Injuries will keep some 49ers out until season starts

Posted By on August 11, 2018

San Francisco 49ers running back Matt Breida (22) runs against Dallas Cowboys linebacker Joe Thomas (48) during the first half of an NFL preseason football game in Santa Clara, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

SANTA CLARA — Training camp started only two weeks ago and the 49ers already have 19 injured players.

“We’re hoping they will all be available Week 1 to start the season,” head coach Kyle Shanahan said on a conference call with Bay Area reporters Friday afternoon. Then, he read the list of injured players, and took almost three minutes to finish.

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  1. Tons of injuries for sure which is very concerning. But at least (so far), we haven’t had the devastating out for season torn ACL’s like Washington (Derrius Guice) and the Chargers (Hunter Henry)

  2. We need an exterminator, because there’s an injury bug infestation. I wonder if Garnett might need a cleanup procedure, but uping Cooper’s reps is music to my ears.

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    2. My suspicion is Garnett may have little or no cartilage in his bum knee, hence the pain he’s experiencing.

  3. You wonder whether the way they practice might have something to do with the number of injuries. They practice pretty soft and don’t appear to get anywhere near game intensity. Then they play a game they are not prepared for the game speed or motion and players get themselves in awkward positions not as ready to react. Would be interesting to compare injuries in training camp when practices were more full tilt..

    1. I think they should have an extra week of practice starting earlier in July. That first week should be ‘double practices’ ..focusing on getting into shape and fundamentals. The basics but lots of running, the OL pushing the sled, stretching, some contact, calisthenics, ect. Working on the techniques and still running plays but whipping these guys into shape to possibly cut down on pulling hamstrings and other injuries.

      I’m not talking about head pounding tackles and contact all day to avoid concussions. Then the last 2 weeks as usual, like they have now with the 1 vs 1’s, team drills, ect. They might be a little sharper and ‘faster’ going into pre-season with maybe less injuries except concussions. I’m ok with the ‘specialized training’. I remember Rocklin and watching them in 100 degree plus heat. They did pretty good back then.

  4. Before all of these exhaustive negotiations, collective bargaining agreements, etc. teams used to practice in pads twice a day during training camp, there were no restrictions on the hours of practice or length of meetings and camp went for 6 weeks and even longer when there were 6 pre-season games, and there never was the dramatic number of injuries as we now see in today’s NFL where off-season workouts and off-season meetings are limited; training camp contact is very restricted, and players don’t have two consecutive practices with pads; there is a day off every fourth day of camp and walkthroughs are the norm of the new NFL; yet, the number of injuries, many of which are season-ending, seems to be astronomical and only 1 pre-season game has been played.

    Players now have nutritionists and dieticians, speed coaches, individual flexibility and yoga instructors, masseuses, etc. and are bigger, faster, stronger, supposedly more flexible, have lower body fat; however, the number of injuries skyrocket.

    The number of “non-contact” and “soft tissue” injuries is alarming considering all of the training and year-round programs players are following. Playing football requires practicing football the way it is played, and it appears that with all of the restrictions and health concerns, practices have been toned down to the extreme so players really are not in “football shape.”

    There is a significant difference between a football player being in physical shape and conditioned as an athlete as opposed to a football player being in “football physical shape,” and now when they go out to practice with pads (once a week during 14 of the 17 in-season weeks) or play in a game, football injuries are occurring in higher numbers.

      1. Mike

        Very good comment…There are about a dozen teams (High school) in every state who almost always compete for league or State championships…the secret is in their training regimen…perhaps the ‘pros’ could learn from looking back to what makes them so good consistantly…somewhere along the way…something got lost…

    2. You raise an excellent point with regards to all of the specialized training: “Players now have nutritionists and dieticians, speed coaches, individual flexibility and yoga instructors, masseuses, etc. and are bigger, faster, stronger, supposedly more flexible, have lower body fat; however, the number of injuries skyrocket.” But as the Bard would say, I think therein lies the rub. These players are bigger, stronger, and faster than they have ever been. By the time they finish high school, they’ve been ear-marked to play a certain position; by the time they finish college, their bodies have literally been sculpted by trainers to look and function a certain way for that position. Once they’re in the NFL, their bodies are as refined and finely tuned as a race car. They are bigger, faster, stronger than all of the generations before them. And a player is constantly pushing to shave off a fraction of a second on their 40 time or lift just a little bit more weight all so they can go faster, harder and more violently than the next guy. Something has to give. Understandably, that weakest link is often a tiny tendon or ligament.

