around the NFC West …. starting in early June

Aint it illegal in Calif to be using a cell phone when yer driving? No citation for Shanahan.

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The San Francisco coach was involved in a head-on collision with another driver on July 14 in Palo Alto, CA and, as NBC Sports Bay Area’s Matt Maiocco reported Saturday, suffered numerous injuries, including a concussion, broken ribs, a broken nose and a broken hand.

Public records from the California Crash Reporting System, a statewide database of collisions, show the accident occurred at 6:12 p.m. PT at Alma Street and Hamilton Avenue after a 21-year-old woman made an unsafe turn while driving a Mercedes SUV in the opposite direction on a four-lane, 25-mph street. (h/t the San Francisco Chronicle’s Noah Furtado and Eric Branch)

Shanahan was driving south on Alma Street, while the other driver was headed north.

The records also show that Shanahan was holding and using a cellphone at the time, which authorities listed as a factor in the accident, but stated that he was not at fault for the wreck.

According to the database, neither Shanahan nor the woman were found to have been drinking, and both parties were wearing seat belts.

Palo Alto police Lt. Nicholas Martinez told the San Francisco Chronicle on Saturday that the officers who responded to the accident did not issue any citations or suspect either driver of being impaired and that both parties remained at the scene and cooperated with police.

What local authorities believe led to 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan’s car accident

Yeah, he also said the garage door opener clipped to the visor caused the laceration.

40 stitches. Seems a lot. Ouch.

Thank goodness he’s okay. Must be terrifying.

And, yes, using a cellphone while driving is illegal in CA, but he says he wasn’t “using” it. I don’t see how it’s different from reaching for your coffee cup or anything else. I find it kind of amazing that we don’t have more accidents like this. I know several times while I’ve been driving, I’ve been distracted by something for a second, and found myself crossing the middle line or the shoulder, and if that fraction of time lines up with an oncoming car, a bicyclist, a bridge abutment….

zn wrote:

Ari Meirov@MySportsUpdate
The #49ers’ top four WR options right now with Ricky Pearsall sidelined:

• Mike Evans
• Deebo Samuel
• Christian Kirk
• De’Zhaun Stribling

Mike Evans and Chris Mccaffrey are gonna get their 1,300 yards. They need a third guy to step up though. Deebo hasnt been scary for a while, so i dunno.

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f that shit

wv wrote:

I have read the Rams are planning on doing their usual ‘get in and get out’ procedure for the Australia game. They will arrive in AUSTRALIA only 24 hours prior to kickoff.

The 49ers are arriving in Australia a WEEK before kickoff.

I think McVay is NUTS. This isnt like going to London.

I do not like this.

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One of those vids in the preview thread (Chris Long?) said that the Rams flew some people to Melbourne and back, just to replicate the trip and see what it did to them physically. Apparently they are convinced it’s better to ignore the time zones, and keep their bio-rhythm. The 9ers are going to try to overcome jet lag, and acclimate to Melbourne’s time zone, then return to the US and re-acclimate to PST. That seems harder to me. In my experience, it takes about a week to adjust, and the meantime, you’re just “off” a bit. I think McVay is making sense on this.

I predict that we shall see.

Just sorta watched Hard Knocks with Seattle as the team of the year.

Seems different to me from the only other time I watched it…Rams

No actual story. Just a bunch of highlights and nonsense.

zn wrote:

Geoff Schwartz@geoffschwartz
You can win games without drafting well if your top end talent is elite which the 49ers have. The question is whether I buy 49ers stock in the future and the answer is no because they’ve drafted poorly.

The 49ers start three players on offense (depends on the depth chart and reports) that have been drafted in the last 5 drafts. A few of those are 7th round picks.

It’s better on defense with 6 guys and half are guys they drafted in 2025.

There’s just no argument they’ve drafted well.

Ricky Pearsall was mugged and shot his rookie year, and has been disabled by injuries ever since. He’s showed promise when he’s actually been on the field. The buzz on Stribling in camp this year is high, and while the 49ers were widely criticized for picking him in the 1st round, word is that he has a specific skill set that Shanahan wants, and it’s looking good so far in camp.

They have done better in late rounds than the first round, where they have failed pretty spectacularly. They have not drafted well, but they’ve done well in trades and free agency (mostly bargain FAs). In spite of those spectacular first round failures, they’ve done okay in the draft, probably middle-of-the-packish. They would look better if Pearsall and Aiyuk worked out, but they both derailed for completely different reasons, not talent.