San Francisco 49ers News and Rumors
Super Bowl ads have already kicked offSuper Bowl ads have already kicked off The San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens won't kick off Super Bowl XLVII until Sunday afternoon, but the annual blitz of TV advertising on the big game has already begun. Extending a trend that has coincided wi… |
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Matt Loede, 49ersgab.com There’s been a lot of chatter about secondary coach Ed Donatell leaving the Niners to become the Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator, but Donatell says not so fast. “I definitely aspire to do that, but I also know a good thing,” Donatell said … |
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Members of the San Francisco 49ers discuss facing Ray Lewis and the Baltimore 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII. |
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Kate Fagan, ESPN.com How was media day for 49ers QB Alex Smith's media day? Bittersweet. The former starter continues to adjust to life as Colin Kaepernick's backup. |
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Matt Loede, 49ersgab.com Alex Smith is Colin Kaepernick’s backup but still views himself as a starting quarterback after completing 70.2 percent of his passes and compiling a 104.1 passer rating in his nine starts for the 49ers this season, Matt Maiocco of CSN Bayarea reports. … |
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49ers' 'hometown' mayors staying home San Francisco's frugal Mayor Ed Lee, one of the team's biggest boosters, will stay home as well - unless, he says, Niners coach Jim Harbaugh asks him to come down "to keep the lights on." North Beach's Pag… |
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Feeling The Big EasyJan 29
Super Bowl XLVII's Media Day didn't disappoint, led by Michael Oher's candid chat, a cameo by Juan Castillo and a talkative Terrell Suggs. Don Banks recaps with Snap Judgments. |
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Don Banks, CNNSI.com NEW ORLEANS -- Musings, observations and the occasional insight from Tuesday's Super Bowl Media Day at the Superdome, always the most inane day on the league's annual calendar... |
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NEW ORLEANS -- San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh, offensive coordinator Greg Roman and quarterbacks coach Geep Chryst get credit for helping quarterback Alex Smith turn around his career. While they surely played a role, something Smith said T… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Some people doubt that new Eagles coach Chip Kelly can succeed in the NFL with the same kind of offense he ran at Oregon. But 49ers running back LaMichael James, who played for Kelly at Oregon, has news for those doubters: James says Kelly’s offense is … |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com We mentioned earlier today that 49ers wide receiver Randy Moss declared himself the best wideout in the history of the game. You’ll likely see much more about him in the coming days, in many outlets, because he was so open and forthcoming and illuminati… |
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Pete Barrett, nytimes.com Steve Bono, who filled in for an injured Steve Young for the the 49ers in 1991, says he remains a fan of Alex Smith for how he has dealt with losing the starter's job. |
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Dom Cosentino, deadspin.com Last week, Sharon Osgood told the San Jose Mercury News she was disappointed that resale prices for tickets to Super Bowl XLVII were averaging more than three grand a pop. The Hayward, Calif., resident kept looking, and eventually she found someone on C… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Ravens and 49ers are the football teams getting all the attention in New Orleans this week, but the Saints are taking care of some business as well. According to a report from WWL-TV, one item on their to-do list is to have safety Chad Jones in for … |
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Evan Silva, profootballtalk.com 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is one of the biggest stars of this year’s Super Bowl, but he didn’t always look headed for that. Kaepernick’s college coach at Nevada, Chris Ault, contemplated moving Kaepernick to defense. “I thought to myself,… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com PFT Live rolls your way on Tuesday with a coach who won a Super Bowl with the Ravens and the CEO of the 49ers team trying to keep the Ravens from winning a second title. Mike Florio and Brian Billick of FOX Sports will discuss the matchup coming our way… |
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Matt Loede, 49ersgab.com 49ers wide receiver Randy Moss has spent the Super Bowl XLVII media day declaring himself the greatest WR in NFL history, and may still keep playing in 2013 just to prove it. Citing a source familiar with Moss’s thinking, ProFootballTalk reports the bra… |
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NEW ORLEANS -- San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick throws the football with tremendous velocity, as Randy Moss' dislocated finger can testify. Baltimore Ravens cornerback Corey Graham provided independent witness testimony Tuesday during Su… |
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Tips for organizing Super Bowl parties First things first, though. Imagine the chaos that would ensue if there are five seconds left in the game, a field goal would win it, the ball is kicked ... and suddenly the channel changes to Nickelodeon after som… |
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Ray Wersching - kicking around for work A placekicker is always a step from unemployment, even a long-retired one. When Ray Wersching gets up in the morning, he goes by a wall of photos representing career highlights that include four field goals in the… |