  5. Its physics. They do not allow players to hit fellow team mates. It is counter productive to incur self inflicted wounds. Too bad they still occur, like what happened to Warner, even though they try to stress avoiding injuries. They try to set up practices so the players can play at full speed, and work on their skills, but without the bone jarring collisions and hitting. Even with the lighter practices, 13 players were injured, or recovering from injuries.
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    In games, they allow players to hit the opposition. First quarter, the Niners had 4 players become injured. In the first game, 6 players became so injured, they will not play next week.
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    When they allowed 2 a day full pad practices, players were told to be tough and shake off concussions. Now we find that 99% of the players studied have signs of CTE.
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    It really is a no brainer. More hitting, more injuries. Justin Smith was injured in practice. He tried to play in the SB with one good arm, and it did not go well.
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    Remember, this is a game of attrition.

    1. Also, players are bigger, stronger and faster than years before. Players can hit harder, because they have been trained from an early age to do that, and the science has advanced.
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      Back then, players were told to ‘suck it up’ and ‘take one for the team’. They were given shots and pills to mask the pain, and they played injured. Now, that has led to players suffering constant pain and losing their minds. The human toll is alarming, and the League should be held responsible for their future health problems.
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      Nowadays, players are getting smarter, and will not sacrifice their bodies and health, only to be shunted aside, covered up and ignored. It finally took players shooting themselves in the chest, because they wanted their brains to be studied, before any real studies on CTE started happening.

      1. You sound like such a wussy…I hear your wife calling for you to get off….someone might be in danger

        1. Oh Sving you are not allowed to discuss Seb’s family, its off limits based on protocols and procedures of the blog. Also, he might start crying!

  6. A few things stood out to me from watching the first 49ers preseason game. Dallas’ first string front lines looked bigger and stronger and pushed around the niners. The running back Jeremy McNichols has the size needed to make short yardage plays and to wear down the defense. None of the other scat backs can do that. 49ers are too much of a finesse team right now. McNichols wouldn’t carry the big salary Hyde did. I would keep him over Joe Williams at this point. I think Richie James is ultimately better than Trent Taylor, he’s tougher and will make big plays and doesn’t allow the defense to take the ball out of his hands as Taylor sometimes did. Jimmy Ward is toast and needs to go. He frankly isn’t good enough to start at any position but he carries the biggest salary on the defense. Malcolm Smith is Malcom X as in never in the line up. Seems like his body is wearing down on him. CJ Beathard is torture to watch on the field. Mullins easily outplayed him and looked more like a professional qb. A lot of question marks on this team, hopefully Shanny can pull it together.

  7. Injuries are always going to occur no matter how heavy or lite the practice or game schedule is. There will never be a solution to minimize the problem of injuries in this particular sport of football. Each team does their best to condition their athletes but there is never any type of simulation to prepare for high speed collisions.

    1. It is not the collisions but the remarkable number of soft tissue injuries such as hamstrings, groins, etc. One of the recently retired offensive linemen commented on another site that it virtually is impossible for an offensive lineman to hone his game to the degree it needs to be when contact is so limited and the number of days when they wear pads is down to 1 time a week for 14 weeks over a 17-week period. That means for 3 weeks of the season (Mon- through Saturday) a player does not even don a pair of pads or have any semblance of contact; yet, they are expected to go out on Sunday and go full speed and to execute the game plan.

      That’s tantamount to telling a golfer that he or she cannot use their clubs on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, but be expected to tee it up on Thursday and be a par buster, or telling Venus or Serena Williams that they are not allowed to hit balls or practice full speed between tournaments, but win the French Open or U.S. Open that weekend. Just how effective do you think those athletes will be?

      How can a player perform his skill set effectively on Sunday if he is seldom full speed or has no or next to no contact in the trenches Monday through Saturday?

      You think McGlinchy has trouble learning how to pass off an assortment of line stunts now in training camp while wearing pads, what’s going to happen during game week in the season when they don’t wear pads and have no contact? It’s a physical game and the offensive line is a physical position. If you don’t practice physically, how can you play physically?

      1. They do practice with physicality to a degree but the hard part is, in the games, the physicality is taken to an entire new level. You just have to trust the mind and body are prepared to endure that level of physicality. You can never replicate the type of contact players will experience in a game in practice. That’s why conditioning is essential so that prevention and recovery are guiding factors when and if it does occur.

