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Vince Verhei of Football Outsiders studies the San Francisco 49ers to find the similarities in their losses. Turns out the first quarter could prove pivotal if the Ravens hope to pull the upset.

Story | Conversation | January 30, 2013

The Monday Night Chaser looks at which team to bet on when the San Francisco 49ers visit the Arizona Cardinals.

Story | Conversation | October 29, 2012

Vince Verhei breaks down the prolific early success of the San Francisco 49ers run game and explains why it's the NFL's current best -- and perhaps the best since 1991.

Story | Conversation | October 09, 2012

Danny Tuccitto of Football Outsiders gives Week 5 fantasy football advice, examining the best and worst matchups by position. This week, Frank Gore, Ryan Mathews and Christian Ponder look like good starts.

Story | Conversation | October 03, 2012

Vince Verhei of Football Outsiders writes that the San Francisco 49ers can play great defense, but there's one problem that could keep them from a playoff run: When the offense gets in the red zone, the points dry up.

Story | Conversation | December 13, 2011

Editor's note: Eric Karabell is off this week. Tristan H. Cockcroft will be writing the Four Downs (Sunday night) and flex rankings (Thursday) KaraBlogs, KC Joyner will write the year-to-end ranks KaraBlog (Tuesday), and AJ Mass will write the "...

Blog | November 14, 2011

Tristan H. Cockcroft looks back at Sunday's action and offers his thoughts on hot Cowboys DeMarco Murray and Laurent Robinson, Matthew Stafford, Frank Gore and others.

Blog | Conversation | November 14, 2011

Tristan H. Cockcroft looks back at Sunday's action and offers his thoughts on hot Cowboys DeMarco Murray and Laurent Robinson, Matthew Stafford, Frank Gore and others.

Story | Conversation | November 13, 2011

After looking at film, Gary Horton tells you what to pay attention to in Week 10.

Story | Conversation | November 11, 2011

KC Joyner writes that the San Francisco 49ers are playoff pretenders. They may be a high seed entering the playoffs, but with a low-powered offense, they won't last long.

Story | Conversation | November 10, 2011

It's time for the Week 10 edition of the "rest-of-season" rankings, as we update the major fantasy football positions and the top 100, giving you one man's opinion on which players will be more valuable the rest of the way. As always, these...

Blog | November 08, 2011

Eric Karabell updates his 2011 fantasy rankings, by position and overall, noting that injuries to such players as Frank Gore, Jahvid Best and Mark Ingram affect their rank more at this point in the season.

Blog | Conversation | November 08, 2011

Eric Karabell updates his top 100 flex (running back/wide receiver/tight end) rankings for Week 9, noting that veterans such as Michael Turner, Frank Gore and Steven Jackson are working their way up the list.

Blog | Conversation | November 03, 2011

After the Lions' Week 6 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, Football Outsiders' Vince Verhei took a closer look at Detroit's defense and found a glaring weakness: big running plays. The Lions' D is still nasty, but it remains vulnerable against good backs.

Story | Conversation | October 18, 2011

Vince Verhei examines the best and worst performances of Week 3 in the NFL, starting with Wes Welker's phenomenal game for the New England Patriots.

Story | Conversation | September 26, 2011

Chances are, fantasy owners aren't too invested in Sunday's San Francisco 49ers-Cincinnati Bengals game; it's likely neither starting quarterback is owned in your league, just one of the running backs probably is starting, and between ...

Blog | September 22, 2011