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A gift-wrapped pre-season to remember
By Sydney Mayhew on Monday, September 6, 2010 at 13:06:29
The 2010 San Francisco 49ers and their fans have a lot to be enthusiastic about as the team went undefeated in four pre-season games. While these games are in some eyes rather meaningless, for many others it was a giant step forward in auditioning a team that has potential to finally make the NFL playoffs. 49er fans have been awe-struck to see significant...
From beginning to end it was a thrill
By Sydney Mayhew on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 15:41:32
The second pre-season game of 2010 for the San Francisco 49ers was a pure indication of Mike Singletary's stamp upon this team in noticeable improvement in both the defense and offense was on exhibition from the Patrick Willis rock solid sack of the grand spectacle; "out of retirement Brett Favre to the measured success of Alex Smith moving the...
Achieving results despite distractions
By Sydney Mayhew on Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 17:15:23
The San Francisco 49ers have been working tirelessly amid abundant speculations and adverse situations regarding their own personnel on the field as they still defeated the Indianapolis Colts in Lucas Oil Stadium in their pre-season debut handedly 37-17. First I'd like to comment on the drama that has unfolded before and amidst the 49ers training camp...
Emphasis on offensive line a smart move
By Sydney Mayhew on Monday, July 12, 2010 at 17:40:23
Vice President of Player Personnel Trent Baalke and Head Coach Mike Singletary approached the 2010 NFL Draft with one mitigating purpose after the 2009 NFL season aftermath and ending up with an (8-8) record. Let's target the absolute best athletes that address the glaring needs on our offensive line that allow us a perfect balance and help quarterback...
Anthony Davis is top end of offensive anchor
By Sydney Mayhew on Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 09:26:22
The San Francisco 49ers of 2010 have set the bar higher than ever before with a free agency and draft spectacle that looks like an approaching hurricane storm that is about to subdue the National Football Conference's Western Division. A major statement was made on behalf of new Vice President of Personnel Trent Baalke and head coach Mike Singletary to...
49ers front office still intact
By Sydney Mayhew on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 13:30:31
On Monday March 22nd, 2010 San Francisco 49ers President Jed York announced the official departure of San Francisco 49ers General Manager Scot McCloughan. It was like a deafening blindside shot to the side of the head as the approaching 2010 NFL Draft draws nearer with very important first round draft picks the 49ers hold the very future of their franchise...
Still fuming over Hill trade
By Sydney Mayhew on Friday, April 2, 2010 at 16:51:25
When the news broke in early March about the No#1 overall draft pick in the 2002 NFL draft in David Carr coming to San Francisco in essence to replace veteran hard competitor Shaun Hill my temperature began to exceed the boiling point. Carr a Bakersfield native who played collegiate football at Fresno State and over the last two years as a back-up to Eli...
Uncertainty reigns supreme with our offense
By Sydney Mayhew on Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 11:20:35
The end has come for the 2009 San Francisco 49ers as they defeated the worst team in the NFL being their rivals in the St. Louis Rams and paid tribute to a receiving icon in Isaac Bruce by allowing him to suit up for the game and play a series inside the Edward Jones Dome where he had spent the majority of his career. The St. Louis Rams returned the...
Sick of the excuses yet?
By Sydney Mayhew on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 11:44:10
For the seventh straight year the San Francisco 49ers will polish up those golf clubs and participate in after the season activities rather then the postseason in which they were declared earlier in the season to be a part of once again under new head coach Mike Singletary. In a blizzard of epic proportions that hit the entire East Coast earlier the 49ers...
Unloading a season of speculation
By Sydney Mayhew on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 17:17:15
It was the loudest I've ever heard Candlestick Park become all season long when the division leading Arizona Cardinals came to perch here last Monday night in front of a nation wondering whether this would be the swan song for the 2009 San Francisco 49ers and the ultimate clinching of the coveted NFC Western Division. Having been beaten by the savvy...
The Devastating Truth
By Sydney Mayhew on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 11:14:26
Last Sunday, in the chilly Seattle air, the 49ers' playoff hopes were dashed by Matt Hasselback and the Seahawks. Despite Mike Singletary's preaching all year long, the entire 49er team seemed to draw a blank once they stepped onto the field. This inconvenient amnesia has led to the seventh straight season without a playoff appearance. One...
Regaining our composure
By Sydney Mayhew on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 05:50:30
Sometimes one of the most difficult lessons you learn in life is how to actively listen to someone else. This is especially true with families. Mike Singletary's second family is the San Francisco 49ers. He wants this team to be successful and a winner in the NFL. Together with offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye, Singletary listened to a group of...
May the truth be told now
By Sydney Mayhew on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 09:12:36
Seven straight losing seasons are here to ring in the new holidays for all the 49er faithful. Yet again the 2009 San Francisco 49ers under new head coach Mike Singletary have failed to deliver a victory after knowing that every fabric and fiber of their being to make the playoffs was at stake here in Lambeau Field in Green Bay Wisconsin. Familiar...
Captain Davis promises too much
By Sydney Mayhew on Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 10:24:48
San Francisco 49er premier tight end and captain Vernon Davis issued a statement earlier in the short week in preparation for the Chicago Bears stating: "I think we can destroy their front." Further noting that he saw nothing spectacular about their front line other than left defensive end Adewale Ogunleye whom he believed to be playing well as...
Same Old Smith
By Sydney Mayhew on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 18:55:54
It was talked about at meetings and on the practice fields in Santa Clara: "Don't take the Tennessee Titans lightly," as this is a better team than people think they are. That statement proved true after being defeated at home (34-27) and dropping two games behind the resurging Arizona Cardinals in our not so hotly contested division. Dropping four...
