NFL Monday Morning Ramblings Special Edition: Top 12 Stories of the 2011 Season
And to think, this NFL season was almost for naught, thanks to that ugly lockout that gripped the sports world for the majority of the spring and summer, 2011. Luckily for football fans, the season was saved at the eleventh hour, and what a season it was.
Of course, every NFL season is loaded with tons of unforgettable moments, and 2011 was certainly no exception. It was a season...
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49ers' Harbaugh named Coach of the Year
SANTA CLARA – Jim Harbaugh is making good on his wish to follow in the footsteps of Bill Walsh.
Jim Harbaugh
Coach Jim Harbaugh, right, hugging tight end Vernon Davis, guided the 49ers to a 13-3 regular-season record.
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7 days ago
Rankings Battle Royale
I took the next step T, but I'm just scratching the surface...
We look at several similarly ranked players and pit them against each other to see who would be the best choice for 2012 fantasy drafts. These articles will be coming soon to a theater near you.
QBs
Cam Newton vs Matthew Stafford
Aaron Rodgers vs Drew Brees
Eli Manning vs Tony Romo
RBs
Ryan Mathews vs Darren McFadden...
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Five potential fantasy football busts for 2012
It is never too early to start looking ahead towards your 2021 fantasy football draft, especially if you have keeper concerns. While it is always important to identify studs and sleepers, it may be even more important to identify the busts. Related posts:
Drafting A Tight End Early In Your Fantasy Football 2012 Draft
2011 Fantasy Football All Waiver Wire Team
Fantasy...
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Can Steve Spagnuolo help the New Orleans Saints get to the Super Bowl?
Everyone knows that the New Orleans Saints are a high octane offensive team. The Saints can and do put up points in a hurry and usually win their games by outscoring their opponents. If there were any criticism about the Saints this past season it was that their defense was not quite good enough to advance further in the playoffs. Granted, many turnovers cost the team in the divisional...
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Reports: Falcons TE Tony Gonzalez to retire after 2012 season
Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez re-defined how people think about the position. Gonzalez’s athleticism and great hands–he was just as good of a basketball player for the California Bears– allowed the Kansas City Chiefs and Atlanta Falcons to use him as a pass-catching threat, not just an edge blocker.
Gonzalez is a first-ballot Hall of Famer, an honor which...
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If I Ran The San Francisco 49ers...
I remember when I was ten years old. It was 1992, Steve Young won the MVP that year, Jerry Rice caught 84 throws and made 10 TDS. The Niners also won the Super Bowl that year, beating The San Diego Chargers. That is the team I want to have back, that's the team I would love to be over.
Back then it wasn't just Young and Rice carrying the team, we heard names like Bryant...
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Niners expected to shop for physical WR
The San Francisco 49ers are expected to go after another wide receiver to complement Michael Crabtree and tight end Vernon Davis this offseason.According to the Sacramento Bee, the Niners would need to pick up a physical receiver, with names like Kansas City's Dwayne Bowe, New Orleans' Marques Colston and San Diego's Vincent Jackson mentioned to be on San Franciscoâ€...
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Dynasty TE Rankings
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GRONK SMASH T...
1. Rob Gronkowski NE, 23 years old
Gronk will smash anything in his way with his special blend of size and speed. As long as Tom Brady is at QB, Gronk will be at the top of the heap.
2. Jimmy Graham NO, 25 years old
This freakish talent has only scratched the surface of his talent and as long as Brees is around the sky is the limit.
3. Vernon Davis SF, 28 years...
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SENIOR BOWL: Spotlight is on the tight ends
The South team practicing in Fairhope, Ala. on Monday. (D. Orlando Ledbetter/Dledbetter@ajc.com)
MOBILE — The diversified play of tight ends in the NFL playoffs has put the spotlight on the group of six players at that position who are getting ready for the 63rd annual Senior Bowl.
While the practice sessions were moved inside Thursday because of rain, the tight ends continued...
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17 days ago
IN THE ZONE
Video: The best TDs of the 2012 Playoffs
Source: Ron Chenoy/US PRESSWIRE In less than two weeks, the New York Giants and New England Patriots will square off against one another in Super Bowl XLVI. To say the 2012 NFL playoffs have been exciting would be the understatement of the year considering the last couple of weeks have provided football fans with some of the most exciting games in league history. From Alex Smith...
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Sizing up UM's 2012 recruiting class with Rivals analyst Chris Nee (Part 1)
As of midnight Thursday -- six days before National Signing Day 2012 -- the Miami Hurricanes had eight early enrollees and 23 other commitments expected to sign National Letters of Intent next Wednesday. Outside of a handful of kids who could either be added to the class or leaving it, Al Golden's first full-year worth of recruiting work appears to be over.Â
How did he and...
