The San Francisco 49ers are in deep trouble. They are not proficient enough on offense to get to the playoffs without going through the Wild Card Round. A Super Bowl appearance in 2013 is becoming a distant and almost unattainable goal. The ... (Continue reading)
The high-flying San Francisco 49ers have come down to earth and are looking human again. For two seasons they have been winning more than two-thirds of the games they play, often looking unbeatable. Talented players, a magical quarterback, a genius coach—oh, ... (Continue reading)
After watching the San Francisco 49ers badly lose a game to the Seattle Seahawks for the second time, I’m struck by the incompetency of the strategic play calling against a beatable team. Seattle is a good, solid and tough team, but ... (Continue reading)
In the already-classic film, "Bull Durham," (1988), the actress Susan Sarandon playing Annie Savoy delivers a stirring monologue on "The Church of Baseball." To this day, it is the most quotable monologue about any sport. Annie was voicing a dirty little secret ... (Continue reading)
The 49er personnel picture is a lot clearer now that free agency and the draft have passed. Now we can look at problems other than the “filling of holes” on the 49ers. It is true that some changes are still ... (Continue reading)
I never did like crow. Even during the below-poverty-level times of my youth, I avoided the delicacy (ugh), even though it was readily available around the ranch. Crow is stringy, a tough bird who will eat almost anything and often tastes ... (Continue reading)
The Super Bowl at the end of the 2012 season will not feature the San Francisco 49ers. Reality bites, and we all try to duck it, but it is there in our faces and we must acknowledge it. That is ... (Continue reading)
The 49ers-Dolphins game gave something for everyone to cheer and to groan about. It is clear that Colin Kaepernick, as leader of the team, is not yet ready for prime time, yet he shows flashes of what the team hopes ... (Continue reading)
The mid-season benching of Alex Smith could not have come at a worse time for him. The San Francisco 49ers quarterback's level of play was at the highest point of his career. His 70 percent completion percentage led the entire ... (Continue reading)
The Monday Night Football game between the Chicago Bears and the San Francisco 49ers introduced a valid and soon to be raging quarterback controversy into the Baghdad By The Bay area. My initial response was to pooh-pooh the possibility that ... (Continue reading)