Golden Nuggets: Smooth sailing
by James Brady on Aug 24, 2010 5:15 AM PDT
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That's what we needed - a nice, slow day for once. Not a whole lot going on, no snap judgments, no random cuts and things of that nature. Of note today is ... well, just bits from the game and things of that nature. In-depth recaps and the like. I guess it's worth noting that the Seahawks didn't sign any previous 49ers players or staff yesterday, which I suppose is news. No Cardinals players claimed to hate the Niners yesterday, either. The Rams ... well, they're the Rams. I do have plenty of links for your perusal, and will link them. If you missed the first edition of the NN Podcast, it's right here, and look for a new one this week, with improved quality. Anyway, enjoy the linkage for today, everyone, and cross your fingers for me in hopes that y phone gets here today. Enjoooy, ya'll.
Maiocco has a good run-down of the offense, and on the other side of that, a good run-down of the defense. (CSNBayArea.com)
Travis LaBoy was among Barrows' ten most impressive 49ers in Sunday's game against the Vikings. Loving some more Diyral Briggs love. (SacBee.com)
Sam Lam has a good article on Nate Davis, the comments from Singletary, his work ethic and growth as a quarterback. A good, realistic point of view. (Examiner.com)
Brett Favre can thank Patrick Willis for the flashback. I have to say, there is no inside linebacker tandem I'd be more terrified to have coming at me than Willis and Takeo Spikes. That's the stuff nightmares are made of. (NBCBayArea.com)
Neither Ted Ginn nor Dominique Zeigler had any returns in the game on Sunday. This puzzles Phil, but I understood it pretty well, myself. Ginn doesn't need the reps, and I think the team is really banking on Kyle Williams - which I don't think is much of a gamble. (PressDemocrat.com)
I'm ususally a big fan of the Shutdown Corner blog, but I think this article was going for something.. ironic.. or.. well, I'm not entirely sure. But the explanation makes it seem like it would be an entertaining look at the 49ers getting their hopes up high for years now, but then it really.. um... isn't. (Yahoo.com)
Coach Singletary is disappointed that the 49ers couldn't get much of a run game going against the Vikings. I'm not reading too much into it, myself. (MercuryNews.com)
Travis LaBoy and Diyral Briggs are in a fierce linebacker competition. Well, that's according to Barber. I personally don't think they're battling. There is a spot for both of them, in my mind. To me, LaBoy is battling with Bruce Davis and Brandon Long. Briggs is a lock in my mind. (PressDemocrat.com)
20 Questions: WR Ted Ginn Jr. (49ers.com)
Yesterday On Niners Nation
Golden Nuggets: That was a good one (Ninjames)
49ers 15 - Vikings 10: Bubble players stepping up (Fooch)
Comcast RedZone channel: One more reason to never leave your house on Sunday (Fooch)
49ers 15 - Vikings 10: Watching Patrick Willis sack Brett Favre over and over (Fooch)
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Even the Viking fans were impressed / surprised
with Alex Smith. I wanna see more. I think the offensive line is already showing improvement over last year. I love the effort by the tight ends and the entire defense. The run game will be there, that is a tough team to run against.
Just imagine if Heitmann had broke his leg last year.
The 49ers would have been devistated. This year we actually won’t lose much production from it.
still disappointed in the run game
though they kinda bailed on the pass after the first drive. Still we have to be able to at least get a first down on most drives, even if we’re running the ball. That would be my goal in 4-minute drill is no less than 6 plays per drive.
Vernon Davis, Michael Crabtree, Tedd Ginn/Delanie Walker, Frank Gore, Brian Westbrook...which one is getting the ball and where?
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Let's keep in mind ...
… that they had Four rookies starting last sunday , the run game will come around …!!
I'm your " Huckelberry "...it's juz my game ...!!
The bad part about the run game...
…is that Dixon had to bounce out every time. I understand that was his choice on some of them, but it’s also because we aren’t making holes within the line. Gore needs those holes.
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by James Brady on Aug 24, 2010 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
yep
at a point though we were committed to the run and the Vikes knew it. We’re not that good yet to run it in spite of that, against a front 7 like the Vikes.
Alex Boone WON'T survive on the PS...in fact, he wont even clear waivers.
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Gore doesn't need holes.
he averaged 4.9 YPC last year behind the worst o-line in the league.
When life gives you fruit, add a bunch of sugar to it.
Hi James ...
… just wanted to say thanks for your tweet and sorry for belated (not to mention cross-website) reply. I have been on holiday in France with the family for last 10 days or so and I turned off all work-related stuff, a category Twitter comes into alas! My kids made me promise I would devote myself to them and not do any corporate stuff at all, which I honoured and I’m pleased I did as I owed them some quality time.
I tells ya what though my friend – Niners Nation is a God-send in such circumstances. I checked the site twice a day at least and was kept beautifully up to date. Let me know if I missed anything important from this list …
- Balmer signed for Seattle and was a bit rubbish and got injured on his debut and nobody much cares for him anyway.
- Coffee retired and we signed Brian Westbrook to be Gore’s back-up, a role the ageing and injury-prone Westbrook is happy to perform at this stage of his career. Dixon impressed mightily against the Colts but still looks like the third-choice RB.
- We won two out of two pre-season games. Smith didn’t look great but never does in exhibition games so nobody is all that worried. The o-line already looks better.
