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New Players to the Practice Squad

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:49:32 -0500

The following players have been added to the practice squad: LB Jay Moore – a hybrid DE/LB with potential pass-rushing talent. Was released by the 49ers earlier this year. LB Justin Roland – Roland has bounced around the league after being signed as an undrafted free agent out of Kansas State. DT Marlon Favorite (mentioned on a below [...]

The Turk Storms Around the NFL and Claims Some Big Names

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:45:49 -0500

The Oakland Raiders’ Turk had to tell veteran quarterback Jeff Garcia, “Coach needs to see you and bring your playbook” Every team has that member of their coaching staff that no one wants to see on Cut Down Day. The Turk – HBO’s Hard Knocks has highlighted Bengals coach Jim Lippincott — came around the NFL at 6:00 PM on Sept. 5, reducing rosters to the regular season limit of 53 players. The last cuts are always the toughest for NFL teams as many ha...

San Francisco 49ers Cut Down Roster

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:01:33 -0500

Saturday was cut day and like every other team, the 49ers trimmed their roster down, including a few cuts which surprised analysts as well as myself. The overall list was Offensive Tackles Jacob Bender, Alex Boone and Joe Toledo, Center Matt Spanos, Guard Kyle Howard, Wide Receivers Dobson Collins, Maurice Price and Dominique Zeigler, Tight Ends Joe Jon Finley and Bear Pascoe, Fullbacks Brit Miller and William Rentmeester, Running Back Kory Sheets, Cornerbacks Eric Green and...

49ers Trim To 53

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:33:06 -0500

From Matt Maiocco 49ers announce 20 cuts to get to 53-man limit The 49ers reduced their roster to the 53-man limit just minutes ago, but that does not mean everybody with the team today will still be here on Sunday. The 49ers released T Jacob Bender, T Alex Boone, WR Dobson Collins, DL Pannel Egboh, TE J.J. Finley, CB Eric Green, OL Kyle Howard, CB Terrail Lambert, FB Brit Miller, NT/OT Khalif Mitchell, LB Jay Moore, TE Bear Pascoe, WR Maurice Price, FB Bill Rentmeester, LB Justin Roland, RB Kory Sheets, OL Matt Spanos, OL Joe Toledo, LB Mark Washington and WR Dominique Zeigler. Lot’s of surprises. 1) The one sure to have the fans upset is Kory Sheets. Sheets an undrafted rookie looked fantastic during pre-season/training camp. However lets face the facts; he was behind Gore, Coffe and Robinson…carries were going to be sparse. Secondly Thomas Clayton looked great every off-season that success never carried to the NFL. Hopefully he’ll slip through waivers and join the practice squad. 2) The bigger surprise to me was that Pascoe, Finley, and Miller were cut. I don’t buy that a team that says it’s committed to running the ball would only keep two tight ends and one fullback. Especially when you consider that Delanie Walker is more of a WR then tight end. I can guarantee the Niners are looking to find someone on waivers. 3) The cuts of Bender, Boone, Toledo and Spanos leave the Niners painfully think along the offensive line. By my count they only have 8 offensive lineman on the roster (Staley, Baas, Heitman, Richal, Synder, Wragge, Sims, Wallace.) Again expect a waiver pickup. Watch the Jaguars cuts closely and see if Tony Pashos is cut. 4) The fact that Ricky Jean-Francois and Diyral Briggs Continue reading 49ers Trim To 53

49ers 53-man roster final cuts

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:27:36 -0500

The final roster cuts have come down from the 49ers, here's a list of the players released. Released T Jacob Bender T Alex Boone WR Dobson Collins DE Pannel Egboh TE Joe Jon Finley CB Eric Green G Kyle Howard CB Terrail Lambert FB Brit Miller DT Khalif Mitchell LB Jay Moore TE Bear Pascoe WR Maurice Price FB Bill Rentmeester LB Justin Roland RB Kory Sheets G/C Matt Spanos T Joe Toledo LB Mark Washington WR Dominique Zeigler Some big surprises here in Kory...

San Diego Chargers 26 - San Francisco 49ers 7: How 'Bout Them Refs?

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:59:46 -0500

Well, there you have it folks. The Chargers took the lead on the opening drive after recovering a surprise onside kick and from there it was... well, not domination, but the 49ers never quite found their rhythm. The team simply looked tired, though I recall reading a comment in the game thread that made sense, which went something along the lines of the Chargers having more roster spots up for grabs and therefore had more to play for. Still, a loss is a loss. A few observations, though......

Who do the 49ers axe? NFL roster cut-down date approaching

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:42:48 -0500

On Tuesday September 1, NFL rosters have to be cut down to 75 men. According to Mike Sando, rosters have to be at 80 men by tomorrow. The deadline for the final cut to the 53-man roster is September 5. For the 49ers, the retirement of Marvel Smith appears to bring them down to 80 men at this point (counted up their roster and subtracted Crabtree). The question becomes who to release by Tuesday. They need to release five guys in the coming two days, although they w...

49ers 21 - Raiders 20: Post game quotes and notes

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:00:12 -0500

More photos » by Marcio Sanchez - AP about 13 hours ago: Oakland Raiders wide receiver Nick Miller (89) fumbles the ball on a punt return in the fourth quarter as San Francisco 49ers Scott McKillop (56), Marques Harris (54), and Justin Roland (50) take him down during NFL preseason football game in San Francisco, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Marcio Sanchez) Browse more photos » A day later and ESPN reported in the g...

Pre-Broncos Game Questions and Notes..

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:58:10 -0500

Obviously as the minutes tick down for the preseason opener vs. the Denver Broncos all the San Francisco 49ers fans will focus on the quarterback competition with Shaun Hill and Alex Smith. Much too much time and space has been wasted on that topic already and I have little to add for now except to note that Hill was named the starter for the game by Head Coach Mike Singletary and that the coach revealed that Smith would get reps with the first team in this game as well "to keep the comp...

NFC West position review: middle linebacker

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:25:56 -0500

More photos » by Jeff Roberson - AP The St. Louis Rams are counting on rookie second-round draft pick linebacker James Laurinaitis to be the bright future of a position that had been seriously neglected in recent years. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) Browse more photos » I got together with the other NFC West bloggers to compare linebackers, this time around, middle linebackers. I gotta say, it wasn't as ...

Projecting the 49ers 53-man roster #1

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:00:15 -0500

Over the last couple months, people have begun rolling out their 53-man roster projections. We had kiyoshi rolling out an immediate post-draft depth chart comparison to 2008. That was followed by sam23 with the impressively early projection. I believe there have been some more, so feel free to post them in here, or link to them. Up until now I've been posting projections at each position as an exercise to start squaring away the last few roster spots. The...

Caption This: Bamm Bamm & Samurai Mike

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:00:23 -0500

More photos » by Jeff Chiu - AP Pat, you are only practicing at 125%, I expect a constant 150% effort out of you! I'm so mad, I could just push this imaginary cupcake into your chest! (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) Browse more photos » Doesn't it [site decorum] you off when you look at a picture, see the caption written and say: That's awful, I could do better? If you've never had that experience, lo...

2009 Roster Projections: Linebackers

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:00:23 -0500

I was originally going to break up the linebackers by inside and outside. However, I realize there are cross-over issues on the bubble and it should hopefully generate a little more discussion looking at all the linebackers combined together. The 49ers linebackers are all over the place ranging from the freakishly awesome (Bamm Bamm), to the up and coming youngster (Parys Haralson), to the potential first round bust running out of opportunities (Manny Lawson) to the old vetera...