Warriors in the Pros

On Saturday, Colt Brennan was 3 of 5 for 42 yards against the Steelers, but also threw an interception. Via The Cooley Zone, Colt talks about his performance.



Thanks to Patty G for the link. Chase Daniel is also interviewed in that clip, and he had a great game, throwing for 2 TDs in his NFL preseason debut. Now some are saying Daniel is ahead of Colt for the 3rd QB spot, while others think Colt is fine. In any case, the QB situation has changed.

Is last year's summer sensation about to lose his spot as the No. 3 quarterback? It's hard to imagine, despite what Chase Daniel showed Saturday night. But Brennan can't assume that he'll make the roster, either. He has not exactly had a great summer. He entered camp thinking he could get the No. 2 job, but there's no way that will happen. Brennan made a bad decision on his interception Saturday, throwing into heavy coverage after staring down the receiver. Before then, he had a good drive going.

As the final installment of the Advertiser's Fab 50, Stephen Tsai profiled Colt.

Davone Bess had 1 catch for 7 yards, as well as a punt return for 19 yards against Carolina. Earlier in the week, Bess talked about being a visual learner.

"Even though you know it from a mental standpoint, when you're writing it down, it's almost like you're engraving it into your system," Bess says.

"It kind of beats it into you and makes you want to go out and perform and do all the right things. I pretty much write almost everything down."

Bess also makes full use of the team-issued yellow highlighters.

"If I have to make something known, I'll put an exclamation mark at the end of it with a highlighter," Bess says. "Something to make it stick out."

Mat McBriar averaged just 40 yards on his 6 punts against the Titans, but perhaps something was on his mind.

When Trapasso sent his third-quarter kick into the undercarriage of the huge Mitsubishi Electric being, it was embarrassing. Jerry's $1.15 billion structure was on display in a nationally televised open house and - oops - the oversized couch wouldn't fit through the doorway.

Since it is possible to be raise JumboJerry - it was already scheduled to be adjusted for U2's Oct. 12 concert - it needs to happen and happen now. Even McBriar admits the possibility of hitting the structure could be a mental distraction.

"I don't think I'll really get near it," McBriar said after Friday's game. "But is it possible? Yes."

Jason Elam was 2 of 2 on field goals against the Falcons.

In the Browns vs Lions game, David Veikune had one tackle while Ikaika Alama-Francis had two.

Pisa Tinoisamoa had four tackles vs the Giants, impressing Da Bears Blog in da process.

David Haugh was right about Pisa Tinoisamoa. He is the team's strongside linebacker. There were a series of about six plays where Pisa was in on every single tackle, assisting both Urlacher and Briggs in bringing down the dominant Brandon Jacobs. I knew he was a good tackler but I didn't know about his speed. Hard not to be excited about this linebacking corps (And no, I'm not going to go crazy about Urlacher being trampled by BJ.)

In the 49ers win over the Raiders, Isaac Sopoaga and Jeff Ulbrich had one tackle each. Ulbrich apparently caused havoc around the QB, and Isaac Sopoaga played most of the game, starting at left defensive end and then moving to nose tackle.

"It was just a decision made as a staff going into the game," Singletary said. "We wanted to play him a little more at nose, because he's more familiar with it, rather than put any of other our guys at nose for an extended amount of time."

Kynan Forney did not play this weekend as he recovers from a neck injury.

Vince Manuwai started for the first time since last year's season-ending knee injury. He talked about how he felt:

"I felt good," Manuwai said. "Going against the first defense was the good part. You get the feeling of going against their starters instead of going against the second or third defense. You really test the knee."

So how would he rate his performance?

"Some good and some bad," Manuwai said.

And in the CFL, Ryan Grice-Mullen returned 4 kicks for 99 yards and 4 punts for 28 yards.