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If he can help the rest of his team still suffering with being a 49er too, they might just make the playoffs..

pw | 06/29/08, 09:45 AM

If Gore stays healthy, the 49ers could be decent.

Tell it like it is | 06/29/08, 10:33 AM

Jay Leno is also dyslexic. Just thought I'd name someone else who has overcome this learning disability.

no name at all | 06/29/08, 11:50 AM

Hopefully he will get his carries and they don't, do all that passing. Gore is a remarkable talent and they need to give him the ball.

Cowboys4Lyfe | 06/29/08, 12:39 PM

Wow, he has dyslexia, can learn NFL plays, invented the internet, served as Vice President and made a movie about how everything bad on earth today is due to Global Warming as we come out of an Ice Age. I sense Nobel Prize! Oh, he already got that for Junk Science, didn't he?

localboy54 | 06/29/08, 01:03 PM

Or was that an Oscar? In Hollywood, it's the same difference, isn't it?

localboy54 | 06/29/08, 01:05 PM

I wonder if he ever thought that he played for the 94ers

Interestingly enough the last time the 49ers won a Super Bowl was 1994 <_<

Bio1590: R.I.P. Gene Upshaw | 06/29/08, 04:52 PM

Bio, Now THAT'S funny! Not that the guy's disability is funny or anything. I'm just saying . . .

localboy54 | 06/29/08, 05:19 PM

Suffer from grammar dyslexia, for 800 years I have.

YODA | 06/29/08, 05:34 PM

Mike Martz is an offensive genius and has a huge playbook of plays. This really is pretty amazing that Gore would be able to pick up a lot of these plays within one attempt. As for the Faulk allusion this is a bad example. Gore is no Marshall Faulk. Gore fumbles too much and is not as good catching out of the backfield. I would look for both of these things to improve but this is a bad example right now.

c note | 06/29/08, 05:54 PM

hard to overcome the disability called Alex Nicole Smith at QB.

vaughn9 | 06/29/08, 07:01 PM

I'm sick of people acting a functioning dyslexic is the same as a paraplegic walking. Is this what we as a culture consider an inspirational story? Good grief.

smoss | 06/29/08, 09:12 PM

Anyone ever remember that episode of the Cosby Show...when Theo finds out he had dyslexia...man...those were the days......I really miss those shows.......anyway......Im glad they clarified this article by first highlighting it was the "49'rs" Gore.

Otherwise......I would have assumed they meant Al Gore...

Hortag | 06/30/08, 09:19 AM

I'm not sure if anyone is comparing dyslexia to being paraplegic nor are they making him out to be any better than he is. All this story is doing is recognizing someone for overcoming a setback in their life. I would rather read stories like this all day long than pull up si.com only to find another athelete taking steroids, getting in a bar fight, beating thier wives, or shooting another person. Take the story for what it is.

tinyt | 06/30/08, 03:52 PM

As a Niners fan, ANYTHING POSITIVE coming out of SF is a blessing.

E-Nasty | 06/30/08, 08:29 PM

The offense should open things up for Alex Smith- He was playing good until he got injured against the Steelers last year

JTMeek | 07/01/08, 09:10 AM

And he did not even have any WR last year

JTMeek | 07/01/08, 09:10 AM

Dear 49'ers fans:

Have fun with Mike Martz. Every team in the league will know you are passing for most every down. Your beloved Frank Gore will be forgotten. Your team will be filled with slot recievers with not a fullback to be found.

Good Riddance@!

http://www.detroitslions.com

detroitslions | 07/02/08, 01:10 AM

I watched Gore run for Miami in college and saw him fall with that devastating knee injury. Gore was always a straight up player with never a bad thing to say. Seeing him have success in the pros has been a treat; even it's for a team I don't see much.

But hearing this makes like him even more. His attacking his problem is a great story, one that the NFL should promote if Gore will let them. The NFL needs more positive ink, and this is definately a feel good story.

LocNar | 07/03/08, 12:49 PM