NFC West Position-by-Position: Offensive Guards
Arizona Cardinals Community Blog - Fanster.com - Voice of the Cardinals — ... Although it's probably too soon to tell, the 49ers seem to be developing a solid pair of guards. In 2008 the team selected Chilo Rachal in the second round. After sitting on the bench during the tail end of the Mike Nolan era, Rachal was promoted into the starting lineup by newly minted head coach Mike Singletary. Singletary had been impressed with Rachal in practice and decided to throw him into the fire. Rachal had plenty of problems as a rookie, but he showed enough talent to secure a starting position in 2009, barring injury. ...

NFC West Position-by-Position: Guards
Niners Nation — ... Although it's probably too soon to tell, the 49ers seem to be developing a solid pair of guards.  In 2008 the team selected Chilo Rachal in the second round.  After sitting on the bench during the tail end of the Mike Nolan era, Rachal was promoted into the starting lineup by newly minted head coach Mike Singletary.  Singletary had been impressed with Rachal in practice and decided to throw him into the fire.  Rachal had plenty of problems as a rookie, but he showed enough talent to secure a starting position in 2009, barring injury. ...

NFC West Roundtable: Offensive Guard
Field Gulls — ... seem to be developing a solid pair of guards.  In 2008 the team selected Chilo Rachal in the second round.  After sitting on the bench during the tail end of the Mike Nolan era, Rachal was promoted into the starting lineup by newly minted head coach Mike Singletary.  Singletary had been impressed with Rachal in practice and decided to throw him into the fire.  Rachal had plenty of problems as a rookie, but he showed enough talent to secure a starting position in 2009, barring injury. ...

NFC West position review: Guarded optimism for Rams guards
Turf Show Times — ... seem to be developing a solid pair of guards.  In 2008 the team selected Chilo Rachal in the second round.  After sitting on the bench during the tail end of the Mike Nolan era, Rachal was promoted into the starting lineup by newly minted head coach Mike Singletary.  Singletary had been impressed with Rachal in practice and decided to throw him into the fire.  Rachal had plenty of problems as a rookie, but he showed enough talent to secure a starting position in 2009, barring injury. ...

Projecting the 49ers 53-man roster #1
Niners Nation — ... Smith, Nate Davis RB (3): Frank Gore, Glen Coffee, Michael Robinson, Kory Sheets FB (1): Moran Norris WR (6): Isaac Bruce, Brandon Jones, Josh Morgan, Jason Hill, Michael Crabtree, Arnaz Battle TE (3): Vernon Davis, Delanie Walker, Bear Pascoe LT (2): Joe Staley, Barry Sims LG (1): David Baas C (2): Eric Heitmann, Cody Wallace RG (2): Chilo Rachal, Tony Wragge RT (2): Marvel Smith, Adam ...

2009 49ers Training Camp: Quick PM roundup
Niners Nation — ... Chilo Rachal apparently had to leave the field with a headache.  Barrows said he had a wet towel wrapped over his head.  It was getting pretty warm when I left so maybe he just got dehydrated. ...

2009 49ers Training Camp: An intriguing QB update
Niners Nation — ... Chilo Rachal left yesterday's practice with what is being described as a migraine.  With David Baas also still out, the ...

Ricky Jean-Francois activated from the non-football illness list
Niners Nation — ... soon as we can, make sure we don’t bring them back too soon. So, we’re in constant communication, and I’m very thankful for our doctors and our trainers. So, we’ll handle it just fine." On whether David Baas’ injury could be the most troubling long term: "As far as that situation is concerned, we’ll look early next week and see how it looks and just take it day-to-day from there." On whether he knows the cause for Chilo Rachal’s headache yesterday: "I just know that ...

