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 
Not seeing much of a passing game?
Until the receiver decided to run backwards
Patton was trying to do much. I’m glad he made that mistake in preseason.
Simpson is our best bet as our 3rd WR .
Nice catch by Cowboys WR AJ Jenkins over the middle! Anybody remember Harbaugh ridiculing the media for questioning if he was a good player?
2nd string O line is pretty bad.
A pick by Dahl?
OMG lol.
Dennis just tossed his cookies.
would like to see quicker passes. Like that.
Cool thing to see is a full compliment of timeouts with under 2 minutes to go.
2nd hold on Celek. Bleh.
He had one last week too. He’s going to have to clean that up.
Cactus internet went out before the game, so I missed most of the first half. Came back just in time to catch Purcell’s pick-6. Awesome.
RT it’s on NFL network at 9pm pacific
Reminiscent of Michael Carter in the playoffs vs against the redskins.
Good call!
Rumblin’ Bumblin’ and Stumblin’ Chuck.
Loved Michael Carter.
One of favorite plays from the Defensive memory banks.
Loved Lee Woodall (aka Evander Holyfield stunt double) vs Bills (?) too.
MNF perhaps?
90+ yd TD off a fumble caused by Plummer I believe?
Eons ago.
I can’t recall what I ate for dinner last night.
Lol, got the same problem NJ.
Overall, I like what I see. Passing game needs work. Still too early to really tell anything for sure except Jerod Hayne can return punts. He runs too high but who cares, he gets the job done!
A friend of mine just had her son, Keith Smith, tackle Gabbert for a loss on 3rd down.
Hayne on the loose again. It looks funny watching him run straight up.
In response to my lauding him, Spitty and NF responded that they’re convinced he won’t make it, at least as a RB. So that’s increased my rooting for him 10x.
I’m rooting for him too RT.
I don’t remember saying that RT.
My mistake then, NF. Spitty took issue with my cheering him on and believing he looked promising, and you seemed to agree with him. No matter.
I would imagine he runs straight up because in rugby they don’t wear helmets. Don’t want to knocks heads without a helmet. He’s going to take some big hits if he doesn’t get lower.
Spitty notes his H.S. and college experience playing football and rugby for believing Hayne’s body won’t hold up in the NFL. OK, I think that’s valid. But Hayne’s already one of the fastest players in the league, and he won the award for the best rugby player in the world – not just any old rugby player. I think he makes it, and he’s the greased lightning I’d hoped for the last couple years.
I don’t have the visual at this point.
How’s the field holding up?
It looks good, NJ. Blame it on the drought.
Thanks RT – I’ll watch the replay tomorrow
Just can’t fathom all the replants this early in the Season.
Seems to me the athletes that call the place their office should have the perfect ‘carpet’ to ply their trade without fear of career suicide.
So far, so good. Announcers are saying it is holding up well.
Where’s George Toma these days?
Wasn’t he the guru du jour for playing fields?
He filled the soggy turf with cat litter and painted it green for the Catch game.
Not much you could do with a field below sea level is there?
For that reason, SF was a doomed venue in terms of playing surface.
Have to assume SC is better situated for grass no?
The Candlestick field was actually 13 feet above sea level. John Madden was wrong. The problem was there was a Rolling Stones concert there after a heavy rain.
Looking at my Michael Carter 8×10 autograph rite now. One of my top 5 favorite niners ever !!!
Nice!
Sure is a big crowd for a preseason game. I heard it is 61,000. Looks like the fans still like their 49ers!
Tartt just made a huge hit on AJ Jenkins. Refs missed a major offensive holding call.
Yeah, was it Armstead that got spun around by the shoulder pad? Saw one on Dallas that wasnt called.
I was telling Rob to keep an eye on Marcus Rush. He just got a sack!
I need to see that play again. I think I saw Armstead take on a double and blow up the front of the pocket on Rush’s sack. He definitely blew up the front of the pocket. My question is did he push one or two blockers backward? Either way, it was impressive.
Patton with a blocked punt and a TD!
Armstead is commanding a lot of double teams. He has been in a long time and still pushing blockers back. Rush just had the QB wrapped again.