Here we go with the 2017 season. A new regime, a team that has very few holdovers from the last season, a new coaching staff, and a surprisingly quiet front office. A front office I sure hope has learned their lesson in how to run a team and stay in the background and let the coaches coach and the players play while they shut the fuck up and write the checks.
Anyhow, our 6 game opening day win streak is on the line against the Carolina Panthers. A team Colin Kaepernick beat in their house in the distant past of of the 2013 season. 23-10 on our way to a disappointing loss to Seattle. Eons ago. Cam Newton after that loss, fell out of the playoffs before their 15-1 season and subsequent Super Bowl L loss. Last year of course they cratered again and Newton seems to be at a crossroads yet again in his career. Their defense went south, even with Luke Kuechly. Without him, they got worse.
Now? Shit, I don’t know. I’m fairly optimistic and I’m thinking we keep the streak alive. And I think we go 9-7. Expectations are small and I think if we stay relatively healthy, we could make a playoff run.
27-17 Niners.
San Francisco 49ers Forever 
6-10 for me Chuck.
I’ll be happy to see us LOOK competitive at this point.
Happier yet, not to see, or HEAR, a thing about Jed, or Paraag.
Let Shanny and Lynch do what they’re being paid to do.
Play football. Manage football matters and, do it without expectations.
I would love to see 1 win against Seattle, if that’s not too much to ask?
9 wins? Wow, I’d like to know the route you took to get to that number. But I am definitely excited to watch the game today and excitement can go a long way. Apparently it goes all the way to 9 wins. 🙂 ! I was gonna say 3 wins but I’m drinking the koolaide this morn so I’ll take a flyer on 4 wins. Let’s go!
I think the Niners win this one too. No clue on the score though. But here it is anyway. 23-20
THe NFL is all about parity. The diff between wins and losses is thin. And yeah, I’m unreasonably optimistic. Why not?
The first game of the year is always full of hope and optimism. I honestly thought the Giants had a chance to win the division this spring. Nothing wrong with the 9-7 pick but that is gonna be real difficult with a total rebuild going.
Just to add to that. I have 86 FF teams and the 49ers defense is starting on all of them. That is all about hope and being a fan. All I got to say is they better play good. I got way to much time on my hands. Lol
I think Kittle is gonna play today even though he’s on the injured list. Really looking to see what this kid can offer. He and Taylor just might be the best picks we made not named Foster.
I agree, Winder. I’m looking forward to both those guys playing.
A lot of rooks on this squad……..a journeyman QB and not much of a running game …… winning this first game will be a challenge. The coaches have to be better this season. So there is hope. Go team!
so far out of the 8 teams playing this morning the visiting team scored first. The only exception is the jets game and there is no score. Kinda hard to believe that one.
I’m going with 7-9 and hoping for more. This team may be more susceptible to injuries than most, due to their lack of depth. Today will be a good test against a good team. The D will be challenged to stop all the weapons the Panthers have. Christian McCaffrey’s first game.
GO NINERS!
You’d think McCaffrey’s the 2nd coming of Jim Thorpe.
Yeah, we are thin. My hope is that the back end of the schedule is fairly weak and we can make some hay then.
He’s a pretty exciting talent. Watching him at the Combine was impressive, as if his Pac 12 career wasn’t enough. We’ll see how he holds up. I’m more concerned with Greg Olsen than anyone else [and Newton]. We’re going to need a pass rush. The Panthers figure to bounce back after a mediocre 2016.
Go 9ers
Go Lions
Go Pack
Go Indy
Raiders defeat the Titans, and rather handily. Rumors of the demise of their defense was premature evidently. They looked good and gave Mariota all kinds of problems. Lions with a chance to knock off the Cardinals.
Of all the great athletes in all the sports in the world, I’ve always felt like NFL wideouts are among the best out there. The body control, speed, hands and leaping ability is amazing. Kenny Golladay just made a spectacular diving catch for a TD to pad the Lions’ lead. 28-17 Lions with 4:13 to go.
Pick 6! Bye, bye Cardinals!
Palmer looking like Palmer. 3 picks. AZ down big.
Supposedly, the NFL is easing up on penalizing endzone celebrations this year, which they should. Stupid penalties and anything they can do to reduce the number of flags is OK by me.
