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Justin Smith Retires

Not sure why he made this a 4-month decision, but Justin Smith decided to retire at the age of 35. No word from him yet, but a tougher guy on any team would be pretty hard to find. A five-time pro-bowler, … Continue reading →

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How the Mighty Have Fallen

Click back to a year ago, and the 49ers were one of the top-ranked teams in the league. No.2 in fact. The Harbaugh-to-Cleveland rumors hadn’t surfaced, and the whole behind-the-scenes nightmare of innuendo hadn’t surfaced either. What happened? Well, we … Continue reading →

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Draft Picks Are All (Mostly) Signed

The 49ers wasted little time (hello Michael Crabtree) in signing their draft picks, minus Arik Amsted. he apparently has some academic issues and must wait until the end of his last quarter at Oregon. Which happens to be early June. … Continue reading →

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One Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Beer

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RONNIE!! Or, the George Thorogood school of thought. To paraphrase: Everybody funny Now, you funny.too The media in general, and especially locally, seem to be making a case that the 49ers are all of a sudden a lousy team … Continue reading →

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Police Blotter News

Ahmad Brooks is the latest player accused of sexual assault. TMZ says it has video of Brooks sexually assaulting a passed-out woman. Funny thing is, this is the same woman who accused Ray McDonald. The story is she hit her … Continue reading →

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Draft Picks and UDFAs

Per the rest of this busy sports weekend, here are the newest 49ers, draft and UDFA: 1 (17). Arik Armstead, DL, Oregon 2 (14). Jaquiski Tartt, S, Samford 3 (15). Eli Harold, OLB, Virginia 4 (18). Blake Bell, TE, Oklahoma … Continue reading →

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Huh. All Defense All Draft?

Certainly didn’t think they’d go this hard after defensive players. Still and all, with 7 picks today, they can do some depth filling to say the least. I guess the ‘braintrust’ feels that the offensive stagnation was a product of the … Continue reading →

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Draft Day One is Done

Well, well. In a reversal of the usual obscure/odd/baffling 1st round pick, Trent Baalke went with the guy who most of the draftniks predicted would come here. And that would be one Arik Armstead, the defensive lineman from Oregon. He … Continue reading →

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Be Still, My Beating Heart

Draft day is here!!! Soon  ESPN can pack Mel Kiper Jr. back in his crypt til next year’s draft festivities. Given em my druthers, here’s my draft, wishfully speaking: 1. DaVante Parker 2. Stephone Anthony 3. Alex Carter CB Stafoo … Continue reading →

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Look in to the Future

In lieu of looking at current draft needs, let’s take a look at who our 2016 free agents are. This way (for me at least) we’ll know what may be on Baalke’s wish list going forward. Next year’s FAs are: … Continue reading →

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