The Niners play the Saints today, a matchup of the NFL’s first ranked passing offense (in yards per game) against the league’s seventh-best pass defense (again, in yards per game). Here are the numbers:
Saints – 315 passing yards per game (1st)
Niners – 161 passing yards allowed per game (7th)
Another passing statistic for the Saints that [...]
The Niners will retire Steve Young’s #8 during their home game on October 5th vs the New England Patriots. “Steve Young is an important part of the 49ers history and tradition,” 49ers owner John York said of the Hall-of-Fame quarterback who was the NFL’s MVP in 1992 and 1994. “He combined talent, character and a [...]
Who would have thought that after three weeks the San Francisco 49′ers would have a better record than the New Orleans Saints? That is the case as the two teams do battle Sunday at the SuperDome in New Orleans. The Niners come in at 2-1, winners of two in a row after losing [...]
Frank Gore moved into seventh place on the Niners’ all-time rushing yards list on Sunday, but he’ll be in fifth at season’s end if he has his way. Gore, whose 130 yards against the Lions put him at 3,692 career rushing yards, is now ahead of Kevan Barlow (3,614) and behind Hugh McElhenny (4,288).
His career-high [...]
The Niners got bad injury news today, as they learned that corner Shawntae Spencer will miss the rest of 08 with a torn ligament in his left knee. The fifth-year pro will be placed on IR after he undergoes surgery on Wednesday to fix the ligament. Spencer hurt the knee late in the game vs [...]
The 49′ers last week were able to win a wild overtime game with the Seahawks on the road, and this week will try and make it two in a row as they host the Lions at Monster Park. It will be an interesting game for two members of the 49′ers – QB J.T. O’Sullivan [...]
The 49ers showed a more complete passing game this past Sunday, perhaps a vision of what their offense will look like the rest of the year. Or maybe they just caught the Seahawks during a bad stretch. At any rate, here are some numbers from the Niners’ passing game Sunday:
20 completions for 321 yards (all [...]
A win! That was the end result of the second game of the season for the Niners as they defeated the division-rival Seahawks 33-30 on a 40-yard kick from Joe Nedney in overtime.
In a game marked by two defensive touchdowns, one for each team, and a combined 716 total offensive yards from two suspect offenses, [...]
J.T. O’Sullivan was an efficient 14-for-20 against the Cardinals on Sunday, his one interception notwithstanding. Looking at the breakdown of O’Sullivan’s attempted passes, it seems as though this truly is a Mike Martz offense. Tight ends are primarily afterthoughts while running backs enjoy a healthy amount of passing work. Here’s how the 49ers passing stats [...]
Well, it seems as though the Alex Smith Era in San Francisco is nearly over. The No. 1 overall pick of the 2005 draft was diagnosed with a broken bone in his right shoulder today, according to ESPN.com, putting him out for the season and making him likely to be cut by the Niners in [...]
