Golden Nuggets: Drama Or Random Non-Story?

by David Fucillo on Dec 22, 2011 2:00 AM PST in 49ers Links

Good morning everybody. Thanks to the Monday Night Week 16 contest and the Saturday Christmas Eve game, this week will hopefully go by a lot quicker before game time. When we have to wait an extra day for a game it seems to last forever. When you remove a couple days, well it is all the quicker.

One upside to the shorter week is less time for drama to unfold. There seems to be a bit of drama surrounding Braylon Edwards and his playing time. Vernon Davis sent out some tweets about teammates sticking together and then said he was thankful to have Braylon on the team. Then Vernon Davis was talking to the media and he wasn't sure if Braylon was still rehabbing or what was going on. I don't know if there is nothing to this or if something else is going on. It could be nothing, it could be everything, but it is worth at least keeping some kind of eye out for more details

49ers taking extra steps to prepare for loud Seahawks crowd, surging Lynch (Sam Lam)

Ginn, Willis do not practice (Maiocco)

49ers review: Offensive player-by-player (Maiocco)

49ers review: Defensive player-by-player (Maiocco)

Coaches, players can vote for Aldon Smith for Pro Bowl (Barrows)

Davis on Edwards: "He wants to be out there bad" (Barrows)

49ers' Justin Smith one of NFL's best nobody knows (Barrows)

49ers Awaiting Answers on Power Outage (49ers.com)

Holcomb Enjoys Graduation Ceremony (49ers.com)

Lee Earns Weekly NFC Award (49ers.com)

Poised in the Pocket (49ers.com)

Vernon Davis on 95.7 The Game (49ers.com)

Fair catch: Lee wins NFC Player of Week honors (SJ Mercury News)

Pro Bowl update: Lee, Willis, Justin Smith win fan votes; six 49ers finish second behind Packers (SJ Mercury News)

Carroll: Special teams improved after ‘horrific’ performance in opener (Branch)

Andy Lee wins NFC Special Teams Player of the Week honor (Lynch)

Should we question the Jim Harbaugh-Alex Smith marriage? (Lynch)

Tweet all about it: Davis supports struggling Edwards (Branch)

Big hopes, and sacks, for rookie (SFGate.com)

49ers beat / S.F. trying to maintain No. 2 seed and bye week (SFGate.com)

Aldon Smith's prime-time outing could have legs (Knapp)

49ers' Braylon Edwards might play against Seahawks (Branch)

49ers' success tied to turnover differential (Branch)

Vernon Davis on Braylon Edwards: "I don’t know what’s going on. Is he still rehabbing?" (Press Democrat)

Seahawks, Lynch hope to get 1st TD run on 49ers (Yahoo! Sports)

San Francisco’s Mr. and Mr. Smith creating nightmare scenarios for quarterbacks (Yahoo! Sports)

Mike Sando's MVP Watch (Sando)

2011 49ers: Dream scenario for Week 16 (Sando)

2012 Pro Bowl fan balloting: Final ranks (Sando)

NFC West injury situations that matter (Sando)

Playoff Ticket Information (49ers.com)

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Braylon Edwards Helping Kids Go To College | Fooch
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49ers Vs. Seahawks Injury Update: Ted Ginn Walkin, Patrick Willis Rehabbin | Fooch
NCAA College Football Bowl Games Thread: TCU Vs. Louisiana Tech, Poinsettia Bowl | Fooch
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2011-2012 NCAA Bowls: Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl - St. Petersburg | Fooch

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On nights like these when I get bad bouts of insomnia

I’m especially grateful to have the Nuggets to read through. Especially these nuggets, wow, that’s a good long list of articles!

Oh, I hope this thing with Braylon is not drama. I sounds like it could be something weird going on, but of course the media feeds off of any little bit of news that could be controversial and then turns it into something worse than it was before. I just don’t like drama when it comes to the Niners, when it has a negative light. Gets me worried. Also because I guess I do like Braylon, especially after reading about his generosity with those kids back in Cleveland, so I’m hoping the controversy will get shaken off.

Maybe Vernon’s got a better handle on Braylon’s frame of mind than most, since they are roommates this season I think? It’s good to see how supportive the Niners are to each other, though I think Vernon’s tweet just adds fuel to fire. I hope the mystery gets cleared up this Saturday (hopefully by seeing Braylon having a good game).

Win or lose, at the end of the day I'm just happy to see the Niners play well... Okay, winning is good. I prefer winning.
"Yeah, I do get emotional. It fires me up. It fires me up a lot. I'm not going to apologize for that. If that offends you or anybody else, then so be it." ~ Jim Harbaugh

by El Dorado on Dec 22, 2011 4:35 AM PST reply actions

Re: Edwards

I could care less if it’s drama. The offense is less productive when Edwards is on the field and Williams is not. Hell, Swain caught the first pass that came his way and got some positive yardage after the catch. Realistically, I would be fine with just shutting Edwards down for the rest of the season and moving on. Absolute most expendable player on this team next to Norris and Rachal.

by 9thevolution on Dec 22, 2011 6:45 AM PST reply actions

Wow.. thats alot of links.. Good job..

As far as Edwards, I have wondered if his lack of performance has been due to his inability to hit any of the clauses in his contract for his bonuses..

But he needs to do something before the seasons end, otherwise he isnt getting any money offered next year.. It probably is too late for that to change aswell..

"You have to reinvent yourself each year, ... What helped us was that there was some turnover each year." Bill Walsh...

by AzNiner on Dec 22, 2011 7:11 AM PST via Android app reply actions