Posts Tagged ‘michael robinson’

Niners’ RB ranking

Jason Cole of Yahoo Sports recently ranked the running backs of NFL Teams. Sure enough, the best running backs in the league; Adrian Peterson, and Chris Johnson, had their respective ranked first and second. Cole had the 49ers at #11. Here is what he had to say: OK, I can already sense the emails coming [...]

49ers News And Notes

Some 49ers news tidbits as reported by John Crumpacker of the San Francisco Chronicle: Along with a victory, Frank Gore would love to gain 58 yards rushing Sunday against the Detroit Lions at Candlestick Park. That would give him 1,000 yards for a fourth straight season.           No other running back in franchise history has rushed [...]

Niners Name Four Captains for 08 Season

The 49′ers players have selected four captains for this upcoming 2008 season: center Eric Heitmann by the offense, linebacker Patrick Willis by the offense, Michael Robinson by the special teams and player representative Walt Harris. The team last season had a captain at every position, but coach Mike Nolan said not all the choices were [...]

Martz to Use Gore and Robinson Together?

From: Pro Football Weekly We hear Niners new offensive coordinator Mike Martz is greatly intrigued by the possibility of using Frank Gore and Michael Robinson in the backfield together. Word is Martz really likes both players’ complementary receiving ability out of the backfield, as well as their blocking ability.