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Beathard still has the chance to develop, probably at a pace more suited to his skill set, because the 49ers pulled off the biggest trade of the year yesterday in acquiring Jimmy Garoppolo from the Patriots for a second round pick in the 2018 draft. That’s right, 49ers have done exactly what I suggested in signing Shanahan and trading for Garoppolo, not long after firing Trent Baalke (something I was advocated for years before it was finally done). And since Shanahan was able to make Cousins into a franchise (at least in terms of salary) quarterback, and Matt Ryan an MVP, Garoppolo would be nuts to not take the 49ers’ money — in part because they have so much of it available, but also because getting first-team practice reps under Shanahan for the next several years will undoubtedly make Garoppolo a better quarterback than he already has shown himself to be in the few chances he was allowed in New England. If his agent won’t agree to a reasonable offer from Paraag Marathe and John Lynch, or the personalities of Garoppolo and Shanahan don’t mesh (which seems highly unlikely, since Shanahan pulls the strings in Santa Clara and clearly prized Garoppolo), they can always reconsider going after Cousins, or grab one of the top available quarterbacks in the 2018 draft with a top-three pick (as long as Garoppolo doesn’t show up after the bye and ruin this year’s tankapalooza by winning a few games).

Anyone that likes sports and endeavors to talk about them on the Internet hears it in their deepest, darkest night terrors: “STICK TO SPORTS. Our beleaguered leader of the free world has officially given sports journalists an unlimited hall pass to no longer stick to sports. You see, the First Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition to Government for a redress of grievances. That’s a lot of legal mumbo jumbo that roughly translates to: speech on social issues is really goddamn important, and as such, extremely difficult to restrict.

If you’re so addicted to online #content that you’ve found your way back to this mostly dormant site, you already know what Trump said at a rally last night in Alabama, where there’s college football and not much else. Probably the most sympathetic audience to rhetoric like this: “Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now. the president said at a rally at Huntsville’s Von Braun Center in support of Republican senator Luther Strange, who is running in a special GOP primary election next week to remain in the Senate seat vacated by attorney general Jeff Sessions. He, like most intelligent, compassionate people who were sickened by Trump’s response to what happened in Charlottesville, wants to stay as far away from this president as possible.

The 49ers returned (ah-ha, you probably thought I was referring to something else, didn’t you) to semi-relevance, because they are no longer boring, every … single Yeah, I know the first play Fox showed after the Niners lost in Seattle was Kirk Cousins’ game-winning touchdown pass to the front corner of the end zone. Maybe Shanahan thinks he can be a top-4 quarterback, but why not tank while playing interesting games (Gould is a genius! ) and take your pick from a pretty nice crop of incoming quarterbacks who’ll go in the top-10. Remember when everyone made fun of the Rams while burying Jared Goff after one incomplete season? The turnovers aren’t his fault, necessarily, but if he gets the team to play a little cleaner, they’ll probably pull off a few wins they otherwise wouldn’t.