San Diego Chargers/Bolts Week

[Fritz]

Vernon isn't worth what they would want for him, and his salary is guaranteed, so the 49ers don't get relief by cutting him. He stays the year.

As others have said, he's in his twilight. And he doesn't want to be here.

He didn't want to be here when he was a kid. He might've changed his tune now, being a grown man. A chance to get onto a talented team with a shot at the SB and with the best quarterback in the game might look a lot better than playing out the string with a crummy team.

I'm not sure what he's got in terms of speed, but if he has any left, I say give it a go.

On an entirely different note, I wonder if Michael Cohen dislikes Aaron Rodgers. Note this line from this morning's story on Rodgers's bad game:

" And sprinkled throughout the six-minute interview on Wednesday was the snark-cloaked self-awareness that oozes from the NFL's reigning most valuable player."

Whoa.

[smuggler]

Doesn't seem that far from the truth. A-Rod is pretty eccentric. And eminently self-aware.

[pbmax]

I think I heard Vern Davis wasn't interested in playing in GB....

He really wants to be a DE. A 4-3 team should sign him and give him a chance.

[pbmax]

Weston Hodkiewicz @WesHod 17h17 hours ago
#Packers injury report: Adams, Burnett, Goodson, James Jones, Lang, Ryan were all limited. Perry didn't practice. Raji (groin) not on it

Weston Hodkiewicz @WesHod 17h17 hours ago
Bulaga, Cobb and Gunter (heel) were all full participants

[Fritz]

Doesn't seem that far from the truth. A-Rod is pretty eccentric. And eminently self-aware.

I wouldn't mind being called eccentric, but I would mind being called snarky.

[Smidgeon]

He didn't want to be here when he was a kid. He might've changed his tune now, being a grown man. A chance to get onto a talented team with a shot at the SB and with the best quarterback in the game might look a lot better than playing out the string with a crummy team.

I'm not sure what he's got in terms of speed, but if he has any left, I say give it a go.

On an entirely different note, I wonder if Michael Cohen dislikes Aaron Rodgers. Note this line from this morning's story on Rodgers's bad game:

" And sprinkled throughout the six-minute interview on Wednesday was the snark-cloaked self-awareness that oozes from the NFL's reigning most valuable player."

Whoa.

Cohen's a writing reporter. Instead of the gift of gab like some others, he has a gift with the written word. So if he sees something, he's going to try to bring alive what he witnessed through his writing.

I sincerely hope he isn't lost in the "both newspapers owned by the same conglomerate" thing. He's the last old-school writer on the block (and honestly, he's only a shadow of what writing used to be).

[Fritz]

Cohen's a writing reporter. Instead of the gift of gab like some others, he has a gift with the written word. So if he sees something, he's going to try to bring alive what he witnessed through his writing.

I sincerely hope he isn't lost in the "both newspapers owned by the same conglomerate" thing. He's the last old-school writer on the block (and honestly, he's only a shadow of what writing used to be).

To me, calling someone "snarky" is a real insult. It's a criticism of one's character. It surprised me that a writer would write such a thing. To me, it'd be like a writer in 2003 writing "In his usual passive-aggressive way, Brett Favre refused to throw the ball to the wide-open running back who'd earlier fumbled the ball."

[swede]

To me, calling someone "snarky" is a real insult. It's a criticism of one's character. It surprised me that a writer would write such a thing. To me, it'd be like a writer in 2003 writing "In his usual passive-aggressive way, Brett Favre refused to throw the ball to the wide-open running back who'd earlier fumbled the ball."

I don't know if it is insulting, but it has negative connotations and I don't think Cohen is using the word the way I would. To me, snark is biting, intelligent, mean-spirited sarcastic humor. Mere complaining isn't snark. Good-natured ribbing leans toward snark. A boss that suggests his garden needs weeding because you wore a pair of jeans to work is being snarky. He is sending a wolf's message cloaked in sheep's humor. Cohen's idea that self-awareness can be coated in snark doesn't compute. I don't know that snark can be directed at oneself. That would be like shooting at your own feet to make yourself dance--it just doesn't work that way. I think Aaron's soul is steeped in snark, but he is an expert at handling media sessions to demand better from himself and other players without seeming like a dink.

I have no problem with Cohen calling someone snarky if they have been saying snarky things. But Aaron's media stuff rarely hits snark level. Even his famous R-E-L-A-X moment was only ambiguously snarkish. Did he mean we were stupid to be uptight about our season, or did he mean he understood the anxiety in the fan base but was reassuring us that the team was fine and would still be great? I think we give him the benefit of the doubt that he was simply letting us know that things were okay.

I think San Diego is catching us at a bad, bad time. They lose by 20+

[hoosier]

I don't know if it is insulting, but it has negative connotations and I don't think Cohen is using the word the way I would. To me, snark is biting, intelligent, mean-spirited sarcastic humor. Mere complaining isn't snark. Good-natured ribbing leans toward snark. A boss that suggests his garden needs weeding because you wore a pair of jeans to work is being snarky. He is sending a wolf's message cloaked in sheep's humor. Cohen's idea that self-awareness can be coated in snark doesn't compute. I don't know that snark can be directed at oneself. That would be like shooting at your own feet to make yourself dance--it just doesn't work that way. I think Aaron's soul is steeped in snark, but he is an expert at handling media sessions to demand better from himself and other players without seeming like a dink.

I have no problem with Cohen calling someone snarky if they have been saying snarky things. But Aaron's media stuff rarely hits snark level. Even his famous R-E-L-A-X moment was only ambiguously snarkish. Did he mean we were stupid to be uptight about our season, or did he mean he understood the anxiety in the fan base but was reassuring us that the team was fine and would still be great? I think we give him the benefit of the doubt that he was simply letting us know that things were okay.

I think San Diego is catching us at a bad, bad time. They lose by 20+

Oh go weed your boss's one-eyed garden weasel.

[pbmax]

This idea that Rodgers needs balance and to get away from negative people should be resisted. The previous regimen worked wonders and made him a great QB and good teammate.

The more mellow Favre got the more INTs he threw.

I should never be someone's life coach.

[SMBASS]

This quote from Eddie is kind of funny:

#Packers RB Eddie Lacy when asked about RB Melvin Gordon's transition to the NFL: "I honestly have no idea because I don’t watch football."
— Tom Silverstein (@TomSilverstein) October 15, 2015

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JS Comments @JSComments 24s24 seconds ago
Give Janis a chance to stretch the field!

[Maxie the Taxi]

JS Comments @JSComments 24s24 seconds ago
Give Janis a chance to stretch the field!

As the official, real and actual President of The Jeff Janis Jock Sniffing Club, I second that motion!

[pbmax]

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 3h3 hours ago
Bryan Bulaga, Davante Adams, Morgan Burnett, Randall Cobb, LaDarius Gunter, T.J. Lang and James Jones were limited participants today.

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 3h3 hours ago
Jake Ryan and Demetri Goodson were full participants.

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 3h3 hours ago
Datone Jones missed practice, but his absence was not injury related.

Michael Cohen @Michael_Cohen13 3h3 hours ago
Nick Perry and B.J. Raji also did not practice.

[swede]

Oh go weed your boss's one-eyed garden weasel.

Winner of the Rodgers/Cohen Daily Snark Award.