Archive for May, 2011

CB Phillip Adams Ahead of Schedule After Breaking Ankle Last Season

The Sacramento Bee reports some good news for CB Phillip Adams, and that is he is ahead of schedule from his broken left ankle suffered last season. Cornerback Phillip Adams is ahead of schedule after suffering a gruesome broken left ankle against the Rams in the penultimate game of the 2010 season. Agent Scott Casterline [...]

49′ers Gab Grades the Teams Picks in the 2011 Draft

By Abe Munch 1st- Aldon Smith, OLB, Missouri 2nd- Colin Kaepernick, QB, Nevada 3rd- Chris Culliver, S, South Carolina 4th- Kendall Hunter, RB, Oklahoma State 5th- Daniel Kilgore, OG, Applachian State 6th- Ronald Johnson, WR, USC 6th- Colin Jones, CB, TCU 7th- Bruce Miller, LB, Central Florida 7th- Michael Person, OG, Montana State 7th- Curtis [...]

Niners Not Likely to Make a Big Run at CB Asomugha

According to Matthew Barrows of the Sacramento Bee, like every other team in the NFL, the 49ers would love to have Nnamdi Asomugha on their defense. But they would be loath to get into a bidding war with big spenders like the Cowboys or Redskins. Perhaps Asomugha likes the Bay Area, is impressed by the [...]

2011 Season, At A Glance (Part 1)

The 2010 NFL Season was one of high expectation for the San Francisco 49ers. The Niners were the chic pick to be the breakout team of the NFL. They were expected to not only win their division but also find success in the playoffs. The logic was that former head coach Mike Singletary, a disciplinarian, [...]

Stanford QB Andrew Luck To Tutor Kaepernick During Lockout

While NFL coaches are unable to have contact with the rookies they drafted in late April, those players are finding other ways to get adjusted to their playbooks. In a stroke of genius, new 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick will move to California and get tutored by Stanford QB Andrew Luck, who ran 49ers coach Jim [...]

Harbaugh Expects QB Alex Smith To Start If He Returns

If Alex Smith is on the roster at the start of the regular season, new coach Jim Harbaugh thinks he will be under center and not wearing a ball cap with a clipboard on the sidelines. New 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh is so sure Alex Smith will play for San Francisco this season, he gave [...]

Scout’s Inc. Williamson Gives Love to the 49′ers Pick of QB Kaepernick

Matt Williamson of Scouts Inc. talked to Mike Sando on ESPN about the pick of QB Colin Kaepernick, and Williamson flat out thinks the QB is going to the perfect team in 2011. “Cincinnati screwed up taking Andy Dalton over Kaepernick. I hadn’t thought of it in these terms, but we had Greg Cosell on [...]

Report Says Niners Wanted to Move Up to Draft Kaepernick

Frank Tadych of NFL.com reports league sources told NFL Network’s Jason La Canfora that the 49ers were “persistent” in trying to land Nevada QB Colin Kaepernick, exploring trade options at the end of the first round before initiating talks with the Patriots and Bills at the top of the second. NFL Network’s Michael Lombardi reported [...]