Third down amnesia
By Sydney Mayhew on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 16:52:22
It was once again Alex Smith's team that took the field inside Lucas Oil Stadium home of Peyton Manning's undefeated Indianapolis Colts. The first round 2005 NFL draft pick of the San Francisco 49ers had not been a starting quarterback since 2007 because of the injury bug and intensified training camp competition. His commitment to right all his...
Offense is melting pot of despair
By Sydney Mayhew on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 17:56:06
The division now stands as anyone's for the taking with the 2009 San Francisco 49ers under Mike Singletary losing to the Houston Texans last Sunday inside Reliant Stadium 24-21 and landing at (3-3) on the season which resonates with an offense stuck in neutral yet again under its fifth straight offensive coordinator in Jimmy Raye. Throw in a sudden...
Still holding my head from the hangover
By Sydney Mayhew on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 19:23:49
The 2009 (3-1) San Francisco 49ers were eager to test their armor against the playoff caliber Atlanta Falcons coming off a bye week fully rested and motivated to meet one of the stingiest defenses in the NFL over the past four weeks. What they thought was going to be a slugfest of a fight turned out to be a game full of great fortune and meticulous...
"We have a ways to go."
By Sydney Mayhew on Monday, October 5, 2009 at 19:04:01
No one could ultimately predict what the 2009 San Francisco 49ers would do after suffering a star-studded shocking defeat in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the hands of "old-grey beard," himself in Brett Favre 27-24 with but mere seconds remaining on the game clock. But from the visiting locker room to the plane ride back home and back into practice...
Old Arch Nemesis Strikes Again
By Sydney Mayhew on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 17:13:13
Everything seemed so surreal that once again Mike Singletary's 2009 San Francisco 49ers were about to close the door on the monstrosity we know the Minnesota Vikings are inside the Metrodome at Minneapolis. The 49er defense took the field with just 1:29 left to play in regulation leading the Vikings 24-20 after a miserable offensive drive that went...
Making Eddie Proud
By Sydney Mayhew on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 17:12:38
It was unmistakable as former San Francisco 49er owner Eddie DeBartolo walked alongside his family members inside Candlestick Park with the multitudes of cheering die-hard fans shouting "Eddie, Eddie!" The ceremony to honor him as the 49ers inaugural inductee into the San Francisco's Hall of Fame was everything it was imagined to be. Former...
Knocking out the champs
By Sydney Mayhew on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 17:08:47
The anticipation was overwhelming for me as I waited for this opening game against the Arizona Cardinals inside the University of Phoenix mega-dome in Glendale, Arizona. The 2009 San Francisco 49ers stared into the face of the National Football Conference Champion Arizona Cardinals and never blinked from any sort of fear. Mike Singletary had instilled a...
Feeling the charge
By Sydney Mayhew on Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 16:46:18
The 2009 San Francisco 49ers ended their pre-season against the San Diego Chargers in Qualcomm Stadium last Friday evening by losing 26-7 and ending with a (3-1) record that left them almost in electric shock offensively as Shaun Hill looked mediocre at best and the passing game remains in a state of limbo. The last pre-season game is a game...
A hint of conservatism
By Sydney Mayhew on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 17:44:41
In Arlington, Texas against America's beloved Dallas Cowboys, the 2009 San Francisco 49ers edged out a victory of 20-13 thanks to the second half heroics of the second team's athletes. The team executed well orchestrated drives under former Ball State quarterback Nate Davis and the eyes and legs of Purdue's premier running back in Kory Sheets....
Reaching the top of the hill
By Sydney Mayhew on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 19:05:28
It was supposed to be after Week #3 in this pre-season fight between top rated draft pick Alex Smith and eight-year un-drafted veteran Shaun Hill that Mike Singletary would unveil the top-secret starting quarterback for the 2009 San Francisco 49ers. Just after the Battle of the Bay was but smoke on the horizon with the Oakland Raiders leaving Candlestick...
Old School Success
By Sydney Mayhew on Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 12:17:37
Training camp at the Santa Clara headquarters complex has been a like a book of revelation to the veteran players courtesy of Mike Singletary and a house of pain for the rookies. Certainly when one sits back and analyzes the intricacies of camp under Mike you'll know that he is one for execution and a stickler for details. No one can ever dispute the...
Championship Mentality
By Sydney Mayhew on Friday, July 24, 2009 at 18:43:07
With the conclusion of organized team activities at Santa Clara, the San Francisco 49ers, now coached by Mike Singletary, are enthusiastic about enjoying their time off right before official training camp convenes. The tempo and mindset of the mini-camps and team activities illustrates that every player on the unofficial roster know that the hard work is...
Replicating 2006
By Sydney Mayhew on Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 14:50:41
Of all the concerns that die-hard San Francisco 49er fans have, it all starts with one question...what is the offense going to do this year? After seven offensive coordinators and yet another new head coach it HAS to get better, doesn't it? Under Mike Nolan back in 2006 we had one brief offensive thrill that was quickly extinguished. With Nolan now...
Sizing up Michael Crabtree
By Sydney Mayhew on Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 08:51:50
Astonishment permeated the war room in Santa Clara as the Oakland Raiders selected Maryland wide receiver Darius Heyward-Bay with the seventh selection in the 2009 NFL Draft. Jacksonville and Green Bay followed with coveted offensive tackle Eugene Monroe and defensive tackle B.J. Raji respectively. As the first round progressed, the 49ers realized that...
Coming to terms with Smith
By Sydney Mayhew on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 13:12:46
The San Francisco 49er fan base is seemingly divided when it comes to celebrating the newly restructured base contract of quarterback Alex Smith. Smith was selected by the 49ers with the very first pick of the 2005 NFL draft out of the University of Utah and was thought to be the next great hope following in the legendary footsteps of historic marvels such...
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