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SB Nation Week 11 Power Rankings

2009-11-21T04:21:08Z

SB Nation Week 11 Power Rankings

The 49ers sit at 18th, although I actually voted them 20th. They've actually finished above my vote the last few weeks. We'll see if they can improve.

Niners to Franchise A. Franklin?

2009-11-20T23:47:16Z

Niners to Franchise A. Franklin?

PFT reports the Niners are planning on franchising Franklin. I think this is an outstanding move. Gives us a chance to evaluate him for another year before offering a long term contract, and if someone does decide to pick him up we get 2 first rounders for it.

Crabtree looking to get better

2009-11-20T18:41:36Z

Crabtree looking to get better

Video on Crabtree from CSN

Rex Ryan "I Am Man Enough To Be Me"

2009-11-19T03:26:46Z

Rex Ryan "I Am Man Enough To Be Me"

Absolutely hilarious story out of the Meadowlands. New York Jets coach Rex Ryan broke down crying following the teams loss to the Jaguars last week. Considering he was supposed to be a "real man" following his critique of the 49ers during the Crabtree tampering allegations i find this absolutely hilarious.

O/T: Mangini would welcome LeBron on the Browns

2009-11-18T19:02:22Z

O/T: Mangini would welcome LeBron on the Browns

People have often said LeBron could be a very solid football player given his size and athleticism. Of course, basketball overlaps with most of the football season, and I don't know if LeBron would want to get beat up in September before starting up with basketball.

Pro Bowl leaders so far

2009-11-17T23:41:38Z

Pro Bowl leaders so far

The leaders of the Pro Bowl voting so far. Tony Gonzalez is leading TEs. Make sure to vote for V-Dav cause he deserves it.

At Least The Niners Are Better Than the Browns

2009-11-17T05:02:25Z

At Least The Niners Are Better Than the Browns

If you watched the whole MNF game, well you watched what had to be the worst game of the season, but man it was hard to take my eyes off the trainwreck that is the Browns offense.

If you take out the last 10 yard lateral pass play (because it's more fun that way) the Browns ran 60 plays and had 150 yards of offense. That's 2.5 yards per play. But wait, it gets worse.

Not counting the last play, Brady Quinn went 12/30 for 89 yards, with no TD's, 2 INT's, and a fumble. That would be about 3 yards per play until you remember that he also got sacked 4 times for a combined loss of 2 yards. So on 34 drop backs the Browns gained a net total of 64 yards. That comes out to 1.88 yards per pass play. For comparison, the Pats average 8.3 yards per pass play against the Colts, nearly 4 times the yards per play. You show 'em Brady.

The crazy thing is I'm not sure a full-time Wildcat with Josh Cribbs wouldn't be more effective. At the very least i would be more interesting. Or heck, jut go all out and line up in a punt formation on every play and just tell Cribbs to run for his life. They'd probably score more than 5 touchdowns every 15 games.

sh!t

2009-11-17T04:42:39Z

sh!t

at least we arent the browns.

Bud Adams fined 250k

2009-11-16T22:57:08Z

Bud Adams fined 250k

Bud Adams was fined 250k today for giving the double bird from his box on Sunday's game.

Belichick was fined 500k for cheating in NFL games.

Jon Gruden signs contract extension with MNF

2009-11-16T22:34:09Z

Jon Gruden signs contract extension with MNF

Anybody else find this particularly interesting? I was convinced it was one and done, but now that doesn't seem to be the case. Interesting...

Matt Maiocco's Thoughts on the 49ers going to a more balanced offensive attack as the season moves...

2009-11-14T19:57:56Z

Matt Maiocco's Thoughts on the 49ers going to a more balanced offensive attack as the season moves forward.
Well, I think that’s the whole idea. They would like to. But you have to also look at how the game is going. And last night (Thursday), it was a run-dominated going because of the (previous) reasons I outlined. They just didn’t want to turn the ball over. The game against the Titans, I think they felt the best way of going up against the #32-ranked passing defense was to throw the ball. They spread them out a little bit. Whenever you try to throw the ball, you’re going to be more susceptible to turnovers. The three turnovers, the three interceptions and then the one fumble on a sack last week from Alex Smith, those were the key plays in that game against the Titans. And then in last night’s game, it was the Bears who became one-dimensional as far as the passing goes. And they ultimately paid the price. Jay Cutler had a lot of yards throwing with 300 yards, but ultimately the 5 turnovers/5 interceptions (are) the reason the 49ers won the game.