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Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com The country's sporting attention may be focused on the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens as the two teams prepare to square off in New Orleans on Sunday. It shouldn't come as a surprise, however, to find that ESPN's talking heads still have Tim T… |
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The press isn't the only group having fun on media day, the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers players also had a blast. The players hit Twitter with their reaction and photos from Super Bowl XLVII media day and we've compiled it for you. Enjoy. |
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Judy Battista, nytimes.com Judy Battista, the N.F.L. reporter for The Times, answers questions from readers. |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Randy Moss wasn't bashful Tuesday when asked about his place in football history, declaring himself the "greatest receiver" to play the game. |
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Frank Schwab, yahoo.com Randy Moss has never been shy, so it shouldn't be a surprise he gave the first great sound byte of Super Bowl media day. The 49ers receiver was asked if he thought he was the greatest receiver of all time. And, well, he liked the question. "Now tha… |
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Frank Schwab, yahoo.com Now we know that Colin Kaepernick's pizza delivery to the media last week was apologizing in advance. The 49ers quarterback wasn't planning to be the life of the party at media day. We can't bash the strategy, because creating waves before the Super Bow… |
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Frank Schwab, yahoo.com Look, if we had arms like 49ers tight end Vernon Davis, we'd roll up our sleeves everywhere we went, do the whole Chris Farley "Do you know where the weight room is?" deal, all of that. Yet, when Davis came on the NFL Network for his turn answ… |
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Frank Schwab, yahoo.com The weird thing about 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh's omnipresent red Sharpie pen around his neck during games is that nobody seems to remember seeing him actually use it. "No, I've never seen him use it. I haven't," fullback Bruce Miller told USA … |
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NEW ORLEANS -- For his next act, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick will try to accomplish what Andrew Luck, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady could not pull off in these NFL playoffs. Kaepernick will try to lead his team past the Baltimore Rav… |
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For as many people as Ray Lewis has inspired, it seems an equal number have tired of the Baltimore linebacker's story, writes Peter King. Do Lewis' detractors have a point? |
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Peter King, CNNSI.com NEW ORLEANS -- One thing, as Super Bowl week kicks off in full Tuesday with Media Day at the Superdome, I think that I should have dropped into Monday Morning Quarterback: |
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Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com Today is "Media Day" at Super Bowl XLVII, which gets underway with the San Francisco 49ers at 11 a.m. ET. The Baltimore Ravens portion will commence at 1:15 p.m. ET and you can follow along via a live stream right here at "Shutdown Corne… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com After the Packers lost to the 49ers in the playoffs, wide receiver Greg Jennings said that he was unsure whether he would be back with the team in 2013 and that he was “ready to move wherever” as a free agent. The second half is feeling a bit more tru… |
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We have our ESPN.com NFL experts on the field in New Orleans for the spectacle that is Super Bowl media day. Join us starting at 11 a.m. ET for updates, photos, videos and all the craziness that is sure to come. The San Francisco 49ers will be on the po… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com As the Ravens began preparation for the 49ers last week, Terrell Suggs was uncharacteristically quiet, declining to offer any bulletin-board material for the Super Bowl. Now the Ravens have arrived in New Orleans, and Suggs is being classy and sportsman… |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com NEW ORLEANS -- While San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh went comedic when asked about President Obama's recent assertion that he'd have to "think long and hard" before letting his son play football, if he had a son. The concerns about… |
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George Bretherton, nytimes.com The 49ers are only one month removed from their last - and worst - loss of the season, a thumping by Seattle that almost cost them a first-round bye. |
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Patrick Willis What more can the 49ers' defensive leader do? Try wining the Super Bowl and replacing retiring Ray Lewis as the NFL's top inside linebacker? 6 Years in the NFL 6 Pro Bowl selections 5 First-team All-Pro selections 4 Times leading the 49er… |
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49ers' Gore impressed Vilma in high school New Orleans linebacker Jonathan Vilma goes way back with 49ers running back Frank Gore - back to their days at Coral Gables (Fla.) High even before they were teammates at the University of Miami. [...] Vilma kn… |
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Go slowly on the 49ers' victory parade San Francisco Chronicle Copyright 2013 San Francisco Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 10:31 pm, Monday, January 28, 2013 People are … |
