Golden Nuggets: Anthony Davis is a pretty cool guy.
Good morning Niners Nation. If you're wondering about the title, it's just something I've observed since we drafted the guy. Mostly just on Twitter, he's my favorite rookie thus far and a really cool dude, so if you're not following him, his Twitter is right here, @IamAnthonyDavis. His tweets are protected, but follow him and you should be good. The 49ers wrapped up this stretch of organized team activities yesterday and I've got plenty of links for you on those. There were a couple of fights yesterday, which you never like to hear, but I'm relieved to see that Singletary is handling it better than previous head coach Mike Nolan used to--I think a competitive spirit is good, but these guys need to understand it's practice. Either way, here's your Nuggets for the day!
Lynch has some thoughts on this week, OTAs and the like. (SFGate.com)
Coach Singletary is demanding better special teams play. I hope we get it, I don't know how confident I am in the new ST coordinator, but we need to get it done or it won't matter how much Smith progresses or how good the line plays. (PressDemocrat.com)
Younger players are taking advantage of some of the veterans' absences from OTAs. (Yahoo.com)
There was a scuffle at practice, or more appropriately, a couple of them. Plus some notes. (Examiner.com)
Here's some notes from yesterday's OTAs from Barber. (PressDemocrat.com)
And Maiocco has his notes as well, with a focus on the fighting that went down. (CSNBayArea.com)
More speculation about the 49ers and Raiders sharing a stadium, rumors of the NFL making the team an offer too good to refuse. Please no. I won't renew my season tickets if we share a stadium with the Raiders. Look at that website. Look at the video. Now throw a Raiders logo in there. Ugh. (NBCBayArea.com)
Speaking of the website, (for the new stadium) it's getting a very large volume of traffic. Cool. (49ers.com)
The ticket to making the 53-man roster may lie in special teams, as Singletary wants to include more players as backups for special teams on it. (SacBee.com)
Greg Manusky just about lost his voice yesterday while yelling at the defense. Coincidentally, the offense did well yesterday. (PressDemocrat.com)
Willis and Bowman had themselves a little race. I asked Willis about it on Twitter and he said that he (himself) won, that he's still got a bit of speed left. I should hope so. (SacBee.com)
Ricky Jean-Francois has a nose for learning. Oh-ho-ho. You're hilarious, Maiocco. (CSNBayArea.com)
I stopped reading this article when they noted that their team insiders noted that people should possibly maybe consider being concerned about the 49ers secondary. Really? I hope you're not paying those insiders, because we all knew this in 2009. (ProFootballWeekly.com)
Rod Woodson thinks Patrick Willis will become a vocal leader of the team. I should hope so, but then again I'm fine with Willis being who he is. If he wants to do it, he can. (MercuryNews.com)
Beat Writer Twitter Roundup (My comments in italics and parenthesis)
Barber: RT @AnaMayShun7: Which KR/PR looks the best now that they're not using the Juggs Machine? >> All they're doing is catching; no tacklers (So it seems pretty even at this point as far as fielding them goes)
Barber: RT @jpl04002: Just me or am I hearing about A. Davis getting beat by a defender every day? >> Doesn't seem so dramatic when you're watching
Barber: RT @mateusgpereira: Which CB looks to be playing better overall in OTAs? >> I think K Smith is looking pretty good... and Vann has surprised (Follow up below this)
Barber: RT @mateusgpereira: Which CB looks to be playing better overall in OTA's? >> Course, Smith did get booted out of play for covering wrong guy
Barber: RT @baraiza: @Skinny_Post So Ginn Jr is catching the ball better? >> Still not perfect hands, but making more standout catches (Sorry, 49ers fans but that's how it's probably going to be throughout his career. Drop, drop, drop, big catch, drop, drop, etc)
Maiocco: Ex-49ers fan favorite goes to NE to compete for roster spot. RT @MikeReiss Patriots announce that they've signed RB Thomas Clayton. (Noooooooooo)
Barber: Singletary says 49ers could hold 3 or 4 roster spots for pure special-teams players; it's a real emphasis this year
Barrows: Takeo Spikes just broke up a pass to Glen Coffee then celebrates with what looked like an Irish jig. Defensive mates loved it. (Yessssssss)
Rival Blog Buzz ROTB has their question of the day and their Flock of Links. They keep going about Golden Tate at Field Gulls. At Turf Show Times, they have their Random Ramsdom.
Yesterday On Niners Nation The Golden Nuggets kicked us off, Howie started a tournament to see which 49ers Super Bowl was the best, Andrew had another fantasy football post, Josh had the latest Know Thy Enemy post, and I posted part one of the questions the 49ers need answered by preseason.
