Golden Nuggets: Are they good?
by Ninjames on Oct 16, 2009 3:01 AM PDT
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I really contemplated beginning these Nuggets with the phrase I planned on in the post from yesterday's edition but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I feel like there's a bit of site decorum I have to maintain as a regular front page poster here and it wouldn't be too professional if I... oh what the heck.. YO NINAHS NATION WHASSUP MAYNE HOW BOUT DEM NINAHS GIMMIE A YEEAAH BOOIII SON!! Alright, with that out of my system, how about I actually give some semblance of a summation of today's links? Well to be honest, there's not much. We're into the bye week and as far as 49ers news there's not a whole lot. I've been hoping to have some links concerning some sort of personnel shakeup that the team definitely needs on the offensive line but it seems like it will have to wait for another day. We've just got some general bye week news. Keep in mind, the Nuggets are short today. Here's the links.
Here's why WR Michael Crabtree wont get the 40 million dollars his contract can max out at when you factor in all the incentives. It certainly does seem rather unreachable, I can't see him doing it. (NBCBayArea.com)
Coach Mike Singletary is turning the 49ers around his way: something I like to read while still recovering from the loss to Atlanta. (Yahoo.com)
This is a question I continue to ask myself day in and day out: are the 49ers good? It's such a simple question yet the answer is not so simply arrived at. (MercuryNews.com)
WR Josh Morgan continues to update his blog "Josh's Journal" with his third entry. (49ers.com)
QB Alex Smith is one step away from being the starter? This really does make me sick, considering I feel like Shaun Hill is the better quarterback by a mile. (PressDemocrat.com)
So what would everyone here think of the 49ers trading for Josh Cribbs? I'm all for it, I don't think we should give up a first, obviously but maybe something involving QB Alex Smith could be worked in as well as another semi-early pick. It's worth looking at, as the 49ers are among the teams listed as having contacted the Browns inquiring about a trade. (NFL.com)
Rookie receiver Michael Crabtree has no bye week, he's working through it to catch up to the rest of the team. (SFGate.com)
Might as well go for a little self promotion, I weigh in on the 49ers offensive line and their... rather abysmal play of late. (NFLTouchdown.com)
S Michael Lewis says he can think clearly and will play against the Texans. I'm not liking his chances of lasting the season. (MercuryNews.com)
Always a good update, check out Yahoo's 49ers Team Report. (Yahoo.com)
Seeing as how the 49ers have a bye week, here's a couple maps so you can figure out which game will be on for you come Sunday if you're still hungry for some football. (The506.com)
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Josh Morgan - ATL game
He made WAY too many mental mistakes Sunday for a starting WR. Not finishing the play on the ball he did catch for what should have been a TD? I hope someone screamed at him not to worry who is behind you, just get your ass into the end-zone! That’s your job! Worst of all he appeared to give up and I thought more of him, very disappointing game performance that to me stood out in an all-round ugly game. I think he looses his job real quick.
by 49ersCAN on Oct 16, 2009 4:10 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It obviously was not his best game
But it definitely was his best game looking at the stats so far this season. Anyway I don’t want to judge too mnay players performace from that game.
Something was wrong overall and everyone didn’t do as well as they could have.
Nedney missed a field goal and I saw Patrick WIllis not completing a couple of tackles. So Morgan actually did fine compared to the rest of the team besides not finishing with a TD.
by fortyniners on Oct 16, 2009 4:39 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'd like to get Cribs
but why would Cleveland want another quarterback? And why would we want to trade Alex Smith? Who do we have as a backup? Ninjames, do you really think that Nate Davis is ready to play a full NFL season if Hill is injured?
I’m guessing that Cribs might be had for a third-rounder. He could be immediately plugged into the return game and be a backup running back, another position where I worry about the depth.
by Bob On The Coast on Oct 16, 2009 6:26 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'd like Cribbs too
However, a draft pick isn’t the problem, its the contract.
I’m not sure its such a good fit. We really only need him to return, and he probably wants too much money to pay him just for one function.
Now its true that he would help us in the passing game, but I can’t see us juggling the WR depths charts that much at this point. Look at how stubborn Singletary has been already.
by goatfather on Oct 16, 2009 7:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Look..
