:::[Official] San Francisco 49ers 2024 Offseason Thread [NFC CHAMPIONS]:::

Should UnicornHunter’s faithful card be revoked for his blasphemous Patrick Willis comments?

  • Yes permanently

    Votes: 31 79.5%
  • Yes temporarily

    Votes: 5 12.8%
  • No

    Votes: 3 7.7%

  • Total voters
    39
  • Poll closed .
I find it funny how people are so quick to try and take Kap down... It's clear as day the play calling was not Kaps fault and it was more of a Harbaugh/Roman problem

They better switch to turf, can't have this problem 2 years in a row
 
i hope we go turf before the season starts. **** it. better for kap and all these burner WRs we've got now.
 
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@MaioccoCSN 24 minutes ago
49ers say the walk-through pace in final period of team was predetermined due to low ILB numbers and was not because of field.
 
Word :lol:






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SANTA CLARA –- Linebacker Nick Moody continued to state his case as a possible regular-season starter alongside NaVorro Bowman with a strong practice on Wednesday night at Levi’s Stadium.

In a practice in which the offensive line did a better job of handling its business against the 49ers’ front seven, it was still a defender who made the top play of the night in front of nearly 15,000 season-ticket holders.

During an 11-on-11 session in the red zone, Moody, who played safety at Florida State, took a perfect angle to cut in front of wide receiver Torrey Smith at the goal line and intercept Colin Kaepernick's pass.

Moody is getting first-team reps with Michael Wilhoite, a 16-game starter last season, sidelined with a leg strain. Veteran inside linebacker Philip Wheeler was not available to practice because of a leg strain, too. Bowman practiced with the first unit, and Moody saw action alongside Shayne Skov with the second-team defense.

After that red-zone period, the 49ers dialed back practice to walk-through speed. The field at Levi’s Stadium was particularly torn up, but a 49ers official said it was coach Jim Tomsula’s plan all along to convert the final period of team work into walk-through speed.

“It was predetermined once Wheeler wasn’t going to practice because they had low numbers at middle linebacker and because (Bowman) was in shoulder pads for the first time in a year and a half, they decided to dial it back and go with a teaching pace for the last period,” 49ers vice president of communications Bob Lange said.

illvine illvine red80 red80
 
i hope moody shines. i would love to eat crow.

however, im not holding my breath. 
 
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i hope moody shines. i would love to eat crow.


however, im not holding my breath. 

Read the transcript he had with the media on Tuesday. I cant post it now but he said how he was never taught basic techniques while playing ILB with the old coaching staff and the new coaching staff is harping on him about them. Kind of a big deal for a guy like him that wasnt always an ILB.
 
someone gon get hurt with that field, watch :smh:

i see nothing wrong with what gore said, luck is in a league of his own, a true QB. Gore never had that pure pocket QB.

looks like they got reid more in the box?
 
I spoke to one of my customers yesterday who is big on golf and he pretty much guaranteed the field is going to be awful again this year. The reason being that each time they do maintenance on the field the sod needs weeks to firmly root themselves. Basically every week the field is going to be torn to shreds because the roots are being ripped out.
 
Yea but I think the only confirmed injury is Wilhoite amongst ILBs... Didn't we just sign 2 during the off season and Bow just came back

I understand they don't want to throw Bow back in the mix that quick

Shietttt, they should've let Brooks jump in :lol:
 
Man, I am loving all the changes I'm hearing that tomsula is making in practice. Jimmy T :pimp:

Mangini is unleashing the dogs!!!! Happy as **** to hear that. He was sending blitzes from every level of the defense in the first couple practices.
 
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I have a feeling were going to be getting to the Quarterback and/or hurrying throws OFTEN this season :pimp:
 
Yea but I think the only confirmed injury is Wilhoite amongst ILBs... Didn't we just sign 2 during the off season and Bow just came back

I understand they don't want to throw Bow back in the mix that quick

Shietttt, they should've let Brooks jump in :lol:

yeah, i remember us signing desmond bishop and shayne skov
 
Memory of cousin Sean Taylor inspires 49ers' Reaser
Matt Maiocco
August 6, 2015, 10:30 am



Three thousand miles away, Carlene Ford is flooded with a range of emotions. Her son is finally on the practice field and embarking on a promising NFL career.

It has been a long and painful road for the family.

She was with her son, Keith Reaser, shortly after he underwent a second ACL surgery before the 2014 draft. Teams were calling him to line up workouts. And he had to tell them he would not be able to get on the field for a long time.

“I’ve never seen him so devastated,” she said.

They braced for the strong possibility Reaser would not get drafted after his senior season at Florida Atlantic when it ended with a knee injury. When a problem with his graft was discovered at the NFL Scouting Combine, it appeared to be a major blow to the career he had planned since childhood.

“Since I was a little kid, I never saw any other future path for me,” Reaser said. “I never thought of myself of doing anything other than playing in the NFL.”

And when the 49ers surprisingly selected him in the fifth round, it was clear the organization was committed to a long-term union. Reaser would be afforded the opportunity to take his time to get healthy before competing for a roster spot.

