Niners Nation (Free subscription) | yesterday
The 49ers and Bears did not hold formal practices today, but due to the truncated schedule, they have provided an injury report based on what would likely have happened if there had been practice. Suffice to say, this is not a pretty practice report. The 49ers were beat up pretty badly yesterday and find themselves needing to turn around quickly to face the Bears this Thursday. Glen Coffee is out and...
Niners Nation (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
@ Date: October 1, 2009 Time: 1:05pm PST Location: Bill Walsh Field @ Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA Records: 49ers (3-1) Falcons (2-1) Bodoglife.com Spread : 49ers -2.5; Over/Under 40.5; Money Line: 49ers -140, Falcons +120 - A 2.5 point spread is rather interesting. The home team automatically gets 3 points. So I guess oddsmakers view the Falcons as just a touch better minus the home field....
Niners Nation (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
We've got the final injury report for the week and the only big change is several probable players for the 49ers . Having seen the practice reports, and now seeing this lit, probable players really end up being no big deal. However, it sounds like with Marques Harris and Reggie Smith out, Curtis Taylor supposedly might be activated this week. It sounds like it would be primarily for special teams work,...
Niners Nation (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
The 49ers remain a bit banged up this week. I remain convinced part of the reason Dave Baas is struggling is the continued injury issues. I realize he's been practicing a bit (or fully as in today) and playing each week, but it can't be easy to get into a sufficient rhythm to be a successful player. I'd love to hear other opinions, but Baas has definitely struggled and he has definitely been banged...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Defensive tackle Ray McDonald returns a fourth-quarter fumble 11 yards for the 49ers' final touchdown. St. Louis' blunders directly led to 21 49ers points. SAN FRANCISCO -- The 49ers pitched their first shutout since 2002 on Sunday, but no one was waving towels or popping champagne corks. Sure, the final score was 35-0, but even inside the 49ers' locker room, there was the sense that perhaps that...
Niners Nation (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
The 49ers injury situation has cleared up quite a bit in the last 24 hours. Really it's the last few hours since we've had some players who, as expected, practiced after sitting out yesterday. It sounds like the limited guys (Baas, Staley, Ulbrich) will probably play this week. Other than that, there's nothing out of the ordinary in this report, as far as I can tell. The Rams practice report is identical...
Niners Nation (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
More photos » by Jim Mone - AP Browse more photos » Maiocco and Barrows have posted injury reports, so I thought I'd pass along some of that information and look ahead to what means next week and beyond. After two relatively injury-free games to start the season, the 49ers leave Minnesota a little more banged-up up than before. The big injury was to Frank Gore . As Persiflage stated in...
Niners Nation (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
vs. Date: September 27, 2009 Time: 10:00pm PST Location: Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN Records: 49ers (2-0) Vikings (2-0) Bodoglife.com Spread : Vikings -7; Over/Under 39; Money Line: 49ers +245, Vikings -290 - Even if I was picking against the 49ers I'd still take them to cover. I think it'll be a defensive battle. So much so that I'd probably even take the under, even at 39. Weather : Room Temperature...
Field Gulls (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
This hole? Zombie-Curtis Enis could run through it. How does a running back rush for 80 yards on the first play of the half? How does a team fail to adjust when that same running back broke a 75 yard run in the first half? Seattle didn't really adjust. It was again eight in the box. Kelly Jennings was manning the right end, making Seattle borderline nine in the box. The starters, minus Lofa Tatupu...
Niners Nation (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
The final injury report for the week was just sent out and there are a couple interesting additions to it. Vikings WR Percy Harvin has been dealing with some sort of illness and has missed practice the last couple days. While it's true that rookie receivers take time to develop in the NFL, I think that a receiver with Harvin's skill-set is a bit of a different case. Aside from being used on short routes...
Field Gulls (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
More photos » by Marcio Jose Sanchez - AP Allowing Old Man Norris to rush for fifteen yards is angering, but don't direct your anger at Aaron Curry. Browse more photos » The defender closest to the play is blamed. The player closest to the play is rarely at fault. San Francisco started their drive with an inside hand off to Moran Norris for fifteen. Seahawks fans might do it begrudgingly,...
Niners Nation (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
The 49ers square off this Sunday with a Vikings squad that hasn't had too many major injury problems. As this report shows, the biggest no show at practice was middle linebacker E.J. Henderson . Adrian Peterson was limited, but I'd imagine he'll definitely be playing on Sunday. Frank Gore was limited in practice because of his ankle, but again, I don't see him missing Sunday's game. Brandon Jones is...
Field Gulls (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
More photos » by Elaine Thompson - AP Darryl Tapp does something cool ten times a game. In his coaches eyes, that can't overcome the two inches God didn't give him. Browse more photos » The first quarter ended quietly. Craig Terrill sacked Shaun Hill and forced San Francisco to start the second quarter punting. The Seahawks looked to be in it, and maybe if things had broken differently...
Field Gulls (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
One Seahawk did his job, and Lawrence Jackson wasn't enough. Jackson was alone on the right, knocking back pulling left guard David Baas , chipping and disrupting fullback Moran Norris and narrowing Gore's hole to a sliver. The linebackers overpursued and were out of position. Colin Cole was miles in the backfield after completely misreading the play. Red Bryant pursued hard left and abandoned his...
Niners Nation (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
@ Date: September 20, 2009 Time: 1:05pm PST Location: Bill Walsh Field @ Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA Records: 49ers (1-0) Seahawks (1-0) Bodoglife.com Spread : 49ers -1; Over/Under 39.5; Money Line: No money line b/c of how close the matchup is - The oddsmakers definitely recognize how close this matchup is. When setting the line, a home team automatically gets 3 points. So, if not for home...
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