Maiocco's thoughts on the 49ers defense as the season has progressed.
Well I think there are a couple things. One of the big things has been (that) they’re playing better teams. When the season started, the pass rush was very good and I think as the pass rush goes, so goes the 49ers defense. So I think if the pass rush is there, the secondary is playing better – just sort of that hand and glove sort of the thing. They’ve generally been very good against the run against all teams. They came into last night’s game ranked 4th in the league in run defense. I’m sure they’ll move up a slot or two based on this game where they allowed Matt Forte only 41 yards on 20 carries. The one game where they allowed rushing yards was against Chris Johnson and the Titans and he’s been burning everybody. So the key to me is the pass rush. The run defense has been solid pretty much the entire year. And last night, if you look at the stat sheet, the 49ers had no sacks but I think the pressure on Jay Cutler was a huge part of last night’s game. There were a couple of times when Cutler was rushed and threw the pick. He never had a great opportunity, I don’t think, to throw from a completely clean pocket. So he was always shuffling his feet or trying to move or get room to throw. And I think ultimately that pressure paid dividends in the form of five interceptions.

Matt Maiocco on the Davis Sports Deli Podcast

Any NFL Fan Should read this

2009-11-14T05:30:38Z

Any NFL Fan Should read this

This is an article I wrote I guess it was a little too soon before the football season started. It's about how the NFL neglects its former players both greats and role players alike.

Sacks allowed by each lineman

2009-11-14T00:11:49Z

Sacks allowed by each lineman

An interesting analysis of which lineman are giving up the most sacks, and in how much time

No Fun League fines Ocho Cinco

2009-11-13T21:33:30Z

No Fun League fines Ocho Cinco

So the No Fun League strikes again and fines Chad Ochocinco $20,000 for his "bribe" on Sunday. This while hitting Tommie Harris with a mere $7500 for slugging a defenseless player.

Priorities are screwed up here.

Ochocinco has announced that he'll match that fine and donate it to charity.

Cutler was also fined $20k for last Sunday's game after he argued with an official about a non-call. Apparently the league thinks that arguing with an official amounts to "abusive behavior".

Ann Killion: 49ers end losing streak, but not questions

2009-11-13T20:56:27Z

Ann Killion: 49ers end losing streak, but not questions

Our long local nightmare is over. The 49ers finally snapped their four-game losing streak on Thursday night with a narrow 10-6 victory over the Chicago Bears.

A victory made entirely possible by the generosity of Jay Cutler.

Roman on 1st INT: "I couldn't believe he threw it"

2009-11-13T16:01:20Z

Roman on 1st INT: "I couldn't believe he threw it"

Hey Mark, we couldn't believe you picked it off either.

Titans' Gage broke bones in his lower back on great grab.

2009-11-12T23:46:33Z

Titans' Gage broke bones in his lower back on great grab.

Nothing you would hope for but maybe this will make some receivers think twice about going over the middle against us.

Special 49ers/Bears Coverage on CSN Bay Area

2009-11-12T22:37:17Z

Special 49ers/Bears Coverage on CSN Bay Area

COMCAST SPORTSNET PRESENTS SPECIAL 49ERS/BEARS COVERAGE

Chronicle Live at 4:00pm featuring Owner Jed York and General Manager Scot McCloughan with Host Greg Papa, and former players Lorenzo Neal and JJ Stokes.

Following Chronicle Live, log on to CSNBayArea.com for Chronicle Extra, where Greg, Lorenzo and JJ will take you up to kickoff, fielding your emails, phone calls and tweets.

4pm- Chronicle Live on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area
5pm- Chronicle Extra on CSNBayArea.com

Top 10 Moments at Candlestick

2009-11-12T21:00:54Z

Top 10 Moments at Candlestick

Oh man, I got goosebumps watching this recent compilation from nfl.com.

Enjoy!

America's Game: The Super Bowl Not sure if this was the most appropriate way to post this but I...

2009-11-12T18:11:48Z

America's Game: The Super Bowl

Not sure if this was the most appropriate way to post this but I thought some of you guys might be interested. The NFL Network is airing a series of programs called America's Game: The Super Bowl today and it seems as if they are focusing on the 49ers Super Bowls.

10:00 AM-1988 w/ comments from Bill Walsh, Harris Barton, and Roger Craig

11:00 AM- 1989 w/ comments from George Seifert, Tom Rathman, and Jerry Rice

12:00 AM- 1994 w/ Steve Young, Brent Jones, and Merton Hanks

I watched the very end of the 1984 episode and thought this might interest some of the faithful.