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17 days ago
Looking Ahead: Free Agent recievers
Follow us on twitter @SFninerNoise for offseason moves, news, and more
check out the death stare Crabtree is giving Kyle Williams
We can all dwell on a NFC Championship game overtime loss all the way up to training camp, but our front office has plenty of work to do. There were a few things that were evident in the loss to the Giants that will need to be mended to before the start...
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17 days ago
Random Thoughts On NFC Championship Game
- It’s funny to think that the Giants won a game because of their special teams. Just one year ago, fans were calling for Tom Quinn to be fired because of how putrid the Giants’ special teams played (especially in that one game…you know the one). Now they’re in the Super Bowl because of how their special teams played in San Francisco, the site of the franchise...
Via Giants Football Blog
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18 days ago
2011 NFL All-Playoff Team
After three weeks of action-packed playoff football, the field has been narrowed to the final two contenders. The road to this years’ Super Bowl has been paved by outstanding performances and marked with scores of unforgettable moments. Many deserving players have already taken the long journey home after missing their chance at the big time. It’s the nature of the game...
Via Football Nation
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19 days ago
Not even NFL can offer perfect endings
Perfect endings are a myth. The 100-year-old man who dies while making passionate love to the woman of his dreams is the man who reaches heaven or hell irate he didn't last two more minutes.
Endings, by their very nature, are dissatisfying.
And one man's perfect ending just might be another man or woman's nightmare. It all depends on your taste, your life purpose, your...
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19 days ago
A Look Back At the NFC Championship Game
After a bitter defeat to the New York Giants in this past Sunday’s NFC Championship game, the San Francisco 49ers still have a lot to be proud of.
When you really break down Sunday’s NFC Championship game, it was clear that it could have gone either way. Both the 49ers and the Giants came to play and gave all they could to win.
Like so many other NFL games, this...
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Singletary Video: 49ers’ Vernon Davis Still a Prima Donna?
When Mike Singletary was the San Francisco 49ers Head Coach he led his team the way he played. As a middle linebacker for the Chicago Bears Singletary wore his heart on his sleeve and played with reckless abandon leaving everything on the field…everything. Arguably the most intimidating middle linebacker to ever wear an NFL uniform, Singletary hoped that his old school approach...
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Hope Ya Had Fun Fellas!
I can’t imagine the scene at this shindig on Sunday night. Vernon Davis probably should have waited a bit before he started blasting off about his post-game NFC Championship Party. Unfortunately, the Giants had something to say about that. Don’t get it twisted with good old Vernon, the tears don’t mean a thing, he’s still the low-life Mike Singletary thought he was…..
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Hope Ya Had Fun Fellas!
I can’t imagine the scene at this shindig on Sunday night. Vernon Davis probably should have waited a bit before he started blasting off about his post-game NFC Championship Party. Unfortunately, the Giants had something to say about that. Don’t get it twisted with good old Vernon, the tears don’t mean a thing, he’s still the low-life Mike Singletary thought he was…..
Via Unathletic
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19 days ago
Giants claim NFC Championship and trip to Super Bowl with gritty win over the 49ers
The Giants are going to the Super Bowl!
Let that sink in for a moment. For a team that was 7-7 and fresh off a humiliating loss to the Washington Redskins, who here though that reaching the playoffs, let alone making it to the Super Bowl was even remotely possible?
Now the Giants are Super Bowl bound with a rematch set with the New England Patriots. Things can’t much better than...
Via Giants Football Blog
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19 days ago
NFC Championship Fantasy Football Recap
New York Giants – 20, San Francisco 49ers – 17
Like the Ravens-Patriots game, this was a hard-fought back and forth contest that came down to the last minute, and in fact went into overtime and still wasn’t decided until the OT period was more than half over. While not a lot of people believed in the 49ers, this loss in no way validates the doubters, as the...
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Giants Beat 49ers 20-17 In Overtime To Advance To The Super Bowl
The New York Giants have advanced to the Super Bowl by beating the San Francisco 49ers in overtime 20-17. These two teams have had a history in playing epic games dating back to 1986 when the Giants defeated the 49ers 17-3 to capture their first Super bowl title. On the Giants second Super Title run in 1990, they defeated the 49ers again in a classic battle 15-13 on a Matt Barr...
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San Francisco 49ers grades for Sunday's NFC title game vs. New York Giants
MAKING THE GRADEPass offense: For the second time in two playoff games, Alex Smith threw two touchdown passes to Vernon Davis.
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19 days ago
San Francisco 49ers grades for Sunday's NFC title game vs. New York Giants
MAKING THE GRADEPass offense: For the second time in two playoff games, Alex Smith threw two touchdown passes to Vernon Davis.
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