This game will be a very good indicator of the talent of this team. In the preseason, the Niners were easily handled by the likes of NO and Hou. This is the real thing, though, and whether taht makes a difference remains to be seen. All we have heard about so far is what the Niners have supposedly kept under wraps, not what they accomplished last week. The O was vanilla. And even blander in the red zone. The D was straight up for the most part, and didn’t do much blitzing or trying to fool anyone. In other words, this was a Singletary game. However, it was a game that Sing usually lost. So, that alone is a plus for Harbaugh.
Truth be told though, hearing what these guys will do in an upcoming game is also a Singletary thing that I couldn’t stand. Show it. Don’t talk about it. Hearing how well practice went, or how well Smith hit deep balls on the practice field usually makes me throw up in my mouth. Show it, and shut up about it. Harbaugh, to his credit, doesn’t talk much about anything regarding practice, injuries, or anything that could even mildly be construed as something the opponents can use against them, or the writers can write about.
So, another excersize in vanilla ice cream, or will Harbaugh unleash a bit of a down field passing attack? It would be nice to see the run game go as well, but you, me, and the watercooler all know Dallas will come out and crowd the line to force Smith to beat their D with some mid-range passes. Bubble screens, smoke routes, and runs up the middle won’t work until the Niners hit a few passes longer than 5 yards. Pass blocking is essential. Somethng that was a problem in the preseason. DeMarcus WHERE? is the key for the O line. Slow him down, and let Smith hit some passes, and the line should be able to get the run game going.
Beating Dallas, a good but flawed team, would be a big feather in Harbaugh’s cap. It would give the Niners confidence, and the fans a little hope, and hopefully swing the momentum for this team going forward.
Forty Niners Forever 
I think Alex Smith played fine, and I think Jim Harbaugh and his coaches put together a great game. I think the secondary lost this game. I think our offense played well – our offensive line, our qb, our running backs and our wide receivers. I think our defensive front seven played well. I think our secondary played good underneath, but terrible over the top – and that’s what lost us the game. In my opinion, free agency is like our recent financial bailout. It temporarily infuses strength into a broken system that, in the long run, is ultimately weaker. Maybe in time they’ll defend the slants and deep passes better as a unit, but right now our our secondary play, and more specifically our free safety play, is killing this team. Good game by Alex Smith. Good game by the line. Good game plan by the coaches. A lot to build on and learn from.
After two weeks it’s clear to me the Niners are the best team in their division. It’s also clear to me the Cowboys are the worst team in their division. Onto next week. A lot of positives to take from the Cowboy game.
Who are you, and what did you do with the real Spitblood?
The play at the end of the half, and the play to start Dallas’s 1st OT drive killed their chances. Both blown coverages. both times the safety was completely out of the picture. These are things that can hopefully be fixed. This was a good game, and when you look at the yardage, you have to wonder how it was even close.
The pisser? Gore gets 20 carries for 47 yards. There in no reason on Gods green earth why Gore should have had that many shots. The 2nd half play calling was not up to par. Closing the 1st half wasn’t. But, hey, Harbuagh should learn. At least I hope so. With all of Dallas’ problems in the secondary, I think the Niners should have tried to exploit it more. Even with the shakey blocking.
This offense still looks too much like the last 2 regimes for my taste.
What’s the one common denominator of all three regimes?
Thank you.
Kevin, I don’t know why some of your comments ended up in the spam filter . . .
I put them back . . .
Thank frank Gore contract extension is looking like a huge mistake.
Either that, or our OL is an even bigger one.
It seems that VD was utilized to block Ware, and he was handled reasonably well. But with the two best wide outs out, I don’t see how they could take Davis out of the passing game, as well. It’s a bit of a Catch-22, he’s the best receiver and also the best blocker and Ware is a guy who has to be contained. But it severely limited Smith’s options… they need someone other than VD to handle the top pass rushers..
We only had 206 TOTAL yds on offense. That’s even less than last week, and Spit thinks Alex and Harbaugh did a good job.
Leave it to the fucking mook.
“But it severely limited Smith’s options…”
He doesn’t need any outside help in that dept.
He does a fine job limiting his own options.
Dennis, shut your goddamn mouth and get over to the Dallas blog…
BTW, a doctor friend of mine at one time was supposed to do brain surgery on a prisoner who suffered from your affliction. After the incision was made and the flap lifted, she said it was the first time she’d seen an entire OR staff become violently ill. “Wet Brain” truly is just that, and this man’s case was so advanced that his brain was scoopable, it was like oatmeal. They quickly zipped him back up…his last words were “How ’bout dem Cowboys??!!”
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