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0 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? e-edition | subscribe | newsletter | deals Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED » NEWS NOW Saved by the Pit Crew ... Our View: Campaign money train has left the station ... Prosecution: Father tried to arrange assault on babysitter ... Saved by the Pit Crew ... Our View: Campaign money train has left the station ... Prosecution: Father tried to arrange assault on babysitter ... NFL NOTES Harbaugh disputes claim he's lost players Comment By Wire reports MailTribune.com By Wire reports Posted Sep. 29, 2014 at 8:33 PM By Wire reports Posted Sep. 29, 2014 at 8:33 PM » Social News SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jim Harbaugh bluntly disputed a report from NFL Network analyst Deion Sanders claiming players have turned against the 49ers coach. “Personally I think that’s a bunch of crap,” Harbaugh said Monday. Following the 49ers’ 26-21 win Sunday over the Eagles, Sanders stated that players are fed up with the fourth-year coach. “They want him out. They’re not on the same page,” Sanders, a Hall of Fame cornerback, said Sunday on NFL GameDay Final. ESPN analyst Trent Dilfer chimed in Monday morning with a similar alarm bell, telling ESPN Radio: “I do think it’s become almost toxic.” Harbaugh panned both Sanders’ and Dilfer’s analysis, taking umbrage with how neither named any sources for their information. “I haven’t seen Trent or Deion around here much,” Harbaugh quipped. Both Sanders and Dilfer had brief stints with the 49ers during their playing careers — Sanders in 1994, Dilfer 2006-07 — and they do have ties with current players and front-office personnel. Sanders, in a follow-up tweet on Monday, announced his information isn’t coming from his longtime friend Michael Crabtree, and that rather his sources wear “uniforms, suits and ties.” Outside skepticism on Harbaugh’s status within the locker room is nothing new this season. An NFL Network report claimed he was “losing the locker room” hours before they won their season opener at Dallas. Harbaugh is in the fourth year of a five-year, $25 million contract he signed in 2011 upon leaving Stanford. CEO Jed York said before training camp that he and Harbaugh mutually agreed to wait until after this season to resume talks on extending a contract. Harbaugh on Monday described his relationship with York and general manager Trent Baalke as: “Very good. Everybody is on the same page. Everybody is focused on this season, making it the best it can possibly be, working well together.” Harbaugh said neither Baalke nor York have quizzed him recently about the state of the locker room, which he says he gauges by meeting with veterans. BILLS: Buffalo coach Doug Marrone announced Monday that Kyle Orton will replace E.J. Manuel as this Bills’ starting quarterback for Sunday’s game against Detroit. Orton is 4-0 in his career against the Lions with four touchdown passes, no interceptions and a 102.2 passer rating. In his last start at Detroit’s Ford Field, Oct. 5 of 2008 — six years ago this coming Sunday — Orton completed 24 of 34 passes for 334 yards to lead the Chicago Bears to a 34-7 victory. Orton also beat the Lions at Soldier Field in 2008, and twice in 2005. The Lions (3-1) beat the Bills (2-2) in the final game of the preseason, days before Orton signed with Buffalo. Manuel a first-round pick out of Florida State last year, has completed just 58 percent of his passes this fall while throwing for 838 yards with five touchdowns and three interceptions. JETS: The day after the Jets lost their third straight game, quarterback Geno Smith and the offense held a players-only meeting at their facility. “Myself and a few other guys just expressed our feelings and ways to move forward,” Smith said Monday. “I understand that we’ve got to do a lot better. And I’m going to be hard on myself this week and the guys and make sure that some of those things that have been occurring for us don’t happen again.” But the offense-only meeting wasn’t an opportunity to air grievances, he insisted. “No grievance,” Smith said. “I understand that semantics are a huge thing in this market, but no grievance. I don’t want you guys to get that misunderstood. No one’s hanging their head around here, no one’s sad, no one’s down on themselves, we’re ready to go out and play.” By Wire reports MailTribune.com By Wire reports Posted Sep. 29, 2014 at 8:33 PM » Comment or view comments Reader Reaction » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. Southern Oregon Directory Featured Businesses Loading... 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