Well, in a late breaking development, Alex Smith didn’t pass the final contact drills for his concussion, so he is out for tonight’s game against the Bears. So, we have Cappy vs Campbell. Jason and the Sluggonauts vs the raw Reno talent. Jay Cutler may or may not be the gift that keeps on giving, but he’s not a mobile as Campbell. Which may actually help the Bears and their sieve-like front line. Campbell IS a backup, though. He failed pretty miserably as a starter in both Washington and Oaktown (not that he had a shit-load of help) so the hope is the Niners can force mistakes and get some turnovers from him.
Offensively, the hope is the Niners can maybe use their new big-armed QB weapon for some longer passes, but I expect to see a steady dose of Mr. Gore to start the game. If the Niners can establish the run early, then the game should go their way. If the Niners are forced to lean on their passing game, this is where things can get dicey. Chicago is very good at creating turnovers, and they have forced 30 turnovers already. Charles Tillman himself has forced 7 fumbles. The Niners are pretty good at keeping the ball, they have only 9 turnovers, but time will tell. As far as I can tell from here, the weather looks good. Although it may be colder/wetter down by the ocean tonight.
All in all, an interesting game with Cappy getting his first start in real-time. He has shown some impressive arm strength and some nice runs out of the pocket in his limited action. We’ll see how he does against an aggressive defense. I think screens may be in order, and also some misdirection/trap/draw plays to get those active linebackers out of position.
Forty Niners Forever 
Okay…. NOW it’s ugly.
run kappy !
Good grief. 3rd and long, no problem, I’ll just get 20 yards.
Very impressive. I do doubt that Alex loses his job if he’s ready to go next week. But the leash will be a choke collar.
No, I don’t think he should lose his job based on one game and while he is hurt. But from here on, it’s going to be a dogfight to stay ahead of Kappy’s rising learning curve.
Well, it will definitely test Harbaugh-and Smith. The usual suspects will be screaming for Smith’s hide. If he’s ready next week, it’s a good thing it’s on the road, and Alex will need a big big game to even slightly silence the noise.
Akers getting his mojo back.
Holy shit, I don’t think Obama should have said that about the Bears’ defense. The 49ers seem to want to beg to differ.
Campbell 2 of 5 for 9 yards, -7 yards passing net with sacks.
Kappy 10 of 12, 178 yards, one TD.
Well, the Bear O line is as bad as ever.
Ditto
The Beara have played 3 quality teams. GB, Texas, and us. They are 0-2 against those teams so far.
One more 49er TD and you can plug that ‘3’ in there.
Yeah, Campbell ain’t ready for this. He’s come off the bench and is overwhelmed by the speed of the game. I watched him play many games where he was effective. Tonight, he looks like what we thought Kappy was gonna look like. Part of that is being down 20-0 with the Niner D pinning their ears back. But still, he looks lost…….
It ain’t helping when they can’t block for shit for Campbell..
3 and out! WARM UP TOLZEIN!!!
The very interesting thing is the passes to VD. He’s been persona non grata lately.
Campbell was always kinda a marginal QB, it’s not a huge surprise that by not playing the last couple of years he hasn’t been able to get his timing down. I thought his running ability would help him tonight but he hasn’t had a second to even think about that. And at 20-nil, that skill isn’t likely to surface this evening……..
run kappy
Sando just tweeted that the Bears have 180 INCHES of offense thus far.
Sando cannot do math then. 15 yards x 36 inches per yard.,,, 540.
They have more than 5 yards,
They had 15 at the beginning of that last drive. 35 after it.
Sando used 12 – feet to inches instead of yards to inches. Common mistake.
Team stats, 1st half:
CHI – SF
First Downs 3 13
Total Yards 35 249
Passing Yards -1 173
Rushing Yards 36 76
Penalties (Yds) 3(30) 4(40)
Turnovers 1 0
Punts (AVG) 4(42) 2(42)
Time of Pos. 12:05 17:55
jason campbell sucks
The radio guys, particularly Eric Davis, singled out Sopoaga as having a really good game.
I think some people felt like they had something to prove after last week.
Well, I said 20-17. I got my 20. Kaep is playing great so far. If we can get the run going — blowout!
40-0 anyone ?! i hope you find a lot more money this year ! 😉
I hope so too
four !!!
Bears are done. They can’t run on our nickel and the sacks are coming out of the nickel front, too.
Fourth sack for Aldon.
Dude is unreal
Where the hell is Dandy Don? “Turn out the lights…. the party’s over…”
crabs !!! 27-0 !!!
Vertical passing game returns. Who wants to go back now?
lol
next time bring an offense !
Kaep is on fire. Wow
Saw it on NFL-dot-com… he kept the play alive with his feet, kept his eyes downfield, came all the way back to his left, moving left, threw an accurate pass. Can’t do much better than that.
Cappy’s making a pretty good case for himself here. Calling audibles, breaking contain and inprovising, throwing downfield.
Rogers with the stick.
Holding on Chilo Rachal. Where have I heard that shit before?
And still missing the same blocks.