Game Day – A New Hope

In a galaxy far far away, blah blah blah. . . Well, this is head coach IV (the new hope, get it?) for the gang that can’t run the team straight. The Yorks are hoping against hope that Jim Harbaugh can get these guys on the right path. They’ve had one draft, and some fair to middling preseason resluts. Fairly impressive when you take into account the fact that there was little coaching time. This will be a learn as you go kind of season, but the easier games are early.

What does it mean for real? No clue. The hope is the offense gains some consistency, and the defense gets more aggressive. That’s all I’m looking for, in a nutshell. Nanoo nanoo . . .

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300 Responses to Game Day – A New Hope

  1. Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis says:

    Early precincts are in: The SD Chargers have the hottest cheerleaders this year.

  2. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    God damn, I love Earl Thomas’ game. That was your first round pick last year. Mike Iupati? Please.

  3. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Just short of another first down. Nice misdirection play.

  4. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    Where’s Dixon in short yardage?

  5. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Akers could have 50 field goals by the end of the year.

  6. Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis says:

    David Akers and Andy Lee will be our MVPs this year.

    Should come to no surprise.

  7. Fugazi's avatar Fugazi says:

    At this rate Akers will on the Pro bowl team before the Bye Week

  8. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    Fugazi’s right. I’ll trade anyone Andre Johnson for David Akres, straight up.

  9. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Just 34 yards on 14 carries.Alex 5 of just 7 passes, only 57 yards.

    That won’t get it done against ANY decent team.

  10. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Total yards at the two minute warning: 49ers 87, Seahags 37. Pathetic. Just three first downs for each team.

  11. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Good field position. Can we do anything with it?

  12. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Smith looks better running than throwing.

  13. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    That was pretty, snuck it in behind the safety’s back.

  14. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Carolina is beating the Tards. This awful game could put us in first place in the division.

  15. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    First and goal at the one, no timeouts.

  16. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    HEY! What’s your problem?

  17. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Defensively, we are dominating this game. Offensively, we are far short of where we need to be. This will not be enough to beat Dallas next week.

  18. Fugazi's avatar Fugazi says:

    16 zip. Who woulda thunk

  19. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Shit, so far the pressure has been excellent. The TD, much needed. And the Niners get the ball for the 3rd quarter. . .

  20. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Seattle is unable to move the ball at all. We’re only a little better on offense, but today it’s enough.

    One more TD and this game is over.

  21. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    Grump,
    Dallas isn’t as good as you think. But yeah, if you’re relying on Akres, Ginn and Alex Smith legs, you ain’t gonna beat the Cowboys.

  22. Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis says:

    There’s been a total of 165 yds of offense from both teams in the first half.
    I don’t think this will be one for Sabol and his NFL Films archive…

  23. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Seattle’s a mess up front, though. They are young and not so good.

    The offense needs to show some consistency in the 2nd half. Like passes over 5 yards. . . .

  24. twinfan1's avatar twinfan1 says:

    You guys are a total hoot- he’s blocking downfield, running for 1st downs, 97.7 QB rating..a game “Big Ben” woulda liked to have .

    • grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

      I don’t care about QBR, I care about TDs. So far we are 1 for 4 in the red zone. Nothing to be happy about.

  25. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Agan, the onus is on Harbaugh to get something out of Alex more than these fucking checkdowns.

  26. twinfan1's avatar twinfan1 says:

    It was a very cautious offense, but if you can trash Smith on this half, you’re completely full of shit.

    • Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis says:

      I’m still trashing him. So I guess I’m full of shit. You know what else is full of shit? You’re already on the record as predicting the 49ers will beat the Cowboys next week.

      Alex Smith beat tony Romo? Put you’re money were you mouth is pal. Name your price.

  27. Flavor's avatar Flavor says:

    Smith has had a very good first half— I’m sure that just bums out Denny. Dude, how can you say you’re a Niner fan and yet wish failure upon their starting QB? Makes no sense at all.

  28. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    Captain Check Down isn’t gonna change his stripes next half. Game managers: can’t live with ’em …. pass the beer nuts.

  29. Fugazi's avatar Fugazi says:

    Norv Turner’s run in Diego ends this season.