      2. Completely agree. Good comments. The CBA the players negotiated was ostensibly done with the intent of reducing player workloads and thereby injuries. It certainly reduced workloads. But the cost of dialling it back as much as they have is, as you say, players aren’t getting enough coaching, or enough training that prepares their bodies for football.

        I also think part of the injury issue is the league is obsessed with sculpted, chiselled physiques. When sport needs bodies that are both strong AND supple. Focusing on building muscle and power puts a lot of strain on the body when you then ask it to make quick football moves.

      3. Mike, I think you have an incongruent analogy.
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        Golf and tennis do not have the collisions between players. They can practice all they want and will not get injured.
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        A better analogy would be the storming of a beach.Practicing an invasion with simulated bombs going off and simulated fire will result in attrition. Practice too much and they become shell shocked. That is the problem. Repeated blows to the head is now found out to be cumulative in effects. Reducing concussions means reducing blows to the head which means reducing practice time. Sure, it would be nice to be battle tested and battle hardened, but the human cost needs to be factored in.
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        I also contest the notion that there were less injuries during the old 2 a day practices. In the practices just a few years ago, it was hand to hand combat. Many players ignored or covered up injuries, because they would be cut and replaced if they complained. Pain killers were handed out like candy. The NFL was denying the existence of CTE, and purposefully and actively opposed any research in the matter.
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        Nowadays, the reporting of injuries is encouraged, and the league wide protocols for concussions have shown that the league is getting serious about protecting players. Maybe a lot of the hamstring tears and strains can be prevented by stretching between reps. In the one on one drills, the players were standing around just watching others while waiting for their turn. During the waiting, they should be doing light stretching.
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        One could say that every snap entails concussive blows between the line men. When bodies slam against each other, the brain rattles around the cranium. Sure, some will say that the league is trending towards more of a flag football scenario, but ask Nick Buoniconti if he thinks that his symptoms are worth the fleeting glory. Buoniconti says-‘ I feel like a child, I feel lost.’
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        Recently, we lost Dwight Clark. He believed his ALS was a byproduct of all the blows to his head. I am sure he was happy that players are not allowed to practice so hard, because he thought the connection of ALS to the blows he took to the head were undeniable.

        1. One could say that every snap entails concussive blows between the line men. When bodies slam against each other, the brain rattles around the cranium. Sure, some will say that the league is trending towards more of a flag football scenario, but ask Nick Buoniconti if he thinks that his symptoms are worth the fleeting glory. Buoniconti says-‘ I feel like a child, I feel lost.’
          This is just a bit off. Concussive blows are not caused by blows to the head but rather by rapid acceleration or deceleration, which causes the brain to hit the scull. Blows to the head can cause this but it depends on the forced behind them. This is why offensive linemen and defensive linemen suffer fewer concussions by position than any other position group , while at the same time taking the most hits to the head. (Running backs, suffer the most concussions as both they and the defenders that tackle them, get a running start which massively increases the force of the blow) Another example would be boxers who take far more hits to the head than NFL players but suffer fewer concussions.
          Second, I think you are right in terms of the injuries not being worse than they were in the past. In reality, I think they are just being more cautious with some of these players than they used to be. They are sitting players with bone bruises and minor hip injuries… in the regular season some of these players would be playing. The scariest injuries suffered so far from what I have seen are the Hamstring injuries and high ankle spains which tend to linger.
          All and All this offseason hasn’t been too bad, most teams are probably in fairly similar shape in terms of these minor injuries.

          1. Thankfully, they are not putting linemen in 3 point stances and firing low towards each other. More linemen are standing up, which reduces the chance of a blow to the helmet.
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            I did say- ‘One could say.’ I did not say- Without a doubt. It is just my opinion, and there could be different interpretations.
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            All in all, I agree with you that the injuries are not as severe, and the amount of injuries is not due to lack of 2 a day practices in full pads. I am glad the league is finally becoming serious about protecting the health of the players.
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            * Skull.

