Panic is for the pussies. The 49ers were folded, spindled, and mutilated yesterday by Ben Rothlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers. A game that saw the Niners make TWO 17 play drives that netted 3 points, and failed on two forth and goal situations, and you get the idea. Time and again, the defense generated zero pressure on big ben and he torched us repeatedly. Yeah, the uncoverable Antonio Brown was well, uncoverable (9-195???), but when you make DHB look good, you have problems in the secondary.
Much will be made of this game, but I attribute some of this shittiness to the schedule. Having 4 days off and a travel day is no way to recover from a game. Pittsburgh was coming off a tough road loss, was having their home opener, and were on 10 days rest. The Niners were coming off a Monday night win, and had to travel cross-country on a short week. Tomsula didn’t use the excuse of blaming the short week, noting that they knew about the schedule way in advance, but that still doesn’t mean that they can survive the quick turn-around without some ramifications.
Bad as it was offensively, there were some bright spots. The offense looked good til the red-zone issues raised their ugly head. Kappy and T Smith connected on a nice deep post pattern that Kappy got over the LB and hit Smith in stride. Smith had 6 catches for 120 yards. 10 different 49ers caught passes so Kappy was spreading the ball around. But the issues were many. Hyde fumbled an exchange early that Pittsburgh capitalized on. VD and Boldin had drops. Miller dropped a TD pass in the end zone. Kappy was under a ton of pressure all day (5 sacks-37 yards to 0-0 for us). The run blocking was non-existent.
The defense? Well, the numbers tell all. Worthlessberger was 21-27 for 369 yards. A whopping 13 yards per completion. The D held DeAngelo Williams in check, but that was because the Steelers were connecting on everything in the air.
Bad game? Sure. Reason to panic and act like the season is over? Hardly. Non-division game on the road against a top-tier team is no reason to get too down on this one. St. Louis might be a little worried though. Getting spanked by the woeful Redskins is a bit embarrassing. Especially after coming off their emotional win over the (now 0-2) Seahawks.
The AZ game looms large.
Forty Niners Forever 
I place a lot of the blame last year on the play calling, V. The entire offense was terrible last year if you didn’t notice. Kappy has looked very good so far this year with his pocket presence and his progressions. Hyde may very well be a 1400 yard guy. Ignore what you see as you will, but the team is making a lot of adjustments on the fly. AZ may have scored a lot but the Bears have given up more points than any other team. There’s your Fangio defense. NO? 27th in points allowed.
Minnesota is actually ranked 7th in points allowed. They just beat Detroit.
For what they went through this offseason, they are fine. Unless you believe that this team has the same talent as the 2012 team does.
But if you want to play the circumspect (not a bad word, skippy) curmudgeon (again, not a bad word), have at it. This is fun.
V is right about one thing, Winder, AZ has played 2 of the worst defenses in the NFL. They took advantage.
Thing is, we need to get pressure on Palmer or we will suffer the same fate.
There goes Bullit calling Willis a pussy for bailing on the game he loves so much. Borland as well. Bullit makes dead people look smart. Talk to Jack Lambert, dumbshit. Or any other number of players that have been sidelined by turf toe.
Buwwit sprained an ankle!!! Oh my god. He must know how it feels to get hit 5,000 during an entire season. His shit is so unintentionally funny, I really think Buwwit isn’t dealing with a full deck. He’s either the dumbest person on Earth or a troll.
What do you think, V?
V is lucid? Those meds must really be working. V must have a “keeper” who makes sure that he takes them on a regular schedule. Nice going!
“Bullit (sic) makes dead people look smart.” True!
I added the ‘sic’ to the quote. I probably didn’t use the correct punctuation to show that? ‘sic’ means it is misspelled on purpose because that is how the originator misspelled it.
New thread is up . . .