Game Day! The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

maybe. What used to be filled  with excitement now gives way to morbid curiosity.  Game day. What used to be a rivalry  for the ages is but a meaningless division game between two also-rans.

Oh well, the question is, when will I start work on replacing that faulty power steering pump? My Su days seem to be getting a little more wide open.

Shit, at this point all I want to see is this team making adjustments. They have no RB depth and cut their backup RB and feel-good story Jarryd Hayne. Nice move.

Jesus.  Hard to get that Trent Baalke isn’t catching heat for building a team with no depth. Reggie Bush is no way a reliable backup. Two plays, one IR stint already.

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150 Responses to Game Day! The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

  1. 12th Man's avatar 12th Man says:

    After the Thursday night debacle against the Squawks Jimmy T said the coaches would examine their scheme and figure out what the players do best and tailor the scheme to that. They had 10 days to do it. They didn’t have their best RB or WR today and chose to cut their PR/RB the day before the game. Leaving those facts aside, the O line was the same set of guys, the scheme they employed, except for the first series, was the same stuff. They had no answers with very similar results.

    I keep saying the same thing week after week. Change the O linemen. Yes its possible things won’t work any better but keeping the status quo has been a disaster. I have to question the coaching, particularly the OC. I said before this game that it would be a big test for the OC. He has failed badly. Not doing more to change the personnel is beyond reason.

    I read that 2 players, anonymously, think Kap should be benched. They think it would clear his head and that he would still be in the long term plans for the team. Earlier in the year I said if they don’t change the O line they should bench Kap, mostly because I think he has very little chance to succeed behind that line and a high chance of getting injured. They brought in Andrew Tiller, part time, and have continued to rotate Devey and Tiller and that is the only change they made.

    Kap played fairly well today given the circumstances and had a lot of drops, some on 3rd down. He also skipped 2 off the dirt unforced and missed Patton open in the end zone and Smith unguarded at the LOS. No doubt, if the line was playing well Kap’s weaknesses would be a minor part of his game yet weaknesses they are. This team is now in full evaluation mode and Kap has earned his time under the microscope too. I do think his confidence is shaken and I also tend to believe the reports of him being a loner in the locker room.

    The bitching from the other players will get louder if they suck on O this badly next week and it is likely they will bench him coming out of the bye as well as fire Geep Chryst. In reality that will probably spell the end of his Niner career. Next week will be crucial for Kap one way or another, the QB always takes the blame, it’s a possible career game for him.

  2. 12th Man's avatar 12th Man says:

    Spam monster ate my post!

  3. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Sitting Kaep would not help things along very much, I don’t think. If Gabby goes out to and they suck what then? Say hope you had a nice day off, CK?

    I Get shaking things up but QB roulette never works.

    Man, I don’t know. Baalke is hiding. Jed is hiding. Tomsula may be in over his head but he’s got nothing to go with. And he’s the only one talking.

    • snarkk's avatar snarkk says:

      Kap looks bad. When his WRs are jumping up and down at the line of scrimmage to get his attention that nobody is guarding their ass within 15 yards, and he just doesn’t even look out there and hands off to the RB for a nothing into the line, well, that’s atrocious.

    • snarkk's avatar snarkk says:

      What if Gabby comes in and actually throws a TD or two? Maybe he wouldn’t, but he might at least look at the wideouts to see the coverage when he’s under center at the line of scrimmage…

  4. Nipper's avatar Nipper says:

    In conclusion: BLEEP this stuff……I’m going back to bed….zzzzzzzz

  5. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    I didn’t see he play but someone was uncovered? And he didn’t audible to it?

    Yeah, that’s not good. Couldn’t get any worse. Well actually it could.

    Yesterday’s game was a special teams disaster. They constantly fly out he Niners deep in their ow. Territory. Holding penalty was especially stupid. Why is he even there if he’s hurt? Fuck.

    • 12th Man's avatar 12th Man says:

      Torrey Smith out on the edge, completely uncovered. Only the deep safety to beat and Smith is a burner. Kap just didn’t look. Kap also missed Patton wide open in the end zone.

      Kap is shell shocked from what I can see and is not playing with confidence which is no surprise.

      • Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis says:

        Shell-shocked? Kap isn’t shell-shocked, he just flat-out sucks. Besides. Those with severe shell-shock just think they’re Ethel Merman.

  6. 12th Man's avatar 12th Man says:

    This is Kawakami:
    http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2015/11/02/its-probably-time-for-the-49ers-to-bench-colin-kaepernick-as-a-matter-of-trust-or-the-complete-loss-of-it-by-all-sides/#more-29489

    I don’t agree with everything he says of course. In a nutshell he wants Kap benched and give Gabbert a chance and demote Geep in favor of Sparano, this week.

    I hate to say it but if they lay an egg on O next week I think they have to sit Kap or lose the faith of a lot of the players in the locker room. A team that stinks week after week hurts all of their future paydays in terms of contracts. What good is a great WR route if he never gets the ball?

