Well, the 2015 season is underway. Let’s check in on the doings around the league. One thing I noticed is the Rams have a very fast defense. Foles looked pretty good against a fairly weak Seattle secondary. AZ looked very good on defense as well. Their O? Well, as previously noted, they live and die by Palmer. If they can keep him upright, they are solid. Seattle Looks a little discombobulated. Their O line looks horrible as Wilson got sacked 6 times, and they couldn’t give Lynch enough room to get a 1st on 4th and one to keep their last drive alive. And no, this wasn’t the Super Bowl. This was a different team with a different line. Same outcome though. Hah!
Other than that, Denver looks shakey as Manning looked pretty frail out there. He threw a lot of ducks. Then again so did Flacco. 2 good D’s in a FG fest. Greg Roman had an auspicious debut, scoring 27 points against a VERY soft indy defense. 150 on the ground, and 195 in the air is the usual recipe for Greg. Buff has a stout defense, so Tyrod (Straight Outta Nowhere!) Taylor and Co. look like a legit team at this point. The Bears came up short yet again to the Packers. Maybe GB improved their pass defense. Or maybe it was just Cutler.
The Cowboys reffed their way to an improbable comeback win, Alex and KC beat the Houstons, the Bolts scored 23 2nd half points to blow past Detroit, and in the battle of first 2 draft picks, Marcus Mariota annihilated Jameis Winston as the Titans smoked the Buccos.
Aaaand, stop me if you’ve heard this before, but the Browns and the Raiders were both obliterated to start their seasons. David Carr was hurt trying to stiff-arm a defender (doh!), and McCown was hurt trying to score on a one yard plunge. Instead he fumbled out of the end zone and suffered a concussion. Johnny Football made a nice toss to give Cleve a 7 point lead, but a pick and 2 4th quarter fumbles sealed Cleve’s fate.
The Niners? Well, who knows? I feel we will be able to stop a rusty AP. However, if he gets to the 2nd level consistently we are in trouble. Teddy Bridgewater? He’s an unknown to me. 6-6 as a starter last year, 14 TDs 12 INTs. 224 ypg? Decent numbers for a rook. For us, its all about the O. Move the chains and sustain drives, and we should be good. One thing I noticed this preseason was a LOT of TE drag routes. Love it. As much as we like to use VD deep, teams easily took that away last year and that seemed to clog up the rest of the passing game. Torrey Smith will keep defenses honest (that’s the hope) and the underneath passes to Hyde/VD/Boldin should flourish.
Run blocking looked solid, pass pro not so much. The line was a work-in-progress all preseason. We’ll see the real thing tonight…
Forty Niners Forever 
Completely sloppy game so far.
Yeeesh. Bust it, Hayne.
cost ’em a td that time
Unbelievable. Shit play by Brock.
Wow. This is fucking ridiculous.
IMHO
Ellington for PR
Hayne for KR
I like Hayne as the punt guy, because his first move is upfield and he has great cutting ability. Ellington always seems to want to go sideways first. Coming out of the endzone, it’s not as much of an issue.
What is that? 10 penalties so far?
New team needs time
Young
Not much WR game yet. Like to see something downfield.
Need big plays now
You’d think Dilfer would know our coach’s name.
6 penalties for 43 yards so far.
And a lost touchdown. Fucking Hyde looks quick and strong, a real beast.
As usual, this NFL game is like most of them now = NBP.
Nothing but Penalties.
Nearly unwatchable.
I’ll check the Giants game, look for Niner highlights later, if there are any.
At least it looks like the plays are getting in on time. Halleluia…
Opening week is always sloppy
Nice
I agree 100% snarkk. All day Sunday, I’m thinking about this. The officials have so much hand in these games nowadays that it can make the games near unwatchable at times. It’s way too much and needs to be addressed. Granted, it’s the early part of the season, but this is ridiculous.
tthe Giants game is half done; into the 5th inning. They’ve scored 4.
well, Carlos Hyde sure had a half. but still . . . .
Just got to finish a drive.
Fucking Davis almost dropped that one too.
Hyde has great patience. Playing behind Gore last year really helped him.
WOW!!!
Like that!! Frank who?
Hyde outgained gore after the 1st qtr
Just told her
We are not going to be denied this time
These two teams are NOT ready for prime time. Preseason is useless in preparing teams to put on a decent effort.
Snarkk, some of this is on the teams. Blatant shit like the illegal blocks are easy to call. It’s the personal fouls that don;t need to be called, like one on the Rams defense that was completely legal that need to be reviewed. Like Brooks a couple years ago and his legal hit on Brees.
The Niners are confusing Teddy with their varied blitzes and mixed coverages. He looks like a confused sophomore, much like Carr yesterday.
That spin move was sublime. I’m loving this kid so far and the suspect o-line has done a decent job pass blocking and an excellent job run blocking.
Did I ever mention how much I hate the 3 man rush, especially when you’re having success blitzing?
How do you feel about one guy rushing?!
Not sure, I thought I was hallucinating. I saw a second guy blitzing.
How about one man rush
That was an excellent drive; 11 plays, 93 yards.
Jesus. Are you kidding me???
Fucking Brooks shouldn’t even be playing, Stupid shit there.
That was within 5 yards of the LoS, so a dubious call to begin with. Brooks has played well this half.
Second observation by my bestie
OMG
Adrian Peterson looks like one of the wayans brothers
Homie the molester . . .
I don’t understand Bridgewater with that play.
Let’s hope they fix these penalties in the 2nd half.