SANTA CLARA – Here’s what stood out to me at Sunday’s padded practice.
THE GOOD
1. Eric Reid – He was the best free safety on the field by far. In 11-on-11 team drills, Reid knocked away a Kaepernick pass …
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SANTA CLARA – Here’s what stood out to me at Sunday’s padded practice.
THE GOOD
1. Eric Reid – He was the best free safety on the field by far. In 11-on-11 team drills, Reid knocked away a Kaepernick pass …
SANTA CLARA – Jim Harbaugh spoke to Bay Area reporters in the 49ers’ media tent Sunday morning. Here’s what he said about Vernon Davis, Colin Kaepernick, Marlon Moore, Quinton Patton and Lawrence Okoye .
Q: How has Vernon Davis looked …
SANTA CLARA – Vernon Davis spoke with Bay Area reporters in the 49ers’ media tent Sunday morning. Here’s what he said.
Q: How is your on-field chemistry with Colin Kaepernick?
VERNON DAVIS: We have a great relationship. We’re putting it …
SANTA CLARA — Greg Roman spoke in the media tent Saturday afternoon. Here’s what he said.
Opening statement:
“It’s just hitting afternoon, good afternoon. It’s exciting to be back, start training camp, a chance to build a great foundation …
SANTA CLARA – With 20 minutes remaining in practice, Jim Harbaugh set up a fourth down drill:
Fourth and five from the opponent’s 20-yard line, the edge of the red zone. The offense had one chance to make a first …
Before practices began this week, Jim Harbaugh made sure Marlon Moore was added to the informal list of receivers competing for the No. 2 role opposite Anquan Boldin this…
SANTA CLARA – Here’s what stood out to me at the 49ers’ Thursday afternoon pad-less training camp practice.
THE GOOD
1. Kyle Williams – He looked as explosive and fast as he did last offseason. In 7-on-7 drills, Williams blew …
SANTA CLARA — Jim Harbaugh spoke to Bay Area reporters in the media tent Thursday afternoon. Here’s what he said.
One of the themes for the team that loses the Super Bowl is how historically they have a difficult …
SANTA CLARA – Justin Smith spoke to Bay Area reporters Thursday afternoon. Here’s what he said.
Q: Given the defense’s struggles when you got hurt last year, what did you learn about how important your role is and what you …
SANTA CLARA – Colin Kaepernick spoke to Bay Area reporters Thursday afternoon. Here’s what he said.
Q: How has your life changed the past few months?
KAEPERNICK: I’ve had more opportunities to do things. For the most part for me, …
SANTA CLARA – Jim Harbaugh spoke to Bay Area reporters Monday afternoon. Here’s what he said.
Q: What happened with Eric Wright?
HARBAUGH: He did not pass his physical.
Q: Why didn’t he?
HARBAUGH: We don’t ever talk about that. …
So long shells, touch tackles and voluntary practices. Training camp begins this week for the 49ers, who for the second straight summer will look to build on a season…
Colin Kaepernick said he listened to and appreciated Jim Harbaugh’s warning this offseason that a quarterback shouldn’t get too big and too muscle-bound in the weight room. But he’s…
Here is my Monday column on Greg Roman.
We’re in a football lull right now, but the 49ers are always in season.
So, let’s dissect their most recent move, signing their promising offensive coordinator, Greg Roman, to a two-year
SANTA CLARA – Here’s what Jim Harbaugh said after practice Thursday afternoon.
Q: You ended practice early. Why?
HARBAUGH: I really liked the practice today and the entire offseason. It was a great effort by our team. I like our …
SANTA CLARA – Here is what stood out to me at Day 3 of the 49ers’ mini-camp. If you have questions about anything else that happened at practice, ask me in the comment section.
THE GOOD
1. Colin Kaepernick – …
SANTA CLARA – Here is what stood out to me at Day 2 of the 49ers’ mini-camp. If you have questions about anything else that happened at practice, ask me in the comment section.
THE GOOD
1. Nnamdi Asomugha – …
Here is my Wednesday column on A.J. Jenkins.
SANTA CLARA – Apparently, A.J. Jenkins is two different people.
When there are no fans or media watching him, when Jenkins is all alone with his teammates and his coaches, the
There’s an interesting dynamic to the 49ers’ recent practices. Scott Tolzien and B.J. Daniels presumably are competing for the same spot on the team, that of No. 3 quarterback.…
The 49ers held their final OTA practice of the spring on Tuesday. How is that significant? It’s not. The team will hold a three-day minicamp, the first mandatory session…
SANTA CLARA – Here’s what stood out to me from Tuesday afternoon’s OTA session. Keep in mind that most of this session took place about 75 yards away from reporters, so I can’t give you the same amount of detail …
SANTA CLARA – Colt McCoy spoke to Bay Area reporters Tuesday afternoon. Here’s what he said.
Q: What do you think Eric Mangini can bring to the offense?
McCOY: I was with Coach Magnini for a year. He’s brilliant, one …
SANTA CLARA – The 49ers new offensive consultant, Eric Mangini, spoke to Bay Area reporters Tuesday afternoon. Here’s what he said.
Q: Can you describe the evolution of how all of this came about?
MANGINI: Yeah, initially coming out here, …
Here is my Thursday column on the 49ers’ offense, sans Michael Crabtree.
SANTA CLARA –Without Michael Crabtree, the focal point of the San Francisco 49ers’ passing attack last season, the 49ers need all of their receivers to step up …
SANTA CLARA — Jim Harbaugh spoke to the Bay Area media Tuesday afternoon next to the 49ers’ practice field. Here’s what he said, courtesy of the 49ers.
