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.
Great penetration by MacDonald… next time make the damned tackle though.
Giving Kitna too much time to throw. He’s a journeyman, but if you give him all day he’s going to hurt you.
Romo is out, what a wuss.
Wassup?
Kitna gave us a gift there.
Alex needs to get a good drive going, get some momentum back now.
Kitna=fail
Don’t like the first down call there.
Bad pass by Alex – rushed it and didn’t see the DB.
Damnit Smith,
Big third down here. Got to hold them to a FG at worst if we can.
So maybe the 3rd Q just isn’t his thing, lol
Romo is out? That kills BOTH my fantasy teams. Like I’ve been saying all along, God hates me. Well, you know what? I hate him back twice as much back. Fuck him and his first born child, Jesus H. Christ.
Jesus H. Christ.
Wow, Alex with a horrible pass. Let’s hope he can recover from that horeshit play.
That’s what you get for taking Romo, Dennis. Traitor. Eat shit and die motherfucker.
Alex needs to get his shit together in a fucking hurry.
Or we need to run.
Time to suck it up and start pounding that Cowgirl line..
You can’t sit on a lead and get too conservative this early. I don’t like harbaugh’s play calling in the second half so far.
Alex has good field position after the return, got to do something with it now.
Nice INT by YOUR guys QB, Alex, that led to the tying TD by Jon Kitna.
If we lose to the Jon Kitna, I won’t allow Rob to sell another tree in Florida…
Bonsai!
Big series for Alex here – he HAS to get the game back in his control. With Romo out, this is winnable if he executes.
ST to the rescue.
Smith is waiting too long there.
Three and out – wasted field position and did not get it done.