Golden Nuggets: Blessing in Disguise?

by James Brady on Sep 17, 2009 3:00 AM PDT in 49ers Links

Well gooood morning everyone, James here fresh from my day off and ready to give you some linkage. Was absent for my Nugget duties yesterday due to needing sleep early and waking up busy. Had a bit of a trip but now I'm back. So how about Niners news? Well, I don't have any idea what I'm going to be linking to today but it seems I have a good amount of them regardless. Just skimming it seems we've got a bit about Vernon Davis, some stuff about Justin Smith and ~~news~~ nothing new about Micheal Crabtree. So with that, why don't I get right to them?

Do you think the Vernon Davis penalty last season, in which he was sent to the locker room a blessing in disguise? I certainly hope so. (SacBee.com)

Davis seems to remember that day quite well, in fact. It was against the Seahawks. (MercuryNews.com)

Another holdout this season, Aaron Curry of the Seahawks said he put all his faith in his agent. (SacBee.com)

Defensive end Justin Smith missed practice, but isn't considered to be serious. (SacBee.com)

The 49ers are getting ready for their first GPS game of the season. That is to say, the first game in which the team can measure how they stack up in the division. (PressDemocrat.com)

Some notes and a semi-recap of the upcoming game versus Seattle. I'm pumped, I'll be at the game. It'll be my first time at the 'Stick in the regular season, can you believe that? I'm still semi-worried about not getting there early enough to do some tailgating, how early should I get to the game? (MercuryNews.com)

Here's yesterday's edition of Singletary's Notebook. (49ers.com)

The 49ers focus? The ground game. 49ers are a stubborn bunch, it seems. (49ers.com)

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You see in that top link ...

… at the bottom of Barrows’ round-up he refers to the fact that the players are now going to have Visa on one sleeve of their practice jerseys. Wanna bet that if Crabtree signs, he’ll have Visa one one sleeve, Mastercard on the other, American Express on the front, $$ where 15 should be, and TIDWELL across the back?

"This could be another Very Special Team" ... Superbowl winning Niners lineman Dan Audick ...

by LondonNiner on Sep 17, 2009 5:35 AM PDT reply actions

Dan Brown's best comment and the strategy for a Seattle victory -

The 49ers-Seahawks game is about as meaningful as a Week 2 matchup can be. Each team won its season opener and heads into Sunday with a chance to go 2-0 in the NFC West.

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that winning games is important. But for the record, here’s proof from the NFL:

Since realignment to the current eight-division format in 2002, the 14 teams that have advanced to the Super Bowl have a combined 68-16 (.810) record in games within their division.

Someone’s probably already said this, but …

Seattle Game Plan to Destroy the 49ers like they destroyed the Rams:

Seattle, listen up. Here’s what you need to do. Every set of eyes on your team just needs to focus on stopping Frank Gore trying to run up the middle for the first two downs.

Then, focus on stopping the Niners as they try to go 3rd and deep on the third down (interceptions, blitzes, and sacks work nicely here). Focus on this, and you’ll shut us out for at least the first three quarters of the game.

Obviously, one of us is going to be sitting pretty at 2-0 (with victories against two of your division rivals), do this and it’ll probably be you.

"Those boos really motivate me to make something happen." - Bonds

by Persiflage on Sep 17, 2009 9:05 AM PDT reply actions

Congrats on your 1st game Ninjames

When I went to the raider preseason game it took 4ever to park, however once we did it didnt take long to get free food and drinks…. Did I mention it was free? So how early you show up depends on how drunk you wana be…. Dont get too thrashed or might miss or forget something spectacular

by dalien82 on Sep 17, 2009 9:13 AM PDT reply actions