dochira wrote:They came close to a touchdown (I can't remember the last one), but then the penalties came. Went from 1st and goal at the 5, to a 3 and 30-something?
Yup, saw that.
Then Pickett threw an interception after get flushed out of the pocket. :bleh:
How sad. :puppydog:
I'm surprised they showed that game out of the Bay Area market. :sweat:
I'd take it over any stinkin' Raiders game.
But it was nice to see them lose to the Chiefs today. :hehe:
This may sound like the rantings of a deranged fan, but I think the turn around will come very quickly for the Niners next season.
Nolan already seems to be laying the ground work for taking an offensive Tackle first in the draft. I'm hoping for Ferguson out of Virginia. With Ferguson on the left, and Jennings on the right, we'll finally have an offensive line that can compete on the NFL level.
The QB play this year has gone according to Hoyle. A rookie like Smith wasn't gonna light any fires. And today was Pickett's first start, first playing time in the NFL. I thought he looked damned good considering the circumstances.
Getting playing time for both Smith and Pickett is important, because those two guys are the future of the franchise.
The Niners aren't gonna win many more games this season, but then, what York and Donahue did to this franchise wasn't gonna be fixed over night.
bmwracer wrote:Niners make history: they allow a missed field goal to be returned for a 108-yard touchdown. :bleh:
Don't forget about the third straight game without a touchdown. And note that the Niners only completed 1 pass the entire game. But I'll chalk the last one to the oddball winds at Soldier Field. Sure it's the Windy City but that was just wacky. Is this one "feature" added with the stadium remodel? :headscratch:
Geezer wrote:Time for me to march in with the furious defense of my beloved Niners.
Fuff.
Boy that was bad today.
It's bad when you're focusing in on the draft... in November.
Geez, I thought the defense gave the team a chance to win the game. But...it's kinda difficult when the offense can't give you TDs. Add to that the winds took away whatever passing offense they had, and the Bears only had to rush the entire team at the line.
Oh and those penalties when they were at the 2 didn't help anything. So, how's their red-zone offense?? :sweat: :beaten:
I'm getting too old for this wait 'til next year crap... but I'm stuck.
I agree. The defense is improving. And if the offense could have helped out a bit...
But, the offense isn't gonna be able to do anything this year with this offensive line.
And truth to tell, I'm having trouble putting my faith in Warhop (O-Line coach) to fix it.
This is the guy who spent 5 years turning a bucket full of first round draft choices into the Arizona Offensive line. And then moved on to Dallas for two years. The two years when Dallas had it's most trouble at the O-Line.
Now we have him, and he keeps Harris at Tackle... and brings in Clement to play Left Tackle? What's he smokin'?
bmwracer wrote:
I wouldn't be surprised. They've probably got something rigged up so that there's a Venturi effect when the opposing teams have the ball. ;)
But then again, the Bears didn't have much of a passing attack either. But I can't believe the Niners had no, none, zilch, nada completed passes in the first half. Not even a short yarder flicker.
The lack of a passing game didn't bother me on Sunday.
A QB who got no reps in practise this year, making his second start, behind a patchwork (gawdawful) Offensive Line, playing in that kind of wind?
Run run and then some more running made sense.
It's not entertaining, especially when the running game doesn't succeed.
It's just necessary.
Note: The Bears threw the same number of passes. 13. They just did it better. They also ran better, but that was because they have a better line.
For the rest of this season, Niner fans will be looking at job applications. Auditions.
But like I've said before... this doesn't have to be that hard to turn around for next season.
The line can be fixed by adding a top notch LOT in the draft. I think Ferguson of Virginia is the guy.
Move Jennings to LOT... retire Newberry... this is fixable.
On Defense... I think they have to go out and get a veteran free agent Free Safety. (We've got the corners now, and we've got Tony. We need a big time FS.)
That's not a long list.
Get most of the guys back from IR, and reboot.
I think the Niners can be dang competetive next season.
I know the Niners is a team in building. I know they are plagued with so much injuries, those players could form their own team. And I know the quarterbacks combined barely have enough starts between them to form one season.
But I'm greedy. I want to see runs go for more than 1 or 2 yards. I want to see throws on 3rd and short to the receiver at the marker giving them another set of downs. I want to see them in the opposing teams side of the field. I want them to be in the red zone and actually do something with it. I want to see touchdowns. I want to hear Joe Starkey say "Touchdown, 49ers". But so far it's mostly been "and the kick is good". Not that I don't like field goals. At least it allows them to finish a game without a donut. :sweat: :beaten:
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