Kaepernick celebrates Super season with a new tattooMike Florio, profootballtalk.com The guy from Sporting News whose whining wasn’t sufficiently compelling to get me to remember his name will have another Colin Kaepernick tattoo about which to whine. Via SFGate.com, the 49ers starting quarterback has capped a special season with a new … |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com After the officials did not call pass interference against Ravens cornerback Jimmy Smith on the 49ers’ final offensive play of the Super Bowl, many observers who agreed with the non-call said that in a key play with the championship on the line, the off… |
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San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, frustrated over the absence of a late pass-interference call in Super Bowl XLVII, might not embrace a stat ESPN's John Clayton dug up for his latest "Inside the Huddle" video (above). I can help on that … |
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Now that 2012 is wrapped, we have some perspective on last season's rookies. If teams could do the first round over again, who would they draft? Don Banks has the answer. |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com When the Cardinals made the decision to switch defensive coordinators from Ray Horton to Todd Bowles, there was some question about what kind of defensive look Bowles would run in the 2013 season. We got our answer on Thursday and it looks pretty much t… |
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Mel Kiper Jr. is back with his second 2013 NFL mock draft for the first round. We're running through the projected picks for NFC West teams in reverse order. Arizona is last up. The Cardinals hold the seventh overall choice, the second time in three sea… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com If 49ers return specialist Ted Ginn Jr. had managed to break through the Baltimore coverage on the free kick that ended Super Bowl XLVII, Ginn may have needed an escort from his entire family to get to the end zone. Via Deadspin, NFL Films audio from th… |
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The NFL has reinstated Gregg Williams after suspending him for his role in the New Orleans' bounty scandal, and the Titans have added him to their coaching staff. |
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Mel Kiper Jr. is back with his second 2013 NFL mock draft for the first round. We're running through the projected picks for NFC West teams in reverse order. Seattle is up next. 25. Seattle Seahawks: Johnathan Hankins, Ohio State Kiper's give: Another g… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com During the Super Bowl, Ravens coach John Harbaugh told his assistant coaches that they needed to make sure their defensive calls didn’t leave linebacker Ray Lewis covering 49ers tight end Vernon Davis or receiver Michael Crabtree over the middle. The 49… |
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Reuben Fischer, deadspin.com The map above shows the concentration of geolocated tweets sent during the Super Bowl that contained both the words "Lewis" and "murder." We were looking for references to Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, who in 2000 was charge… |
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2012 Playoff QBs in Red Zone Colin Kaepernick, Russell Wilson and Robert Griffin III are the subjects for Scott Kacsmar's recent look at multidimensional young quarterbacks. The piece examines the manner in which these quarterbacks run the ball, with em… |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com When it comes to playing quarterback in the Super Bowl, who would you rather talk to than Joe Montana? Shutdown Corner had that exact opportunity this week, as Joe Cool sat down to talk with us about a number of subjects -- the evolution of the quarterb… |
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The Arizona Cardinals have made available a Bruce Arians interview shot while the team's new head coach unpacked boxes in his office. There's a comfortable feel to Arians even with a large photo of a serious looking Bear Bryant perched over Arians' shou… |
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Good morning and thank you for not asking something along the lines of, "What do you do in the offseason?" We've got much to discuss, as usual, even though the games are finished until September. So, pull up a chair for the next NFC West chat,… |
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