  8. Tip of the hat to Grant for identifying the source of Ward’s vulnerability on the boundary. He’s a safety, and a pretty good one. He’s used to reading the QB not runnng with his back to him. Just last year, Saleh was telling us Ward had the capability of being the next Earl Thomas, now he’s being usd to stopgap Sherman’s recovery on the boundary. This is the second time Saleh has tried to apply a Seattle metaphor of dual roles. Last year, he programmed Solomon Thomas, who was already facing a foreshortened preseason, into a Michael Bennett dual role, for which he was not qualified. We have also missed badly on Malcolm Thomas, another Seattle holdover, as a leader, or even an effective player in this defense. I’m never going to bet against Sherman, but there is a huge risk he will not reach his Seattle level of dominance with the 49ers. There’s a theme here and it’s problematical

  9. Check out the last page of the McGlinchey thread on Webzone. There’s a gif of McG handling Lawrence really well.

  10. On a positive note, two players I reviewed after the draft (and stated on this website) to make the 49ers roster had good games .

    1. The only man on the 49ers roster (non-QB) who had 2,000 yds from scrimmage (ie, nearly) WR, Richie James

    2. Jullian Taylor.

    *Nick Mullins had a 105.4 passer rating

  11. While we’re fine-tuning our thinking on the fate of the 2018 9ers, let’s get a discussion going on where we can find the best clam chowder in NorCal–New England/Pacific Northwest style, not Manhattan. We did the pizza thing several weeks ago…how about clam chowder?

    The best I had was at a place called The Ark on the Oakland side of the Alameda-Oakland Estuary. That was many, many, many years ago.

    1. Cassie …

      At Fisherman’s Wharf –(in Monterey)…. Hands Down !
      … and ..
      if you’re frugal … you can get your fill … for FREE !
      (that is …with just.. two trips around the wharf !

      2. MWN,
        I’m not a clam chowder fan, but I can’t visit Monterey without making a pit stop at The Fish Hopper for their clam chowder and fresh sourdough bread.

        Bodine’s at pier 39 is good as well. But their sourdough could compliment almost any meal.

    2. Nick’s Cove, Tomales
      The Shuckery, Petaluma
      Sutro at The Cliff House, SF
      (I haven’t tried but highly recommended, Spud Point Crab Company, Bodega Bay)

    1. Cassie ..

      About a week or so ago … I drove the kids to The City and
      did the “touristy thing” with them .. Lombard St… Pier 39 …
      The Full House ..house … (currently being remodeled) … beach area
      south of the Cliff House …. Grasbbed a bowl of chowder at the Wharf
      (in SF) … but it still doesn’t hold a candle to the chowder in Monterey imo…

      Too bad I didn’t know you were craving the chowder, Cassie ..cuz
      you woulda been welcome in our van to join us on an unplanned trip
      to Monterey … that is if you could stand to be
      around my screaming grandkids !! … lol

      (I’ll jump at any excuse to go there)

      1. Ha! I lived on the Monterey Peninsula for a few years long ago. Get there every chance I get. I have a soft spot for Pacific Grove.

    1. Its good that he played well, but Marcus Rush used to look great against 3rd and 4th stringers too.

      1. More reasons to be optimistic this year with his added weight and being able to stop the run as opposed to just being an undersized pass rusher. I hope Pita gets some 1st team reps in the next three weeks. Would like to see what he can do in coverage.

  14. Football is a fundamentally flawed sport. Everything we are seeing is just the culmination of today’s athletes exposing these flaws.

    Humans should not be flying into each other (or throwing each other down) like this.

  18. The Niners only had one pre snap penalty. I find that rather remarkable for the first pre season game considering how bad they were last year. That is all.

  19. Injuries are depressing…..focus on the future

    Depth chart after 1st preseason game

    QB (2): Jimmy Garoppolo, C.J. Beathard
    RB (3): Jerick McKinnon, Matt Breida, Raheem Mostert, Joe Williams
    FB (1): Kyle Juszczyk
    WR (6): Pierre Garçon, Marquise Goodwin, Trent Taylor, Dante Pettis, Kendrick Bourne, Richie James
    TE (3): George Kittle, Garrett Celek, Cole Hikutini
    OT (3): Joe Staley, Mike McGlinchey, Garry Gilliam
    OG (3): Jonathan Cooper, Laken Tomlinson,Mike Person
    C (2): Weston Richburg, Erik Magnuson

    DL (10): DeForest Buckner, Solomon Thomas, Arik Armstead, Cassius Marsh, Earl Mitchell, D.J. Jones, Sheldon Day, Ronald Blair, Jeremiah Attaochu, Jullian Taylor
    LB (7): Malcolm Smith, Eli Harold, Fred Warner, Dekoda Watson, Korey Toomer, Brock Coyle, Pita Taumoepenu
    CB (5): Richard Sherman, Ahkello Witherspoon, Jimmie Ward, Tarvarius Moore, K’Waun Williams
    S (5): Jaquiski Tartt, Adrian Colbert, Marcell Harris, D.J. Reed

    K (1): Robbie Gould
    P (1): Bradley Pinion
    LS (1): Kyle Nelson

    Suspended: Reuben Foster, Victor Bolden Jr.