Scott Tolzein flails a duck for a Ram pick 6.
Scott Tolzien. lol
Panthers are all over the place. Hard to gauge what they do this year. Even with Kuekly their defense was mediocre last year.
So Tolzien bounces back and looks like the second coming of Johnny Unitas.
Well, nice start by the D. Set the edge and didn’t let Cam run.
Shit, Goodwin! Catch the damn ball!
Rodgers opens the GB game with a pick 6. Lots of pixcks today.
Ahh, they took it away.
Right on the numbers Goodwin.
D is looking good so far. Reuben Foster with a nice drop into coverage.
Pass pro looking good.
Well, that got ugly fast.
Foster down and it doesn’t look good. That didn’t take long.
That looks like a broken leg.
unFUCKINGbelievable. He’s on the cart.
1 fucking quarter
Jeebus. So much for this offense. Goodwin drops a pass and the rest falls apart.
Here we go again, falling in love with the run!! 3rd and 22…gee I wonder what play is going to be called??? Maybe a passing play. Same shit different year!!
If I am a defensive coordinator I am going to let you run up and down the field, as long as you don’t score(see the Niners here) I don’t give a shit about giving up 200+ yards on the ground!!
Illegal formation is the Niners favorite penalty.
Foster back! Limping but back! X-rays must’ve been negative.
The OL is going to have to be shored up. Hoyer won’t stand a chance otherwise. They’ve had some runs but they look weak overall.
Rams rolling behind Goff. I’m happy to see they went back to the classic white horns.
Nice play by Johnson and Tartt there.
The OL was known as suspect and going against a DL like Carolina in the first game is a tough chore. Still, Hoyer has very little time to do anything and the one perfect ball he threw didn’t come close to getting caught by Goodwin. That was embarrassing. Foster out after one fucking quarter. Same old shit.
Foster walking back out is an encouraging sign.
Goodwin dropped a TD earlier.
You don’t give up on the pass due to one play.
Tartt makes up for his bad play with an unreal pick.
Now we go back yo throwing passes that don’t get the Niners 1st downs, nice, one more time…same shit play calling different year
Rusty on his accuracy, Spielman? Fucking guy didn’t have anyone within 10 yards of him. Newton looks like ass. Still no consistent pass rush. They’re lucky Newton has been off.
I’ll predict 5-11, and I feel like I’m being wildly optimistic.
Jesus. The anouncers are on glue, and we are lollygagging as time runs down.
Fuck. I have no idea what that was. What a clusterfuck.
The offense looks like shit.
are the niners aware that there’s a clock in football?
That made no fucking sense. We at least just gave them a FG.
Seahawks-Packer scoreless at the half.
Check that, 3-0 Hawks.
There you go. Shanahan is going to learn a lot from this game.
I agree. Lot of first game mistakes.
So much for winning this one. We have had some real bad luck with injuries the last few years. We will get it together before the season is over.
fuckig great. that hurt
What’s with all the empty seats? Hey, half-time is over.
There was no penalty on that play. Fuck Spielman. He’s an idiot.
Getting ugly fast. The honeymoon is over!
It’d be nice if we could actually score some points before the end of this one.
Touchdown Packers!
My concern about the O line is justified. We looked good early but are getting spanked.
The pass rush is also still MIA.
Tom Brenneman sucks ass. Why he continues to be employed is beyond me.
No pass rush whatsoever. No noise at all from the young stud D-linemen. About the only good news is they’re limiting the run game.
It’s gonna be a long year. Both lines look terrible We can stop the run somewhat but no fucking pressure
Hoyer looks fucking awful. Less accurate than Kaep, if that’s possible.
I disagree. The pressure since the first part of the game has been all over him. The missed play to Garcon a minute ago was blatant holding. Goodwin dropped a perfect pass for a 50 yard gain and a first-and-goal. You can’t make good throws with dudes constantly in your face. Aaron Rodgers was struggling against Seattle for the same reason. As soon as he gets production, boom, TD. Hoyer is an accurate passer.
Historically accurate.
gets protection.
Points!
No love from the refs, that’s for sure. A hold on the 3rd down pass, and Shanny dropped about 30 f-bombs in the ensuing 30 seconds.
