Shadoobie. Shattered, shattered.
The 49ers are once again road warriors as they forgo Youngstown and instead roll home from NO, and then back across the country to the Jersey Shores. I’m hoping to get pictures, and an in-person report of this game from our intrepid Jerseyite, NJ49er. I hope he’s going.
Seeing as the New York Football Giants seem to have fallen on tough times, this game scares the shit out of me. The Giants started out slow as they tried to integrate their new west coast offense into place under Big Ben McAdoo. They lost 2 out of the gate, but seemed to hit their stride and reeled off 3 straight wins as their offense started clicking. However, they’ve lost 4 in a row2 to drop to 3-6. The last loss a galling road massacre at the hands of the Seahawks that saw Seattle put up 350 yards on the ground in a game that wasn’t nearly as close as the 38-17 score indicates.
What does this mean for our plucky bunch? Hard to say. This team has won some very tough games against very good teams (Dallas, Philly, KC, NO) but lost some games to shitty teams (Chi-town and StL). More galling was the fact that the Chicago and StL losses were at our new home. Hence my worry. This team has an annoying habit of playing to the opponent’s talent level. Only the Denver roadie got out of hand early. But this team has a big problem putting games away and scoring in the 2nd half.
We are 10 weeks into the season, and this team still struggles in the red zone and still struggles to build a consistent offense. What really irks me is the fact that despite all the pressure that Colin Kaepernick faces, the braintrust does not implement ways to consistently beat the constant blitzes teams dial up against us. We threw a couple misdirection passes vs the Rams, and never used it again. We used no-huddle to great effect to start the AZ game, and never went back to it as the game slipped away. We find shit that works, and then stop doing it. NOT because teams adjust, but because we move on to other things. The only thing we consistently do too much of is run up the middle vs a stacked D line.
The good news is the return of Aldon Smith. He of the no-break 9 game suspension. Kind of a pisser since some ESPN wonks talked of a 2-game reduction in his suspension that never occurred. The bad of course is the fact Patrick Willis is lost for the season with a toe injury. For all our early pass rushing woes, the 49ers are tied for 2nd in the league with 31 sacks. Adding Aldon to the mix, with Aaron Lynch opposite him should be a fun thing to see. Hopefully we can make Eli pay for the shellacking Peyton laid on us.
Anyhow, I hope the 49ers come out and exploit a very soft Giants defense. They are 25th in pass defense, and 32nd in run D. We SHOULD be able to win this one going away.
Forty Niners Forever 
Borland is unbelievable, he is EVERYWHERE
Nice catch Crabs! But tuck your fucking jersey in you derelict
lol
Jerry Rice is calling him a slob
Sick of his act, Johnson is better.
Lynch and the Smith twins are a force
he was down
Johnson is much better than crabcock, Harbaugh pulling a Bochy by playing a shitty vet so he doesn’t offend him..The RZ fuck ups come back to haunt if this isn’t overturned.
Manning under pressure……INT
If the scores hold, Atlanta and New Orleans would be tied atop the NFC South at 4-6.
And one of those teams will get to host a playoff game.
You’d never know it, but Eli has won one more SB than his brother.
Funny game this football.
No clue how Ventrone was not deemed to be down with possession of that ball on the onside kick. The NFL rules and officiating are making this game a crapshoot — there might as well not be any rules sometimes…
Made no sense to me either
Damn
Wow. Fucking up on their primary scoring method.
Leaving another weaker team hanging around again. What the hell is going on in the RZ over and over and over.
Special teams not so special today…
Niners doing what Chuck predicted, playing down to the competition. No way Niners are now a playoff team. Even if they squeak in, without Bowman and Willis, I can’t see how they’d go very far. On that third down play, all the pass routes were downfield, long time developing. And covered. Kap had no place to throw. Where are the slants and digs?
You have to just dial up pressure Eli on pass downs. The guy can’t move, and throws things up for grabs. Blitz him…
Way short
Nice line D!! Save this game from the offense
Have no clue what the referee just explained. The NFL is turning into watching a bunch of guys debate and interpret rules. Screw Mike Perreira — I don’t want to watch a guy on TV explaining the rules interpretation on every third play. Ridiculous. I’m trying to imaging watching an SF Giants game, and the ump breaks play every other minute to explain why he called a ball a ball or a strike a strike. This is a real problem with the NFL game. No such problem in college ball…
Go Chiefs!
Not even going to try to catch it Davis? Not an easy one but nothing?
No one will accuse Kaperdick of being a great touch passer
No one will accuse Crabme of having the best hands in football….Oh wait