OCTOBER 20 2016

GUESTS:

ERIC BYRNES IN STUDIO - FROM THE DIAMOND TO THE ROUGH MOVIE

STEVE KERR (?)



-CHIP BACK TO COLLEGE?

JASON LA CANFORA:

You are going to hear a ton about San Francisco 49ers coach Chip Kelly returning to college football in the coming weeks. A ton.

Especially as boosters at top NCAA programs start putting feelers out all over the place. You'll hear rumors about Jon Gruden and possibly Sean Payton as well (yes, even after just signing that long-term extension). With schools like LSU and Texasand Oregon and Penn State all possibly in that mix, it's going to heat up soon.

Kelly's offense continues to be ridiculed by his peers in the NFL, and several coaches I spoke to expect him to hit the eject seat button after this season and return to college before his stock continues to drop given the horrible roster he has in San Francisco.

"He just keeps running the same shit and it isn't fooling anybody," one NFL executive said. "Do you think they could bring him back to Oregon?"

49ERS: THE DIVIDE BETWEEN CHIP AND TRENT COULD COME DOWN TO THIS - BAALKE CAN'T DRAFT SKILL GUYS:

49ers need skill guys - Trent can't pick the right skill guys: 

2012:

Jenkins (30) - WRs after: Alshon Jeffery 45, Mohamad Sanu 83, TY Hilton 92 , Travis Benjamin 100, Marvin Jones 166,

2015: DeAndre Smelter Wr Ga. Tech 132 - Stephon Diggs 146 Maryland

2014: Bruce Ellinton 4-106, Martavius Bryant 4-118,

Skill guys since 2011:

QB (3) Kaepernick, BJ Daniels, Jeff Driskell
RB (7) Kendall Hunter , Anthony Dixon, LaMichael James, Marcus Lattimore, Carlos Hyde, Mike Davis, Kelvin Taylor
WR  (5) Ronald Johnson , AJ Jenkins, Quinton Patton, Bruce Ellington, DeAndre Smelter

TOTAL: (15)

*14 DBS
*13 OL
*10 DL

NFL:

IS IS JUST BAD NOW? 

WHY THE NFL RATINGS DROP: GOODELL SAYS THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT

THE POPULAR THEORIES: 

-Too much of it (Thursday, Sunday, Monday plus all the college games)
-Product not as good
-Bad prime time games
-An election year
-Kap kneeling
-Streaming options for younger demo

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday that the league does not think it has lost viewers despite a 10 percent drop in television ratings this season.

At the same time, however, he acknowledged that league officials are trying to understand what has caused the drop and how to address it.

Speaking after the league's fall meeting in Houston, Goodell said it is important not just to get viewers tuned in but also to "get them to stay tuned in" to game broadcasts.

"There a lot of factors to be considered. We don't make excuses. We try to figure out what's changing."

Roger Goodell, on drop in NFL's ratings this season

"When you look at ratings you have to go deeper than that," Goodell said. "It's viewers, but also how long they're engaging for, and a lot of times, people will leave a game for whatever reason, whether it's to go to other programming or whether the game is not that competitive."

Goodell said neither he nor the league's broadcast partners believe player protests of the national anthem have played a role in the drop. But he did note a relative lack of competitive games in prime time and the contentious presidential election and debate schedule as partial explanations.

MLB: 

-INDIANS FOR OR AGAINST? 

CUBS VS. DODGERS -- LESTER VS MAEDA

KERSHAW VS. HENDRICKS

ARIETTA VS. HILL