I guess Bay Area sports fans should thank the NFL schedulers in their putting the Niner bye week right in the middle of the Giants World Series run. Worked out very well.
With that said, lets’ get back to football. There are 9 weeks left and this team has some work to do. The #12 issue with the team is their health. Willis is a game-time decision, Bowman still has a week or two of recovery, Dorsey will be back soon, and Aldon Smith should be joining the ranks at some point, irregardless Mike Florio’s unsubstantiated statements of him coming off the susp list early. Losing Kilgore was a killer, and they can’t take another hit on the O line.
The other issues remain the same. For some inexplicable reason, the 49ers run multiple WR formations between the 20s. When they get into the red zone, it’s back to the jumbo formations, and stagnation. This team struggles wildly in the red zone. If they can fix this, it’ll go a long way to actually getting double-digit leads. Something Jim Harbaugh seems to be adverse to. Along with this is the fact that the Niners tend to go away from things that seem to be working. If they find something to exploit, force the other team to stop it, don’t merely move on to something else.
Defensively, I simply was perplexed at how they tried to attack Manning. Playing off his WRs and rushing 4-5 out of their base defense was asinine. That absolyutely plays to his strengths. The Ram game the previous week saw stunts, blitzes from different LBs, and a lot of movement along the line to dsiguise blitzers. I was excited to see how that worked against Manning, as I noted that it was the way Singletary and Co did a good job of containing Manning and the Colts a few years back. As above, they went away from something successful and it failed.
The Rams? Their pass rush seems revitalized in weeks, but they are struggling offensively. This SHOULD be a tune-up game. Let’s hope we can get on top and coast for a change.
Forty Niners Forever 
This is going to be an interesting game. The Rams were up 14-3 with momentum on their side before the lucky pass from struggling Kaepernick got them back in the game. The 10-point spread is I think is too much, the Rams could be a dangerous opponent today regardless of their record.
One thing for sure it wont be a blow out and I’m sure Fisher learned from his blunder in the first game to make it a much closer game than some expect. I just hope if we’re down again that Harbaugh doesn’t expect another miracle to happen.
Remember at one point the Cardinals outscored their opponents 27-0 in the fourth quarter The 49ers certainly can’t say the same thanks to everyone’s hero Kappy, at one point they were outscored 28-0 in the fourth. The 4th quarter is where winners show up and losers choke.
Which explains your pathetic life,, V.
Why the 9ers do patently-stupid things?
The âlove of moneyâ being the root of all evil,
silly as it may sound, donât fail to consider gamblersâ effects.
Or âforcingâ Harbaugh out by, covertly,
taking decisions away from him.
But, heâs the COACH!
Really? As in âDallas?â
Too whatâs this about Michigan wanting him?
Might he for some arcane reason want to be FORCED out?
Seems the truth has no place here but one must remember the truth will set you free!
With every new truth that is revealed we get a better understanding of Nature and our conceptions and views that are modified.
The truth is Harbaugh had his chance but made bad decisions that will cost him the opportunity to ever be consider a great Head Coach. The Ball control game while putting anyone behind center has disaster written all over it.
I agree Harbaugh’s bad moves and the way he acts on the football field is despicable.
Let go Niners let’s kick sum Ram Ass! Ooops can I say that here?
Cardinals are playing tough, headed to the 49er game first time this season. I hope everyone has a great day. Should be a killer game!
Niners 38 Rams 13
What the hell happened to the Chargers winning the Super Bowl? They’ve fallen back to earth even faster than Sputnik. 37-0 shellacking at the hands of the Fish and my boy Ryan Tannehill today.
niners!
Martin got beat that down
Kap has still not learned about those passes. Should have been picked.
Well, first time I’ve seen the Niners throw a flat pass to a RB in years. Imagine that…
And we have to burn a TO already…Yeah, this team is winning the Super Bowl.
A. Davis beaten badly on that sack…
Anthony Davis looks like he can barely move against the pash rush…
Run sometimes. Jesus.
Terrible 1st down play calls by Roman.
OLine playing like crap, doesn’t help that the first down failures put them in a bad spot on 2nd and 3rd downs. Watching this offense looks like watching Blanco make fake bunts…
O line looks terrible. Good to see us keep up with the slow designed pass plays in the face of their blitzes.
There’s a nice play.
Staley got blown off the line. the Ram team isn’t good. They have no right being in this game by the 3rd quarter.