Isaac Bruce started the first six games of the season for the San Francisco 49ers. He might spend the final six games of the season on the inactive list.
Bruce will be listed as inactive for Sunday’s game against the Jaguars, and although his lingering ankle injury is part of the reason, the bigger reason is just that the 49ers have moved on to other players.
“I had a good long talk with Isaac, and he was a champion about it,” 49ers coach Mike Singletary said, per Daniel Brown of the San Jose Mercury News. “So going forward, this is the best thing for our team and gives us the best chance to win.”
The 37-year-old Bruce led the 49ers with 835 receiving yards and seven receiving touchdowns last season, but this season he has begun to show his age, and he has just 21 catches for 264 yards. With the emergence of Michael Crabtree as the team’s No. 1 receiver, combined with a roster featuring multiple young receivers who can contribute on special teams, there just isn’t room on the active game day roster for Bruce anymore.
Bruce, who was a second-round draft pick of the Los Angeles Rams in 1994, is second in NFL history in receiving yards, fifth in catches and ninth in receiving touchdowns. But we may be seeing the end of a great career.
Issac Bruce deserves to be in the Hall and I hope the writers and voters realize that.
Good career for what seems to be a good guy.
Sorry Isaac but there is only one Brett Favre…..
Should keep him around till end of the year to mentor the new guys.
this should have been done much sooner, so that Jason Hill and Brandon Jones get a chance to play, why it took this long to figure it out is beyond me
Just because Crabass is being paid like a #1 receiver doesn’t mean he plays like one. He sure as hell hasn’t proven anything! There is no way Crabass can be called a #1 unless you are talking about pay grade! First and foremost, the 49ers have to get someone who can get the ball to him or anyone else without handing the ball to them.
rjgreen3 says:
November 27, 2009 8:42 PM
Just because Crabass is being paid like a #1 receiver doesn’t mean he plays like one. He sure as hell hasn’t proven anything! There is no way Crabass can be called a #1 unless you are talking about pay grade! First and foremost, the 49ers have to get someone who can get the ball to him or anyone else without handing the ball to them.
I would say hes doing a pretty decent job. i dont know to many rookie WRS who missed all of traing camp and wasnt with the team til after the fifth game and has already put up 22/292 and 1 td with that offense.
t.o. will be a dallas cowboy next year
The rams might have to retire 2 jerseys with the #80. I guess they thought Isaac Bruce was just gonna be an average player and Henry Ellard had nothing to worry about. Boy were they wrong.
If this is the end of the road for Isaac Bruce, what a career.
Top ten in yards, receptions and TDs.
Hats off Mr. Bruce.
You can always show guys like T.O. and OchoCinco what a Super Bowl ring looks like.
as a 49er fan, i’d love to keep him involved with the team in any capacity. he’s a true professional. i doubt he’ll stick around, though, as he seems like the type that would move on to bigger and better things
I rejoiced when I heard this. He had two good games last year that padded his paltry stats. This year, he didn’t even manage a good game.
Worse, he’s been running with alligator arms and showing an almost inhuman ability to not get separation. Even training camp fodder show more than Bruce.
rjgreen3 says:
November 27, 2009 8:42 PM
Just because Crabass is being paid like a #1 receiver doesn’t mean he plays like one. He sure as hell hasn’t proven anything! There is no way Crabass can be called a #1 unless you are talking about pay grade! First and foremost, the 49ers have to get someone who can get the ball to him or anyone else without handing the ball to them.
Bruce is a waste of space and punking on Crabtree, who’s second amoung rookie WRs in yards-per-game, despite missing camp and half the season so far, makes you like quite the fool while you’re missing the point.