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Are the Titans a better team than the 49ers?
It's no disgrace to lose to a better football team. But it's hard to swallow when that (slightly) better team came into the game 1-6, in semi-turmoil with its owner overriding the coach by publicly dictating quarterback changes, and the game is in your house....
49ers falter again
With Mike Singletary, care should be taken with questions asked of him in moments of stress and displeasure. Otherwise, you just might get the query slammed back in your face like a lemon-meringue pie laced with roofing tacks. After his team stirred up a...
NFL's not-so-sweet Thursdays
When Yankees manager Joe Girardi put his starting pitchers on a World Series rotation that called for three days' rest, the decision was considered fairly bold. Over the last two decades, baseball has revolutionized the way it protects pitchers' arms, and...
Strange reversals of fortune
This is what 49ers fans expected to hear from their heroes Sunday afternoon after a solid, faith-restoring victory over a faltering opponent. "It's how we believe in each other. The excitement that everybody has, the confidence we have in each other is...
Davis close to personal best
Vernon Davis' season of excellence continues apace. Although he did not have a touchdown catch Sunday for the first time in three games, the tight end did achieve career highs in receptions and yards. Davis latched onto 10 of Alex Smith's passes for 102 yards...
Chris Johnson / S.F. quick to praise fast Tennessee back
When it comes to Chris Johnson, there's no faster running back in the NFL, as the 49ers learned Sunday. The Tennessee Titans' sprinter dashed for 135 yards on 25 carries and two touchdowns. Only a successful replay challenge by the 49ers reduced Johnson's...
49ers game report
Game report OFFENSE RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER)The 49ers wasted a fresh approach that gained 358 yards, 25 first downs and nearly 34 minutes in time of possession by committing four turnovers. Regardless of the circumstances, four turnovers is unacceptable....
49ers game report
Game report OFFENSE RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER)The 49ers wasted a fresh approach that gained 358 yards, 25 first downs and nearly 34 minutes in time of possession by committing four turnovers. Regardless of the circumstances, four turnovers is unacceptable....
Are the Titans a better team than the 49ers?
It's no disgrace to lose to a better football team. But it's hard to swallow when that (slightly) better team came into the game 1-6, in semi-turmoil with its owner overriding the coach by publicly dictating quarterback changes, and the game is in your house....
Davis close to personal best
Vernon Davis' season of excellence continues apace. Although he did not have a touchdown catch Sunday for the first time in three games, the tight end did achieve career highs in receptions and yards. Davis latched onto 10 of Alex Smith's passes for 102 yards...
Chris Johnson / S.F. quick to praise fast Tennessee back
When it comes to Chris Johnson, there's no faster running back in the NFL, as the 49ers learned Sunday. The Tennessee Titans' sprinter dashed for 135 yards on 25 carries and two touchdowns. Only a successful replay challenge by the 49ers reduced Johnson's...
Strange reversals of fortune
This is what 49ers fans expected to hear from their heroes Sunday afternoon after a solid, faith-restoring victory over a faltering opponent. "It's how we believe in each other. The excitement that everybody has, the confidence we have in each other is...
Down Tennessee way: Titans stun Niners 34-27
With Mike Singletary, care should be taken with questions asked of him in moments of stress and displeasure. Otherwise, you just might get the query slammed back in your face like a lemon meringue pie laced with roofing tacks. After his team stirred up a...
NFL's not-so-sweet Thursdays
When Yankees manager Joe Girardi put his starting pitchers on a World Series rotation that called for three days' rest, the decision was considered fairly bold. Over the last two decades, baseball has revolutionized the way it protects pitchers' arms, and...
Johnson, Young rally Titans
Chris Johnson got to perform his celebratory dance after all. Six plays after his 81-yard touchdown run was overturned, Johnson took a pitch from Vince Young and scurried 2 yards for a go-ahead score and led the Tennessee Titans to their second straight win...
49ERS / Coaching wasn't in their plans
As monolithic as it is in its influence on American sports, the NFL is really a closed little shop where people on the inside crisscross each other throughout their careers. Such as Mike Singletary and Jeff Fisher. In 1981, Singletary and Fisher were rookie...
Coaching wasn't in their plans
As monolithic as it is in its influence on American sports, the NFL is really a closed little shop where people on the inside criss-cross each other throughout their careers. Such as Mike Singletary and Jeff Fisher. In 1981, Singletary and Fisher were rookie...
Just 3-4, but still a threat
Beware the third-place Dolphins, sub-.500 kings of the AFC East. "We're 3-0 in the division," Fins coach Tony Sparano told his team when they beat the Jets 30-25 last week. "And it still goes through us!" The division crown sure does, in a backward, down-...
Gannon's take: Niners on the right track
As someone who played for Jimmy Raye and was a teammate of Greg Manusky's, Rich Gannon is well qualified to comment on the 49ers vis-a-vis the team's offensive and defensive coordinators. The former NFL quarterback was at practice Friday in preparation for...
49ers Beat: Team upbeat despite three straight losses
For a team that has lost three straight games, two of them "winnable" games on the road, the 49ers seemed unusually chipper in practice this week, full of bluster and bonhomie. Tight end Vernon Davis said the attitude reflects the players' belief that they...
Gannon's take: Niners on the right track
As someone who played for Jimmy Raye and was a teammate of Greg Manusky's, Rich Gannon is well qualified to comment on the 49ers vis-a-vis the team's offensive and defensive coordinators. The former NFL quarterback was at practice Friday in preparation for...
Gannon's take: Niners on the right track
As someone who played for Jimmy Raye and was a teammate of Greg Manusky's, Rich Gannon is well qualified to comment on the 49ers vis-a-vis the team's offensive and defensive coordinators. The former NFL quarterback was at practice Friday in preparation for...
Gannon's take: Niners on the right track
As someone who played for Jimmy Raye and was a teammate of Greg Manusky's, Rich Gannon is well qualified to comment on the 49ers vis-a-vis the team's offensive and defensive coordinators. The former NFL quarterback was at practice Friday in preparation for...
Gannon's take: Niners on the right track
As someone who played for Jimmy Raye and was a teammate of Greg Manusky's, Rich Gannon is well qualified to comment on the 49ers vis-a-vis the team's offensive and defensive coordinators. The former NFL quarterback was at practice Friday in preparation for...
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