Preseason game #2 on the docket today. The Dallas Cowboys roll into town, and this team should provide a little better benchmark on how our team looks. Speaking of Dockett we still won’t see him or Navorro Bowman play. But the line play without him was pretty good last week. Keep an eye peeled for Mike Purcell, as he had a very solid game last week.
Also, since this is the home opener, let’s all see if the turf holds up. I mean really, replacing the sod every 3 weeks doesn’t seem to give the grass a chance to root itself, but what do I know about lawns? I’ve only been mowing them for 48 years.
Keith Reaser is getting the start at CB, so take a look at him. He’s not huge at 5’10” and 190, but he ran a 4.32 40. Had he done that in the combine, he would only have trailed Dri Archer. He also did 22 reps at 225 lb so he’s strong. Looking forward to seeing him in game time action.
As for the rest? Well, I’d sure like to see much more of Kappy. He needs to get into the rhythm and flow of the game for a few series to heed his lessons. Hitting a play to Torrey Smith would be cool as well. Frankly, seeing the WRs get 5 catches with Kappy would be a good thing. Would love to see hyde break off some nice runs as well.
As far as the timing issues go, still a wait-and-see deal. It sure looks a lot better than the last 8 years of running the play clock to 0.5 or worse. . .
Forty Niners Forever 
Have you caught any interviews with Torrey ? A truly delightful man. If he plays as well he talks, we’re in for a treat.
Hey twinfan good to see ya
12th Man says:
August 23, 2015 at 8:30 am (Edit)
Steve Logan breaking down playcalling. Very interesting:
http://www.wralsportsfan.com/voices/video/14165121/
12th, I moved this to today’s blog as it addresses what goes on during a given play. What is interesting about what went on with Harbaugh is the helmet cutoff at 15 seconds was filled with chatter. So, Kaopy (or Smith, or JTO, or T Smith, or Hill, or Carr, etc.) would START his calling of the play with 15 seconds left. Based on the info to convey to the team, that would take 8-10 seconds. Which would leave 5-7 seconds to get the team to the line and pick one of the pair (Let it roll, kill kill kill) of plays to run, and to hike the ball.
It’s not like the play is called when the clock cuts off. That’s when the call starts for Kappy to relay the call to the rest of the team. I can see why they had so many problems.
Hey Twin! Nice to see you here. Hope things are well with you and yours. Also hoping this offense shows some teeth.
Haven’t seen you much at the Flap. And no, I haven’t heard anything recently from Torrey Smith. I think he’s a great addition. A real deep threat. We just have to be able to get the ball to him. My son and I were watching the 2014 Ravens highlights, and Smith was catching a ton of balls. Looking forward to seeing them start hitting plays.
My hands sort of come and go. And remembering how Craig and I are both know-it-alls, it’s just a matter of time before we get into it again. I’m much happier thinking of him (and you and so many others) as the friends you’ve shown yourselves to be. I can kick ass at Baggarly’s blog 😉
Good to see you twin. I still wouldn’t expect too much playing time from our starters today. That should come next week. But it would be nice to see some cohesiveness between Kappy and our WR’s. I am more interested in both our lines.
Jordy Nelson with a torn ACL. Tough break for the Pack.
The best thing the NFL could do, if it was really interested in player safety, is to drop 2 preseason games, and keep the regular season at 16 games.
God forbid the owners do away with 2 meaningless full price games.
For this reason, with the turf issues we’re hearing about in SC, I’d simply work the ground game.
Saw Jordy go down today, thought it was a twisted ankle actually.
Looked pretty innocuous when it occurred but, that’s how easy it is, when the surface is soft or unstable too.
Work on the depth chart to determine who sticks and who goes in the first wave of cuts.
Willing to bet this is why Dockette and Bowman are being held out too.
Smart decision if true.
It will be a pleasure just to watch a Niner offense that just gets the plays off on time, and gives Kap some time to survey the field before snap. I can’t fathom how Harbs let that total BS complicated play calling crap go on. No wonder the offense was messed up. Call a play and execute it, or have time to do some simple audibles to something more effective given the D setup that Kap sees. Sheezus, Niners may be better offensively this season for that reason alone. Too bad the D will probably be challenged from the personnel losses…
I think the D will be OK. Not spectacular, but good enough. Scoring is the issue with this team.
I would be surprised to see either of them play in the preseason, NJ.
Hmmm, bakkenspitty poses a dilemma about the media calling Bradshaw dumb yet he won 4 super bowls. . Yeah, it wasn’t Franco or the defense
Bradshaw’s numbers for SB iX
9-14 84 yards. 1 TDs O ints.
They rushed for 250. Stunning job by Terry (KAT) Bradshaw.
X
9-19 190 yards 2 TDs 0 picks
He broke 300 the next 2, but these early ones were about the run game and the defense.
Wondering what you guys thought of the Borland interview. I heard pieces of it and some things just don’t add up. If the dude wants to quit because he thinks football is too violent I’m not going to call him a pussy, that’s totally his call. But how did it take him so long to figure this out? He talks like a guy who has ALWAYS believed that football is too violent. He had a chance to quit at any point and he waits until he starts to get successful at the highest level before he has his *ah ha* moment and quits. There’s got to be something psychological going on there that I’m not smart enough to figure out.
Thought the same things Flavor.
Sounds like he was conflicted at Wisconsin long before he arrived in SF.
I think he came to the realization that NFL players are far more ferocious than anything he faced in College perhaps?
In a word – Conflicted.
He was simply an undersized overachiever that likely found the Pro game a LOT more violent than he anticipated.
He spoke pretty eloquently about the Toradol practices at Wisconsin too.
After seeing the Pro-grade drug policies, he likely didn’t take too well to those practices either.
Good read on the subject –
http://tinyurl.com/qbhuzhq
Haven’t heard it but I’ve read a lot of articles where he says he has been debating the whole thing for a long time. Even in college after his 2nd diagnosed concussion. He thinks that he’s had about 30 based on anecdotal information he gathered over the years.
thanks for the feedback guys. So where is that crazy dipshit who writes a thousand words a post? Is he banned again?
I’m more interested in seeing how the turf holds up than what happens on it. This turf thing is blowing my mind. Get a fucking grass guy out there who knows what the fuck he is doing. It’s amazing to me that Jed builds the stadium but forgets to deal with shit like parking and turf. It’s the weirdest-assed tunnel vision on a project I’ve ever seen…..
Game day and for once the field at Levi will be in better condition after the game than before it due to the huge pile of Cowboy shit being dumped on it.
So long as we come out of this matchup healthy, I could care less what happens on the scoreboard.
This turf concerns me.
Just plant a few Cowpatties on it and call it a night.
I’ve got the DVR humming for this one, as duty calls tonight.
I’ll watch the results tomorrow.
Appears as though Jordy wasn’t the only significant injury in Pittsburgh today.
Pouncey reported to need ankle surgery as well.
Yeah the field issues are pretty stupid. They apparently got a different sod company.
Like that dude just said, they are doing a ton of concerts, truck things, and all kinds of shit on that field besides football.
Looks good now.
Romo is playing . . .
Reaser is 27…
A Bowman sighting!
OK take him out.
Nice deal there. Bowman makes a diff, eh? Pittsburgh took a few injuries today.