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Niners pose unique challenges to Packers’ defense

By: The Sports Xchange 09/05/12 10:15 PM
The 49ers go into their season opener in Green Bay with a versatile offense, something wide receiver Michael Crabtree and Packers coach Mike McCarthy acknowledged during game preparations this week. “I just feel like we’ve got our own style,” Crabtree said. “Those guys are a spread offense, that’s all they do is throw the ball. I mean, they’ve got some run game. But that’s their offense. We’re really not like that.” Read More

49ers missed golden opportunity to keep Packers coach in San Francisco

By: Tim Liotta 02/06/11 6:00 AM
Enough already about this Aaron Rodgers-Alex Smith-oh-what-could’ve been debate. There’s just as good a chance the 49ers would’ve ruined Rodgers just like they’ve damaged Smith. Six years of offensive coordinator musical chairs. The pressure to win games the 49ers had no chance to win. Who’s to say how it would have unfolded for Rodgers? Read More

Northern California native Aaron Rodgers is leader of the Pack

By: Art Spander 02/04/11 1:00 AM
Green Bay Packers quarterback and former Cal star Aaron Rodgers
In the end, sport is about results, not possibilities. Sure, football, the 49ers and  the Green Bay Packers would have been different if San Francisco had drafted the man who as a kid always wanted to play in The City — Aaron Rodgers. But they did not, and in retrospect, Rodgers is better off, if indeed the Niners are not. Read More

Only classy coaches left to play in Super Bowl XLV

By: Glenn Dickey 01/25/11 1:00 AM
The Jets’ Rex Ryan
The best thing about the NFL championship games Sunday: Rex Ryan was silenced. Even Mr. Motor Mouth admitted he was speechless after the New York Jets’ loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.Ryan embodies two traits that I hate about the NFL: trash talking and a coach taking the spotlight.There should be no room for trash talking in sports, period. The NFL should put in a rule that any player caught trash talking gets a 15-yard penalty. That would shut them up in a hurry. Read More
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