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The bizarro scores, and are you kidding me? outcomes this year are killing me.

Man, I'm just naturally too damned cheap to bet. Anything other than sure things have me tearing out my hair. And this year, none of the sure things seem all that damned sure anymore.

I need the Niners to get back on the field so at least I'll have one lock for the week.

Breaking news: If it wasn't truly apparent to fans that the 49ers is Alex Smith's team, well.....

Bucs acquire QB Rattay from 49ers

October 18, 2005
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Tim Rattay was acquired Tuesday by Tampa Bay as the Buccaneers addressed their shortage at quarterback after Brian Griese injured his knee.

The Bucs sent an undisclosed draft choice to the San Francisco 49ers for the six-year veteran, who lost his job in San Francisco after four weeks to top overall draft pick Alex Smith. The transaction beat the NFL trading deadline of 4 p.m. Tuesday.

To make room for Rattay on the active roster, the Bucs released rookie fullback Rick Razzano.

Griese tore knee ligaments in Sunday's victory over Miami and will be out for a lengthy time. Chris Simms took over for Griese as the Buccaneers beat the Dolphins 27-13.

Rattay, a seventh-round pick in 2000, started nine games last season and beat out Smith in training camp this season. But he performed poorly after an opening victory over St. Louis and was benched by coach Mike Nolan.

Rattay has played in 32 games with 16 starts. He has completed 356 of 586 passes (60.8 percent) for 3,941 yards, 24 touchdowns and 18 interceptions. He has a career passer rating of 81.6.

At Louisiana Tech, Rattay started 33 games, finishing second in NCAA history with 12,746 yards passing. He was the third player in NCAA history with more than 100 career touchdown passes.

Tampa Bay's other quarterback, Luke McCown, was also a standout at Louisiana Tech.

Link to Yahoo! article

I guess Rattay going to the Bucs is better for him.......

I think Alex Smith will progress pretty fast and put on a good performance near the end of the season, might even win a game :mrgreen:

K.T.Tran wrote:
I think Alex Smith will progress pretty fast and put on a good performance near the end of the season, might even win a game :mrgreen:

We shall see. But the O-line isn't giving him enough time to make his passes. He's getting rushed and blitzed most of the time.

We can't have a season go by without talk of a team in Los Angeles, now could we?


NFL May Move Saints to Los Angeles
Thu Oct 27,12:28 PM ET

WASHINGTON - The Washington Post reports the NFL will consider relocating the Saints to Los Angeles if New Orleans is unable to recover from Hurricane Katrina.

The newspaper cites three sources familiar with the league's deliberation on the matter.

The Saints have been based in San Antonio since they were forced out of the Crescent City by the damaging August hurricane.

But the sources say the league has no interest in the Texas city as a permanent home for the club.

Los Angeles is the second-largest television market in the country and has been without an NFL team since the Raiders moved back to Oakland after the 1994 season.

Yawn.

We've got two teams in L.A.: the Bruins and the Trojans. ;)

bmwracer wrote:Yawn.
We've got two teams in L.A.: the Bruins and the Trojans. ;)

You know what? I'm sure either one of the teams would give the Niners some competition. The Niners would probably win.....probably.

It's another rebuilding year. :drink:

dochira wrote:It's another rebuilding year. :drink:

Maybe they need the crew from This Old House. ;)

YES!! Dorsey is officially set to start this week against the Buccs.

Okay, so I don't think this means the Niners will win this week. In fact, I've already taken the Buccs to win.

But!!!

I thought the original idea of sitting Alex Smith this year, and letting him learn was a good idea. And I still do.

Besides, Dorsey knows the offense better, is better prepared, and more NFL ready. Not to mention... with Dorsey in there, the coaches might be more inclined to stick with the running game, regardless of the score.

And the Niners will have to run this week. They don't have Offensive Tackles and they don't have anyone but Lloyd at WR... so any game plan that calls for fewer than 40 hand offs is just plain Quarterbackicide.

Dorsey is falt out better than Simms, the Buccs starter. But Simms has some advantages in this game. Namely... a good offensive line, quality running backs, quality recievers, and a rock'em sock'em defense that can make up for any mistakes that Simms makes.

Dorsey won't have any of that stuff.

Rebuilding? You bettcha.

Can anyone say... D'Brickashaw Ferguson?

If you told me that the Niners would only score five field goals againt the Bucs and win, I'd think you were nuts.


Yet it happens: Niners win, 15-10.


The very definition of winning ugly.

bmwracer wrote:If you told me that the Niners would only score five field goals againt the Bucs and win, I'd think you were nuts.


Yet it happens: Niners win, 15-10.


The very definition of winning ugly.

Don't forget to mention they only passed for a total of 50 yards. That's nutty. :nut: But a win is a win.

Ugly?

Nutty?

It was a WIN!!!

Great Googly Moogly! It was a win! And I still haven't recovered from holding my breath for 3 hours this afternoon.

Hey! For any 9er fans, or people who just like to sign petitions, a niner fan has put up a petition to try to get the team to bring Jerry Rice back on the roster so that he can retire as a Niner, in uniform, in front of the fans.

I signed it, and if anyone else would like to, the URL is:

http://www.bringjerryhome.com/

Any pressure that can be put on that genius York is good pressure.

(And fantasy though it is, I'd love to see Jerry play again. Heck, we've run out of WRs, so it's not like he'd be taking anyone's job. And how cool would it be to see Jerry Rice catching a pass from Alex Smith?)

Geezer wrote:
Hey! For any 9er fans, or people who just like to sign petitions, a niner fan has put up a petition to try to get the team to bring Jerry Rice back on the roster so that he can retire as a Niner, in uniform, in front of the fans.

I signed it, and if anyone else would like to, the URL is:

http://www.bringjerryhome.com/

Signed, and delivered. I recently saw the Best Damn Sports Show on Fox Sports Net with Joe Montana and Jerry Rice. :woot:

Signed, and delivered.

Way Cool.

I recently saw the Best Damn Sports Show on Fox Sports Net with Joe Montana and Jerry Rice.

Dang. I always miss that kind of stuff. I'll have to poke around and see if they're gonna repeat it anytime soon.

Geezer wrote:Hey! For any 9er fans, or people who just like to sign petitions, a niner fan has put up a petition to try to get the team to bring Jerry Rice back on the roster so that he can retire as a Niner, in uniform, in front of the fans.

I signed it, and if anyone else would like to, the URL is:

http://www.bringjerryhome.com/

Done. :thumbsup:

Thanks for the heads up, Geez.

Geezer wrote:Great Googly Moogly! It was a win! And I still haven't recovered from holding my breath for 3 hours this afternoon.

I felt the same way Saturday: UCLA, down 21 points with eight (!) minutes to go, comes back and defeats Stanford, 30-27, in OT.

If that game doesn't get your heart throbbing, you've gotta be dead. :sweat:

I think that having moss out for some time has helped raiders, for what its worth their 3-1 with moss being mostly out for the game. But this could just be coincedence I mean look at what happened to the vikings. :banghead:

Guh, UCLA got their heads served on a platter: a 52-14 ass-kicking by the Arizona Wildcats. :shakehead: :sweat: :puppydog: :bleh:

Once again, that old saying: "there's no 'D' in UCLA" :sweat:

They televised the 49er-Giants game down here.

How sad the 9ers look. :puppydog:

bmwracer wrote:They televised the 49er-Giants game down here.

How sad the 9ers look. :puppydog:

They came close to a touchdown (I can't remember the last one), but then the penalties came. Went from 1st and goal at the 5, to a 3 and 30-something? I'm surprised they showed that game out of the Bay Area market. :sweat: