2009 NFL season

[coqui_chris]

Eagles signed Jeff Garcia.

Kolb is useless and Vick can't play until game three. They might use Garcia, but unless it's a major fracture, if McNab can make a throwing motion with his arm, they'll pad him up and play him -- busted rib and all.

I ... I've got nothing ...

[Rip Rufus]

Eagles signed Jeff Garcia.

Kolb is useless and Vick can't play until game three. They might use Garcia, but unless it's a major fracture, if McNab can make a throwing motion with his arm, they'll pad him up and play him -- busted rib and all.

I ... I've got nothing ...

Maybe after a week of practicing with the starters, Kolb could be something...

Who am I kidding.

[Chimneyfish]

God damn, is ESPN fixing these games to turn would-be blow-outs into great football games?

However, I was never really worried during that second one. If Phillip River's Chargers lost to the fucking joke Raiders then that'd mean there's something seriously wrong with this sport.

[peetie44]

I ... I've got nothing ...

Buck up there, c_c...

Saw this in the NFL briefs in the L.A. Times:

Donovan McNabb who suffered a cracked rib in the opener, on whether he's ruled himself out for Sunday's game against New Orleans:

"Not necessarily, anything can happen. It's just Monday right now, but if Friday and Saturday come along and I'm feeling a lot better, you just never know."

[Mayhem]

I hate football, and I hate Ruiner, and not necessarily in that order.

[peetie44]

I hate football, and I hate Ruiner, and not necessarily in that order.

But no matter what, T.O. still "loves me some me!"

[Crystal]

Where the hell is the Niners offensive line? Singletary wanted most of our offensive plays to be running plays, but at this rate, short passes would be more suitable.

[Mayhem]

I found my Buffalo Bills TV brick from the late 1980s-early 1990s. It's made of styrofoam and you throw it at the tv when the Bills fuck-up. I think I'll be using it a lot this year. I found out a buddy of mine broke a window when the Bills lost Monday.

[Chimneyfish]

Where the hell is the Niners offensive line? Singletary wanted most of our offensive plays to be running plays, but at this rate, short passes would be more suitable.

Yeah, our running game didn't get us anywhere on Sunday. I like Singletary's concern with ball control but we've got to be able to pass when we're playing a team that defends us like Arizona did. On the final game-winning drive, clearly the best drive of the game, only two of the 16 plays were rushing plays. It was the other 14 passing plays that gave us the 72 yards for a TD in that drive. If I were calling the plays, I would use the shotgun more (lining up in a passing formation will always throw the defense off because their assumption is that every play will be a handoff to Gore), dump out more underneath passes to Gore (we know the guy can catch, and obviously he can run once he's caught it), and get Vernon Davis involved in running more play action (he's the most athletic player on the field- too good to just be blocking). They could even throw in a few plays that line VD up as a slot receiver, Gore as the tight end, and Glen Coffee as a tailback. And let's not forget that Isaac Bruce can still catch! I thought I remembered hearing Singletary say something about wanting to run the ball 60% of the time. I like that idea, but it seemed like a lot more than 60% on Sunday though.

But how about that defense! It's strange having a pass-rush for once. Our corners our doing excellent- Dre Blys is filling in well for Walt Harris. I never would have thought that one day the San Francisco 49ers would have one of the best defenses in the nation.

When it comes down to it, we got the W, so we must have done something right.

[Chimneyfish]

McNabb is a pussy. It's a fractured rib. Rub some mud on it and take a lap, you'll be fine.

[peetie44]

I found my Buffalo Bills TV brick from the late 1980s-early 1990s. It's made of styrofoam and you throw it at the tv when the Bills fuck-up. I think I'll be using it a lot this year. I found out a buddy of mine broke a window when the Bills lost Monday.

Gawd...I have one of those bricks from when I lived in Toronto (1978-1993)! It now resides in a condo in Austin, where it gets thrown after U of T fuck ups.

Oh, btw...Big Ben #7? I think you got a fan...

[Crystal]

Where the hell is the Niners offensive line? Singletary wanted most of our offensive plays to be running plays, but at this rate, short passes would be more suitable.

Yeah, our running game didn't get us anywhere on Sunday. I like Singletary's concern with ball control but we've got to be able to pass when we're playing a team that defends us like Arizona did. On the final game-winning drive, clearly the best drive of the game, only two of the 16 plays were rushing plays. It was the other 14 passing plays that gave us the 72 yards for a TD in that drive. If I were calling the plays, I would use the shotgun more (lining up in a passing formation will always throw the defense off because their assumption is that every play will be a handoff to Gore), dump out more underneath passes to Gore (we know the guy can catch, and obviously he can run once he's caught it), and get Vernon Davis involved in running more play action (he's the most athletic player on the field- too good to just be blocking). They could even throw in a few plays that line VD up as a slot receiver, Gore as the tight end, and Glen Coffee as a tailback. And let's not forget that Isaac Bruce can still catch! I thought I remembered hearing Singletary say something about wanting to run the ball 60% of the time. I like that idea, but it seemed like a lot more than 60% on Sunday though.

But how about that defense! It's strange having a pass-rush for once. Our corners our doing excellent- Dre Blys is filling in well for Walt Harris. I never would have thought that one day the San Francisco 49ers would have one of the best defenses in the nation.

When it comes down to it, we got the W, so we must have done something right.

I definitely think we should pass more to Gore. He's so versatile, and we always hand it off to him and have him run it up the middle. It doesn't work out for us, because it's what is expected at this point.
What ever happened to Jason Hill? That guy was amazing with Shaun Hill last year. Nate Clements did well too last week, can't forget about that guy. We'll see how this week goes. Let's hope that it wasn't just a fluke.

[whiskeyprick]

McNabb is a pussy. It's a fractured rib. Rub some mud on it and take a lap, you'll be fine.

I just heard on espn radio that it was a clean break. I don't see him playing, the Birds are gonna have to wait until next week to have a chance at a win.

[Chimneyfish]

What ever happened to Jason Hill?

He's third string. Our WR positions are pretty stacked. Before Brandon Jones got hurt we didn't even need a WR. I'm still glad we drafted Crabtree, since we couldn't have passed up so much talent at a #10 draft price (too low of a price for him obviously). I honestly thought he would have signed by the first week, but I am not concerned with him at all. Even if he had signed by now, he would have never started as our #1 receiver this year. Especially after missing the entire training camp and pre-season. The fact that he's still living in the South Bay instead of back in Texas makes me hopeful that he is leaving open the possibility of signing. Mel Kiper Jr. actually said on national TV that he thinks that if Crabtree sat out and re-entered the draft in 2010, then he would be drafted higher then #10. I think that's ridiculous and so does every other NFL analyst I've heard. If he doesn't sign with the 49ers then we're shit out of luck as far as our last first round pick goes, but at least we own two first round picks in the 2010 draft.

[Chimneyfish]

I wouldn't count the Eagles out but I couldn't bet against Drew Bees right now, and all the momentum he's riding from last week.