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Lifelong SF 49ers, SF Giants, and Golden State Warriors fan

Bounty-Gate – My Take

Still just speculation on the Bounty-gate front. The Talking Heads out there are predicting things like a year’s suspension for Gregg (the 3rd ‘g’ stands for geneous) Williams, hell fire and a raft of lost draft picks raining down on Tom Benson … Continue reading

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Franchise Tag Day, and the Deep FA WR Pool is Drying Up . . .

Today is the last day of the franchise-tagging window. Meaning some more FA WRs come off the books. Guys like Dwayne Bowe and Wes Welker look to get tagged, and Stevie (look at me, I’m a moron) Johnson just signed a … Continue reading

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Goldson Getting Tagged Today? Or Today!

<b>UPDATE:</b> The 49ers officially put the franchise tag on Dashon Goldson. They also said they are going to work on a multi-year deal going forward. Not much happening around 4949 Centennial Blvd. The deadline is coming up for teams to … Continue reading

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Ahmad Brooks Get his Payday

The Niners took their first step in trying to keep the team relatively intact for the 2012 season by signing Ahmad Brooks to a 6 year $44.5 million contract, with $17.5 mill of that guaranteed. If you haven’t heard the … Continue reading

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Goldson Ditches His Agent – We’re Halfway Through the Franchising Period . . .

. . . and nothing out of 4949 Centennial Blvd. I’m curious as to what end the ditching of notorious weenie agent Drew (the Screw) Rosenhaus serves in the immediate future. Goldson is angling for a new big fat contract. … Continue reading

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Breaking News ! ! ! ! ! !

Per Trent Baalke’s press conference, he’s leery of using (but isn’t averse) to using the franchise tag. He’s not looking to be reactionary in the free agency period, and is looking at possibly acquiring some wideouts soon. Either through free … Continue reading

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Escape From Behind the Orange Curtain . . .

I’m back. Disneyland nightmare and traffic hell notwithstanding. I set the blog to stop taking comments too early, so that last one shut down prematurely. Sorry. I fixed that problem. Anyhow, not much brewing yet in 49er-land other than speculation on when and … Continue reading

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Out Out Out

ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…………………… Not much happening out there in football-land (pitchers and catchers report this weekend! Go Giants!) and I’m going out of town for the long weekend. So, play nice or don’t play at all. I will be back on Tuesday … Continue reading

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Peyton’s Place – Is It Here?

Ha ha. No way. Word is (thanks, Dennis) is that Peyton Manning had an additional undisclosed surgery on his neck, and that there are apparently bone spurs in his previously fused portion of the neck vertebrae, which would neccessitate an additional … Continue reading

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R.I.P. Freddie Solomon

Sad. Very Sad. Freddie Solomon passed away at 59. He was battling liver cancer for the last nine months of his life. An outstanding quarterback out of the University of Tampa, he wasn’t highly recruited, but was a Mike Vick … Continue reading

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