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You have no idea how much I had to keep telling myself to write in 2015 instead of 2016.
With that, good morning everyone! I hope everyone is still on any resolutions they began for 2016 and their holidays have been tremendous. Welcome back to the nuggets and our last week of 49ers football.
The best sport in the world is football, and the second best sport is waiting for football to start. I can tell you this offseason will be interesting given the rumors, the hires, the fires, etc, and it certainly will be better than last year's nightmare of an offseason. As far as Jim Tomsula's hiring/firing, I'm split down the middle. I think he'll need to say/do some good things in the next couple days to keep his job but I don't think a hard decision has been made either way. I think it's all up in the air and if he is to be fired, it may be later in the week rather than Black Monday.
In any case, this offseason will be one to watch, especially if the 49ers get a high draft pick.
Let's get to the links!
49ers’ Jimmie Ward finishing second season in shut-down mode (Eric Branch)
49ers messages: Meet the man towing the anti-York banners over Levi's Stadium (Eric Kurhi)
49ers' Staley: 'We didn't expect the kind of year we had' (Matt Maiocco)
Harbaugh, Kaepernick trade pleasantries on Twitter after Michigan’s win (Cam Inman)
Practice report: Ward ready to fill in for Tartt; Rams Gurley doubtful (Cam Inman)
Levi's Stadium's curse extends to soccer fields Judge rules in favor of NFL in soccer field fight, for now
49ers head coach Jim Tomsula praised the development of his young players on the practice field Friday (Chris Biderman)
Report: 49ers LB coach Pendergast expected to leave for USC (Eric Branch)
Turlock girl participating in NFL competition with help from Kaepernick (Matt Barrows)
49ers notes: Jim Tomsula mum on possible coaching changes (Eric Branch)