Today On Niners Nation (All times pacific and subject to change)
7:00 AM - We'll have a post about Ricky Jean-Francois and Aubrayo Franklin, as per some comments from Greg Manusky.
11:00 AM - More questions that need to be answered by preseason, I'll be looking over them.
2:00 PM - I should, by all means, have a player profile at this point today.
49ers Tweet Of The Day "I wish i could walk around w/ #ninernation like the verizon guy. I love our fans." from Anthony Davis, whose Twitter is here. I know he isn't talking specifically about us but man, I love this guy already. Cool dude, and apparently was signing autographs the other day.
Yesterday's Best Comment "And we will soon have at least 1-2 pro bowlers on our line..Iupati and Heitmann" from ItBurnzWhenIP. I completely agree with this, Iupati is going to be a beast, and Eric Heitmann has consistently played like one of the league's top centers. But when the rest of the line is bringing down the average, it's hard to make the pro bowl. I hope he gets one.
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reason and optimisim triumph over all
Except the curse of the Billy Goat. ROT IN HELL CUBS FOR THROWING OUT BILLY SIANIS’ GOAT!
Gimme 1 round!
im a Anthony Dixon
supporter too. He was on “Late Hits” on sirius a couple weeks ago and I got a really good vibe from the guy. He’s soooo country just gotta love the guy. My favorite quotes were him talking about “not shying away and believing he can be one of the best one day”. When asked about Taylor Mays he said “He couldn’t wait to put the pads on so the team could get a feel for eachother”. Dude is definately ready to make some pads POP!
Don’t believe the hype of him being a dance around skat back. When the pads go on I think were all gonna have our new thomas clayton/kory sheets fan favorite
Can u c coach sing's vision? I do!......We all know PATRICK WILLIS is our future!
May 12 2010 comment of the day award winner on the nuggets!
after i was about halfway through with this thought
i realized you were talking about davis not dixon but oh well. Im sure hes great too love the vids ive seen of him so far
Can u c coach sing's vision? I do!......We all know PATRICK WILLIS is our future!
May 12 2010 comment of the day award winner on the nuggets!
It's all good sir.
I quite like Dixon as well, though I think people are giving Coffee a lot of flack for no reason—I think Dixon will be the third running back, which won’t be such a big deal because they’ll share the ball this season.
His name is Rio and he watches from the stands..
yeah as much as i like dixon
i hope coffee is able to be the power back he wants to be, good to hear that Carlisle worked with him to strenghthen his legs and core. Adding 15lbs of good muscle will very helpful for him
Can u c coach sing's vision? I do!......We all know PATRICK WILLIS is our future!
May 12 2010 comment of the day award winner on the nuggets!
I have a question,
I thought I read somewhere that J. Rice & S. Young was going to be hanging around giving knowledge to the youngsters like Woodson did on Thursday. Are they there yet?
"Moving Forward."
Well...
…as I recall, both Steve Young and Jerry Rice have both professed that they follow the 49ers to this day. Both of them also have said that they are more than willing to impart knowledge on the team’s younger players. Young said he’s talked to Smith on more than one occasion, and remains available as a source of knowledge for the guy, but also said that he can only help him so much as the team doesn’t run a west coast offense anymore. Rice said he’d be more than happy to come in and help whoever, but that it’s up to Mike Singletary whether or not he is brought in.
So in short, nothing confirmed yet, but both players have been in contact with 49ers players this year. (Young to Smith, Rice to Crabtree and Davis)
His name is Rio and he watches from the stands..
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Thats why
we need to go back to the WCO The niners need a Really good QB coach to come in and coach Alex up. The WCO would be a perfect fit for the players we have on Offense. And we need a really big nose tackle someone like MT CODY would of been perfect. Our D would be so much better if we had a TRUE 350 lb NT to help free up the speed we have at the LB position.
I'm not so sure.
Our D was really good last year and Aubrayo played fantastically.
His name is Rio and he watches from the stands..
Stalk me on Twitter!
by James Brady on Jun 12, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Mt. Cody will be a huge bust
Gimme 1 round!
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Jun 12, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Call Rice!
If all Jerry Rice is waiting on is a call from Singletary to help our receivers out, then I say call the man! Hire him as an assistant or something (since we probably already have a receivers coach) and get him around our players. They could use every nugget of wisdom Jerry has to offer them and it will make our receivers that much better.
by 49ersfanFURlife on Jun 12, 2010 12:23 PM PDT reply actions
Rice wouldn't take an actual position here.
He doesn’t want to get into coaching, at least for the time being.
His name is Rio and he watches from the stands..
Stalk me on Twitter!
by James Brady on Jun 12, 2010 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions

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