San Francisco 49ers

Four games into his rookie season with the 49ers, Michael Crabtree is contributing nicely with 18 receptions for 215 yards. But it's the two passes he's dropped thus far that keep the wide receiver up at night. Crabtree dropped a pass at Indianapolis and...

A pro-Santa Clara stadium group stocked with former civic leaders has fired the first salvo in the ballot-box battle over moving the San Francisco 49ers to Silicon Valley - sending out a mailer this week even though an election date for the proposed stadium...

Despite his skill as a motivational speaker, Mike Singletary often resorts to platitudes when talking about the upcoming game being the most important one of the season for the 49ers. In this case, he's spot-on. "As far as the importance of the game, this...

From The Sporting Green Niners fans, A short interruption here from Kevin's Niner Insider to let you know about a special 49ers article coming in Sunday's Chronicle. It's an extensively reported profile of Mike Singletary by The Sporting Green's Gwen Knapp. Here's a short excerpt: On...

Early in the season, when the 49ers were rolling up wins, they played teams with injury problems. Seattle, Arizona, St. Louis were all missing key players when they encountered San Francisco. Now the 49ers are facing teams returning to health, including the Packers this Sunday in Green Bay. ...

You wonder if Isaac Bruce wonders about his decision to return for a 16th season. Now he's being de-emphasized after being slowed by an ankle injury. Bruce's expected retirement at the end of this season is the end of an era. Bruce, Kurt Warner , Torry Holt are the last remnants of the...

Wow! I just saw both Matt Maiocco and Matt Barrows reporting that the 49ers have already, or are in the process of signing up Jimmy Raye II as their offensive coordinator. That was enough for me to “come out of retirement” (or at least, mothballs) to make an urgent plea to Mike...

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Folks, This blog is set up and supported by the San Jose Mercury, which also owns a number of other Web properties, such as the Contra Costa Times and Oakland Tribune sites. They are finding it difficult to support all the functions and features of all the sites, and given the tight economy, are...

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Ok Scott Linehan came back for a second interview. What is this all about? I thought the 49ers had their fill of X-Rams coaches when they fired Martz. Linehan runs the same system as Martz, but he is not Martz. So what gives? I am not a HUGE Martz fan, [...]

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Looking for a spark in the second half of the season, the Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers have been rejuvenated after recording much-needed victories last week.

Isaac Bruce's ankle injury kept him out of Thursday night's game. It also might have cost the San Francisco 49ers wide receiver his job.

Frank Gore ran for 104 yards and a touchdown, Jay Cutler threw a career-high five interceptions with his last coming in the end zone on the game's final play and San Francisco snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the Chicago Bears 10-6 on Thursday night.

While reading the media press release on this Sunday's 49ers-Packers matchup, I came across an interesting fact. Despite the 49ers' inconsistent offensive struggles (are they a passing team or a running team?), they do lead the NFL in one very important category: Scoring efficiency. Scoring efficiency is calculated upon the opportunities in which a team enters the opposition's 30-yard line. The efficiency rate is determined by the percentage that the team will score on that particular driv...

Keep on reading: 49ers league-leading scoring efficient offense need to capitalize against Packers

49ers general manager Scot McCloughan had already made a decision to select Alex Smith with the #1 overall in April 2005. Head coach Mike Nolan decided on Smith as well upon his arrival. And with the first pick, the 49ers selected the quarterback out of Utah to help bring team relevance back to the Bay Area. Aaron Rodgers decided to not return to Cal for one more season and enter his name into the draft. In a very weak draft class, many draft experts said that Rodgers had more "football-ready...

Keep on reading: Alex Smith and Aaron Rodgers: Revisiting the 2005 NFL Draft

With :08 remaining in the game and the Chicago Bears driving to score the game-winning touchdown, Bears quarterback Jay Cutler threw his fifth interception of the game right to the hands of San Francisco 49ers safety Michael Lewis. The interception ended the 49ers’ four-game losing streak and gave the team hope for the remainder of the season after the 10-6 win. “We a took a step, that’s the most important part,” Lewis said after the game. At 4-5, the 49ers have given themselves the op...

Keep on reading: 49ers intercept Cutler 5 times; hold on to 10-6 win