I know we have two first rounders next season, but returner is just too important of a position. We need to use some cap and I’m thinking a big contract wont hurt the 49ers too much. It would be a simple matter to send one of these receivers home to bring in a proven commodity like Cribbs.
by Ninjames on Oct 16, 2009 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Keep in mind
I have no faith in Alex Smith whatsoever.
by Ninjames on Oct 16, 2009 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh
And OUCH! on the O-Line article. These guys need to step it up. I simply do not understand how they are playing worse than last year, given that last year they consistenly had to pass protect 7-9 step drops?! Does anyone else think this is a bit odd.
Maybe they are just having a hard time switching from run blocking to pass blocking. Maybe Chilo has been hittin the Devils lettuce, I just dont know.
by goatfather on Oct 16, 2009 7:36 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I'm really confused.
Rachal looked great last season and still to this day shows signs of utter dominance. I’m not sure what to think about him.
by Ninjames on Oct 16, 2009 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
???
Maybe it has something to do with Jimmy Raye’s blocking schemes.
by CorneliusJ on Oct 16, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm thoroughly confused
I didn’t expect them all to become pro-bowlers. But I expected slight improvement just from change in scheme. Being over-whelmed by the better players in the league is one thing. Whiffing and getting steamroled by guys just signed off the P.S. or who have little pass rush ability is dumbfounding. They’re not that awful. So it must be coaching/scheme.
You gotta bring ass to get ass.
by SpurredOn on Oct 16, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Went ahead..
And looked at the o-line a little less in depth than the other article for the other blog I write for. For a pretty fair summation go here. (49ersMix.com)
by Ninjames on Oct 16, 2009 10:26 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Former 49ers player, Russ Francis, accused of theft in Omaha.
by sfgfan on Oct 16, 2009 10:58 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Did anyone notice...
That Sheets is gone? The Dolphins picked him up! He wasn’t good enough for Singeltary to be a third string RB behind an ankle-injury-prone-Gore and Coffee; but he is good enough to be a back-up to one of the most prodigiuos tandems in the league in Brown and Williams? Sorry Sing, but I’ll trust Parcells’ (and basically all the Niners fans) judgement on this one – BAD MOVE not bringin him up!
by J-House on Oct 16, 2009 3:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
sheets
We had this discussion when the move happened a few days ago. Miami signed him because their third string RB (Patrick Cobbs) went down for the season. It sounds like right now he’s the 4th string RB out there. That’s a flyer move at most, not some stroke of genius yet.
by Fooch on Oct 16, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Trades with the Browns
I just read a piece on Yahoo! where the guy who wrote the article was suggesting teams make calls to the Browns concerning Shaun Rogers and Joe Thomas. If those guys might be available, it would absolutely behoove the Niners FO to get on the freaking phone. Like, now.
Don't worry about me Thurgood, I'll be fine. The robbery is what's important now.
by the guy on Oct 16, 2009 3:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Unlikely...
… that Thomas (or Rogers for that matter) are going to dealt. If the Browns plan on winning at all in the near future, they won’t cut ties with these two, considering both of them are on the cheap (for their positions) for the next two years.
by sfgfan on Oct 16, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree completely
But if there’s even the slightest chance that either are available, the Niners should be on the phone.
Don't worry about me Thurgood, I'll be fine. The robbery is what's important now.
by the guy on Oct 16, 2009 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tell that
To the guy who wrote the article for the Sporting News. The thoughts honestly never crossed my mind until he starting talking about he thought the Packers should call about Thomas or some other team should call about Rogers. Like I said, I agree that it seems entirely unlikely for either of those players to be traded.
Don't worry about me Thurgood, I'll be fine. The robbery is what's important now.
by the guy on Oct 16, 2009 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok, I will make sure and tell him that.
There’s no truth to it whatsoever. Actually, that isn’t strictly true. Everybody is available for the right price. That’s what’s called a shot in the dark article.
by Ninjames on Oct 16, 2009 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jason La Canfora
Is Tampering . . . j/k.
After posting a story saying 8 teams called willing to pay the contract you think Cribbs is any happier stuck in Cleveland while they sit on his bad contract?
by bignerd on Oct 17, 2009 1:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Crabtree
Only making $17 million guaranteed?
I’d be upset…
by 10forTech on Oct 17, 2009 9:56 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Big big difference:
Matt Maiocco’s article says “one snap away” not “one step away”.
I can see Singletary making a change, but not until after Hill has had a fair chance with Crabtree and proves that the offense still stinks and also the Niners don’t keep winning.
chilibean_3 says: Cybermaldonado, "I don’t think you understand anything. Anything at all." Stay classy chilibean my friend.
by cybermaldonado on Oct 17, 2009 12:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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