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Well, I've just jumped off the JTO bandwagon. I was barely hanging on with one hand and it just slipped off. Or should I say, I gave up and let go. Sorry JT, but there's a new sheriff in town and he means business.

Nolan Out; Singletary In

Well, the Yorks actually had the guts to make a major change mid season. I had finally come to the conclusion that Nolan had to go. But I have to admit I feel bad for the guy. I've always liked Nolan, but he just hasn't been able to pull off the improvement we need. With that said, I am so excited for Mike Singletary! Now we get to see what he can do. I know there are some of you out there that think a major shakeup like this is not a good idea in the middle of the season, but honestly, what's the worst that could happen? They lose more games? They can only go up from here. I just hope they don't blame any more mistakes on Singletary. I'd like to see him get the official job (he is the assistant coach you know), and then see what changes he makes next season. Well, this has definitely given me a little motivation to watch the 49ers-Seahawks game next Sunday. Usually we make this game a family outing, but schedule conflicts and pure exhaustion from watching losing games is causing us to miss this one. Frankly I didn't even want to watch, but now I'm excited. Not that I expect to see a 180 degree turnaround, but it will be interesting to see what minor changes will occur. Let me take this opportunity to say WAY TO GO RAMS!

A New Home for Shaun

Well, I'm happy to announce Shaun Alexander finally found a home. Now, I've never bought in to the Alexander hype, but I surely didn't expect him to be sitting out for so long. So I'm glad to see that the Redskins signed him yesterday to backup Clinton Portis. Unfortunately, he's only been signed for a year. Hopefully he's well rested and ready to go. Good luck, Shaun! Alexander brought in to fill injured Betts' backup RB role

3 Strikes You're Out! Or Are You?

OK, I don't get it. Tell me again...why is Pacman Jones still officially in the league?

First, watch this - NFL Suspends Jones

So, zero tolerance to me means NO MORE CHANCES. Am I missing something here? What else is there to "understand?" What I understand is that he doesn't know how to handle his anger. And clearly he has demonstrated that he can't conduct himself in an appropriate fashion.

Now, watch this - Zero Tolerance

Come on, Deion! Are you kidding me? Pacman's upset? He might lose hope? His childhood dream has been stripped away? Ummmm, is it just me or does everyone else see that he keeps bringing this on himself? Who cares how the "situation" came about. In house? It was with the guy that the Cowboys hired to PROTECT him. Why does he keep getting into "situations" that involve fighting anyway? According to Deion's update last week, the argument was over the guy being late! How does this translate into a fist fight? He's already been arrested six times and involved in 12 incidents where police were involved. I'm sorry, but I have absolutely NO sympathy.

And the voice of sanity - Jones on Jones

Sounds to me that even if Goodell lets Pacman back after the 4-game suspension, Jerry's gonna be pretty hesitant to let him play for the Cowboys again. He's got a reputation to uphold and Pacman's too much of a liability. TO has started rearing his ugliness again and that's a handful in itself.

So again, I'm not sure what else these people are hoping to see. Pacman has shown that he doesn't know how to change, even with the treat of a ban hanging over him. At this point, it's not about changing just to play football - it's about growing up, period! That's it Pacman, you need to move on.

No 16-0 for the Champs

Hey Ladies! Well, the Browns of all teams were able to do what five other teams hadn't been able to do...beat the Giants. And did I mention they BEAT the Giants? So if they can do it, so can we! Note to upcoming Giants opponents - if your o-line can hold of the Giants d-line, you've got it made. Manning was held to less than 200 yards passing. Even though the Browns' receivers were dropping balls all over the place, the Giants secondary wasn't able to contain them. They also handed the Giants 55 yards from 10 penalties, but that wasn't enough to shift the momentum. So the Giants win streak ends with a 35-14 loss. Does this show the Giants' true colors or was this just a bad week? The Giants now join the Patriots, Chargers and Cowboys as the fourth team to lose to a bottom 10 team. I wonder what the rest of the season has in store...hmmmmmm.

Throw Out the Throwbacks!

Hi Ladies! OK, I'm all for nostalgia and the NFL's appreciation for the past by allowing the teams to wear their throwback uniforms a few times a season. But the New York Jets are getting a little too cozy in theirs. Those things are depressing! They look like the actual original uniforms pulled out of the attic! Yes, I know they're reminiscent of the old New York Titans, but there's a reason they changed the colors to green and white. Actually, this kinda brought back memories of the Eagles' bright yellow Yellowjackets uniforms. Well you can definitely say that the strategy worked! Both teams won in those uniforms - the Jets put their opponents to sleep from boredom and the Eagles' opponents were blinded. Photos courtesy of NFL.com

Finally It's Arizona's Turn!

