we would struggle. But Saleh went into Sorensen mode and simply didn’t want to risk blitzing.
Despite that, the game was in reach until Baker Mayfield somehow managed to avoid the entire 49ers defense on a 3rd and 14 scramble. After that I told my buddies, next play is a TD bomb. Baker’s gonna take a shot. Sure enough, it came to pass.
Yeah, we got a supposedly easy schedule, but until they fucking throw anyone out there besides Coby, who was just non-existent, Puni, who is having a gigantic sophomore slump, Brendel, who is just mediocre at best, Trent Williams, who is routinely getting pushed backwards into Jones’ lap, and McKivitz, who is the stalwart as the 28th best RT, this line can’t block a box of kleenex.
Maybe we regroup to beat some shitty teams, but really, this team cannot survive in the playoffs unless Purdy somehow comes back and fixes the immense red zone issues also plaguing this team.
AGAIN.
8 FGs and 3 TDs these last 2 games.
San Francisco 49ers Forever 
Hoping the loss of Fred is going to ignite some passion and emotional response from the youngsters.
I expect Dee to carry that torch above all, as he’s likely to be wearing the green dot.
Saleh has to find a front that can stack the front against the run too. Fred won’t be there to fill now. Might even think about more DB blitzing packages too, similar to what we just faced in TB. They were mixing up fronts and dropping guys in and out.
Hope Bijan gets plenty of carries tonight and comes to SF, on a short week, good and tired. Otherwise, I don’t like our chances of stopping him next Sunday night.
Also, forgot to mention prior to the TB game, Robert Beal got waived. Curious to see if he clears and whether they bring him back if he does.
Brandon Aiyuk unfollowed the 49ers and wiped his social media accounts of all things Niners. Here we go again with the diva routine, only this time he already got paid big, and for almost nothing.
Gotta think Lynch and company realize their mistake 12th.
Hoping he’s on the trade block and he’s been told as much. Hard as it might be to deal him in his current situation before the deadline, he’s mailed it in since he took the first check.
He doesn’t have a leg to stand on. Literally.
This season and this team just get dumber and dumber.
Another wasted season just bums me out.
Jesus. Maybe be knows something we don’t. IOW, he’s been traded.
TN canned their HC. Things are in disarray now so, maybe there’s a chance to swap some assets for Simmons? Losses for us are going to be hard to replace.
Color me surprised.
Didn’t ever know this was a Mott the Hoople song. And I thought I knew my shit.
Love this version
The title track is our battle anthem on Defense now Chuck.
This is what a leader does. Who carries it going forward without Fred will be important. Kittle would probably be at the head of the line.
Fred Warner addressed 49ers in emotional locker room speech – NBC Sports Bay Area & California https://share.google/15fQYl1msZQpRy2h3
Gonna be an interesting matchup for us next week.
Ulbrich v Saleh. NYJ reunion of sorts.
Not sure either guy will surprise the other.
Atl is rolling vs Buffalo.
Moody kicks two 47 yard FGs.
And someone needs to tell Skyy Moore to stop catching punts inside the 5 fucking yard line. I thought we were gonna get better special teams but it is more of the same.
Yeah that last place schedule doesn’t look so easy.
And just to show how surreal the NFL is, Jake Moody kicks 4 FGs, and wins the game for the Bears as time runs out 25-24.
Gotta wonder how the Aiyuk contract pays out of he doesn’t play a snap this year? Injury terms are defined of course as guaranteed money. I’m guessing his $750k/game is saved?
NFL rumors: Brandon Aiyuk 49ers contract extension details breakdown – NBC Sports Bay Area & California https://share.google/LvaSZqWduIThmzik8
Looks like the story on BA is false. It came from Jennifer Lee Chan at NBC sports bay area, a reputable place and reporter. They haven’t issued a retraction as yet but scrubbed the story from their media.
Turns out BA never re-followed the Niners after his last Diva outburst.
It would be worth it to trade him for some dried celery. And let another team handle him.
If everyone else somehow come back healthy, then I could see them doing something.
But BA has to play to set his value.
Yeah, that seemed like really odd timing. BA may be a diva, but that would just be stupid.
This is something we Niner fans already know, but it’s good to get empirical evidence:
2015-2023EL PASO, Texas (Oct. 8, 2025) – A new study from The University of Texas at El Paso has uncovered how financial incentives may subtly shape officiating decisions in one of America’s most iconic institutions: the National Football League. By analyzing more than 13,000 penalty calls from 2015 to 2023, researchers found that postseason officiating has disproportionately favored the Patrick Mahomes–era Kansas City Chiefs, coinciding with their rise as one of the NFL’s most marketable franchises.
We waived an Oline member Isaac Alarcon which likely opens a slot for DL. Haven’t seen Beal resigned either. We’re dropping like flies.
I didn’t think Alarcon counted as he was the international player but maybe I’m wrong.
Beal has been a nothing burger.
New thread is up.