Archive for July, 2010

I am heading out on vacation and will be back next week.  In the meantime the 49ers will be broadcasting live the State of the Franchise on Tuesday, July 27.  You can watch it at 49ers.com. Training camp also starts this week for the 49ers.  I will have comments on everything when I get back. Don’t forgot to vote at Fansided.com in the Divisional Smackdown tournament.

Yes and no.  Yes, because we have been here before with Michael Crabtree’s holdout last season.  I thought it was a matter of time before Crabtree would sign and that didn’t happen until week five of the season.  No, because none of the 2010 draft picks selected in the first-round are signed either.  When signing draft picks the NFL uses a slotting process with wherever a player is picked he gets so much money and the next guy get a little less and so-on.  A dumb practice yes but the NFL might have a new rookie salary cap that would [...]

In the last two weeks we had polls to vote on the NFC West all-star team.  Along with voting at raisingzona.com, ramblinfan.com and 12thmanrising.com our NFC West team is now assembled and is facing off against the NFC East in the first round.  Go check it out at Fansided.com

Team owner John York was recently in London promoting this season’s overseas match-up between the 49ers and Broncos on Oct. 31.  While talking before English fans York said, “There is easily enough of a fan base over here to stage two games a season. I think eventually there will be a Super Bowl outside the U.S. I couldn’t tell you when that would be. I can see it both ways. I’m not sure what will be first, a Super Bowl over here or an NFL team, but they both seem likely to happen.” York was not just rambling off his [...]

The 49ers defense is considered to be one of the top up-and-coming D’s in the NFL this season.  One of the reasons for this and how successful the defense was last season is because of starting nose tackle Aubrayo Franklin. Franklin had career highs in tackles for a loss (8.5), sacks (2) and interceptions (1) and was a huge reason why the 49ers ranked third in the NFL against the rush giving up only 3.6 yards per carry.  The 49ers placed the franchise tag on Franklin early in the off-season in hopes of signing him to a long-term contract.  The [...]

49ers State of the Franchise On July 27 at 7:00 pm the 49ers will hold their 2010 State of the Franchise.  The event is only open to season ticket holders and there will be a live broadcast on 49ers.com. In attendance will be Team President Jed York, Head Coach Mike Singletary and Vice President of Player Personnel Trent Baalke. The State of the Franchise will allow fans “an opportunity to hear directly from the organization about the direction of the franchise this season and beyond.”  It does not seem that any of the three will be taking questions from the [...]

Also see our previous posts of NFC West quarterbacks and running backs. Niner Noise along with raisingzona.com, ramblinfan.com and 12thmanrising.com are currently working to come up with the best NFC West players, an “NFC West All-Star Team” if you will. Today we look at the wide receivers: Arizona Cardinals: Larry Fitzgerald You can look at the loss of Kurt Warner (retirement) and Anquan Boldin (traded to the Ravens) one of two ways: 1. Fitzgerald will get more targets with the loss of Boldin and with the emerging running dual of Beanie Wells/Tim Hightower will open up the secondary. or 2. [...]

Niner Noise along with raisingzona.com, ramblinfan.com and 12thmanrising.com are currently working to come up with the best NFC West players, an “NFC West All-Star Team” if you will. Today we look at the running backs. Arizona Cardinals: Beanie Wells In the post-Kurt Warner era the Cardinals will most likely not be the passing team they have been in recent years which means more carries for Beanie Wells.  He showed great potential in his rookie season (176 carries for 793 rushing yards with seven touchdowns) especially in the final eight games when he scored six of his seven touchdowns.  Wells played [...]

Niner Noise along with raisingzona.com, ramblinfan.com and 12thmanrising.com are currently working to come up with the best NFC West players, an “NFC West All-Star Team” if you will. Today we look at the quarterback position. Arizona Cardinals: Matt Leinart Matt Leinart has championship experience, albeit in college and by learning from former QB Kurt Warner ever since he entered the league Leinart has the potential to be a successful quarterback for the Cardinals.  Leinart takes over the team with just 17 NFL starts. Seattle Seahawks:  Matt Hasselbeck Matt Hasselbeck has more career starts than all the other NFC West QB’s [...]