Golden Nuggets: Moving right along
by James Brady on Aug 31, 2010 3:01 AM PDT
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Good morning everyone. We had a semi-slow news day in 49erland, and with all of the injuries, sporadic retirements and all of the send-offs to Seattle, I'm inclined to say a slow news day is pretty darn great right now. Teams have to trim their rosters down to seventy-five players today and the 49ers have already made it down to that number when they released Bakari Grant, Patrick Stoudamire and Brandon Long. Now we look ahead to after Thursday's game against the Chargers when teams have to cut down to their 53-man limit. Rather, we look ahead TO Thursday's game so we can see who plays well, who doesn't play well and of course: who doesn't play at all. I hope we see a little Vernon Davis and Michael Crabtree, but hey, what do my hopes matter? Anyway - let's get to it.
The 22-man cut-down looms for the 49ers, Thursday will be a crucial day for many players. (PressDemocrat.com)
Players aren't sure where they stand as far as roster cuts and the 53-man roster go. All I know is: I really liked Diyral Briggs' answer to the question. (SacBee.com)
How about a quick look at the position battles and who may or may not be ahead? (PressDemocrat.com)
Crabtree could end up not playing on Thursday, which... I mean, I just want to see him for the sake of seeing him, I'm OK with him not playing to rest him. (SacBee.com)
This is a mostly spirited debate between Mike Sando and ESPN's AFC West blogger about whether or not the Raiders would win the NFC West. I'll say it right now, they would have absolutely no chance. None whatsoever. (ESPN.com)
Matt Maiocco has an offensive recap from Saturday's game against the Raiders as well as a defensive recap. Looks like Cody Wallace played well, hm? (CSNBayArea.com)
Singletary seems to share my sentiments — that the backup quarterback situation doesn't inspire a whole lot of confidence. (MercuryNews.com)
Here's some impressions from the second half of the game on Saturday against the Raiders. (SFGate.com)
Special teams will play a big part on the final roster cuts, which is why it's hard for me to leave Brit Miller off my roster projection. (CSNBayArea.com)
Joe Montana made a rare appearance at the 49ers facility yesterday. It's nothing significant, but I love the quote from Singletary about them being allowed and being important. (CSNBayArea.com)
Monday's Locker Room Talk (49ers.com)
Is there a punt returner in the house? A look at — you guessed it — the 49ers options at punt returner. (PressDemocrat.com)
Mike Iupati is the "hole," package. Hilarious, but seriously ... I love this pick. An awful lot. (SFGate.com)
Travis LaBoy is beginning to make an impact. I really like this guy and hope he makes it, but I'm not so sure I'd like it if he had to bump Briggs off the roster. (Yahoo.com)
Rival Blog Buzz
Revenge Of The Bids (Cardinals)
They take a look at the 53-man roster and the likely candidates to make it. The team also traded CB Jorrick Calvin to the Philadelphia Eagles, and they've got some post-trade thoughts on the deal. On top of that,there's controversy going on in Arizona. QB Matt Leinart feels that his (partial) demotion is due to reasons "beyond football." Lastly, they hard their... bird droppings. Charming.
Field Gulls (Seahawks)
53-man roster projections are going down for everyone, and they got in the mix with their own over at our Seahawks blog. They also took a look at possible Seahawks worth drafting in fantasy football, and I gotta say I'm not liking any of those picks. Lastly, they had a post about J.P. Losman and why it made sense to sign him; and why it will make sense to cut him.
Turf Show Times (Rams)
Our Rams blog took a look at a recent trade for Dennis Morris and what it means for their roster and depth chart. They took a look at some roster cuts made by the team, and lastly they have their Random Ramsdom for the day.
Yesterday On Niners Nation
Golden Nuggets: Roster cuts suck (Ninjames)
49ers 53-man roster: Fooch vs Barrows projections (Fooch)
Who do you think wouldn't survive on the practice squad? (Ninjames)
A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Heisman (urnext)
Coach Mike Singletary Media Session: Cracking the 53-man roster code (Fooch)
Today On Niners Nation(All times pacific and subject to change)
7:00 a.m. San Francisco 49ers vs San Diego Chargers: A Preseason Prospector's Guide (Fooch)
9:30 a.m. Johnsonville Rush For 2,000 Yards Challenge (Fooch)
11:00 a.m. San Francisco 49ers Around SB Nation (Fooch)
1:30 p.m. TBD (Ninjames)
53-man Roster Projections
Fooch
Ninjames
Matt Barrows
Sam Lam
Niners Nation 53-man Fanpost
Random Thought: I just went through and made all of the 49ers current player names (first and last) exempt from my spell check, one-by-one. Yeah, I'm a fan.
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Willis , on Mike and Mike around 6.45am today west coast of coarse...!!
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phil barber's roster battle's post (last link before jump) has some odd predictions in it.
he seems to think jason hill will make the roster as a 6th receiver, but he doesnt have travis laboy or barry sims making the team. he also seems to think they will only keep 4 CBs, with will james and karl paymah both gone.
When life gives you fruit, add a bunch of sugar to it.
I could see the 4 CB prediction....
Because of the depth at safety, but I don’t see the team keeping 6 receivers and I’d bet money that both LaBoy and Sims are on the final roster. If anything, they take a chance cutting Sims until Heitmann returns and then re-sign him.
by 9thevolution on Aug 31, 2010 6:47 AM PDT up reply actions
if they cut Sims he'll probably find another team.