  30. twinfan1's avatar twinfan1 says:

    Without checkdowns, Joe wouldn’t even be in the Western Pennsylvania HOF..shit, even the jackals at the Stick were cheering Alex

  31. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Spit, I’m not worried about Akers or Ginn next week. I’m worried about Demarcus Ware having a feeding frenzy against Joe Staley and Anthony Davis.

    The offense needs to step up big time or Dallas will tear Alex’s head off.

  32. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    Wait, hold on…… Alex Smith is awesome….. Flavor and Twinfan are here. LMAO!

  33. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Four first downs on the last drive… that was better. Three the whole half before that – that ain’t good enough. We have to move the chains. Have to convert on third down, running or passing.

    On defense, though, no complaints. Very solid game up front and even so far from the retooled secondary.

  34. Fugazi's avatar Fugazi says:

    Where’s Jamie Maggio tend bar at?

  35. Flavor's avatar Flavor says:

    Hey, I’ve just been consistent about him, I’m certainly open to being wrong down the road. I maintained from the time Harbaugh was hired that he could turn Smith into something serviceable–no more, no less. They have been calling way too many run plays but he’s had plenty of opportunities to fuck something up and he hasn’t done it–that’s a different A-Smith as far as I’m concerned. And that throw down field to Davis was a pearl……..

    • Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis says:

      See, Flav, that’s your problem. Turn smith into something “serviceable?” Is that all you ask of your QB? WTF are your standards? Teams with QBs that are serviceable not name Dilfer, don’t win Super Bowls.

  36. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Crap. Gore can’t get untracked either. too many players in the backfield too quickly.

  37. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Nice catch, Crabs. Who needs practice? You do, asshole.

  38. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    Game management with Alex Smith …….. can’t win with a game manager in the 2011 NFL. But hey, at least there’s a plan, and soon Harbaugh and Baalke will find a great QB. Thanks Alex for your stop gap patronage.

  39. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Another good punt by the MVP.

    Yeah, the throw to Davis, like the one to Braylon in the pre-season, was the kind of play Alex has not made much in his career.

    The game plan today is very conservative. JH may be saving his firepower for teams he knows will be harder to beat. Still, you cannot be satisfied with today’s production.

  40. Fugazi's avatar Fugazi says:

    Hey Lynch, Gallery SUCKS. What are you smoking?

  41. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Beat the blitz there. Nice play by Baldwin on the sideline.

  42. twinfan1's avatar twinfan1 says:

    Maybe my unobservant litlle numbskulls aren’t noticing that the only offense IS Smith.

    • Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis says:

      We have a total of 133 yds thus far. Again, where are your standards?

      Next week, I have Romo, you have Smith. What’s the bet? You don’t have the gumption.

  43. Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis says:

    Best play Tavaris made all day… a fucking block.

  44. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Haralson blew containment on the end around. Can’t wait for Aldon to mature.

  45. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    Gotta get the pick sorted out in the secondary. Oldest play in the book, and “the switch” needs to be coached up.

    • grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

      That’s where four guys never having played together hurts you. By week ten, they probably handle that play. Not now.

  46. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Well, Seattle is back in the game. The offense needs to recapture the tempo here.

  47. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    And on first down, it’s the Jimmy Raye Special.

  48. Fugazi's avatar Fugazi says:

    Gore sure looks tentitive today

  49. Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis says:

    So help me motherfucking Christ. Why is Moran Norris still wearing a 49er uniform?

    Fire Harbaugh!

  50. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Had plenty of time, and Alex floated it long. A little too much air under it. Not a good throw.

  51. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    Vernon Davis: You fuckin’ pussy.

  52. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Well, we may lead the league this year in passes for a loss.

  53. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    I can’t believe what I just saw from Vernon Davis.

  54. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    54 yard punt by the MVP, good coverage. Very nice.

  55. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    8 49er offensive drives today: 7 first downs. Not good enough.

  56. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    Nice D, nice D.

  57. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Well, at least the D got pressure. The o needs a pass play more than 5 yards. Underneath and runs are all getting stuffed. They need a 15 yard out. Some shit to open the running lanes.

