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2009 Offensive Line Rankings

By Ryan DembinskyJul 29th 2009 – 2:00PM

While the offensive line might not represent a direct draft day decision for your roster, few areas of knowledge can offer a competitive advantage in fantasy football like having a good grasp of the various units of trench soldiers around the league. So with that in mind, each year at FanHouse we break down every NFL...

NFL Offseason Roadmap: 49ers

By Tom MantzouranisJan 26th 2008 – 1:20PM

NFL Offseason Roadmap is a series focused on the needs of NFL teams as they begin the offseason.1. Offensive Tackle. There is a reason the 49ers gave up the most sacks in the league last year. There's a reason Frank Gore had a letdown year (a few, actually, but this is one). The 49ers are off to a good start at overhauling...

Insult and Injury Concurrently Strike the 49ers' Offensive Line

By Tom MantzouranisNov 5th 2007 – 8:47PM

What's worse than losing to the Atlanta Falcons? Hearing those Falcons -- the Falcons -- rub it in."All week on tape we saw that they really couldn't block as well as they probably needed to, so a lot of us were excited about our (blitz-heavy) package going in," Lawyer Milloy said.If by "needed to," Milloy meant "not only...

Is Inexperience a Viable Excuse for Mike Nolan in San Francisco?

By Tom MantzouranisOct 31st 2007 – 12:18PM

Mike Nolan got a pretty intense reaction from a statement he made after the 31-10 loss to the Saints that attempted to point the finger at the team's relatively young age. Nolan insists it wasn't an excuse, but John Crumpacker at the San Francisco Chronicle wasn't so sure.Crumpacker rattled off a list of critical errors...

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