    1. Good prediction. My only difference would be that Elijah Lee makes the 53, but Toomer does not.

    2. I think Garnett has to be there……. unless they don’t c enough in the next couple of weeks………… and I sure wish Marsh and Harold show something, or I would prefer to try and develop another Corner in that slot w Williams and Sherman dinged up. – I imagine J Williams is going to be a very tough decision.

      * Would almost be nice to showcase Williams as trade bait to try and maybe get someone to develop on the PS for a year…….or depth at Corner/Guard.

  20. This by way of the Bee–concerning shade at Levis…

    “Team president Al Guido spoke with Matt Maiocco on the “Inside 49ers” podcast last week, and Guido seemed adamant that there’s no fix coming anytime soon.

    “We understand there might be a game or two early in the season that might be warm. We cannot add shade, we cannot build a roof, it’s not possible,” Guido said on the podcast.

    Levi’s Stadium is too close to San Jose International Airport to make construction of major shade structures possible, according to Guido.

    “I would say a lot of it stems from the FAA regulations, structurally what I would tell you is even if you could do it, it would take years to build to get something up there.”

    Fans are none too happy about it.

    “The one question in all of this is how these things weren’t vetted before the stadium was built,” Patrick Halloway wrote recently for fan blog Niners Nation. “These are issues that should have been considered and factored when construction began.”

    It’s evident that those who made decisions regarding facility design didn’t place much value on a viable shade solution–that is, building it into the design, not being forced to mitigate something afterward (then say you can’t). I imagine narrow minded, exec level bean counters–shoulder-to-shoulder with uncaring ownership–let proper, thoughtful design fall to the side. Heck, at that lofty level, that bunch would be found in comfy, air conditioned luxury suites. Given where engineering technologies and advanced building materials are these days–in addition to an abundance of inspired architectural thinking–there is no excuse other than sloppy thinking for the venue called Levi’s where many are broiled like Costco rotisserie chickens..

    1. ‘Building into (original) design’ is obviously the best and cheapest option, but to imagine some devious oligarchal plot to stick it to fans seems way over the top to me; unhinged conspiracy theory. Failures or overlooked factors of design are often just brain farts caused by detail overload and/or “too many cooks spoil the broth” syndrome. Lead architects best advice is frequently discarded by customers.
      League-wide know how of stadium design clearly should have taken sunlight into account, but hindsight is more brilliant than even the sunshine in Santa Clara.
      Perhaps the team could raise the Santa Cruz Mountain Range a couple of thousand feet to cast a shadow over Levis’. ?

      1. Certainly wasn’t an oligarchical plot to stick it to the proletariat.

        “Lead architects best advice is frequently discarded by customers” Yes, particularly at the exec level. I’ve been around that level of decision making for some time, and it’s fun to witness the occasional brain farts at critical points in design and design implementation. Sometimes it’s oops, sometimes it’s IDC arrogance, sometimes it’s …whaaat? Oh…. Creating the post failure spin is always a treat

        It’s not like massive stadiums (and related multipurpose venues) are built by the hundreds annually–some brilliantly conceived, others doomed to mediocrity. It’s rare that new NFL stadiums go up. And when one does, one would assume some degree of enlightened, integrated, situationally-aware thinking would prevail. But not always. That’s the way of the world…

        1. Upon completion of a new warehouse at a winery, a beautiful and practical structure, I pointed out that a pedestrian door opened out right into the forklift ramp, posing a risk. Nobody in executive management wanted to admit the slightest imperfection in the shiny new building and blew me off.
          Then the CEO had me show him what I meant. My suggested fix was to replace the door with a secure door with a window. He rolled his eyes and smiled and asked me what I thought it might cost. I said less than an OSHA fine and a replacement combined, and a possible lawsuit if there were an injury accident. Dollars speak, the door got replaced.
          In Jed’s place I would’ve sought a Catalonian architect; they’re world leaders in detailed innovative design, green design and solar adaptation. An integrated lattice work of solar panels atop the rim, which aren’t that heavy and do t increase the load that much could have produced energy and some shade.
          It’s definitely a fail, but run of the mill fail.

