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| Niners still glad they traded No. 1 pick for OT Joe Staley |
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12/20/2007 |
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) -Joe Staley is No. 1 to the San Francisco 49ers - or to be more precise, the big offensive tackle was well worth their No. 1. The 49ers are in for months of grief next year for their decision last April to trade their first-round draft pick in 2008 to New England. That pick will be awfully high after San Francisco's (4-10) unexpected struggles this season, and the unbeaten Patriots will add an elite prospect to their already-loaded roster. But there was a definite method to the 49er |
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| Jeff Garcia gets Bay Area homecoming when Niners host playoff-bound Bucs |
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12/20/2007 |
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -If men of vision and wisdom had been running the San Francisco 49ers four years ago, Jeff Garcia might nearly be ready to hang his picture on the 10-Year Wall at the team's training complex for a decade of faithful service to his beloved childhood team. Instead, Terry Donahue and John York were running the 49ers. The way Garcia sees it, that's why he's returning to Candlestick Park on Sunday as a highly successful itinerant laborer - a hired gun of a quarterback who's propelling the Tamp |
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| Bengals Were Saturday Night Dead |
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12/18/2007 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The offense of the San Francisco 49ers was desperately ill, until the Cincinnati Bengals came to town on Saturday night with an antidote. The 49ers entered the primetime tilt ranked last in the league in total offense (235.5 yards per game), passing offense (150 yards per game), and scoring offense (13.2 points per game). The team had lost nine of its last 10, and had averaged a grand total of 9.7 points per game in those defeats. Yet Cincinnati had no answer for Niners running back Frank Gore, |
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| Seeing double? Bears, Vikings each feature an Adrian Peterson |
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12/17/2007 |
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| in the league with 1,200 yards, behind only . ``I don't know if I've played against that many rookie backs, but he would probably be the best one,'' Bears defensive end Alex Brown said. Last week, A.D. had his self-declared worst game ever. The San Francisco 49ers blitzed their cornerbacks often and stuffed his 14 carries for a net total of 3 yards. A.D. professed to learn ``a lot'' from that performance after watching the humbling video. ``Just a lot of different things I could have done different,'' he sa |
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| Hill wins 1st career start as Niners down Bengals |
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12/16/2007 |
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| San Francisco, CA (Best E Casino) - Shaun Hill, making his first career start, threw a touchdown and ran one in as the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals, 20-13, at Monster Park. Hill went 21-for-28 for 197 yards while Frank Gore added 138 yards on 29 carries for the 49ers (4-10), who snapped a two-game losing streak and won at home for the first time since the opening week of this season, having lost five straight. "I thought it was an outstanding team victory from start to finish," said 49ers |
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| NFL Inactives (Saturday, December 15, 2007) |
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12/15/2007 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (Best E Casino) - The following is a list of inactive players for this tonight's NFL game. CINCINNATI BENGALS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS, 8:15 P.M. (ET) Bengals - 3rd QB Jeff Rowe, LB Rashad Jeanty, DE Frostee Rucker, WR Marcus Maxwell, CB David Jones, C Dan Santucci, TE Nate Lawrie, RT Willie Anderson 49ers - 3rd QB Trent Dilfer, CB Marcus Hudson, CB Shawntae Spencer, WR LeRon McCoy, T Patrick Estes, DL Atiyyah Ellison, WR Bryan Gilmore, DE Ray McDonald |
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| Niners hire Andy Dolich as COO; no football changes announced |
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12/14/2007 |
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -The San Francisco 49ers hired veteran sports executive Andy Dolich to be their chief operating officer Friday, but owner John York claimed the move wasn't a precursor to a major organizational shakeup for the struggling franchise. Dolich, the president of business operations for the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies, will have control of all non-football aspects of the beleaguered 49ers, including the drive to build a new stadium in Silicon Valley. Dolich spent 14 years with the Oakland Athletics fr |
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| QB Shaun Hill waits six years for call, finally leaves end of Niners' bench |
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12/13/2007 |
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| eams and countless practices as a lowly scout team quarterback, Hill no longer must pretend to drive a brown truck. He'll never again have to explain why his entire career consists of two kneeldowns for the Minnesota Vikings. He's in charge of the San Francisco 49ers' offense for at least one week, and probably for the rest of the season. After passing for 181 yards in his first significant NFL playing time last Sunday, Hill will make his first start Saturday night against the Cincinnati Bengals. Alex Smith is |
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| Jerry Rice praises Randy Moss in pursuit of record |
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12/13/2007 |
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Jerry Rice plans to congratulate Randy Moss if the Patriots receiver breaks Rice's record of 22 touchdown catches in a season. He'd feel better if Moss didn't have extra time to do it. Rice set the record with the San Francisco 49ers in just 12 games in 1987 when a players' strike shortened the season. Moss already has played 13 games for unbeaten New England and has 19 touchdowns receptions. With three games still to play, will he break the record? Probably. Will Randy's record b |
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| Injury-plagued Niners sign former Carolina QB Chris Weinke |
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12/12/2007 |
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) -Chris Weinke doesn't know much about all the drama that's surrounded the position he's filling with the San Francisco 49ers, and he's too busy cramming with his new playbook to care. The 49ers put quarterback Alex Smith on injured reserve Wednesday and signed Weinke, who will back up third-stringer-turned-starter Shaun Hill on Saturday night against Cincinnati as the injury-riddled 49ers (3-10) limp to the conclusion of a hugely disappointing season. ``This time of year, for me to |
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