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With Monday's victory over the division leading Arizona Cardinals, the San Francisco 49ers did more than keep their playoff hopes alive. They also swept the season series against the Cardinals, a tie-breaker which could prove critical if the 49ers can gain some more ground over the coming weeks. It is unlikelyùthough not impossibleùfor a Wild Card team to emerge from the NFC West. So if San Francisco is to get into ...

The Trendspotting articles have been a series on the thunderingblurb.com website this season where we look at various players and try to decide whether they will keep up their stats and production (or in some cases, get them back on track) or if they are candidates for a down-turn. After a brief break, they're back with a look at Marucie Jones-Drew, running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars. I'll be the first to ...

Nextáto the news that Michael Crabtree is set to be a 49er, the Jets acquiring Braylon 'AH THE BALL SCARES ME' Edwards for Wide Receiver Chansi Stuckey, Linebacker Jason Trusnik and two picks (thought to be a 3rd and 5th-round pick) was the most surprising news of the morning. Rumor has it the 3rd can become a 2nd if Edwards hits certain escalators. Rumor also has it those escalators are ridiculously ...

According to reports from Adam Schefter of ESPN, Jay Glazer of Fox Sports, and both 49er beat writers Matt Maiocco (of the Press-Democrat) and Matt Barrows (of the Sacramento Bee), the San Francisco 49ers and their wayward rookie wide receiver Micahel Crabtree have reached an agreement. Crabtree will finally be a 49er. Now, while there is plenty to talk about. Negotiations started yesterday afternoon and involved Jed York, Crabtree's agent Eugene Parker ...

Redskins 9 Rams 7 Redskins Individually, the Redskins put up some decent numbers. Clinton Portis had 88 total yards (79 on the ground, a pair of catches for 9), Chris Cooley had 83 yards receiving and Jason Campbell threw for 242 yards. But overall the offense couldn't get anything going, especially in the red zone where they went 0-5. Not much more to say about this game which showed that the Redskins ...

Falcons 28 Panthers 20 Falcons Matt Ryan continues to play very well in his second season with the Falcons, as he totaled three touchdowns in their victory over the woeful Carolina Panthers. As during Week 1, Ryan found tight end Tony Gonzalez for seven catches, totaling 71 yards and a touchdown. He didn’t ignore last years main target Roddy White, who caught six passes for 53 yards and his own touchdown. Michael Turner ...

Count me amongst the many fans, analysts, and fantasy football people who thought 49ers rookie running back Glen Coffee would spell veteran Frank Gore often when they met the Arizona Cardinals last Sunday. While you're at it, count me amongst the folks who were definitely shocked Coffee got a grand total of ONE carry. With multiple analysts spending the week leading up to the Arizona game asking not "if" but "how many" ...

BRONCOS 12, BENGALS 7 BRONCOS If it wasn’t for a lucky—but still skillful—play by Brandon Stokely this game would be viewed as a disappointment. Instead, Kyle Orton’s ok-but-not-fantastic 243 yards and a touchdown looks much brighter and the Broncos might feel better about a game where they could not get their rhythm going. Correll Buckhalter was the most effective back, but Coach McDaniels seemed determined to get rookie Knowshon Moreno a bunch of ...

FALCONS 19, DOLPHINS 7 FALCONS While they started out a bit slow, Matt Ryan and the Falcons eventually got their offense in gear and had little trouble moving the ball against Miami. Ryan’s 22/36 got 229 yard performance wasn’t the stuff of legend but he made few mistakes and found his receivers twice for touchdowns. One was by new Falcon Tony Gonzalez, whose touchdown capped a five catch, 73 yard performance. No other ...

Given the lack of progress in the contract talks between the San Francisco 49ers and their wayward first round draft pick, Michael Crabtree, it's easy for some fans and media analysts to say the pick itself was a bad choice. After all, just a short time before the draft the Cleveland Browns came out with the news that they would be passing on Crabtree in the draft and the rumors were ...