By Dayna O’Gorman // @DaynaOG
Sometimes, seasons just don’t go the way a team wants them to. In fact, that is more often the case than not.
However, for the San Francisco 49ers, 2018 didn’t just go slightly awry, it went completely off the rails.
I decided to check in with Jennifer Chan, 49ers writer for NBC Sports Bay Area to see how the offseason has gone in San Francisco.
Continue reading “Checking in on the San Francisco 49ers”
By Sonja Greenfield //@Mom23RN
I love a good rivalry. Being that I’m a Michigan fan, and Kate’s a Buckeye fan, you know we go back and forth all the time. (Make sure you check in on us the last week of November.)
Lisa and I go back and forth about fantasy football (Yes, that’s me, your TWO-time OTFB Fantasy Football Champ)
I like to give Lucy a hard time about the Packers, and sometimes I give Wanda a hard time about the Bears.
Continue reading “NFL Rivalries”
By Dayna O’Gorman // @DaynaOG
When people talk about NFL stars who were found in the late rounds of the draft, there are a few names that are always brought up. Tom Brady, Richard Sherman, Bo Jackson, Terrell Davis… it’s a long list. The western divisions in both conferences have a tendency to find these players regularly and turn them into superstars. Let’s take a look at this year’s picks and see if there could be another future star.
You can find an entire list of AFC draft picks for each team here.
AFC West
Kansas City Chiefs have found some fantastic late round steals in the past. KR Dante Hall, DE Jared Allen, and most recently G Laurent Duvernay-Tardif. This year late round gem could also be an offensive line player.
Continue reading “Future playmakers found in the late rounds of NFC/AFC West drafts”
By Sonja Greenfield // @Mom23RN
On Friday, Feb. 15th, the NFLPA released a statement saying that the NFL has reached a settlement with former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and current Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid in their collusion case against the NFL.
This came this afternoon in the form of a press release… https://t.co/nVl9fTaF7G
— Our Turf Football (@ourturffb) February 15, 2019
The almost 3-year saga has, for all intents and purposes, has come to a sort of anti-climactic close.
Regardless of if you support Kaepernick and Reid or not, it opened up dialog. Or at least attempted to. I had a hard time finding people who could civilly discuss this online, but hopefully more civil discussions were had in “real life”.
Continue reading “Football is more than just a game”
By Lucy Rendler-Kaplan // @Lucyrk78
Rams 29 – Packers 27
I really had a hard time predicting this game! While I love the Packers, (some of you might know, I write for both the Green Bay Packers and the Los Angeles Rams) they have been inconsistent all season and not playing as well as we know they can. At the same time, the Rams are (so far) unbeatable and playing more as a consistent, total team week after week.
That’s not how the game Sunday began, however. The Packers defense was firing on all cylinders and playing better than they had in weeks, while the Rams were having a very slow, uncharacteristic start. By game end, Green Bay would fall to 3-3-1, and the Rams would keep their unblemished record.
Continue reading “Rams stay undefeated, winning 29-27 over Packers”
By Dayna O’Gorman // @DaynaOG
Snakebit. Injury bug. Plain old bad luck. Whatever you want to call it, whatever your favorite term, the San Francisco 49’ers has it. Due to injuries, the promise of the 2018 season, one that looked so bright in the offseason, seems to have lost its luster.
Every team goes through it at some point. Players seem to go down week after week with season-ending injuries. Once it gets started it’s like a train that cant’ be stopped. For San Francisco, injuries hit early and quick.
Obviously, the biggest hit was quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo who had just gotten a 5 year, $137 million contract. Garoppolo was expected to be the second coming of Joe Montana and was proving he was worth every dime. Then in the third game of the season, he took off for a 13-yard run, sliding at the end. Unfortunately, that slide caused a torn ACL. San Francisco was then forced to go with backup QB C.J. Beathard for the rest of the season.
Continue reading “San Francisco 49’ers can’t shake the injury bug”
By Wanda Wiedman//@WandaW63
Free agency is pretty much on the quiet front with some players still trickling on to teams, such as quarterback Blaine Gabbert to the Tennessee Titans, and defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh to the Los Angeles Rams. But now it’s all about the draft and filling the holes that will make or break a team. So here is my attempt at Round 1 of the NFL Draft.
Continue reading “OurTurf’s Mock NFL Draft Part 1”
Meaningful player additions, releases, and re-signings – Last update: April 19, 2018
Dallas Cowboys
Signings: DE Demarcus Lawrence (franchise tag), DT Brian Price, DT David Irving, FB Jamize Olawale(trade from Oakland) LS L.P. Ladouceur, WR Deonte Thompson, LB Joe Thomas, OT Cameron Fleming, TE Jason Witten, G Joe Looney, G Marcus Martin, K Brett Maher, DE Kony Ealy, DT David Irving
Released: DE Benson Mayowa, DT Joe Vellano, CB Orlando Scandrick, WR Brian Brown, WR Dez Bryant
Continue reading “NFC East / NFC West – Roster Updates”
By Sonja Greenfield // @Mom23RN
The votes are in.
The newest members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame are Randy Moss, Ray Lewis, Brian Urlacher, Brian Dawkins, Terrell Owens, Jerry Kramer, Robert Brazile and Bobby Beathard.
BREAKING: The Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2018 – Welcome to Canton! #PFHOF18 pic.twitter.com/kKA3WsRdmx
— Pro Football HOF (@ProFootballHOF) February 4, 2018
Continue reading “Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2018”
By Karen Christensen //@ksc47
49ers 25 – Titans 23
Being on the road has not been kind to the Tennessee Titans. When the team left Nashville two weeks ago, they were at the top of the AFC South. After a loss to the Arizona Cardinals last week and to the San Francisco 49ers this week, the Titans are now second behind the Jacksonville Jaguars who have two consecutive wins.
It stings, it hurts. What hurts even more, is that Arizona and San Francisco have been having rough seasons with tons of injuries. They were considered teams that should be “easy to beat”. The Titans are making these easy to beat teams look good, unfortunately.
Continue reading “Another Road Loss For The Tennessee Titans”
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