HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, GAVIN C. NEWSOM, MANY SAY AMERICA’S MOST LOVED, MOST HANDSOME, AND POSSIBLY MOST IMPORTANT GOVERNOR!! MY BIRTHDAY WISH LIST (THE BEST LIST): NO TROOPS IN OUR BEAUTIFUL CITIES! NO TRUMP ELECTION RIGGING — NONE! BEAUTIFUL, PERFECT, FAIR MAPS FOR EVERYONE!

IN A LATE NIGHT POST, TRUMP DOES NOT REMEMBER WHO WAS PRESIDENT ON JAN 6, 2021 (HE WAS), WEIRDLY SHOUTS “DO SOMETHING” (LIKELY AT CLOUDS). HIS MENTAL ISSUES ARE VERY BAD!

Fred Warner might be the best player in the entire NFL. And that is not hyperbole. What a brutal injury for one of the classiest men I've ever had the privilege of covering in this game.

Most Republicans are good people. Most Democrats are good people. The White House says outrageous things to make you hate your neighbor. Your neighbor isn’t the problem. The White House is.

🇺🇸🇺🇸 PATRIOTS, VOTE YES ON 50!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

Baker Mayfield went 0-7 on throws of 20 or more yards tonight. Just a reminder that a similar performance from Brock Purdy would eliminate him not only from MVP consideration but also from "good QB" consideration. Mayfield is a very good QB but just calling out the draftism

The Democratic equivalent of the Tea Party is basically Heather Cox Richardsonism, a kind of purity politics rooted in belief in the historical righteousness of the progressive project paired with a loose grasp if not an outright disdain for the role played by public opinon.

Brock Purdy’s QBR is 72.9 this season which is second best in the NFL (For reference he led the NFL in QBR in 2023 at 73.4). He also ranks: Sack %: 1st (3.06%) Success %: 2nd (55.1%) TD %: 4th (6.3) Some metrics that say he’s playing very well.

Last year the Chiefs were the luckiest team in football—and the Niners were the unluckiest. This year, they’ve switched.

Oh hey, the subjective grades are finally starting to catch up to the objective statistics.

UPDATE: How all NFL quarterbacks have performed since Brock Purdy took over the league in 2022. He's stood alone

How many expected points did each #NFL team gain from penalties on plays that otherwise would’ve gone for no yardage? 1. NYG 51.9 2. DAL 42.3 3. WAS 37.4 ... 32. SF 13.9

Nate Silver's new "QBERT" metric has Brock Purdy at #1 in the NFL at 113.6. For perspective, Silver says a 100 score is "MVP-level" and a 110 score is "among the best QB seasons of all-time". Top-3 1. Purdy: 113.6 2. Drake Maye: 109.3 3. Matthew Stafford: 104.1

For the 1st time in 25 years not a single square mile of California is dry on the US Drought Monitor. Have to go back to December 2000 to find a similar situation. If you're 25 or younger you've always lived in a world where California has been entering or recovering from drought

Actually most sports fans are a hell of a lot more normal than e.g. this dude

Eagles fans signing "Goodbye!" to George Kittle as the injury cart comes out

Exhibit #42 in "why everyone says Eagles fans are the WORST."

There’ll never be another 13-win team that was as shorthanded as the 2025 49ers

Show me a team that lost... 🏈High quality QB1 (#2 QBR) for 50% of year 🏈DPOY-level EDGE1 🏈HOF-level LB1 🏈HOF-level TE1 for 50% of year 🏈Top edge-setting DL (and first-round pick) 🏈WR1 🏈WR2 for 50% of year .. and came close to 13 wins. Outside of 2025 49ers, you can't

I subscribed to The San Francisco Standard during the NFL season just for David Lombardi‘s unparalleled 49ers coverage and analysis. I know there are hacks to get the content for free, but I wanted to support the best journalism in the sport. (Unsubscribing for now as I’m not SF-based.)