The second half of the Monday Night Football doubleheader promised a dominant tailback performance, a surprising young defense announcing its arrival to the world and a team establishing itself in the playoff conversation. That's exactly what football fans everywhere got—but instead of ... (Continue reading)
Jarryd Hayne is a professional football player. First a rugby player, then an oddity, then a wonder, Hayne has reportedly made the San Francisco 49ers' initial 53-man active roster, according to Matt Maiocco of CSN Bay Area. As happens far too ... (Continue reading)
San Francisco 49ers fans are trapped in their worst nightmare. With troubled pass-rusher Aldon Smith's arrest and subsequent release from the team for a hit-and-run accident, driving under the influence and vandalism, according to the Santa Clara Police Department's official Twitter feed, this ... (Continue reading)
Trent Richardson was bulletproof. He was a can't-miss, surefire prospect. A turnkey Hall of Famer. During the 2012 draft cycle, Bleacher Report NFL draft lead writer Matt Miller explained Richardson was a paragon of the ideal in every trait a scout evaluates. Best ... (Continue reading)
Jim Harbaugh is gone. Greg Roman is gone. Frank Gore and Mike Iupati are gone, per Chris Wesseling of NFL.com and Kent Somers of The Arizona Republic, and Michael Crabtree has one foot out the door. If a report by KBME SportsTalk 790's Jayson Braddock is accurate, even Colin ... (Continue reading)
When NFL superstars retire unexpectedly, you can feel the collective gasp. It's the gasp you hear when one team fumbles and the ball lies unprotected on the turf. The air sucks out of the stadium, the crowd falls utterly silent—save for ... (Continue reading)
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, with a rare clean pocket in which to set up and throw, reared back and fired. Thirty-eight-year-old Oakland Raiders safety Charles Woodson, Kaepernick's apparent target on the play, enveloped the ball—then popped up, ball triumphantly ... (Continue reading)
If Oakland Raiders head coach Dennis Allen's head-coaching career comes to an untimely end this offseason, there's no question what quote will be used in the obituary. "We brought Matt Schaub in to be our starting quarterback," Allen told the media ... (Continue reading)
If you follow the NFL closely enough to be reading this, the following facts should come as no surprise: The San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks played each other twice in the 2013 regular season. The first contest, in Seattle, ... (Continue reading)
The San Francisco 49ers faced Washington on Monday Night Football and came away with a 27-6 win. That's cute. Washington is a team in free fall; a Super Bowl contender should dispatch that squad easily. Even after the win, the 7-4 49ers ... (Continue reading)