A good QB would have 35 on us at this point. Newton has sucked. Again, the pass rush is non-existent. Can’t get the defense off the field.
The team does look better in stretches, but both lines are not holding up.
I can’t believe with all this talent the D-line isn’t better than this. Where’s Lynch? Is the Carolina O-line this fucking good?
Looks like we are pretty much in deep…really surprised we look this bad.
Hah! That was not a penalty on Ray Ray. Fucking McCaffery! I love it. I’ve never heard more hype over a 5’11’ 200 lb guy in my life.
Lack of pass pro is dictating shit pass plays.
Our fucking guards suck.
take it in
Kittle looks like a baller.
Beadles is playing like shit. Greg Papa spent 3 hours jizzing himself over McCaffery. “They need to spy him with 2 guys!” Blah blah blah.
fuck me
Gawwwwd. Dumb penalties.
Yes!!! We needed that shit.
about time
Wow. WTF is going on here?
Totally missed Taylor there. Fuck Hoyer.
goddamnit
If Hoyer could have thrown the ball through Kuechly, he was open. Speilman is on glue.
All game long Carolina gets a push with their down linemen. Niners? Nada.
pffftttt….Well, now I gotta stick with my ballsy 4 win prediction. If only there was a time machine…..
Fuck. We don’t have the line to make plays consistently. Blame Hoyer all you want, but he has no time and we aren’t running very well but for a couple plays.
Speilman is fucking blind. He’s has no idea what he’s looking at. Hyde gets tackled if he goes outside.
You didn’t see more room for him to run towards the pylon?
Spielman’s right, Hyde goes outside and it’s 6. Other than that, he’s had a nice game.
Bullshit. Kuechly had him either way. Whatever.
I’m not blaming Hoyer, he is what he is. Nobody thought they’d be this bad today. They are very likely not scoring a td. At home. Embarrassing and pathetic.
SPielman gave Hoyer credit for not throwing the ball to avoid the penalty but he LOST THE DOWN and also lost the yardage he would have lost on the penalty. Had they got a penalty they would have replayed the down. Spielman is an idiot.
Not for grounding. Loss of down on that penalty.
it wouldn’t have been grounding, it would have been illegal man down field
My bad.
I’m not sure what Spielman was seeing there.
If I was Shaw, I’d be in Palo Alto trying to figure out how USC kicked my ass last night, not glad-handing at a 49ers game.
sadly, I must admit they got beat by the better team last night. Hopefully they get better as the year goes on.
Where have I seen this before in side the 20 and can’t score. Start at their own 40 yard line and don’t get past the 50 yard line!!
Can you imagine how fucking hot it must be on the sunny side of the stadium? Man, it’s 94 at my house, it’s gotta be 110+ in the seats in Santa Clara
How do you design a billion dollar stadium and not take into account the heat on that side of the stadium? It’ll NEVER get better. Stoopid engineering.
All sides were sunny, it switched during the afternoon. Brutal.
Lot of work to do and a Seahawks team that will be frothing at the mouth if the Pack holds on and wins.
That has a lot to do with the empty seats, Flav. It is fucking miserable in there and there isn’t a lick of shade. At least in the upper deck, you might catch a breeze.
Got to wonder what happens if fucking Goodwin catches the TD pass.
They should’ve considered one of those partial domes.
Seattle isn’t scoring either.
Hoyer’s been on 6 teams I think. That’s a lot.
The NYJ scored 12
The Browns 18
Look at the bright side…
The Bungals got blanked…And The Rams are in 1st place.
Week one Gents.
No prizes to be handed out just yet.
Yup. This is going to take a while.
I’ll be able to speed thru this one on the DVR at least – Couldn’t partake LIVE today.
Not sorry I missed it now….
I’m not down on the season yet, I know this will take some time and it was Shanny’s first game as HC. I just thought they’d play better than they did. They were pretty bad today.
They will be getting better. We need to fix the lines. I don’t get out Dline it’s full of so called studs but they look like duds. You have to be able to press the fucking QB, it’s the name of the game.
that doesn’t make sense to me either. The OL has a couple of journeymen, it’s not a surprise they are below average. But our D-Line is supposed to be good. I don’t get why they were literally complete no shows today.