Golden Nuggets: Maturity? Yeah, Right...
Niners Nation — ... a lot of CATCHING up to do. Eh? Ehhhh? Come onnnn. (PressDemocrat.com) Mike Singletary is the 49ers' top ad-man. (MercuryNews.com) I initially ranted for a whole paragraph about just how much I disliked this article, but I decided to leave it at this sentence. Something or other about Crabtree and the Niners doing something not intelligent. (MercuryNews.com) Road to the Roster: CB Jahi Word-Daniels. (49ers.com) 20 Questions: G Chilo Rachal. (49ers.com) ...

49ers All-time Guard #1
Niners Nation — ... decided to take a week off from the all-time team balloting.  I'm still not quite sure what to do at inside/middle linebacker, so we're moving on to the rest of the offensive line this week.  We selected our second offensive tackle in Harris Barton, who took home 70% of the vote.  Today we move on to offensive guard.  As with most any other position, the 49ers have rolled out some very solid guards over their history.  The current guard tandem is Chilo Rachal and David Baas.  Baas has taken some time to ...

Projecting the 49ers 53-man roster #2
Niners Nation — ... Brandon Jones, Josh Morgan, Jason Hill, Arnaz Battle, Dominique Zeigler TE (3): Vernon Davis, Delanie Walker, Bear Pascoe LT (2): Joe Staley, Alex Boone LG (1): David Baas C (2): Eric Heitmann, Cody Wallace RG (2): Chilo Rachal, Tony Wragge RT ...

Projecting the 49ers 53-man Roster One Last Time
Niners Nation — ... Dominique Zeigler TE (3): Vernon Davis, Delanie Walker, Bear Pascoe LT (2): Joe Staley, Barry Sims LG (1): David Baas C (2): Eric Heitmann, Cody Wallace RG (2): Chilo Rachal, Tony Wragge RT ...

2009 San Francisco 49ers 53-man roster
Niners Nation — ... Delanie Walker LT (2): Joe Staley, Barry Sims LG (1): David Baas C (2): Eric Heitmann, Cody Wallace RG (2): Chilo Rachal, Tony Wragge RT ...

49ers Unofficial Official 2009 depth chart
Niners Nation — ... Tony Wragge C Eric Heitmann Cody Wallace RG Chilo Rachal Tony Wragge RT ...

Caption This! Reg. Season Week 1 Style
Niners Nation — ... I know I put an old Caption This up with no voting round, but it wasn't that good of a picture anyways. THIS one, now this is a gem... To give everyone a little bit of background, that is Frank Gore and Chilo Rachal celebrating the go-ahead touchdown in the 4th quarter. A bit of different rules for the regular season, post your best caption for the photo above in the comments, then go back and Rec your favorite comments. Those with the most Rec's will make the final voting round. Cut-off for final voting will be tomorrow at midnight (pacific). ...

49ers-Seahawks Wednesday Injury Report
Niners Nation — ... was decimated by injuries in 2008 and isn't exactly off to a roaring start on the injury front in 2009. 49ers Did not Participate in Practice LB Ahmad Brooks - Knee DE Justin Smith - Elbow Limited Participation in Practice CB Marcus Hudson - Knee Full Participation in Practice G David Baas - Biceps DT Aubrayo Franklin - Shin WR Brandon Jones - Shoulder G Chilo Rachal - Neck DE Isaac Sopoaga - Shoulder ...

Wednesday Seahawks and 49ers Injury Report
Field Gulls — ... (biceps), DT Aubrayo Franklin (shin), WR Brandon Jones (shoulder), G Chilo Rachal (neck), DE Isaac Sopoaga (shoulder) ...

49ers-Seahawks Thursday Injury Report
Niners Nation — ... That sounds to me like Jones will be inactive this Sunday.  If they did activate him over Jason Hill that would definitely tell us even more about Hill's status with the team. 49ers Did not Participate in Practice LB Ahmad Brooks - Knee Full Participation in Practice G David Baas - Biceps DT Aubrayo Franklin - Shin WR Brandon Jones - Shoulder G Chilo Rachal - Neck DE Isaac Sopoaga - Shoulder CB Marcus ...

Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers Thursday Injury Report
Field Gulls — ... (biceps), DT Aubrayo Franklin (shin), CB Marcus Hudson (knee), WR Brandon Jones (shoulder), G Chilo Rachal (neck), DE Justin Smith (elbow), DE Isaac Sopoaga (shoulder) ...

49ers-Seahawks: Final Injury Report
Niners Nation — ... some of the players spent much of training camp injured, and thus didn't get time to work together enough.  I guess we'll see what happens this weekend. 49ers Out LB Ahmad Brooks - Knee Doubtful WR Brandon Jones - Shoulder Probable G David Baas - Biceps DT Aubrayo Franklin - Shin CB Marcus Hudson - Knee G Chilo Rachal - Neck DE Justin Smith - Elbow DE Isaac ...

San Francisco 49ers vs. Seattle Seahawks Open Thread
Niners Nation — ... Prediction Contest: If you missed out on the morning games, you can still make predictions for tonight and tomorrow. Sports Bar Thread Injuries 49ers: Out - LB Ahmad Brooks (knee); Doubtful - WR Brandon Jones (shoulder); Probable - G David Baas (biceps), DT Aubrayo Franklin (shin), CB Marcus Hudson (knee), G Chilo Rachal (neck), DE Justin Smith (elbow), ...

Craig Terrill Lifts Darryl Tapp's Sack
Field Gulls — ... Then came Guitar Hero's sack. He didn't do poorly, per se, but he wasn't the star despite recording the stat. Terrill was over center and he battled a double team to a draw. He kept Chilo Rachal and ...

Colin Cole Allows a Hole Emmitt Smith Would Envy
Field Gulls — ... , but Terrill did his job. He was first off the snap and he drove back right guard Chilo Rachal. Everyone else, oh boy... ...

The San Francisco 49ers LOLffensive LOLine: Lamentations and solutions
Niners Nation — ... In his press conference yesterday, Mike Singletary was asked if right guard was his biggest concern and he said: "Quite possible. Quite possible."  Singletary explained the lack of preparation, but in the end the players also have to execute.  Chilo Rachal has struggled in his execution this year.  Does that mean it's time to go with ...

Five Questions with Niners Nation
Battle Red Blog — ... , but they've simply not played a cohesive unit.  Right guard Chilo Rachal was effectively benched this week as the team will be rotating between two right guards (Rachal and ...

Texans Five on Five: Week 7
Battle Red Blog — ... /Chilo Rachal - Contrary to what seems like popular opinion on this blog, Antonio Smith has played well this year.  This will be his game to prove it.  Rachal recently lost his starting job at RG because of terrible play.  Snyder, who is taking Rachal's place, lost his job to Pashos because of his bad play.  Pashos was let go by Jacksonville in favor of two rookie tackles.  The 49ers offensive line has given up 3 sacks to defensive tackles and 4 to left defensive ends, both of which Smith will play during this game.  ...

Twitter mania: 49ers, Michael Lewis, Tarell Brown, Brandon Jones
Niners Nation — ... will start at right tackle and Chilo Rachal will start at right guard.  I can't imagine folks can get all that excited about this given the struggles the line faced when those two were starting at those positions previously.  The ...

Mike Singletary press conference: Injury updates
Niners Nation — ... "I thought our offensive line did better, particularly the right side. I thought the right side of the offensive line did a much better job communicating. They practiced that way this week and I thought it showed in the game against a defensive line that was coming. I thought that [RT Adam] Snyder and [RG] Chilo Rachal did a good job." ...

San Francisco 49ers 10 - Chicago Bears 6: Roman robs Cutler, Defense steals win
Niners Nation — ... struggled in pass protection again, and Chilo Rachal didn't do much better.  On a key 3rd and 7 in the first quarter, Snyder simply whiffed on his man, and Rachal seemed to give up on his man as Alex Smith was sacked for a loss.  ...