So now that we're half way through the preseason what is everyone thinking now?

My takes....

Alex Smith looks like a completely different QB. Even the East Coast biased media types are expecting him to have a big year this year.

Patrick Willis is a beast....looks like a veteran out there and will have 125+ tackles this year now that he's starting.

Darryl Jackson can def. still play. Even Ashley Lelie looked good. It's hard to believe that the niners will actually have some depth at WR this year.

I'm really excited to see what our DB's do but I think they could turn around from 26th in pass def. last year to top 10 or 15 this year.

I am sticking by my 10-6 prediction for now. I don't think the Seahawks are going to be as good as some think. The Cardinals are never as good as some think and the Rams well....they're the Rams.

NFC West champs is a distinct possibility.

Crazy part....They're going to be straight scary good next year.

GO NINERS!!

I do not like him at all....I'm hoping Jason Hill takes over as the #2 WR by the end of the year...he's the best WR on the team now, but probably won't play a whole lot.

2 Game lead in the Wild Card
Only 1 Game behind the Angel's with a HUGE 3 game set coming up next week.


WHAT?!?!?!





Yes, I'm responding to a post made well over two months ago.

Am I the only person who have the Rams as a potential sleeper team. I really like what they did in the offseason and definitely think they can challenge for the division. The NFC West is WIDE open. I will enjoy watching that division.

I like the Rams to win the division in a shocker. Seahawks potentially for the wild card.

I don't see the Rams winning the division as a shocker at all. I could also see the Seahawks missing out on the playoffs. I think the Rams may barely miss the playoffs or barely make it in (by not winning the division)...I don't think a wild card will come from this division, but you never know. I think it will be close between the 9ers, Rams and Seashawks for the division with the Rams or 9ers taking it.

BUMP for a new season of niners football! We're down 10-7 right now to the Cards after that stupid penalty of running into the kicker...

Bahhaaahhaahhaahhaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!! How ya feeling now??

I don't know about anyone else but, even though our offense was putrid for all but 3 minutes of the game, I was stoked the whole game by how our defense was shutting down the AZ receivers. I must admit to still having that "Is this the play where they throw a 60 yard bomb and the DB's totally blow the coverage resulting in a TD" feeling for most of the game but if our defense continues to play like they did I like our chances.

Why is Lelie not getting on the field when he had a decent preseason?? Better than Taylor Jacobs but he still can't get on the field. Though Nolan keeps sounding like that may change saying Jacobs is the #3 "for now".

I'm really liking our chances agains St Louis tomorrow, especially with all of their offensive line injuries. And one of their starting CB's, Hill I think, is out with an injury.

w00t!

QFT! But our offense better get a whole lot better before Pittsburgh.

Yeah, hope that's not all cause of Turner being gone and Smith can get better quick.

2-0 in the division so far is awesome though...can make it 3-0 in week 4 vs. Sea and the division is looking very good.

For sure. I will, unfortunately, be shocked if we manage to go into Pittsburg and win this one.

JUST THROW SOMEBODY THE DAMN BALL!!!!!!


Go Niners!!

WE ARE THE ****ING WORST TEAM IN THE NFL. PERIOD.

OH YEAH???!!!! YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT BAD? LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW IT FEELS TO BE A DOLPHIN FAN RIGHT NOW! IT'S FUCKING SO MUCH FUN, YOU HAVE NO IDEA. (I DON'T THINK AN SW IS NEEDED, BUT I'LL USE IT ANYWAYS).

WHY DON'T WE TALK ABOUT THE TICKETS I HAVE TO TAKE A 5 HOUR TRIP DOWN TO MIAMI IN DECEMBER TO SEE THEM PLAY BALTIMORE. TICKETS THAT COST $500. TICKETS THAT CAN'T BE RETURNED.

49ERS = WORST TEAM IN THE NFL?

FUCK THAT!



Okay, I'm done. Sorry.

BUMP FOR NINER PRIDE! We played great today. Whoever that offense guru we signed helped a lot, 37 POINTS BABY!

Ya, that was an entertaining game too, pretty much the only thing I enjoyed this Sunday. The Cardinals executed horribly down the stretch though, so the Niners were pretty lucky.

Heh the offensive 'guru' they brought in was the offense coordinator under Erickson, so I'm not overly excited. It was nice to see them make an effort to get Gore the ball a ton. They are 9-1 all time when he has at least 20 carries....and that is the first time he has had 20 carries this year. WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFF? How bad of a game plan can you devise where you don't get him the ball like that? Tollner probably walked in, said 'Get Gore the ball.', and went home, ate his 4:30 pm dinner, and went to sleep.

Pretty disappointing year.

Niners got lucky to win this game but a win is a win

1. Tollner will get a lot of the credit for the Offense's revival - maybe all he said was to feed Gore and Vernon as Gore saw a ton of plays and I noticed many of the early pass plays including the first td were going to Vernon. Darrell Jackson continues to have the dropsies. Arnaz Battle showed some speed that I didn't know he had, either that or the Cards' DBs are pretty slow.

2. Patrick Willis is a beast - besides being all over the field, he ran down the Cards' WR which allowed Rackers to miss the winning field goal. Even though the DB might have gotten there in time, just seeing Willis hustle like that felt very very good.

