San Francisco 49ers fans should take a look at what Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan has to say about the NFC Championship Game. Ryan sat down with Pete Prisco of CBSSports.com to analyze key aspects of the game that vaulted San Francisco to its first Super Bowl since the 1994 season.
Good morning, NFC West. Three items around the division caught my attention over the weekend. We take a quick run through them to kick off a new week: Around the NFC West: June 10, 2013 Arizona Cardinals Boivin: Mathieu on the right track early Buchanan: Palmer, Fitzgerald hit it off St.
The Super Bowl is coming to the San Francisco 49ers' new stadium in 2016, the latest victory for the organization. The announcement, delivered by the NFL on Tuesday, was expected because South Florida's efforts had faltered.
Our post-draft amendments to pre-draft positional rankings continue with Matt Williamson, NFL scout for ESPN.com. Up next: linebackers. NFC West teams drafted six of them if we count the San Francisco 49ers' Corey Lemonier and the Arizona Cardinals' Alex Okafor as 3-4 outside linebackers, which we will do for the purposes of this exercise.
The San Francisco 49ers used the 40th overall choice of the 2013 NFL draft for Florida State defensive lineman Tank Carradine, a player analysts connected to San Francisco in pre-draft projections. That move came one day after the 49ers used the 18th pick for LSU safety Eric Reid, a player multiple analysts had projected to the 49ers in the first round.
The San Francisco 49ers placed three linebackers on the Associated Press' All-Pro first team for 2012. A fourth 49ers linebacker earned second-team All-Pro honors. Matt Williamson Ranks West by Position Team SF SEA STL ARI QB 2 1 3 4 RB 2 1 4 3 WR 3 2 4 1 TE 1 3 2 4 OL 1 2 3 4 DL 4 1 2 3 LB 1 2 4 3 S 2 1 4 3 CB 4 1 2 3 P 1 -- -- -- K -- -- 1 -- Coach 1 2 3 4 There was really no debate, then, when Matt Williamson ranked NFC West teams at the position heading into the 2013 NFL draft.
The San Francisco 49ers have fielded an effective, sometimes dominant defensive line recently, even without factoring outside linebacker Aldon Smith into the line equation. That's why it was shocking to see ESPN's NFL scout, Matt Williamson, rank the 49ers' defensive line fourth among those in the NFC West.
The 2012 battle for NFC West supremacy between the San Francisco 49ers' and Seattle Seahawks' has turned into a perceived battle this offseason. "It just feels like the Seahawks make a move, then the Niners make a move," former NFL quarterback Damon Huard said Wednesday during our conversation on 710 ESPN Seattle.
Jay from Cincinnati wants to know how Colin Kaepernick's contract situation with the San Francisco 49ers might align with future increases in salary-cap allotments. "With the cap expected to jump for 2015," he writes, "that seems like perfect timing, with Kaepernick signed through 2014.
PHOENIX -- The San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks have snagged the most NFC West headlines during free agency. Rams Left Tackles Since 2008 Rank LT Starts 1 Rodger Saffold 35 2 Alex Barron 16 3 Orlando Pace 14 4 Adam Goldberg 6 5 Wayne Hunter 4 6 Mark LeVoir 3 7 Joe Barksdale 2 Source: ESPN Stats & Information The St.
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