Anything that I left out? Otherwise, I’m back up to speed and raring to go. Can’t wait for the season to start. I read The Genius, the book about Bill Walsh which came out recently, while on holiday, and I’m almost certain that I was the only tourist around an upmarket lake resort in central France sitting there with that book on a 49ers beach towel. Flying the flag my friends, flying the flag. Would recommend the book to any Niners fans who haven’t read it – it’s a brilliant read and I’m sure that even for the veteran and hardcore fan who lived through those days there will be stuff you didn’t know before. The beach towel is optional though, obviously.
LondonNiner - member of the legendary David Carr thread, 6 March 2010.
Seattle also picked up B. Jones
I don’t think that at all… and of course this is all speculation on your behalf
by Drew K on Apr 14, 2010 2:05 PM PDT
I did miss that, thanks
Saw he’d been cut and saw James’s triumphalist reaction to that news, but didn’t see Seahawks had picked him up. Cheers.
LondonNiner - member of the legendary David Carr thread, 6 March 2010.
I did email you as well, last night!
I started to worry!
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by James Brady on Aug 24, 2010 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Replied to your email, thanks dude ...
… hey, one thing I forgot to ask you in that email was about PC security. You did a whole thread a while back about PC advice, which was incredibly useful. I now have a situation where my Macafee has expired – should I take out a new subscription or is the free stuff you can get over the web just as good? I kinda remember you saying there was a site where you could get protection for free but is it as good and if so what was that site? I can’t find that threat on Google, but did look. Thanks mate.
LondonNiner - member of the legendary David Carr thread, 6 March 2010.
by LondonNiner on Aug 24, 2010 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Alright.. quick thoughts.
McAfee isn’t.. very good. If this were 2007, you’d be set my friend. In place of McAfee I’d recommend the new, free Avast which you can find here. On top of that, I recommend the free Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, which you can find here. For one more, I recommend Super Anti Spyware, which you can find here and it’s also free.
Now, I know it seems like a lot. “Three programs? Balderdash!” But it’s really not as much as it seems. Basically, Avast covers viruses, SAS covers spyware and MBAM covers everything else. And you don’t have to run them all the time. Uninstall McAfee and let Avast run constantly. That’s the only program you want on all the time. Maybe once every couple of weeks, run Malwarebytes on a quick scan. MBAM and SAS aren’t programs that you need on all time time, so you can disable the real-time protection of SAS because Avast handles that already, so it’s not like you have three programs you have to pay an awful lot of attention to. Run SAS if your computer is ever acting wonky.
One last program I’d recommend is very small and very awesome, it’s called CCleaner, and you can find it here. It stands for “Crap Cleaner” and what it does is it removes all the junk files from your computer and generally boosts the performance to a minimal degree. I run it a couple times a week, it only takes a few seconds.
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Tune Up Utilities Works extremely well also for cleaning up your computer and optimizing performance
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Tune Up isn’t free. I’d use Glary Utilities if that’s what I was going for, but a lot of those things in the program, ie “optimizing your internet connection” are just smoke and mirrors and don’t really do anything. I’ll take registry and junk file cleaner over the whole thing – though I do use all three of the programs mentioned.
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True it is not free but this program has done a lot for the computers i work on with its free trial..I have dissected what this program does to see actual speed ups and it does work great
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It most definitely does, but I was speaking to certain aspects. It’s not a bad program by any means! :]
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Top man ...
… thanks mate. Will do that. Really appreciate the advice.
LondonNiner - member of the legendary David Carr thread, 6 March 2010.
Hey James maybe that would be an Idea. 1 a week to recap all news from the week..I could just be a compilation of the top nuggets from the whole week on say a friday for everyone.
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Well I was toying with the idea of an all-encompassing Sunday edition, actually. I’m trying to balance my time a little better, though.
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by James Brady on Aug 24, 2010 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn't
say that Alex “didn’t look great,” which, I guess is true. But it is a better gage of his performance, imo, to say he looked good.
he was rusty
and a tad off target in game 1. When they let him throw it around in the second game, he looked good. I think he does better when he’s in control and can get in rhythm. I hope they give him some “either or” plays this year where he can check to one of many plays.
Alex Boone WON'T survive on the PS...in fact, he wont even clear waivers.
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I would agree.
Smith does way better when he feels like he is in control. Hence him being such a good “spread” QB. Let him take the reins here and there. His intelligence has earned it.
He's showing more that he can be a good all-around QB
Not just a spread QB. Rod Brooks on KNBR was talking about this earlier today. One of the things that impressed Rod was Alex was visibly stepping up in the pocket to give himself more time. I think little things like that are going to make him even better this year. That and he’s going to get better protection this season. I think we’re already seeing that.
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anyone else not seeing any new comments in posts?
There are new comments, but they aren’t marked as new….weird
Alex Boone WON'T survive on the PS...in fact, he wont even clear waivers.
Let's talk on Twitter
fixed now
now all comments are new…
Alex Boone WON'T survive on the PS...in fact, he wont even clear waivers.
Let's talk on Twitter
thank you!
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All I’m saying… more Zeigler.
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by James Brady on Aug 24, 2010 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
You'll get it when it gets getted
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I was near the press box in Sunday.
I resisted the urge to shout SAM LAAAAAAAAAAAM into it, but I figured I should keep my composure since I hope to be in there this season.
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by James Brady on Aug 24, 2010 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
“in Sunday”
i r so gud jernalest
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by James Brady on Aug 24, 2010 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
are we doing a gameweek thread with the raiders fans this week?
or are we too sane for that?
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I admire your valor sir
There can’t be too many people here who would even think of exposing themselves to the potential abuse!
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yeah, i want to gain more street cred,
and i thought, “what could be more gangsta than hanging out sorta near some raiders fans?” on the internet, of course. not in person.
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