This was our first time seeing WR Anquan Boldin out there. He …
SANTA CLARA – Here’s the good and the not-so-good from the 49ers’ Wednesday OTA session.
THE GOOD
1. Craig Dahl – He was the starting free safety, and he had the best day of all of the 49ers’ defensive backs. …
SANTA CLARA – Ricardo Lockette spoke to Bay Area reporters Wednesday afternoon. Here’s what he said.
Q: Does it feel different from last year?
LOCKETTE: No, it’s still competition, but the job that we’re competing for happens to be one …
SANTA CLARA – Colin Kaepernick spoke with Bay Area reporters Wednesday afternoon. Here’s what he said.
Q: How big a blow is it to the team to lose Michael Crabtree?
KAEPERNICK: Obviously, he’s a great player. He’s done a lot …
Colin Kaepernick spent the divisional playoff game running through the Green Bay Packers defense and the offseason running through the Packers’ minds. Green Bay’s offseason, it seems, has been…
Don’t worry, Jim Harbaugh. Colin Kaepernick hasn’t spent the entire offseason bulking up and becoming muscle-bound in the weight room. He’s been working on his speed, too. The 49ers…
At the scouting combine in February, general manager Trent Baalke hinted that the 49ers were exploring contract extensions with some of their young players. It turns out that one…
A quarterback who can gobble up yards on the ground as well as through the air? Before Cam Newton, Robert Griffin III and Colin Kaepernick made headlines, Pat White…
The NFL Network interviewed Colin Kaepernick Thursday afternoon. He was asked about Alex Smith, who will be traded to the Kansas City Chiefs when the new league years starts March 12.
To read what Kaepernick said about Smith, click here…
Trent Baalke held a press conference on Thursday, and here is a transcript courtesy of the 49ers.
[Question inaudible but was in regards to the 49ers use of the read option offense.]
“You’ve got to do what the skill …
Steve Young spoke on KNBR Thursday afternoon. This is what he said.
Q: Let’s start off with the first half. What did you see that had the 49ers behind for a second straight week?
YOUNG: It was little stuff. It …
Greg Cosell spoke about the Super Bowl on KNBR Thursday morning. Here’s what he said.
Q: What did you think of the 49ers’ final four offensive plays?
COSELL: Here’s a perfect case where because the plays failed, everybody thinks that …
Friday afternoon on ESPN Radio, NFL Scout Matt Williamson and former NFL offensive lineman Ross Tucker broke down the matchup between the 49ers’ pistol zone-read running attack and the Ravens’ run defense. Here is their breakdown. Before you get …
Steve Young spoke on KNBR Wednesday afternoon. Here’s what he said about the matchup between the 49ers’ offense and the Ravens’ defense.
Q: What do you think the Ravens will try to do against Kaepernick?
YOUNG: I interviewed Colin last …
Warren Sapp spoke on KNBR Thursday afternoon. Here is his breakdown of the 49ers and Ravens defenses, as well as his scouting report of the 49ers’ offensive line and the Ravens’ defensive line.
Q: What do you think of the …
SANTA CLARA – Delanie Walker spoke at his locker Friday afternoon. Here’s what he said about Alex Smith and Colin Kaepernick.
Q: What’s the difference between catching passes from Alex Smith and Colin Kaepernick?
WALKER: It’s a little different going …
SANTA CLARA – Donte Whitner spoke in the locker room Thursday afternoon. This is what he said.
Q: You said Joe Flacco has made improvement. Can you put a time stamp on that? Did you see a change when Jim …
SANTA CLARA – Alex Smith spoke in the locker room Wednesday afternoon. Here’s what he said.
Q: Is it bittersweet that the 49ers are going to the Super Bowl and you’re not the starting quarterback?
ALEX SMITH: I’d be lying …
SANTA CLARA – Vernon Davis spoke in the locker room Wednesday afternoon. Here’s a story he told about a dinner he had with Colin Kaepernick a few months ago in Youngstown Ohio, after the loss to the Vikings.
VERNON DAVIS: …
In July 2011, HBO Real Sports did a feature on the Harbaugh brothers.
At the time, they did not air a clip of Jack Harbaugh talking about the moment his son, Jim, told him he was going to draft Colin …
SANTA CLARA – This is the transcript of Frank Gore’s Thursday press conference, courtesy of the 49ers.
You haven’t worn that in a while?
“No.”
Why’d you pull it out today?
“It’s a work day. That’s about it. …
SANTA CLARA – This is the transcript of Greg Roman’s Thursday press conference, courtesy of the 49ers.
Opening Statement:
“Sorry to keep you waiting. Good afternoon. Obviously we’re very excited to be back in the Championship Game against a …
SANTA CLARA – This is the transcript of Colin Kaepernick’s Wednesday press conference, courtesy of the 49ers.
[Head coach Jim] Harbaugh mentioned last week that you were really picking up the game plan, a savant-like game he said. Did …
SANTA CLARA – Delanie Walker spoke at his locker Wednesday afternoon. This is what he said.
Q: Is it going to be important to establish you and Vernon in the passing game against the Falcons?
WALKER: Most definitely. Crab’s been …
SANTA CLARA – This is the transcript of Patrick Willis’ Wednesday press conference, courtesy of the 49ers.
When you put on the game film of the Falcons, what’s the first thing that jumps out at you?
“They’ve got a …