Golden Nuggets: Finally, it ends...
by James Brady on Oct 8, 2009 3:00 AM PDT
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Morning everyone, James here with your Nuggets for the day. Big news recently, in case you haven't heard well let me have the pleasure of telling you--WR Michael Crabtree has signed with the 49ers and even had his first practice yesterday. Shortly after yesterday's Nuggets (about twenty minutes or so) the news broke and I updated just about immediately--I couldn't be happier. I'm not expecting him to change this team right off the bat but it's always good to have your first round choice in the mix--the other players on the team have already welcomed him and I'm officially stating I'm very happy to have Crabtree on the team. What else is going on? Well the team has a game coming up, did anyone forget? It has slipped my mind, but I hope I'm the only one--I'd hate to see what a distraction would do to this team. Here's some links.
The team did indeed sign WR Michael Crabtree, which ends about 70 days of anxiety on my part. (49ers.com)
A two week roster exemption was granted to the 49ers for Michael Crabtree--meaning as of right now he wont be counting against the 49ers 53-man roster. (MercuryNews.com)
Here's yesterday's edition of Singletary's Notebook. (49ers.com)
Check out the transcript for yesterday's press conference with Crabtree, Singletary, McCloughan and Shaun Hill. (MercuryNews.com)
The 49ers have been impressive thus far in ball security--something Singletary is preaching after seeing what happened to the team last season in the Mike Martz offense. (SFGate.com)
One of my favorite players, Jeff Ulrbich, will not be playing Sunday against the Falcons. Sure, it may not be a huge loss but still worth noting. (PressDemocrat.com)
The opposition is over at their little blog, game planning for the 49ers. I figure they're underestimating Patrick Willis, but oh well. Check it out. (TheFalcoholic.com)
So how will the 49ers offense fare against the Falcons defense? It should be interesting as both units have been pretty underwhelming. (Examiner.com)
Just another reason Mike Singletary is awesome--he gets out on the field and scares everyone. (49ers.com)
Here's a good summary of what went on with the Michael Crabtree situation. (SacBee.com)
Oddly enough we could have... MC Hammer to thank for the Crabtree signing. This article brings it up, but looks at it from a doubtful point of view--however Maiocco's Twitter shows that he may have done more than we think. Just utterly bizarre. (Yahoo.com)
This is probably the last time I'll link to it before the game but head over here to answer 49ers related questions and here to ask any Falcons related questions you may have. (TheFalcoholic.com/NinersNation.com)
Crabtree could be playing in two weeks against the Texans. (MercuryNews.com)
This has nothing to do with the 49ers but in case anyone is interested--the UFL kicks off tomorrow, you can watch the first game featuring the California Redwoods and the Las Vegas Locomotives online or on the Versus network. I'm going to be watching, even if I'm pretty sad that the Redwoods are called the Redwoods as opposed to the original name of Rockfish, which quite honestly, sounded ten kinds of awesome to me. (UFL-Football.com)
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I'll take the wait and see approach
Since 2001, we’ve drafted to many big time WRs and never seen them pan out. 3 are still on the roster. Yes, I know, Crabtree has wonderful Stats and may end up as one of the best receivers of all time. But I’m still not convince,YET ! But like all of us, we hope he proves to be what we think he can be.
Re: The Falcoholics gameplanning
LOL……
They seem to think that the Niner defense is going to “wear down”!
Haven’t they heard of Camp Singletary? Haven’t they seen the Hill? One of the biggest strengths of our D is superb conditioning. We go out ready to play 5 quarters.
The other plan is to “take away the run game and put the ball in Hill’s hands”. Not exactly a novel approach. I kind of dig having an underrated QB. C’mon NFL! Keep underestimating Hill! See what happens.
Agreed
If the secondary can keep this game in front of them, we’ll be good.
My only concern is Gonzales exploiting the zone. That is what he does best. If our D has shown any weakness, its allowing receivers to sit down in the middle.
I don't know about that
As it relates to TEs. Carlson didn’t do any harm in the Seattle game and I recall the Minnesota fans talking up Shiancoe as a guy with whom Favre had excellent synergy. Neither did any harm nor did we overcompensate in a way that left the WRs running free.
No doubt Gonzalez is the guy to control especially near the endzone and not allow down the field plays but our LBs and Safeties are up to the task. I also read Sando yesterday who stated that the Falcons are the only team to not have a completion beyond 50 yards. Let’s keep it that way.
You gotta bring ass to get ass.
Most don't know the 49ers
Lot of them say, “I hear they have a pretty good D.” Some of them said Gore is just as worthless on the bench as he is on the field. What are they smoking?? They are also talking about all these weapons they have that we can’t cover. Sounds like the Seahawk fans. But they do have a good run game. But after AP, I’m not worried.
