SANTA CLARA – Here is the transcript of Vic Fangio’s Thursday press conference, courtesy of the 49ers. How good of a test is this Giants offense in terms of evaluating your entire defense? “It’ll be a great test because the one thing about the Giants offense that I think you can say, it strikes you right from the start of looking at them, is their balance. A lot of times…
SANTA CLARA – Here is the transcript of Frank Gore’s Thursday Q&A from the Niners locker room. Q: You considered going to Ole Miss to play college football? GORE: I was looking at wanting to play early. I thought going to Ole Miss I had a chance to start. But, you know, I had my mom situation. And coach CJ (Curtis Johnson), the receiver coach from New Orleans, and coach Kiel,…
SANTA CLARA – Here’s the transcript of Donte Whitner’s Wednesday Q&A. Q: Does this game tell you where you guys stand? WHITNER: I feel like the Giants are a good football team. Both teams equally, we both need this football game. But I don’t feel like it’s going to define who we are because it doesn’t matter if you go in there and win by 10 or lose by 1,…
SANTA CLARA – Here’s the transcript of Carlos Rogers Wednesday Q&A. Q: What have you seen from Eli Manning this year? ROGERS: Just more poise in the pocket. I think he’s calmed down and got a lot of control of the offense. It also helps when the younger guys know the offense and know what they’re doing. The line is blocking better for him and that helps out the quarterback…
SANTA CLARA — Here is the transcript of Eli Manning’s Wednesday afternoon conference call with Bay Area reporters. Q: When you come to the line of scrimmage how long is it going to take you to try to find No. 52? E. MANNING: (Laughs). Not very long. You usually have a pretty good idea of where he’s lined up. Me and Patrick, we go back a long way, back to…
Here’s the transcript of New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin’s Wednesday morning conference call with Bay Area reporters. Q: What kind of challenges do the 49ers offer for your team? COUGHLIN: (Laughs) They offer a lot of challenges. You’re talking about a team that’s 7-1, that has outstanding special teams play, defensively they’re ranked in every category you can think of that’s important – points allowed, red zone, they…
ESPN.com’s Mike Sando has unearthed two very interesting takes on Alex Smith – one is a stat and one is a scout’s opinion. First, the stat. According to an ESPN stats and information analyst, John McTigue, Alex Smith has thrown the lowest percentage of passes in 2011 which have been intercepted or defensed – 5.8%. Aaron Rodgers has the next lowest percentage. What does this mean to you? To me…
