All New The Joe Show!

For those of you who do not know, Offensive Tackle Joe Staley has a hilarious show that goes up on 49ers.com every now and then where he walks around the locker room and asks his teammates dumb questions/sings/whatever else he feels like. This is one of my favorite things about the official 49ers  website and something that really drew me into it. It is an awesome look behind-the-scenes and really shows the personality the team has. Here is the first episode of 2013!

Go 9ers!

Akers Replaced: 9ers Sign Phil Dawson

It was announced earlier today that the 49ers have agreed to a one year deal with former Cleveland Browns kicker Phil Dawson. Dawson is a long time veteren in the lauge and has a career 84% Field Goal completion, which makes him the 9th most accurate kicker in league history.

Now, I don't know much about kickers, but I would have to say this guy is definitely worthy of taking over and filling the void that Akers left. As much as I hated to see Akers leave, he simply did not pull his weight last season and we need somebody who can get the job done. I think that Dawson is the man for the job despite his age (he is 38) and I am excited to see what he does next season! Although, we hopefully will not need to lean on him and Kaepernick will get us in the end zone for 6!

I will have more on the Free Agency madness in coming days!

Go 9ers!

Bye-bye David Akers

The 49ers released kicker David Akers Wednesday, just as many suspected they would. I have mixed emotions about this. In 2011, Akers was the savior of our team. We could move the ball down the field, but struggled in the red zone. Enter Akers who would come out and give us 3 every time. It really is amazing how many games we won with most points coming from the leg of Akers. In 2011, he set the NFL record for field goals made (44), field goals attempted (52), and points with no touchdowns (166). His 166 points also set the franchise single-season record.

But that was 2011. The 2012 season started off looking just as bright for Akers when he nailed a record-tying 63-yard field goal in the season opener at Lambo Field. The rest of the season was not so kind to David. Making only 29 of 42 attempted field goals, Akers failed to live up to his previous years accomplishments, much to the dismay of teammates and fans. Personally, I always felt for the guy and believed in him to turn it around. I wish him the best of luck and hope the team can find someone to step up and fill the void to ensure a solid next season between the uprights. 

Go 9ers!

Top 5 Hits of 2012

49ers.com has a video up of the top 5 hits of last season. It brings me great joy to watch these over and over. Check it out for yourself and vote for your favorite here! 

 Donte Whitner puts a monster hit on Reggie Bush 12-9-12

Go 9ers!

The New Santa Clara Stadium

Candlestick Park has been home to the San Francisco 49ers since 1971, and 10 months ago, ground was broken for the new Santa Clara Stadium. Candlestick also served as the home of the San Francisco Giants from 1960 until the opening of Pacific Bell Park in 2000. Unlike Candlestick, the New Santa Clara Stadium will serve as strictly a football stadium.

I have only been to a single NFL game in my life. It was in the 2011 season in Arizona where I watched the 9ers lose to the Cardinals. It was a great experience, despite the outcome of the game. It has always been a dream of mine to attend a game at Candlestick like my dad did so many times as a young man. The new stadium is set to open for the 2014 season, so I intend on going to at least one game at The Stick before it closes down for good.

I am so excited for the new stadium though. When I was in the bay last summer, we drove by the new stadium to check out the progress, and they had barely gotten a parking structure up. There now stands a 9 story suite tower. Needless to say, that thing is going up FAST. The new stadium is going to be very environmentally friendly and energy efficient as well. I cannot wait to go see it in person!

You can book a tour of the new stadium and view other information here.

A photo gallery of the progress of the new stadium can be found here.

Candlestick

New Santa Clara Stadium

Gold Rush!

Auditions for the 49ers cheerleaders, the Gold Rush will be held Saturday April 6! You can sign up by following the link below!

                                          http://www.49ers.com/gold-rush/auditions.html

Go 9ers!