    Geep has dumbed down the play calling no doubt. Not only because of Kap missing plays but because of the O line being utter crap. I think he had to. Would Gabbert make a difference? Like Kawakami says, maybe not, but it shows the coaches are willing to try to improve although I would have tried changing out the O line personnel weeks ago before talking about sitting the starting QB but the situation has outgrown that now.

    I would give it one more week but without some serious improvement they have to do something drastic.

    • Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis says:

      Drastic? I’d suggest removing their helmets, lighting their heads on fire then proceed to run around the field while fireworks shot out of their ass. Maybe then someone would bother to watch.

  7. Lurker John's avatar Lurker John says:

    12th, myself and a few others said the same thing about Kap a few weeks ago; bench him if only to give him a chance to step back, clear his head and get a new perspective on things. I still think it’s a good idea.

    As for him being a loner, so what? There’s been reports coming out of Seattle the past couple of years that Mr. Happy is annoying his teammates amid accusations that he acts “too white” for their tastes These guys can’t win it seems.

    BTW, Aaron Rodgers’ stat line looked like ass last night after getting Kaepernicked the entire game by the Bronco defense. The old adage may be true for Kap, no one could succeed behind that slab of Swiss cheese the Niners have the gall to call an offensive line. Offensive is right.

  8. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Yeah, constant pressure does that to a QB. See Peyton Manning vs Seattle 2 years ago.

    The only reason I’d even entertain putting Gabbert in there is to show what little difference it makes who’s back there. When he goes 6-28 fort 96 yards with 6 sacks and 3 picks, then will people feel better about Kappy? I don’t know, but these coaches doing nothing different while the offense staggers around is terrible.

    Oh well. I can’t even imagine how giddy the cocksuckers are doing on Skeebie’s blog.

    “Yay! We suck! Look at me! I said we’d suck! Oh Jimmy H!! Bend me over again!!!”

    Like I said before the season started, Harbaugh knew good and goddamn well that he was walking away at the right time. Just like Pete at USC.

    • 12th Man's avatar 12th Man says:

      I don’t think Lurker, me or anyone else really thinks of Gabbert as our savior Chuck. The bottom line is they have to do something different and they really haven’t done much towards that. It reaches critical mass when your teammates start calling (anonymously) for a benching.

      I have no doubt that a solid line fixes 80% of Kaps poor play overnight but they don’t have it and have only given lip service to changing the lineup. Now its reaching the point of a broken QB and the options are less by the week.

      As I said earlier, if they start Kap this week and the O lays another egg I would be surprised to see him after the bye, which is a pity.

  9. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    I get it but we all remember all too well what happened with Alex Smith and the cast of retreads baking him up.

    The seasons got worse.

    But the underlying truth remains that the QB play will suck until the line is fixed.

    • 12th Man's avatar 12th Man says:

      Yes its true and it may implode again but it looks like they need to find out. Too bad the coaches weren’t more proactive earlier.

  10. rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

    Tomsula didn’t give Kappy an unqualified endorsement at today’s presser for a change from previous. Falcons, then bye week and… benching or the kiss of death (“He is our QB”) and then benching?

  11. rob's avatar rob says:

    Don’t worry guys. We’ll be ok. Jed and Baalke are a big leap forward over john and Scott.
    With the right HC a star pass rusher top NT and big time RT we’re right back in business

    • rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

      How about we start with baby steps, Rob? Like a starting RB with more qualifications than being undrafted and a year on the practice squad?

  12. rob's avatar rob says:

    Well after gore
    Hyde
    Hunter and Bush and hayne sounded pretty good going in

  13. 12th Man's avatar 12th Man says:

    V.Davis to the Broncos

    • rob's avatar rob says:

      12th for a 4th RB practice squad guy Gaskins looked pretty good catching and was pretty scrappy imo. Pretty sure we add help at RB asap

  14. rob's avatar rob says:

    Liked what I saw fron Simpson too

    • 12th Man's avatar 12th Man says:

      Mixed bag Rob. He got free a number of times. 3 catches on 10 targets, 2 drops. I think Kap under threw him twice.

      For a first game back it was decent.

  15. rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

    Wow, Rob. Just wow. We could’ve used you here in town two years ago when a windstorm ruined half the roofs in town. I could see you around town, yelling, “But look!!!!! No smog!!!!!!!!”

  16. Lurker John's avatar Lurker John says:

    Wow, the end of the VD era. Sad to see him go, but he’s clearly not the same guy he was in his prime and it was time for him to move on. There was a time when he was a great player for the Niners. Clearly the Broncos didn’t think all that much of him either, giving up just 2 6th round picks and getting a 7th rounder in return. lol

  17. bigflavor's avatar Flavor says:

    the VD trade is a great one for the Broncos. We’ll see if he was dogging it here shortly, but even if *this is who he is* he’s still better than Green or Daniels.

  18. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Denver is going as far as their defense takes them. VD is an enigma. He is nowhere near the talent that Jimmy Graham is, and certainly drops way too many balls but his speed is impressive for a guy his size.

    I completely missed last night’s game. Was it all the defense for Denver? Was Manning OK?

    Manning needs 12-15 yard targets. No reason to think VD can’t supply those for him. That being said we sure need draft picks.

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