Saturday, July 30, 2011

Et Tu, Niners?

The resolution of the NFL lockout has led to the most frenzied free agent signing period the league has ever seen. High profile star players are flying around to teams at a dizzying pace.

And yet, the San Francisco 49ers have done nothing.

The last time the Niners were in the playoffs was 2002. That's awhile ago, in NFL terms. Pretty much every team has been to the playoffs since then. Between the time I was born and the time I was a freshman in high school, the Niners won five Super Bowls. FIVE SUPER BOWLS. And now we can't win the worst division in football.

We've had the same shitty quarterback for the last six years. The one we took instead of Aaron Rodgers, who just won the Super Bowl with the Packers. The one we just signed to a new one year deal. I can't even bring myself to mention his name.

Donovan McNabb, Matt Hasselback, Kevin Kolb, Vince Young...all proven quarterbacks, snapped up by other teams. Young is now the backup in Philadelphia. While the Niners sit by and do nothing.

I don't have the ability to occupy the minds of the people running the San Francisco 49ers. But as a lifelong fan of the team, I would relish the opportunity to punch them all in their dicks and tell them they're ruining the next six months of my life.

I love the Niners. But we're going nowhere. There is simply no hope for this team.

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