They act like theres going to be a foot race to win the game..
the falcoholics seem to think our defense poses no threat because we arent fast enough. they seem to be downplaying the hell out of Patrick Willis
Strange. Our defense is actual quite quick
They’re not doing their homework.
You gotta bring ass to get ass.
I used to wonder why the Niners still have Ulbrich
Now I see his presence in the locker room is big as well as on special teams. McKillop may fill in nice for him though!
"Optimist Prime"
Come along and ride the muthaship!
McKillop
Will be great in his stead. Though he’s not going to be grabbing his backup role, he’s set to take the place of Takeo Spikes
Can I just say...
…how much I appreciate you not referring to Crabby as Hammer? If he gets a nickname, it should be Crabs. I can see the signs now: Crabs + VD = 49ers Happy Ending.
by Bigmouth on Oct 8, 2009 7:58 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Go Singletary!
I love this line from the SacBee story
Singletary said he spoke with Crabtree only once during the holdout.
His message: “I don’t know when you are coming in, but whenever it happens, just know that we’ll be here. But make sure you stay in great shape because there will be no balloons, no parties, nothing else, when you get here. We’ve got to work.”
"The questions are so stupid. I don't believe in rivalries. I don't believe in curses. Wake up the damn Bambino, maybe I'll drill him in the ass."
- Pedro Martinez, asked about the Curse of the Bambino
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just my thoughts on the whole crabtree thing
Check my 49ers blogs at Mining the Gold Rush and San Francisco 49ers Examiner
Funny how we were all so judging of Crabtree
A reporter asked something like, how Crabtree will try to win back over the fans, and he replied he wasn’t aware of how the fans were feeling about him.
He wasn’t looking at the media at all. So many negative comments and people saying we don’t need a player like him with his personailty. I appreciate all the people that gave him the benefit of a doubt and just waited for this to be over and for him to sign. The only thing Crabtree said during the whole holdout was something like, I put everything into the hands of Eugene Parker so he is taking care of the contract. So nothing wrong with doing that since nobody wants to play for free, it was out of his hands.
Maybe Michael had crazy thoughts going through his head during the holdout, but like Coach said, Michael never said anything negative to the public. I think also thats why later Michael said, I’m Michael Crabtree and what I say is what “I” say.
Tweet from Matt barrows
Ultimate irony: club at which c-tree was working out in tampa is owned by eddie d.
about 1 hour ago from txt
atlanta at 49ers preview
http://www.nfl.com/videos/san-francisco-49ers/09000d5d813409d5/Week-5-Falcons-vs-49ers-Preview
"Of all the things in the world losing isn't so bad; it just starts to feel like it does when you do it for so long"
I really enjoyed the laugh reading their blog thanks!
They are truly FANS in every sense of the word. They are fanatical about their team. To the point of being delusional. The Niner’s defense is “Pretty Good”…hum… yea, they are gonna see pretty good run their QB down like a jay walker. Allanta’s offense isnt great. They’ve had trouble running the ball all year. Their defense is very mediocre. I think if the Niners can move the ball on them, their toast.We have 2 wide receivers off of the IR and have gotten reps in pratice. Jones is a speed burner and Hill is a good possession type receiver. More weapons for Hill to throw to. Coffee will run better against a very porous Falcons defensive front. It just doesn’t look very good for the Falcons. Niners are home, their defense is a top 3 D. The offense, while still a work in progress, is getting a bit better every week. Niner’s D might very well pitch another shutout. I think Hill and company can move the ball on the Falcons. They haven’t stopped anybody else.
They have 2 wins against mediocre to bad teams. They barely beat the Panthers, a sub .500 team. They barely beat Miami, another potential .500 team. Both those wins were at home. They got smoked by the Patriots in their only road game, and the Patriots are not playing all that great. Their fans are in for a rude awakening.
30-3 Niners in a laugher.
Another year, another chance to hope for the team !!
Yea
The Falcon fans were a bit too much confident over their team compared to how we are optimistic about ours. But we were realistic throughout the preseason and our hopes grow with every game. Like you said, their defense is pretty badly ranked, and their offense is struggling. Is their struggling offense going to change it around against a top defense? Probably not. Is there struggling defense going to dominate a power running team with an efficient quarterback? Not a lof of chance because of the playing strategy.
Then you’re right if you consider the Falcons opponents, (just slightly better to use in an argument compared to 49ers opponents.)
I’ve been respecting Falcons all week and thinking it’s gonna be a close game, but I wouldn’t be surprized if it will be something like 23-10 9ers
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