Game was was shakey and penalty-filled/ Game Two? Even shakier still, and penalty-filled. Fumbles fumbles fumbles. 5 of them to be exact. One TO was called a pick, but it was all on Goodwin not securing the pass and letting the CB take it away. Whatever the score was, 33-14? what progress was starting to show itself for the 1st string offense was thwarted by the 4 first half turnovers. I actually thought Hoyer looked very good, short of the (tuck rule?) fumble, but the run game never got going, and Hyde missed the hole a few times amid a poor blocking performance by the O line. Hightower didn’t help with a stupid fumble, and Hyde mishandled a pitch as well.
Rashard Robinson continues to look poor to awful in his coverage and especially his tackling. He whiffed on a 3rd down stop that would have forced a punt but instead led to a 7 yard gain and a 1st down. And he got called for a stupid PI call in the end zone. He did cover nicely on a deep ball thrown his way, however. The defense played well given the field position advantage that the Niner O constantly gave them. But, the pass rush has nothing to show so far. Run D looks good.
CJ Beathard looked solid in his 2nd half start. He drove the team to their only TD drive with a nice crossing route to Aldrick Robinson and a tough athletic play by rookie TE George Kittle. That was pretty much the offensive highlight. Special teams is a pretty big concern to me even with the TD by Victor Boldin. Penalties and missed assignments abound.
We’d better hope this game was an outlier, or we are in for another 4 win season. I’m hopeful that the team will gel a little more and be able to play around .500 ball.
Forty Niners Forever 
That was pathetic. Please save time and cut everyone of those dudes. They didn’t make a play on that entire “drive.”
lol. it was a good overall show today. lots to take away from this game
Discouraging to see 2 Viking drives for TD’s in like 4 minutes, then the 3 rd stringer bad ribs and all gets it done at the end.Very sloppy play down the stretch..
all in all a great looking game from the 1s.
Not so much the rest.. Boyer looked good n the pocket and hit passes under pressure.
Almost as good as Heineken.
who the fuck is keller chryst ?
anyone know why we rleased brooks ?
Too damn old and too damn expensive. Goodbye from the Niners. Walk the plank baby!
released
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Age, cost, take your pick. I think Harold is younger and cheaper and the brass is at least reasonably confident he can get the job done. Me, not so much, but we’ll see. I’ll be his biggest fan if he pans out.
great news that armstead is looking like he’s starting to hit his stride !
It will be fun to see just what we have in beathard over the course of the season !
Beathard is already showing glimpses of being a professional QB, he just needs some time in the pro game. He looks a hell of a lot better that Alex Smith ever did in his first few years. I truly think we should get rid of Hyde. He made a couple of nice catches but his running sucks. We got enough young RB’s that can catch the ball out of the backfield. Except for the first game of the season in the last two year this was the most enjoyable game I have seen in awhile.
In fairness to Alex he did show positive signs when we had Turner.
Yeah, he did. He was on some really bad teams in those early years. The poster boy for being thrown to the wolves.
One more practice game. Good to see the first team members play a decent amount. The rest are reserves and well…….it was practice.
Well after last night I am feeling much better about my 8-8 prediction, they found the end zone!! I hope this was not a 1 and done, but they looked good last night. The D looked good too!!
Hoyer has actually looked good these last couple games, fumble notwithstanding. Pass rush looked a little better. Releasing Brooks was odd, but he’s getting up there and I guess they feel they have younger talent at that position. And he’s yet another previous regime guy to be let go.
Goodbye Vance…….another player walks the plank from seasons past.
Goodbye Vance……..another guy walks the plank off the roster.
well vance is gone . we got a fourth ! not bad ! Maybe Kittle will be a little better !
He’s definitely a better receiver.
Baalke players walk the plank off the roster. There’s going to be a lot of blood letting to get down to 53 souls.
The purge is on.
Hyde looked decent. He is fighting for his spot as the guys like Brooks and VMcD are traded or cut.
New thread is up…
The first 2 drives against the Vikings ones, the O looked downright clinical. Hoyer just carved them up, spread the ball around and threw accurately. The ball to Goodwin was right on the money. FUCK that guy is fast. The other deep completion is a TD with a better throw. And he was being guarded by Trae Waynes, another burner (4.31 40 at the combine), and Goodwin just fucking blew past him. He’s an explosive runner with crazy acceleration and much better hands than you’d think based on previous reports. He could be primed for a break-out season.
If Hoyer can get the ball out front consistently enough, there’s going to be some TD’s thrown to that guy. The run game is still lagging, but I still have more confidence in Hyde than most guys here. Joe Williams will get up to speed [pun intended] soon enough. That competition should keep the fire lit under Hyde’s ass. Breida will be sniffing around in there too. Mostert is going to be a nice piece on both ST and in the backfield.
Pierre Garcon looks like he’s still every bit the stud. Love that guy’s Anquan Boldin-like mentality. He’s going to make a lot of tough catches this year, for TD’s and first downs. Love him.
The D did look pretty good and Foster is unbelievably fast closing out tackles. He just blows dudes up. Did any of you see the stretch play when he blew up [read, pancaked] Alex Boone? Just knocked him right on his keister. Awesome. Bow looked good. The D line looked pretty good, though that damn pass rush is in serious need of consistency.
My concern is the CB’s. The safeties look pretty good [how ’bout that Lorenzo Jerome?!], the backers are fine, but the corners really, really suck. Rashard has had a terrible 3 games and looks nowhere near as good as he was hyped to be. Reaser sucks ass and should be cut. Johnson? Give me a break, he’s a meatball. I see the Browns are shopping Joe Haden. Maybe the Niners take a look, but he’s pricey.
Cut downs on Saturday! GO NINERS!!