Position profile: Defensive backs
Shawntae Spencer started every game at right cornerback. Dashon Goldson started every game at free safety. The 49ers can look at those players and pencil them into the starting lineup in 2010 and beyond. Strong safety Michael Lewis will enter his ninth NFL season. Cornerback...
Saints win
So much for blow out. The Saints withstood their bout of nerves in the first quarter and beat a better team through their own grit. I never imagined that after Drew Brees's performance in the title game that he would out play Peyton Manning . But congratulations to the...
Martz may adapt, utilize Bears' tight ends
• As a rule, new Bears offensive coordinator Mike Martz has used tight ends primarily as blockers, which is why he and Niners TE Vernon Davis were like oil and water, according to our Niners sources. But the early vibe emanating out of Halas Hall is that Martz has a...
Does anyone sniff a blowout?
Many took issue with my underrated choices, outside linebackers Manny Lawson and Parys Haralson , as you should. This is a blog after all. The reason I chose them was because of the new way teams now play the edge of the defense. Also after talking to one of the players from...
Snap Judgments: Super Bowl XLIV
Brian Jennings gives his final "Snap Judgment" pick of 2010, by selecting his Super Bowl XLIV winner.Before I get into my Super Bowl pick, I'd like to congratulate Jerry Rice, for making it into th...
Young, Rice are eager to help 49ers of today
Hall of Famers Steve Young and Jerry Rice both live in the Bay Area, and they said they continue to closely follow the 49ers. I asked both Hall of Famers if they were willing to share their vast knowledge with the 49ers of today. Their answers were yes and yes.
Jerry Rice tearfully accepts Hall of Fame honor
Jerry Rice always finishes his route. He did it forever as a 49ers wide receiver, and again in his brief time with the Raiders. It helped make him the greatest wide receiver of all time, and arguably the greatest NFL player, period. Rice wouldn't pull up...
A selection of quotes about Jerry Rice
A selection of quotes, released Saturday by the 49ers, about Jerry Rice. "I've never seen a player more driven or willing to work harder to become the greatest of all time. His perfectionism was evident in everything he did, in the way he carried himself both...
49ers legend Rice elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame
CHRIS GRAYTHEN Getty ImagesFormer 49er Jerry Rice, left, shares a light moment with ex-Cowboys great Emmitt Smith after their inductions were announced Saturday in Florida.SANTA CLARA – Watching the 1985 draft from his brother's apartment in Jackson, Miss., Jerry Rice...
Jerry Rice at head of the class for Hall of Fame
Jerry Rice will be enshrined Aug. 7 in Canton, Ohio, as part of a seven-man Class of 2010 that also includes linebacker Rickey Jackson, who spent most of his career with the New Orleans Saints but played for the 49ers in 1994-95.
Jerry Rice tearfully accepts Hall of Fame honor
Jerry Rice always finishes his route. He did it forever as a 49ers wide receiver, and again in his brief time with the Raiders. It helped make him the greatest wide receiver of all time, and arguably the greatest NFL player, period. Rice wouldn't pull up...
Rice, Smith headline Class of 2010
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Jerry Rice, the most productive wide receiver in NFL history, and Emmitt Smith, the league's all-time leading rusher, lead the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2010.Joining Rice and Smith as inductees are OG Russ Grimm, LB Rickey...
Candid Cam: Rice's Hall pass arrives; Brown, Craig, Haley miss cut
Jerry Rice, the NFL's all-time leader with 208 touchdowns, found football's ultimate end zone Saturday. The former 49ers and Raiders receiver headlined a seven-member class selected for enshrinement to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
DeBartolo accepts Rice's request to present him at Hall of Fame
Jerry Rice was named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame today, and he announced that former 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo will introduce him at the induction ceremony this summer in Canton, Ohio.DeBartolo just took part in a conference call with Bay Area reporters. He addressed his...
49ers' Jerry Rice and Cowboys' Emmit Smith among 7 new Hall of Famers
Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith lead a class of seven new members in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Rice Named to 2010 HOF Class
Work ethic. Those two words brought the 49ers first round pick of the 1985 Draft to the ultimate destination for professional football players. The once unheralded wide receiver out of Mississippi ...
Rice elected to Hall of Fame on first ballot
Receiver Jerry Rice just moments ago officially became the fourth first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Famer from the 49ers' core group of the 1980s and '90s. Rice joins Joe Montana, Ronnie Lott and Steve Young as 49ers stars elected in their first year of eligibility. Rice...
Snapshot of a Hall of Famer: Jerry Rice simply outworked others
The NFL's all-time leading receiver will get his turn at the podium today in South Florida, shortly after a 44-person selection committee makes the easy call to include him in the Hall of Fame class of 2010. Slide show | More 49ers
Commissioner Goodell addresses CBA, other issues facing NFL
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell spoke Friday at his annual Super Bowl press conference at the media center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Goodell addressed the league's position in the collective bargaining agreement and fielded questions about head injuries, overtime, extending...
Rice and Smith are frontrunners for 2010 Hall of Fame
Emmitt Smith and Jerry Rice are virtual shoo-ins for election into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Strong 49ers representation among HOF finalists
Jerry Rice, Roger Craig and Charles Haley have a combined eight Super Bowl rings with the 49ers. All three are finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Rice, the holder of every significant receiving record in NFL history, is a lock to be among the four to seven enshrines...
2nd title could earn Colts dynasty status
One Lombardi Trophy put the 49ers on the Super Bowl map. A second made them an NFL power. That's how it worked for the 49ers in the '80s, and that's how it will work for today's Indianapolis Colts, said former 49ers offensive lineman Randy Cross. "Have you...
And the winner is......
The armored car just arrived. The security guards are walking the envelope up the path. They fetched it earlier from a safe at Price Waterhouse. We now are prepared to open the envelope and discover the winner of this season's most underrated 49er award. And the winner is...
Sunnyvale residents get update on 49ers' stadium
Sunnyvale is among the cities that will more than likely benefit from the 49er football stadium proposed in Santa Clara. Special section: 49ers' stadium | More 49ers
Chicago Bears hire San Francisco 49ers' Shane Day to coach quarterbacks
The Bears hired the 49ers' Shane Day as quarterbacks coach.