3. Nolan's in-game coaching continues to baffle. Having Nedney kick a 55 yarder with eleven seconds left instead of running the clock down (it was first or second down) allowed the Cards to have a chance at the hail mary could have been a back breaker.

4. Also right before the long reception that Willis made a great play on, Nolan used up his last time out in the OT and both were for the defense. Let's burn all our time outs and allow a huge play after burning our last time out.

5. At least he went for it on fourth down late in the game even though Gore didn't get the first - maybe he did learn something from last week's game against the Rams. Nolan needs a special assistant the sidelines, a "duh" coach to inform Nolan when he's making a duh decision. No one else is doing it.

Niners vs Panthers next week - a chance for back to back wins.

Mike Martz new O-coord

I don't like it personally. But if he can turn around the offense like he did for the Rams, it's worth a shot I guess.

Heh, have fun. He was a breath of fresh air around here. Didn't listen to the head coach, the players didn't like him, and he would structure his game plan based on what the media thought he should do just to spite them. He wasn't the large problem with this team, because let me tell you, the Lions are a hilarious joke of a NFL team, but he was part of it.

They did also manage to win a lot more than they have in the past with his game planning.

I wouldn't say that their 4 extra wins came from Martz and his offensive scheme. His offensive schemes cost the Lions 3 or 4 games. They had an easy early half of the schedule and took advantage of it, barely, in most of those games. Then they played good teams and showed who they really were and Martz played a lot of childish games within those games. I have a huge despise for this whole organization so I am bit biased in my opinions, but I think you would find that many of the fans and media blame Martz for many of the failures this past season. Hell, listening to local sports radio right now and guess who they are talking about...Martz. lol

Any semblance of a defense and Mike Martz's joke of an offense is a playoff offense.

tyvm shipping a 28th pick for a 7th pick +EV

I was always a cowboys fan in the 90s anyway but shipp a new and improved montana in brady (dont get me wrong I had montana #1 all time before thomas crushed the world)



I am a sports fanatic and Vernon Davis is a beast, but I guess the problem with Alex Smith is his hands are too small for the Ball LOLOLOLOLOL not my words mind you

wow all your crap AND you're a bandwagon jumper! I feel stupid for not seeing that one coming.

yes living i Mass for 18 years obv bandwaggon....

next time address the points and not throw sh1t against a wall hoping it sticks

49ers Fan living in Massachusetts and not a bandwagon jumper.. Atta boy, FWP.

what makes you think Im a 9ers fan.........

My fav team obv is the Pats.........

2nd fav team because of their smash mouth play is Jags (ironic) I know


All I was saying that when cowboys and 9ers played their ridic go0od games in the 90s I wanted the cowboys to win because I obv love strippers and blow

IMO montana was the best qb ever til Brady came thats not a bandwaggon thats recognizing greatness and people who are clutch

get out of this thread you degenerate.

Nope beign drunk didnt help mw understand thar

I'm rooting for you guys !!!!

GO 49ERS GO !!!!

Hope you win a super bowl soon !!!

Uh, Thanks

bump. I don't expect that much, if anything from the niners this year.

edit: i do expect that Patrick Willis will lead the lead in tackles.

bump.

we suck. bad.

GO 49ers!

now other people post in here please!

Sorry GGW my Seahawks are gonna pwn the division again this year. The sooner Alex Smith is writen off the better for the 49ers. Of course I hope they keep him around another 5 years or so,.

Maybe in a couple years it will be more competitive. The 49ers do look awesome this preseason though.

I just want Jason Hill to get a chance...he's goot.

J.T. O'Sullivan to start at QB?


I gotta ask.... WHO?

That's what a lot of people are going to ask, but he has looked awesome against first team defenses. I'm giving him a shot and I have hope in the 49ers for the first time in the past 8 years.

so 3 pre-season games made you go from "I don't expect that much, if anything from the niners this year" and "we suck bad" to "I have hope in 49ers for the first time in the past 8 years?" Really? Even with J.T. "I'm the best quarterback of the below average quarterbacks for the 49ers" O'Sullivan, the 9ers will still finish 5-11...have fun!!

THATS RIGHT BABY!

Oh okay well as long as you're ok with mediocrity, then ummmmm....GO NINERS!!

sighaments....

O'Sullivan is ok. If he's the best in Martz' system, than he deserves the job. I still don't like WR depth, and O'Sullivan will still struggle once Jennings gets hurt. The offense isn't really the problem though. The secondary is very weak again, minus Clements. No one is stepping up at #2 CB, yet we have 3 good nickel corners. The defensive line is awful. I don't even want to comment on that. No pressure....at all.

I'm sure I'll discuss it more soon....but that's enough for now.

PATRICK WILLIS = GOD

Well 1-1 through first 2, better than 0-2! But what's up with the Seahawks, maybe Arizona really will win the West this year.

Don't worry. Everything will return to normal when Branch and Engram come back.

Offense is fine, its the D that worries me.

You think the 9ers have/had problems??

Look at the mess my Chiefs are in!

Don't worry you guys have a Big South POY starting for you this week. Go Chanticleers(spelling)!

Mike Nolan is awful.

You got that right. I LOVE what Singletary did today and I hope this is the first step in the right direction. I also heard that Condi Rice might be our new VP of operations next year...