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.
The only thing I like about Vernon Davis is his trade value.
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.
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.
I have an idea…LET’S GET IN THE PREVENT DEFENSE!!!
Defense actually made a play. Now kill some time and get one more score.
Nice . . . easy pick
Carlos Rogers INT? Kick a field goal.
Boo. Harbaugh wimping out . . .
Dennis, you might want to amend that “10 x better than Smith” post. 5 X? 3X? Worse?
Andy Dalton is playing his THIRD NFL game. Alex is in his SEVENTH year.
I’ll take the ginger.
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.
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.
Harbaugh needs to understand that you go for the kill.
If we miss the FG, we could easily lose here.
Losing 3 yards going for the put=away score is terrible.
Akers MVP
. . . and a FG is not a put-away score. . .
We still have to stop them now.
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.
Akres and Lee….. for President and VP. Betcha they’d provide more economic O than the big O.
If that fucking mook gets re-elected, don’t look at my ass. Look in the mirror.
Akers is money. . .
2 53 yarders.
And they got Smith on the MOVE.