So, Harbaugh did in game one what it took Singletary 6 weeks to do last year, and that was win game one. Next on Harbaugh’s bucket list is to win on the road. Since last year’s Denver gasme was technically a home game (London? Right), Singletary didn’t win a road game til week 12 in AZ. Yes, Cincinnati is a bottom-feeder in the NFL, but home field is a pretty big equalizer. Just ask Dallas. They barely escaped an 0-2 start, while the Niners would have been included in the list of surprising 2-0 teams (Washington, Detroit, Buffalo, and Texas). Anyhow, 1-1 is fine for now. However, if this team is going to be thought of as making progress, they need to beat the crappier teams in the league. And Cincinnati certainly falls into that realm. Gingerbread man Andy Dalton notwithstanding.
Raggedy Andy has put up decent numbers (37/56, 413 yds, 3 TDs 0 picks, 105 QBR) against a couple of bad defenses in Cleveland and Denver. He’s hitting a lot of underneath stuff (7.4 yds/completion), so this may not bode well for the 49ers. Dallas killed the Niners in the 4th quarter with underneath stuff after harassing Romo most of the day. Their pass pro is decent enough (5 sacks in 2 games) but one can hope we bring the pressure more than Cleve and Denver.
As far as our offense goes? I can’t even hazard a guess. The Niners played as good a 1st half as they could have offensively. They followed it up in the 2nd half with a strategy that let Dallas right back into the game. one hopes that they’ll keep the offensive flow going throughoout the entire game on Sunday, and not try to force the run at all costs.
Forty Niners Forever 
We burned a TO? I’ll say this, it’s been a near seamless and cohesive transition from Nolan-Singletary-Jimbo.
“Didn’t have a chance”: your 2011 49ers in a single phrase.
Just a tad high there, Alex. Piece of shit.
Nice penalty. Let’s keep shooting ourselves in the foot, since we look like crap anyway. Oy.
Over here it’s 1:51 AM and the 9ers playing like it’s 2AM in Cincy
Phil, I salute you for hangin’ in there with the time diff. Good fan, you are.
Parys sucks. Why isn’t Aldon playing?
Well, we’re passing . . . for good or bad. No consistency . . . I think Harbaugh keeps the ball in the air.
Almost another pick. VD will never be taken seriously dropping shit like that.
He’s flat terrible at times.
Chilo sucks. His man just BLEW him up and got Frank. He needs to go.
Now he gets called for holding.
Nice call on 1st down- Gore right
Jim Mora just called our OL, “really good.”
No wonder he’s no longer coaching.
Agree, what are these people watching?
Harbaugh is playing all the wrong people.
Then “our best” can’t catch or block ugh
Brooks slams Dalton. At least he’s awake
Bengals ran a stunt, and Iupati was just standing there. Pathetic.
Billick did the same shit last week, saying our O-line was so good. I think it isn’t only the Bengals getting packages from Humboldt.
Really Grump or they’re all drunk
Who’s Harbaugh gonna believe? Billick or his own lying eyes?
Tom Brady just might throw for 6,000/60. Unreal.
Another penalty on Chilo. Hangin’ would be too good for him.
Brian Billick last week and Jim Mora this week calling our O line one of the best in football in back to back weeks just shows how the media distorts reality buy trying to sell tickets. Our O line is probably the worst in football. This isn’t Solari. This is Singletary, McCloughan and now Harbaugh not starting the right people. Chilo Rachal should lose his starting job after this half. Alex Smith is throwing 58 foot fastballs.
I see the that it is true, the Niners are going to rely heavily on the run and basically pass only when they are desperate. Sad, another wasted season of running the ball. I am so sick of hearing hand off to Gore from the announcers
Kevin, WTF game are you watching? The Niners have 15 pass att. vs 8 runs.
I just got home and watched Gore get two hand offs when the Niners are backed behind there own 20
Nice tough play by Hunter.
The Niners need to turn our current OTs into guards and find two new OTs.
I’m starting to believe you Spit
Hunter gets the first. Smith is getting pounded, again. That and the penalties.
Man we got a lot of work on offense
Nice call there on 3rd and 2. Even better blocking by Iupati, Goodwin and Chilo.
This OL is downright disgusting.
That’s the game Kevin is watching, puke.
Nice call, great blocking = pure shit