Test # 2 for Jim Harbaugh – Winning on the Road

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.

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317 Responses to Test # 2 for Jim Harbaugh – Winning on the Road

  1. spitblood's avatar spitblood says:

    The only thing I like about Vernon Davis is his trade value.

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

    Kendall Hunter is 1000X faster than Frank.

    And who all told you about Hunter back at last years’ Senior Bowl practice?
    That’s right, your buddy, Del.

  3. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Hunter with nice vision, and some blocking for a change.

    Let’s see if the defense can not go to sleep.

    They’ve been sleeping. GOT to keep the pressure up.

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

    I have an idea…LET’S GET IN THE PREVENT DEFENSE!!!

  5. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    Defense actually made a play. Now kill some time and get one more score.

  6. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Nice . . . easy pick

  7. spitblood's avatar spitblood says:

    Carlos Rogers INT? Kick a field goal.

  8. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Boo. Harbaugh wimping out . . .

  9. Flavor's avatar Flavor says:

    Dennis, you might want to amend that “10 x better than Smith” post. 5 X? 3X? Worse?

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

    Ginger or Mary Ann or INT?

    I’ll take the INT.

    Hey, we might catch an actual break next week. The Puppy Killer broke his hand.
    I better scoop those tears outta my beer.

    I hope to see that motherless son of a fuck in hell.

  11. spitblood's avatar spitblood says:

    That was the dumbest play call ever. End around when you need to KICK A FIELD GOAL??? WTF? If you do try and end around, which you shouldn’t in that situation, you use Ted Ginn.

  12. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Harbaugh needs to understand that you go for the kill.

  13. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    If we miss the FG, we could easily lose here.

  14. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Losing 3 yards going for the put=away score is terrible.

  15. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    . . . and a FG is not a put-away score. . .

  16. grumpyguy's avatar grumpyguy says:

    We still have to stop them now.

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

    What did I tell you guys about signing Akers?

    That was our best FA p/u in the offseason. The guy *I* called for as soon as Philly drafted Henery.

  18. spitblood's avatar spitblood says:

    Akres and Lee….. for President and VP. Betcha they’d provide more economic O than the big O.

  19. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Akers is money. . .

    2 53 yarders.

    And they got Smith on the MOVE.

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