  58. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Nice to get a stop. Long punt takes away the field position advantage Lee had got for us. The offense needs to sustain a drive now, before the Seahawks start moving again and start believing this game is still winnable.

  59. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    D fense and special teams are fine. The O line is doing okay. It is and always has been the lack of passing that keeps Frank Gore running against 8 in the box. I’d crowd the line too against Alex.

  60. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    Need to spread ’em out,

  61. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    The defense is just too tight to get anything from those flare passes.

  62. Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis says:

    Hey, Spit. That’s your boy Delanie w/ the grab for -1.
    Give ’em a 2-yr extension.

  63. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Third and long. We HAVE to GET THE DAMNED BALL DOWN THE FIELD.

  64. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    The Seahawks have adjusted to Alex Smith’s underneath game. Need to spread ’em and out go 7 step drops. Niners O needs to start calling 7 step drops. The D isn’t ready for it. They are all over the line of scrimmage.

  65. Fugazi's avatar Fugazi says:

    Dodges a bullet with that penalty on the Hawks

  66. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    This game could slip away from us very easily if we don’t start moving the ball. Gore has been ineffective all day. The short passing game is not working. You have to go vertical. I know the line is shaky and Alex missed VD deep earlier, but we have to at least make an effort.

  67. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Good play by McDonald.

  68. Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis says:

    Ray McDonald is having one helluva game.

  69. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Tavares missed that shot to Tate. A better QB would have ahd a TD there.

  70. Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis says:

    Shit. we missed a coverage on that 3rd and short. Unacceptable.

  71. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    That is a fuckin’ terrible call.

  72. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    that’s shoulder to shoulder

  73. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Weenie penalty. I call knocking the ball out is necessary roughness.

  74. Fugazi's avatar Fugazi says:

    That was a lousy call on thatt penalty. Fuckin pansies.

  75. Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis says:

    That’s a penalty? The NFL is turning into Mrs. Blood’s pussy galore Sunday matinee.

    Fuck safety. Hit somebody.

  76. Fugazi's avatar Fugazi says:

    Anybody seen Aldon Smith on the field today?

  77. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    An Aldon sighting!

  78. Fugazi's avatar Fugazi says:

    Besides warmups

  79. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    A Field Goal still makes this a one-score game.

    The offense better get their shit together or they are going to lose this one.

  80. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    Big break for the niners on the center / qb exchange. Alex Smith better do something. He can’t go hide his head in the sand. He needs to compete when it counts.

  81. Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis says:

    Nice play by Aldon after getting cut down to recover and tip that pass. Kid has promise.

    Tavaris Jackson makes Alex Smith look like Frankie Albert.

  82. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    We’re only getting 5.4 yards per pass attempt today. And 58 yards on 20 rushes for less than 3 yards a carry. Just terrible.

  83. Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis says:

    Thru 3 quarters, the Niners have 8 first downs and 138 yds of total offense.

    Let’s bring back Alex for year eight!

  84. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    Alex Smith: Compete when it counts! Your time is right now.

  85. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    This is ridiculous. What is the recourse for the safety? Not hit the WR? Not try to knock the ball loose? It’s to the point that every play should result in a personal foul of some kind.

    One drive is all this team needs. Another 3 and out and this game is likely over.

  86. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Finally a third down completion for the first down.

  87. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    at least they’re giving the end arounds to Ginn, not Delanie Walker. Jesus.

  88. Fugazi's avatar Fugazi says:

    Good job morgan.

  89. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    THAT was a nice pass by Alex to Morgan, right there.

  90. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Smith’s best pass of the day.

  91. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Great run by Gore, and a facemask.

    • Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis says:

      That was neither a face mask or a horse collar. The NFL has succumb to the George Carlin’s “pussification” of America.

  92. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    LOL nice run by hunter, four yards when it should have been a three yard loss.

  93. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    We need to go play action and have Smith throw to the corner of the endzone where it can’t be intercepted.

  94. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Fade route to Edwards?

  95. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    Well, they went play action, but not the right route

  96. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    That took too long to develop for throw out of the pocket into the end zone.

  97. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    kick it

  98. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Take the field goal.

  99. Fugazi's avatar Fugazi says:

    Roughing the kicker…Nice fake Akers..

  100. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    And Akres gets his first oscar

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