Hey Ladies! Well finally the Cardinals have a solid first place lead in the NFC West. I've been pulling for them for quite awhile since they've had the weapons but just never seemed to be able to make it to the top. But thanks to the depressing play of the rest of the West, they are sitting on top by themselves. Hopefully they can keep it going. On the other hand, I don't have much left to say about the Forty Niners. I was down in Los Angeles today so I was watching the Cowboys-Cardinals game. But I saw the score for the Niners game (14-6) and figured "here we go again." However, as I was waiting for my flight, I was shocked to see the score at 23-17 Niners! Of course that lead dwindled to 27-26 Eagles by the time I actually boarded. Now as I turned my phone back on after landing, I was expecting to see maybe 34-29 Eagles, 30-29 Eagles, 34-33 Eagles, or prayerfully, 33-27 Niners. But no, 40-26 Eagles! WHAT??????? Needless to say, Cards, Hawks, even you Rams, don't expect to get any help from us. I'm leaving it up to you to pull the West out of the pit of embarrassment. The Niners aren't going anywhere until Nolan is gone. Frankly, I think it goes higher than that, but that's just not being realistic. The Yorks are going nowhere. I mean, all this team has to do is listen to the radio or tv before, during and after a game and they'll know exactly what to do. How is it that everyone sees the problem except the ones getting paid? I've hung in there long enought trying to give all these guys the benefit of the doubt, but I just can't back them up any longer. With the exception of Frank Gore and Patrick Willis and a few other guys here and there, the Niners just don't have the staff or personnel it's gonna take to be a winning team.

Calling All NFC West Fans!

NFC West Fans Unite! OK ladies, I'm tired of the NFC West being the black sheep of the NFL. I'm beginning to feel like we're being left behind. Other than the NFC North, every other division has at least one 4-1 team! Being first in the NFC West is not much of a stretch. The only way for us to get our credibility back is for us to continue to get these tough schedules and raise our standards of play. It may take a few seasons to be on the same playing field, but I'm ready for the rough road. So from this point on, I'm rooting for all NFC West teams to win. Now obviously if we're playing each other, I'm staying with my Niners. But I want even those games to show some signs of real, down and dirty, gridiron football! No more comments like "Well they were missing their entire rushing and receiving core," or "They were only playing the Lions." Let's show the rest of the NFL that the NFC West has what it takes to play with the big boys. So Let's Do This!

Why Did They Change the Defense???

OK, I just don't understand. Just got finished watching the Niners-Patriots game. We started off on fire! And then they changed the defense. Why? It's only the 1st quarter! Yeah you got beat by Randy once. So what do you do? Give him more space? You can't give Randy Moss a 10-yard cushion! What happened to the pass rush? We finally saw it again in the second half, but by then we were playing catch up. It's almost like they gave up that first touch down and then got scared to do anything else. You still have a whole game to play! Now there's no excuse for JT's interceptions. However, you really do increase the risk of interceptions when you're forced to constantly pass the ball because you're behind and rushed. Now one thing was very clear to me - someone definitely told JT not to run last week because he sure was running all over the field today. If he hadn't, the offense would have done even worse. But here's my concern - 3rd down conversions. We're starting to slip back into that pattern again so I hope something changes. Well, all I can say is that we need the practice. Like I said in my last post, we need to continue to play teams like this in order to raise our standard of play. Not that I was really expecting the Niners to beat the Patriots, especially off a bye week, but I did expect them to play better than this. Now I have no idea how the rest of the season is going to play out, but the Eagles are coming to town next Sunday and we HAVE to get our act together and win that game.

So Much to Say...

Hi Ladies! Yes I know, I'm a little late with my comments. But better late than never, right? So I've got 3 topics for today: Niners-Saints game, the upcoming Niners-Pats game and the Kiffin-Davis feud. Niners-Saints game My first comment is everyone was bad. This was a bad game. But not like last year's games. This time we were able to eat up the field, but ran into a twilight zone in the red zone 'causing JT to lose his head. It never really dawned on me until I heard the Steve Young show on KNBR yesterday that playing in the red zone is so much more difficult. Like he said, guys don't "get open" because there's no room down there. It's very crowded so it's much more dangerous. That makes complete sense to me. So JT, you're gonna have to learn how to throw in the crowd. And by the way, don't listen to whomever told you not to run. My next concern is the offensive line. I think this was a huge problem for Alex and it's becoming a huge problem for JT. He's got to have more protection if he's gonna last. That and the rush should be the main themes for practice this week. Niners-Patriots game OK, I'm not expecting a whole lot more than what we've already seen. Is it enough to beat the Patriots? All I can say is the Dolphins did, so why can't we? But here's what I think. We have a chance if we clean up the mess from last week. I mean Vegas is only giving the Pats 3 points! That's a good sign. But on the other hand, an extremely embarrassing loss plus a bye week could be very bad for the Niners so we'll just have to see what happens. Now I have to say, I'm very excited about these tough games ahead - this is giving the Niners some real practice. We need to start playing against the big guys much more often in order to raise our standards of play. The Niners have improved just enough to beat the NFC West teams but that's not good enough. If we ever do get to the playoffs, we're gonna have to learn how to beat championship teams. So I'm looking at this as a learning experience, not a death march. Kiffin-Davis Feud Man, it's over! FINALLY! If I heard one more media reporter tell me that today might be the day Kiffin gets fired, I was gonna scream! But Al, was the 2-hour-plus-intermission-letter reading really necessary? I know the guy made you mad, but really - completely uncalled for. No, Kiffin probably should have never been hired, but you did. You gotta take the good with the bad. So just fire the guy, pay him and move on. No one really cares about the nit-picky he said, he said drama. Now I guess Tom Cable didn't really have much of a choice taking the coaching position seeing as though he was called a few hours before the press conference. What would have happened if he said no (which may not have been a bad idea). I guess it's basically a choice between losing your job now because you turned Big Al down, or losing it later because you only have a 2-year tenure at best. But who knows, maybe he'll pull a Gruden and get to stay 4 years. Well I'm pulling for you, Cable. This is your big break!