Left Tackle is an important position and Barry Sims is an experienced vet who proved last year that he can still play solidly against starters. he would at least find a backup job.
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Maybe not immediately
Heitmann should only be out for two weeks into the regular season, so it’s possible that Sims would just relax at home before we recall him for the roster. Though I think if they let him walk, they’re confident in what they have.
by 9thevolution on Aug 31, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
I think Sims would be signed within a week.
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by James Brady on Aug 31, 2010 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Sims would be gone
Are you kidding me? An experienced backup LT who played well last season. That’s exactly the type of player teams want as a backup.
Then why did he not get offers in the offseason?
I’m sure Seattle would pick him up now that Okung is out for a little while (and they love our castoffs), but it’s not a guarantee that someone would sign him immediately. I think he would’ve generated more interest in the offseason if he was in high demand for a backup role.
by 9thevolution on Aug 31, 2010 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Tony Pashos got multiple offers
and he hadn’t played in almost a year.
Guarantee you Barry Sims had multiple offers. Like bignerd says it’s nice to say close to home.
Logic merely enables one to be wrong with authority
yeah
but Sims is 112…sure he’ll get picked up…but I don’t see another year like last year. They say it’s called your “best year” because it only happens once.
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Last year wasn't his best year
Sims has started for 134 games in his career, including two AFC divisional games in 2000 and 2001 and the 2002 Superbowl.
I’d hardly say that filling in for an injured Joe Staley qualifies as his “best year”.
Logic merely enables one to be wrong with authority
The Sando v. Williamson article is awesome
I can’t believe that this guy believes the Raiders would be immediate favorites to win the West if they were NFC. His whole arguement is that Campbell would carry the team to a division title. His comment about Smith being made of porcelain made me chuckle, too. Why does no one seem to remember Smith is the ONLY QB to ever take all regular season snaps for the Niners? His toughness shouldn’t be questioned, mentally or physically.
i also thought it was funny
how Williamson spent a few paragraphs arguing that the Raiders would be the best team in the NFC West because they would have the best Quarterback, and then when Sando pulled out some stats about how bad Jason Campbell really was last year, all of a sudden Williamson says, “But the Raiders aren’t all about Jason Campbell…”
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yeah
but it’s funny because you can see some “homerism” almost from both of them as they defend the team/conference they cover, almost blindly at times (of course, only when Williamson is talking about the Raiders or Sando is talking about any other team than the 49ers)
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I found it funny...
that Sando almost doesn’t mention the Seahawks at all. I know they’re bad and they would be worse than the Raiders if both were in the same division, but Sando mostly presses the point that the Niners especially and even the Cards with a bad QB combo would still beat up on the Raiders.
The one point I didn’t like that Sando made was that the two defenses would break Campbell if they can get to him, but I’ve always thought Gradkowski was a good QB. If Campbell does go down, I’m not so sure the team suffers a lot.
by 9thevolution on Aug 31, 2010 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
he leaned on the 49ers hard in that piece
a clear sign of who has the more promising team in the division…although execution still required
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It’s sad when Sando is defending the 49ers and he makes it look easy. The Raiders win the NFC West if:
A) Campbell finally plays against bad competition (Sando pointed out he had and failed).
B) Frank Gore is brittle (I’m mean Williamson looked at him and said he’s brittle).
C) Rolando McClain is a great new rookie (never mind Iupati made him his [site decorum] Saturday)
D) Kamerion Wimbley would be the 2nd best player in the NFC West behind Nnamdi (/facepalm)
I don’t think Sando made a great case for the 49ers, he was merely pointing out the horrible flaws in the other guy’s case.
Lewis restructured?
is this news or did I miss this happening a long time ago? Sando has a post about 4 NFCW contract situations and one of them is Lewis redoing his deal to get 1.7M in 2010 and it’s his final year now.
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Uh... what?
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http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcwest/post/_/id/22279/updating-four-nfc-west-contract-situations
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excellent news.
looks like he doesn’t factor into the 49ers plans beyond this season.
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Excellent in that we're not paying him as much and that the younger guys are progressing...
…Considering he’s still a good safety.
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if he's such a good safety, then why did he take a pay cut?
players who take pay cuts do it because they know they will get cut if they don’t. if he’s such a good safety, then he wouldn’t mind getting cut because he could just find another team.
good players don’t take pay cuts. players who aren’t worth much take pay cuts.
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I've been arguing with James a long while now about Lewis' effectiveness
Logic merely enables one to be wrong with authority
"such a good safety."
Take it easy. I said he’s a good safety, not Jesus.
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Jesus is not "such a good safety" either.
he’s busy playing quarterback for the Denver Broncos.
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he's good enough
that’s not just good enough for the 49ers. He’d fetch a 5th I’d bet.
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Stoudamire should be signed by Seattle momentarily.
by Rod Blogojevich on Aug 31, 2010 9:09 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
included in his release
were tickets to SEA
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Working on it
James came down with a nasty bug which put things off for a bit.
Logic merely enables one to be wrong with authority
James got down with the nasty in a VW Bug?
SMH…totally unprofessional
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if only there were a substitute...
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