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.
Our offensive linemen still too high in inside runs… end up stood up, looking like they’re on ice skates.
Roll right, and throw it OB.
What a shocker.
My OVER isn’t looking too good.
It’s early. It’s early.
That E*Trade baby is the best. I want him as my QB in 20 yrs…
Nice defensive play on Witten.
Good defensive sequence. Just enough rush on third down to make Romo throw the ball without time to look for a better option.
Ginn caught a pass… I hope Gabriel isn’t blowing that fucking trumpet now.
That was really a hell of a play by Alex to make something out of nothing.
That play right there is about the best play of Smith’s career.
Touchdown!
Absolutely.
A lot of QBs have the legs to buy some time back there, but usually that’s it – they throw it away, or throw an INT trying to get something that isn’t there – that was beautiful field vision and accuracy to get it to the End Zone, where it needed to be.
Turning a 10 yard loss into a 35 yard gain is huge. . . .
Gore does catch that w/o the interference . . .
We have them a little bit on their heels right now… time to grab the game by the throat now. I’d love to see play action here, and go deep down the middle to Braylon.
Crap – I didn’t know he was hurt. Now we’re really short handed at WR
Beautiful timing with Morgan on the sideline – Alex yhrew it before Morgan was open. He couldn’t make that play a couple of years ago.
Nice play. Morgan did a credible imitation of Dwight Clark there.
It is obvious that Alex has skills!
Kyle Williams!
WHO NEEDS THE FUCKING CRABS??!!
Alex now 10 of 13 for 103 and a TD. Very, very solid game so far.
wow , that williams really CAN catch babay !
14-0 dude !
There’s KW. Brilliant pass there . . . So far so good for rattling Romo . . .
Love love love Williams from day ONE. Now he gets his shot . . .
With Braylon out, Wiliams and Morgan now have to come up big today.