Clint Longley Anyone?

Some of you might be old enough to remember the famous Thanksgiving game from 1974 where Clint came in early in the 3rd quarter with Dallas trailing the Redskins 16-3, fighting for their playoff lives, and Roger Staubach freshly injured. He scored 2 TDs on his first two drives, and hit a hail-Mary TD with seconds remaining to win the game 24-23. The triumph of the uncluttered mind, indeed.

So, who thinks Gabby Gabbertson can be the next uncluttered mind? Yeah, thought so. So Niners in a nail-biter 28-27. Hah! Either that, or Gabbert punches Kaepernick in the face. This season went from guarded optimism to morbid curiosity in rather a hurry, since we’re going to hell in a bucket,  we might as well enjoy the ride.

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83 Responses to Clint Longley Anyone?

  1. Lurker John's avatar Lurker John says:

    So Gabbert looked better than his final numbers would indicate, due to the drops. I see also that he wasn’t sacked. All in all a good start for him and a win for the Niners.

    • rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

      Fair to say. Also, I understated the D’s contribution. Playing without both starting corners against a good Falcon O with Ryan, Freeman and Julio Jones, they were outstanding all game.

    • rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

      And in Kappy’s series, he hit a big gainer to Vance McD except for one thing. Bozo McD was afraid of getting hit, so he alligator-armed the pass and then got hit. Kappy was fine, then Gabbert came back in the next series.

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

    Nipper, good cause for optimism?

  3. Del Mar Dennis's avatar Del Mar Dennis says:

    How ’bout dem Cowboys!

  4. rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

    Right on! Cowsucks lose! 6 straight with most of the next month on the road!

  5. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Yeah, not sure how Atl is 6-2, well 3 now, but CromRtie and Johnson played outstanding. The d line had a great game stopping rhe run.

    The drops are just getting out of hand though. But for one bad play (Mangini shoulda added DBs), the game would have been more lopsided. And yeah very curious call for Atl not to go for it on4th and goal from down close. On the road you go for the kill.

    I called a one point nail biter win, so yay me.

    • rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

      The Falcons snoozed through an easy part of their schedule. I have to change my schedule comments; four of their upcoming opponents (Vikings, Saints, Panthers twice) are far better than I expected.
      The Vikings have a brutal half schedule. They have 2 against the Pack, they’ve got the Raiders, Giants, Seahawks… None of their opponents is great this year, but they’ve got their work cut out for them.
      Those are the two NFC WC teams as of now. The Seahawks will find a way into the playoffs. If not the division, then the wildcard.

  6. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Funny thing is, this game bears no resemblance to Seattle, AZ, or even St Louis. Those defenses are much tougher than What we saw today.

    Atl’s defense is not very good, as we saw. When Kappy was protected he did fine. I’m still pissed about all the drops. It has been happening all season. I see so many WRs make their QBs look good. Ours kill drives with regularity.

    Still and all a win is a win. With so many teams fair to middling, they could sneal in to a playoff spot if they can win a few in a row.

    Hey, it could happen.

  7. snarkk's avatar snarkk says:

    Crabby caught over 100 yds in passing today and 2 TDs from Carr. He’s having a good season of getting open, catching balls, This shows how last year’s Niner offense didn’t use him properly at all — the Harbs / Roman “offense”.

  8. Nipper's avatar Nipper says:

    Even Skeebers isn’t too unhappy today. In a day or two he should be himself.

  9. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    RTF, I’m not sold on Seattle. They have looked eminently beatable this year. RW isn’t killing it like before, their O line is weaker, and their defense isn’t near as good as last year.

    Snarkk, Oakland has Amari Cooper and a couple other decent WRs to go with Crabs. Their line does a better job as well. Plus, they actually can scheme to get guys open consistently.

  10. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Irish, I need a game day summary of what went down. I hear tickets are cheap now.

    Were there a lot of empty seats yesterday?

    • Irish Kevin's avatar Irish Kevin says:

      Hi Chuck, I don’t know about cheap seats, but yes a lot of empty ones, the band wagoner fans have definitely jumped ship!! Ha ha

  11. Winder's avatar Winder says:

    Much needed win yesterday. Our defense excelled and it was good to see our offense work for the most part. Gabbert showed that he’s a decent backup. He also showed that Kappy has some serious problems. I am a Kappy fan but if he can’t get the basics down he will have to go. I know he’s a superior athlete but yesterdays game showed quite a few of his flaws. I still feel Baalke should have been fired a week ago and I still hope that happens soon. Also, Atlanta practically gave us that game and I bet their HC is getting raked over the coals at this very moment. As far as draft order I would rather win every game and pick wherever. I still think we will be a top 5 pick though but unless we’re smart it won’t make any difference.

  12. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Problem is there are a lot of bottom feeders this year. 21 of the 32 teams are at or below .500. 14 teams at 3 wins or less. We are 29th as it is even with the win but we are just hitting the bye so some teams nay catch us.

    What to do?

    • Nipper's avatar Nipper says:

      Run for the hills!

    • Winder's avatar Winder says:

      I dunno I just can’t see us tanking any games, to me that’s as low as it gets.

    • rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

      The Niners currently have the 9th worst record. The Chargers could tie them with a win tonight. There are 3 teams at 3-5, 1 of them (KC) a clear dog next week.

      The problem is the Niners Strength of Schedule. They currently rank #3 hardest in the league, behind only the Steelers and Brownies.

      They would currently draft #9. Factoring in the bye, that could drop to as low as #12 next weekend.

      • rtfirefly's avatar rtfirefly says:

        Oh, and the Falcons currently rank #32 in SOS. Can you say overrated?

      • Winder's avatar Winder says:

        At least we’ve known about our serious problems for awhile, they must now be sinking in to the team and the fans of Atlanta. I can’t ever remember so many shitty teams in any one NFL season.

  13. Irish Kevin's avatar Irish Kevin says:

    What I did like is no scoring in the second half, are you telling me that Atlanta made perfect adjustments and shut down the offense? That is unacceptable!!

  14. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Ahhhh.. Shoulda looked up ESPN to determine our spot in the standings. Yes, we are 9th as of now. Guess we either hope for a Chicago loss to stay ahead of them in our faint playoff hopes, or a Chicago win to position ourselves better for the 2016 draft.

    Funny thing is, the 2 wildcard teams are, if the season ended today are the Vikings and the Falcons. Teams we beat. 12 wins between them.

    Just need to jump 7 teams to get there.

    New thread is up.

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