Back to Plan A

Well, that's that. Manning picked the Broncos. It would have been nice to see him slinging passes for the Niners, but the team can still win a Super Bowl with Alex Smith (and, if it weren't for a couple of fumbled punts and Ed Hoculi, they probably would have last year).

So now the goal is to get Smith signed and use some of that money they would have spent on Manning (the Broncos are giving Manning $95 million over five years) and try to find a way to bring Mike Wallace over to San Francisco.

The defense is locked up, and at the very least, there will be more weapons in the offense. With Alex Smith back in the fold and having a full offseason to continue to work in Harbaugh's offensive scheme, things are looking pretty good for 2012.

Basically, things will work out the same as we thought they were a week ago.

Now, seriously - can I enjoy a little baseball before things get cranking again?

PEYTON MANNING

U mad, bro?

ZOMG LOL GR8 BTW BRB FWIW OMG ROTFLMAO WTF LOLZ TTFN!!!!!!

Peyton Manning! BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH Peyton Manning! BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH Peyton Manning! BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH PEYTON MANNING!

Brace yourselves for a long weekend.

I'll (happily) believe it when I see it. And if it doesn't, I'm totally cool with locking up Alex Smith for another three years.

That is all.

For now.

A Brief Lesson in Competitive Pricing

Yes, Randy Moss is now a Niner (for now - September is still six months away). I'm somewhere between skeptical and cautiously optimistic about this acquisition. This could go either way.

One thing is certain, though: the fortunes of the 49ers and Raiders remain on opposite sides of the Bay Area sports spectrum. Case in point:

It's Baseball Season

Taking a break before the NFL begins bombarding us with draft hype (oh wait - they already have)...

See ya in April, unless anything crazy happens like the Niners signing Manning.