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The AV Club Meet Lodge Kerrigan, the best filmmaker you’ve never heard of In 1994, Lodge Kerrigan won the Independent Spirit Awards’ Someone To Watch award for his debut feature Clean, Shaven, which starred Peter Greene (Pulp Fiction, The Usual Suspects) as a schizophrenic trying to regain custody of his daughter. Ten years later, Kerrigan’s third film, Keane, explored similar themes, following the title character—played with restless magnetism by Damian Lewis (Band Of Brothers,… Source link

The 49ers and Jimmy Garoppolo still have a good working relationship. How far San Francisco is willing to go to help their former starting QB has its limits though. NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport on Sunday reported in a hit for NFL Network that with no clear trade partner developing, the 49ers are willing to keep Garoppolo on their roster all the way until August 30 when rosters are cut from 80 to 53. If they keep Garoppolo beyond that date his $24.1 million base salary becomes… Source link

NFL training camps are already in full swing, but there’s one significant domino still left to fall. San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is looking for a new after undergoing offseason surgery. The 49ers have made it clear Garoppolo will be traded before the start of the regular season. The team committed to second-year quarterback Trey Lance at the start of training camp, signaling Garoppolo’s run in San Francisco was over. Though Garoppolo is finally healthy, the team will limit… Source link

After all the offseason turbulence, social media scrubbing and trade rumors, the San Francisco 49ers finally locked down wide receiver Deebo Samuel. It’s a three-year, $73.5 million deal with $58.1 million million guaranteed for Samuel, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. The move is a long-time coming for Samuel and the 49ers after months of speculation. Samuel originally deleted all traces of the 49ers from his Instagram account and requested a trade from San Francisco earlier this… Source link

NFL training camp season is officially here, and with come a cavalcade of news — both good and bad. Veterans reported to camp Tuesday, which kicks off the beginning of the last phase before the 2022 NFL season begins on Sept. 8 with the Buffalo Bills taking on the reigning Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams. Here is a brief breakdown of the biggest news and updates from around the league. The biggest news coming out of 49ers camp Tuesday revolves around the future of two of their young… Source link

Maybe the San Francisco 49ers should have built around Jimmy Garoppolo for at least another year. Perhaps they’d have won a Super Bowl. The 49ers blew a fourth-quarter lead in the NFC championship game to the Los Angeles Rams. The Rams didn’t take the lead until 1:46 remained. One play could have turned it. During that game, the third overall pick of the draft — who cost San Francisco three first-round picks and a third-rounder in a trade — was one of two 49ers players to not play a… Source link

Jimmy Williams (R) was an All-SEC player at Vanderbilt who to returned to his hometown after his NFL retirement to teach, coach football and run a foundation serving Baton Rouge youth. (Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images) Former San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks cornerback Jimmy Williams died on Friday at 43 years old. The Baton Rouge Advocate reports that Williams died of an undisclosed illness. His alma mater Vanderbilt declined to provide additional details of his death while citing his… Source link

One of the biggest stories from the first two rounds of the NFL draft was the lack of quarterbacks being selected. Only one went in the first two rounds. It was a bit funny that the 2022 NFL draft ended with a quarterback being picked. The 49ers owned the final pick, 262nd overall. It was a compensatory pick, one of nine extra picks at the end of the seventh round. They took quarterback Brock Purdy from Iowa State. Purdy threw for 3,188 yards, 19 touchdowns and eight interceptions last season…. Source link

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel became the latest NFL star to wipe his team from his social media earlier this month. He’s claiming some fans didn’t take the move well. Samuel, who is entering the fourth and final year of his rookie contract with the Niners next season, removed the team from his Instagram profile picture, unfollowed the team and deleted dozens of posts amid negotiations over a contract extension. A week later, he discussed the blowback from certain fans on the… Source link

Frank Gore is headed back to the Bay Area one last time. Gore announced on Sunday that he will sign a one-day contract with the San Francisco 49ers to officially retire with the franchise. Gore is undoubtedly one of the best running backs in NFL history. Gore got his start with the 49ers in 2005, when they selected him in the third round of the draft. He spent the next decade there before playing short stints with the Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills and New York Jets — where… Source link