Adds Carolina offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave, a former
Niners quarterback, «On paper, I'd say the Redskins are just as talented as that team.
Not exact matches
Thursday night started off about as bad as you could imagine for
Niners bettors, with
quarterback Brian Hoyer throwing an interception deep in
Niners territory seconds into the game to hand the Rams a quick seven - point lead.
Not because I'm psychic like you, and can read his thoughts, but because he is a pistol formation
quarterback, and no pro team uses that formation like the
niners did when Kap was having success.
Perfect would be Jim Harbaugh, who's always steered focus to fundamentals and discipline, has history developing
quarterbacks, and has California ties and would probably love to shove it up the
Niners» behind.
Bucs
quarterback Brad Johnson put the
Niners to rest with three straight scoring drives, but he was working against a crippled and confused secondary — and even then he completed fewer than 50 % of his passes.
Although Loville led the
Niners in rushing (he was also second on the team in receiving yards), the team gained less than 100 yards rushing in eight of its last 10 games, forcing its
quarterbacks to throw 40 or more passes in nine of them.
The
Niners parted with six offensive starters in all, including four former Pro Bowl performers:
quarterback Jeff Garcia, halfback Garrison Hearst, wideout Terrell Owens and guard Ron Stone.
Baltimore RB Ray Rice is the second choice on the board at 7/1, followed by, among others, SF
quarterback Colin Kaepernick and WR Michael Crabtree both at 8/1, Ravens WRs Anquan Boldin and Torrey Smith both at 17/2,
Niners TE Vernon Davis at 9/1, Baltimore RB Bernard Pierce at 22/1 and San Francisco WR Ted Ginn, Jr. at 33/1.
The
Niners» nickel package has been one of the most solid in the NFL; in the playoffs both Minnesota
quarterback Wade Wilson and Chicago's Jim McMahon had big problems with it.
Staley, who made his first Pro Bowl and All - Pro team last year, is the anchor to the
Niners» offensive line that has done a bang - up job of protecting
quarterback Alex Smith so far in 2012.
It went unnoticed at first for two games before a photo from Jennifer Lee Chan of
Niners Nation showed the
quarterback sitting on the bench during the anthem in the 49ers» third preseason game of 2016.