49ers vs Bears

Soldier Field (Chicago)

5:00 PM (PST)

The 49ers face-off against the boys from Midway for their third preseason game tonight. Again the 49ers find themselves playing against a team with a recent QB competition of their own. However like the Packers, the QB controversy has been resolved with Kyle Orton named the starting QB for [...]

QB J.T. O’Sullivan led the 49ers to a 34-6 victory over the Packers on Saturday going 8-17, 154 yards, one touchdown and one interception. O’Sullivan did what I wanted him to do which was impress me. More importantly Mike Nolan and company  were impressed as well. But not enough to officially him the starter as they [...]

Candlestick Park (Walsh Field)
Saturday, August 16, 2008
6:00 PM

The 49ers get set for their second preseason game on Saturday as they square off against the cheese heads from Green Bay. The Packers recent QB controversy is well know and resolved. The 49ers however are still looking for their regular season starter at QB. Mike Nolan said [...]

Eleven year veteran Takeo Spikes signed with the 49ers late Sunday night. He participated in his first workout with the team on Monday. Spikes visited with the 49ers in March but went unsigned and said he wanted to go to a team that gave him the best chance to win a Super Bowl. Let’s hope [...]

                                                                                                                             
The 49ers lost to the Raiders 18-6 Friday night amounting 269 total net yards while committing four turnovers. It was the first preseason game but the only shining light was rookie WR Josh Morgan making six catches for 68 yards. The Three QB Stooges, J.T. O’Sullivan, Alex Smith and Shaun Hill, were all ineffective in [...]

McAfee Coliseum 7 p.m.
The 49ers first pre-season game is tonight against cross Bay rival Oakland Raiders. J.T. O’Sullivan will start the game at quarterback, but that does not mean he is the front runner for the starting job. Mike Nolan and company want to see exactly what they have in O’Sullivan which is hard to [...]

The 49ers and Raiders held joint practices in Napa, CA where the Silver and Black hold training camp. This was the first time S.F. and Oakland held a practice together since the early 1980’s. Both sides practiced in the morning in full pads and were in shells for the night practice. The cross Bay rivals [...]

Newly assigned left tackle Joe Staley joined the 49ers training camp workouts Wednesday. The day before he was to report to training camp his right foot started to swell due to an infection. He went to Stanford Hospital twice to treat his infection called cellulitis. Staley was a first-round draft pick last year and he [...]

Running back Michael Robinson underwent surgery on his torn right knee on Monday . It is unsure when he will return to practice. He was hurt on Sunday in a non-contact drill. With DeShaun Foster as the primary back-up to Frank Gore this season Robinson’s injury has more of an impact on special-teams. He led [...]

It is that time of year when the dog days of summer are turning out their last few weeks of heat and sunshine and the season turns to the fall which means the start of NFL training camps and more importantly nearing the start of the NFL regular season.
Training Camp starts today for the [...]