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 
Props to Johnson for the tip, great play
Why do they keep doing it? They sub a back for Gore and the D knows he’s getting the ball, so fucking stupid!
The 49er defense has been decimated by injuries yet it’s the offense that is not performing. Head scratcher.
Roman, you can stop scratching your head now.
WOW stupid or what
That is just an idiotic play call. The Giants have had the Kaperdick run sniffed all day long.
Harbaugh refuses to take a chance in these situations to make a pass to get the first down and ice the game. No confidence in the QB, or play calls…
Borland, holy shit he is good
Pick 6?
Squawks lost
One butt uggla win
Jesus fucking Christ another heart attack game.
This offense is quite possibly worst than Singletary’s!!
How was that not a sack by Aldon — Manning throws it away while he’s going down…
Bravo for the Defense! The Offense should be condemned! BOO HISS!
Seattle lost! Nice!
Rappaport again says Harbaugh is done with the Niners on NFL.com:
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000428604/article/could-the-oakland-raiders-land-jim-harbaugh
Doesn’t take an insider to guess that Harbs to Oakland would be a no-brainer in many ways. Harbaugh would says thanks to Mark Davis, and tell him to just get out of the way. Harbs would be GM and HC, that’s what he’d want. If he does, fine. Take Roman, take the special teams guy. Fangio and the rest stay behind. I’d take Fangio as HC…
Giants are awful. Just plain awful.
Niners defense did its job, and more.
I would fire Roman on the plane ride home. Put Rathman in the OC’s chair, somebody. Anybody else. The play calling is just inexplicable, and ultimately rests with Harbaugh. Inability to score in the red zone is a clear function of the horrendous play calling approach. You’ve got Boldin, Crabby, Johnson, and VD. Yet, none making catches consistently. Mind bogglingly bad offense with, on paper, good players…
I concur!
Thirded!
Earlier this season I was ready to blame Kap for just about all of the offensive woes. He’s part of it, sure. But, when I actually watch most of a game, it’s changed my mind. The play calling often put Kap in a hard spot. Down and distance don’t fit the play calls. No element of surprise in most of the calls. The D knows the type of play that’s coming. And, when it’s 2nd or 3rd and you only need 5 or less, the pass plays called take way too long to develop — there’s often not a short route available for Kap to throw to. It’s a mess, and it’s definitely not all Kap’s fault. Time for a new face in the OC chair. I guess that’s going to happen in the off season since everybody figures Harbs is gone. Sheezus, give Sonny Dykes a week to take over this offense and Kap would be moving this thing up and down the field…
Go Lions
Pretty much the classic type of win during the Harbaugh era. A win is a win, and I don’t mean to lessen that, I guess, but it can be hard to watch. Good defense and a bunch of field goals, with the wins being usually close games. We’re playing Saints football, but I mean the Saints of the ’80s, with Morton Anderson kicking a lot of field goals. At no point in the ’80s did Niner fans wish the Niners were more like the Saints, even though the Saints had a good winning percentage, too. But, hey, it’s a lot better now than during the Erickson/Nolan/Singletary era. There’s that.
“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. ”
Yeah, Snarkk, it’s amazing (or not amazing) how much litigating goes on in an NFL game nowadays. When did the sport get so litigious? Pretty soon each side could have on-field lawyers representing their side.