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 
A 6-pack worth of sacks for the Rams in the first half.
This Bud’s for you.
Terrible clock management, stupid sack by kappy. All we need is the miss.
Wow. Bonehead play there.
Short of a turnover, Niners could not have misplayed that last series any worse. What a ClusterF of a series of plays. Horrendous first half of Niner football…
Remember the Rams actually traded up to 8 to draft Tavon Austin.
Swing and a miss.
Good to see we’re not the only idiots out there.
Do the Niners have a 2 minute offense. Seriously, do they? In that one series a few games back, they opened up with a no huddle. It worked. Maybe they need to try that here, stymie this pass rush. What they’ve been doing has not worked. Kap should just do the run/option offense in the second half, like the old Oklahoma teams…
Tavon Austin is St. Louisan for A.J. Jenkins.
On radio, Tim Ryan calling for Niner screens and draws to counter the rush…
Let’s see how the adjustments work.
Uh, right.
They adjusted.
Fortunately the Ram offense has been as incompetent as the Niner offense…
OK. How about the offense?
My fellow 49er fans, I like little boys.
A screen pass sighting. Poorly done, but got yardage. Will wonders never cease?…
Jesus. This is ridiculous.
Ya know, this play calling issue and time outs is really bullshit. It went on with Alex before Kap, so it can’t just be the QB. After 4 years of Roman and Harbs, it shouldn’t be happening. That kind of continuing coaching failure is now beyond inexcusable…
The future president of the United States and his Pats putting a hurting on the Manning Boys in the first half. Only appropriate with Tuesday being Election Day. Remember to do your civic duty. Your vote counts.
And I swear to fucking Christ. If the 1/2 cent sales tax measure passes here in Pinole, I’m going to storm city hall.
This Rams offense suxxx pole, as Flavor would say. If the Niners lose to this POS squad, they should move back to Candlestick. I swear, the Cal offense would move the ball way way better than this Niner offense has, and look way sharper doing it…
Wow. We do not look like a very good team right now. Flat terrible. The run worked ok there so they try a long pass and get sacked. Kappy has to recognize the protection is breaking down and toss the ball. His trying to string shit out way behind the line just results in turnovers.