San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Marquise Goodwin, linebacker Eli Harold, defensive lineman Arik Armstead, cornerback K’Waun Williams, safety Eric Reid and defensive back Adrian Colbert all took a knee as they continued to protest police brutality against African Americans. One inactive player took a knee with his teammates.
The rest of the 49ers all stood during the anthem before Sunday’s game against the Washington Redskins.
A mockery was made of the national anthem all right.
But it wasn’t by the San Francisco 49ers.
Vice President Mike Pence turned the anthem into a prop Sunday, co-opting it for a stunt that served no other purpose than to sow division, further enrage the administration’s conservative base and try to cow NFL owners. That it likely deflected attention from yet more neo-Nazi protests in Charlottesville was all the better.
Please, though, tell me again how it’s the players who are so disrespectful.
Pence was so incensed by the sight of several 49ers kneeling during the anthem at Lucas Oil Stadium that he left immediately afterward. Not so incensed that he wasn’t right there with a carefully crafted statement to let the world know of his outrage, however.
ARLINGTON, Texas - Colin Kaepernick threw two touchdown passes to Vernon Davis, one right after the first of three interceptions by Tony Romo, and the San Francisco 49ers opened the season with a 28-17 win over the sloppy Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. The 49ers (1-0) also got a 35-yard fumble return on the second play of the game when Chris Culliver picked up a loose ball stripped from DeMarco Murray. They led 21-3 after the first quarter despite running just four offensive plays.
Tiki Barber claimed the 2002 Giants would’ve beat the eventual Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Barstool’s Going Deep podcast (fka Surf and Turf) with Steven Cheah and Willie Colon back in September 2019. Let’s see how Tiki’s bold claim might’ve played out.
On Jan. 10, 1982, one of the most famous plays in NFL history, Dwight Clark’s leaping, fingertip touchdown grab of a Joe Montana pass—forever known as “The Catch"—gave the 49ers a 28-27 lead over the Cowboys with just 51 seconds on the clock in the NFC Championship Game. San Francisco would go on to win the game and the Super Bowl. (Walter Iooss Jr.)
This amazing photo was sent to us from San Francisco Giantsfans stationed in Afghanistan. They missed the World Series and will miss the Super Bowl, so they are sending their support
On Tuesday, the San Francisco 49ers were active, re-signing their All-Pro inside linebacker NaVorro Bowman. The extension is reportedly worth $44.25 million over 5-years, keeping Bowman locked up until 2018.
This means San Francisco’s four linebackers, Aldon Smith, NaVorro Bowman, Patrick Willis and Ahmad Brooks, will remain together until at least 2015.
