Alright, I know its coming for this post, but I want to make it clear first of all that I love Frank. I root for him every week. I have his jersey and I own him on my fantasy team.I love Frank Gore and want to see more games like the first against Seattle in his 49ers career.

But, unfortunately, it seems like something bad is happening to Frank. Don't get me wrong, I know our O-line isn't getting a push and the play calling has really gotten away from the run in the past couple weeks, but he isn't finding the holes like he used to. So, I wanted to pose a discussion question. What is happening to Frank Gore? Is his tenure as a 49er coming to an end? If you think so, what should we do? Should we make an attempt to trade him while he still has much value? Should we draft another top running back who could run better out of the spread? Depending on your response to the poll, what should happen?

For those who have attended 49ers games this year or live in the bay area, how has the 49er fan attendance been this year? I live in the Midwest and from the look on the television it seems that the stadium is not full. Have there been black-out problems in the SF area or no? I know that there have been many issues with the NFL blacking out games but I didn't think it would be an issue with the 49er faithful. Just out of curiosity.

I have to be honest, before this season I was not an Alex Smith supporter. I did not think he would ever mean anything to the Niners again and I saw Shaun Hill starting for the entire season (not putting up great numbers) and then we would draft a solid QB next season if Davis was someone that was always going to be a back-up.

This offseason, I was hoping, praying that the 49ers would find a QB that could ball. I wanted to see someone who could bomb the ball, who could make deep throws that would open up the running game. As much as I knew it would cost the 49ers too much, inside I was slightly hoping that they would make a play for Cutler. But, this Bears situation with him should teach us all a very important lesson. That lesson is that the QB isn't everything on the football field.

Being so sick of seeing lackluster QBing from the 49ers since Garcia left, I was desiring a solid QB desparately. So were the Bears. Orton was to the Bears as Shaun Hill was to the 49ers, someone who was a game manager, nothing fancy. They felt that if they got a good QB, everything would take care of itself, and I was even guilty of predicting the NFC North to be one of the toughest divisions (the Lions aside) in the NFL and the Bears to win the division. The problem is that the QB isn't everything. The Bears don't have an O-line (they are worse then ours) and they don't have solid receivers (they are worse then ours).

The 49ers need some time. I'm not saying I don't think they can make the playoffs, but give them another year or two. Give Alex the rest of this year and maybe even next year as well. He doesn't have a real good o-line. Cutler can make great throws, so can Alex, if they have time in the pocket. His receivers are ok, but not the greatest yet. I think this is one reason that he has looked so bad at times. Cutler was so good the past few years with the Broncos, but put him on a different team and he is terrible. QB's like Joe Flacco should be so happy with their situation. The Ravens had a whole team except a QB and last year they proved it. I really believe that Alex Smith can be a great QB, if the rest of the team builds around him. Keep the coaching staff (we NEED stability at the OC), keep building our O-line in the draft and I really think he's gonna be ok. We all desparately want to see winning now (I do more than most), but I think this is a situation where no matter what happens this season, we can't call for anyone's head. This year was a great learning year (whether we make the playoffs or not) now lets keep building and get out there and dominate next season. Let's draft an O-lineman in the first round and bring some more stability there and then see how Alex plays.

               I have to be honest. After all of the interaction from Big Blue Shoe, I was quite disappointed and annoyed by the attempt to bad mouth our team. But, I realized that honestly this isn't the first interaction that I have had with a Colts fan that went sour. One of the guys in my dorm when I was in college in Ohio was a die hard Colts fan and he honestly acted the same way. Whenever something went wrong for their team it was someone else's fault. He accused teams of cheating (especially when the Colt's were getting dominated by the Patriots) and was honestly the worst winner and worst loser I have ever seen.

               All this being said, I can't seem to think and enjoy the fact that Colts players are dropping like flies. According to Adam Schefter's twitter account, "To recap, S Bob Sanders out for year, CB Kelvin Hayden out 1 month, CB Marlin Jackson out for year, WR Anthony Gonzalez out 2 to 3 weeks."

               Now, I am never the one to root for injuries or to take pleasure in the fact that someone is physically injured, but I can't seem to think that many Colts fans are getting what they deserve. Sure I envy their 7-0 record, but I sure as heck hope they lose out the rest of the season and lose out in the first round of the playoffs. I'll be rooting for it for the rest of the season and hopefully for many more seasons to come.

Hey everyone...so, I just bought my first tickets on May 5th to sit in the bleachers of Wrigley Field. I have been to about 20 cubs games in my 5 years in Chicago and this will be my first time in the bleachers. Can anyone give me suggestions on best places to sit and things to do? I plan on getting to the game before the gates open 2 hours before, but I wanted to make sure I don't miss out on something memorable while I am there. What are your favorite things to do and some good memories from your times out there? 

EDITOR'S NOTE 1:10PM: I was going to post something about this.  KGB was placed on waivers by the Packers today.  He is guaranteed his salary so if somebody claims him I think they'd have to pay him the prorated version of his $6.15 million salary.  If he clears waivers, he'd still be guaranteed the salary, but his next time would then be able to sign him for the veteran's minimum.  I know we've been trying to switch to the 3-4, but with a sufficient mix of the 4-3, is it worth making a move for him?  Or maybe the team should just see what Ahmad Brooks can do at defensive end.  Thoughts?  I'm going to add a poll to this.

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Knowing all of the major issues that the San Francisco 49ers have with the pass rush, what would everyone think about having Kabeer Gbaja- Biamila?

Kabeer was released today by the Green Bay Packers ( link: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3676640) and he was a great pass rusher in his time there. According to the article on ESPN, Kabeer has 74.5 sacks in his 9 seasons with the team which was more than Reggie White's 68.5.

He could be a great addition to this team, so tell me, what do you think? Should we try to pick him up off of the waiver wire or leave him?