“We didn’t know what was going to happen,” Ford said. “There was always the hope he was going to get on somebody’s team. And when it happened, it was one of those moments we’ll remember forever.”

The excitement, however, cannot push away all the pain the family has experienced in the past eight years.

Sean Taylor was Reaser’s cousin. Their mothers are sisters. Taylor was also Reaser’s favorite player – a hard-hitting Washington safety who quickly established himself as one of the NFL’s rising stars.

In November 2007, five young men broke into Taylor’s Miami-area home in a burglary attempt. The men expected Taylor to be with his teammates for a regular-season game in Tampa Bay. But Taylor was home rehabbing an injury. After the men broke in, Taylor confronted them with a machete. Taylor was killed with a single gunshot to his leg, which severed his femoral artery.

“He was that family member that you looked up to and said, ‘I want to be like him; I want to play like him; I want to dress like him.’ He was my idol,” Reaser said.

His mother got a phone call in the early-morning hours while Taylor was in surgery. But she did not want her 16-year-old son to worry, so she did not tell him about the incident before he went to school.

While at school, a classmate mentioned the news to Reaser, who initially thought it was just a cruel joke. He called his mother, who was still at the hospital. The family experienced unspeakable grief. Time has passed, but the hurt remains.

Taylor’s final resting place is Woodlawn Park Cemetery, about 2 ½ miles from Reaser’s home. It was a year before Reaser could summon the strength to pay his respects to his cousin.

“He was very emotional -- very upset,” his mom said. “He told me, ‘I never want to go back there again.’ He said he wanted to remember Sean as he was.”

Reaser had started working out with his cousin and began to take the sport more seriously by the time Taylor had reached the NFL. They worked out together. They watched film together. The tragic and senseless death brought even more focus to Reaser’s goal.

Ford remembers a visit to the pediatrician when her son was about 10 years old. He announced he was going to be a professional football player. He was completely unfazed when his doctor produced statistics about the miniscule percentage of young athletes who actually realize that dream.

“Once he died, things with me started progressing with football,” Reaser said. “Everybody was looking for me to be that guy. He was kind of like that centerpiece in our family. At holidays and we’d go to his house. Everybody was looking for me to be that piece.”

Reaser’s determination was a lot bigger than his physical stature. As a senior he was listed at 5 foot 10, 147 pounds. He was a second-team all-state selection, but he failed to get the attention of major college football programs.

He ended up at nearby Florida Atlanta University in Boca Raton. Over the course of four college seasons, he grew an inch and added 40 pounds. The 49ers placed a projected 40-yard dash time on him in the low 4.3s, making him one of the fastest cornerbacks in last year’s draft.

Reaser’s style of play is not similar to Taylor’s, but he has tried to adopt his cousin’s approach to the game.

“I don’t try to imitate his game because he was his own freak of nature,” Reaser said. “What I do try to take is the passion he played the game with, the way he prepared, the way he trained. I try to take that out there. I might not be the knockout-shot guy, so I don’t try to play like him. But I definitely take that passion and that mentality into the game.”

Reaser said the fact that a family member was able to establish himself as an NFL star provided him with inspiration.

“It gave me confidence in myself,” he said. “This is my family member. If he can do it, I can do it, too.”

San Francisco 49ers general manager Trent Baalke knew Taylor well. As a Washington scout, Baalke scouted Taylor and spent 2 ½ days in Miami prior to his team's selection with the No. 5 overall pick in the 2004 draft. While fully aware he is related to Taylor, Reaser was selected on his own merits, Baalke said.

“They’re totally different,” Baalke said. “Sean was 6-2 and 230 pounds. He was a rare physical specimen. But a couple things stood out with Keith. He was extremely fast. He’s one of the fastest guys we evaluated that year. And the competitiveness. You can see that on the field. He’s got an edge to him.”

Reaser spent his entire rookie season with the 49ers in Santa Clara rehabbing his knee. He had a strong offseason program, and his training camp is off to a solid start as he looks to establish his presence on the 49ers’ roster.

“He’s been a dream,” Baalke said. “He came in from Day 1, and had a pro’s mentality. He was very focused on getting his knee right. And it’s paying off.”

Back in Miami, Ford is excited to receive reports from California about the progress of her son. He is working with the 49ers’ third-team defense. His future is bright. But the family’s return to the NFL also comes with some degree of anxiety.

“Me, personally, I’m terrified,” she said. “In one sense, it’s helps that we have that back in the family. But there’s that fear that now that he’s in the NFL, someone may target him.”

Ultimately, those thoughts are fleeting. She realizes there are no negatives to her son being in position to make his life-long vision a reality.

“After his first knee injury, he said, ‘Mom, I can’t think of anything else I want to do but play football,’ ” she said. “Yes, this has always been his dream. The way everything worked out, this was his destiny.”


Sean Taylor :pimp:

Had no idea they were cousins, I just became a big time fan after reading that article. Great read.
 
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