    2. “Fans are none too happy about it.”

      Poor babies, better take up another sport like bird watching, seashell gathering, or kneeling.

      1. It doesn’t take much creativity to design a shade solution.

        Heck, just place a playing field in an abandoned parking lot…fans bring their own seating. No elevated seating. Just out in the open. Fans are babies. Period.

        Like I said, it takes next to nothing to pull together a great design.

      2. Having been there. I wouldn’t buy season tickets. Its much better watching the game from home.
        – And I don’t buy a couple line… They couldn’t build a roof because airplanes? come on, that’s a load of hog wash, there was a way to do it, they just didn’t want to foot the bill.
        – Second, they could have placed the luxury boxes on the other side but chose to put the plebs in the sun.

        “These are issues that should have been considered and factored when construction began.”
        – I’m sure they were… they they just chose to go after the corporate money and not worry about the fans. That’s where the big money is.

    3. Let’s not forget that the York’s showed long before the stadium was built that fielding a competitive team was less important than milking dough out of the franchise. Then they built a structure that essentially forced poor saps into pricey air-conditioned lounges and, as a final f u, replaced our best coach in years with a bumbling idiot. Only after the saps stopped coming to games, causing a bigger public and by that time national embarrassment, did the Yorks turn their attention to the product. Their hiring our current FO was a Hail Mary that for them and us rank and file fans seems miraculously to have worked out. Meanwhile the fans in the many uncomfortable seats have no respite and there’s little if any “home field advantage.” I guess I’m writing this to remind people that a family of blood-sucking vampires never loses their fangs and that there’ll be more to this story down the line, I assume when the FO contracts come up. There’s no substitute for owners who are also fans of their team and champions of their fan base. It’s a terrible shame ED so foolishly got involved in that mess in Louisiana. Think about what the stadium could have become. We’re stuck with it for the next 50 years, unless we get the “Big One” of course.

    4. “6 Six Degrees of Separation” route- Levi’s Exec said that Harbaugh was never consulted and his first response on the field regarding the layout of where the sun was and the side of the field they were to be on……… the beef I have, aside from the obvious issue of shade, was also not factoring in home field advantage with acoustics, to counter Seattle.
      * my seats are in part shade and I went and visited the stadium during game time to focus on that when selecting seats knowing games would be +10-15 above what Candlestick was……… those that didn’t were basically dumb.

    5. The York’ seemed to be in “hurry up mode” in building Levi’s Stadium.
      Riding on the back of the teams success was the perfect time and opportunity to sell season tickets to a new demographic in and around the Santa Clara area.
      It was a “strike while the iron is hot” undertaking.

      The rush to build undermined important fan amenities.
      Traffic in and out
      Parking
      Accessibility to sun protection.
      These are features that seemed to be glossed over.

      It’s too bad that things didn’t work out in SF because the old lady (Candlestick) with all of its personality, character and rich history would have continued to be a great venue albeit with the addition of upgrades.
      My wife loves the new park. I still think it looks like a glorified scaffold, but that’s just me.

      1. That sun/heat is a big problem when fans are watching from the concourse instead of the stands.
        I was there week one and a lot of season ticket holders urged us not to sit in our seats because of the heat. They were right.

      2. I don’t care about the new stadium……. I was fine w The Stick absent the corridors (I would navigate the old baseball mezzanine level to avoid the crowds.

        Per why it isn’t there (Hunters Point), and why I won’t EVER vote for Gavin- and it was confirmed when I golfed w someone from Feinstein’s office, Gavin basically forced the York’s to pursue other options when he ignored their calls.

  21. Still smh on how Richie James aka The Rizzla….dropped to the 7th rd…

    Please did he rape or kill someone….or smoke weed..

    I just watched his college highlights and its crazy how talented this kid is…..

    With Pettis and James and Bourne….we are set at WR’ s for the next 5 yrs……kudos to JL/KS

    1. James only played in 5 games, and came from a small college, so some were doubting the level of competition he was facing. He also was injured, but thankfully, it was an ankle instead of an ACL.
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      I credit the scouts for finding a diamond in the rough.

    1. doesn’t seem too bad, thankfully………..

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