After a bit of a shakey start, and a hiccup trying to cover DeAndre Hopkins, the 49ers won their second game in a row. Jimmy G himself had a bad start as he threw an early pick that led to a Houston field goal. But he settled down and threw for 334 yards and a TD to go along with the early mistake. He took shots all day and stood tall in the pocket. His ability to throw flat-footed is pretty amazing given the accuracy he possesses. The hope is that he doesn’t take this kind of abuse week in and week out, but Houston’s defense, even without JJ Watt is pretty tough.
Hyde had a good game running, but inexplicably alligatored a sure TD by slowing down and missing a sure TD. Goodwin looked a lot more comfortable with Garoppolo as his thrower, and had 6 for 106. Juschzckycldk made a spectacular catch on the sideline on a that went for 30, and Garrett Celek had himself a game as well with some nice catches and a short TD. For all the action Nuke Hopkins got, The D had a 4th and 1 stop, a lot of early pressure, and a forced fumble by Adrian Colbert on a great hit to Nuke. The game got a little dicey when Tom Savage was knocked out of the game, and TJ Yates came in and led a quick TD drive early in the 2nd half to give Houston a 16-13 lead, but the 49ers behind Garoppolo scored 13 unanswered point to put the game away.
Garoppolo was only sacked twice, but took around 10 hard shots during the game, if not more. The line play was spotty at best, if not awful at times as Beadles struggled his way through playing RT in place of Trent Brown, and Tomlinson had a couple holds and a false start to add to the miasma of flags called against the team. Dontae Johnson had the unenviable task of trying to cover Hopkins, and was benched for his efforts in favor of rookie Greg Mabin.
All in all, a strong effort against a decent team. A road win is a road win in a road win. A tough accomplishment for any team. Just ask the Raiders . . .
Forty Niners Forever 
Hyde and Breida and Williams will be much better backs with Nelson at guard!
Witherspoon MRI negative, may play on Sunday.
That is great news
Yes.
Having Garnett will help. A lot. The more I think about it the more I think they will trade down. The only guy they’ll be wanting is Barkley and if he’s gone, there’s no WR worth grabbing this high. THis draft has to be offense-heavy. A CB and pass rushing DE would be gravy, but we’ve had so many injuries we’ve seen what Witherspoon and Colbert bring, and it is very promising. Getting the starters back is good as well.
I agree that offensive needs are greatest at this point, but I’d hate to go through another year with DJ starting at CB. Whether it’s through free agency or the draft, at least one more quality corner needs to be brought in, preferably two. LB still needs depth too.
That’s why I think we trade down. More picks.
I think they trade down too, if they pick in the top 5 and find a partner for value.
That does make a lot of sense but who knows if we will be a top 5 or 6 picking team again. If Lynch feels the right player is there I bet he pulls the trigger.
The only guy I think that makes sense is Barkley. I could see them MAYBE going DE with the Chubbster since he looks like the real deal. Lots of people are saying he’s the best defensive player in the draft, and Dumervil ain;t getting any younger. The dark horse here would be the WR Calvin Ridley. If Shanny likes him some Ridley he could go. Other than those guys I see us trading down. We COULD trade down and get any one of those guys if Darnold hasn’t gone yet. I mean Cleve will more than likely take Rosen.
I really don’t know about who is who in this draft, I will leave that up to NJ. I would take Barkley if given the chance. By the time the draft comes around everything will change anyway.
I’m still ‘reading the tea leaves’ Winder.
Jimmy makes me happy in 2 ways. I hoped last year they would make a play for him, which it appeared they did, only to have Belichick suggest he wasn’t available.
Now that it’s done, it removes the need to Draft a QB with Pick 1, something I’m extremely happy with.
Our slot becomes valuable to any other Team who might covet a QB now.
All bets are off, if there isn’t value in the slot we land in however, if the QBs go ahead of us.
The kid I’ve been most interested in is ND OG Quenton Nelson.
At this point, he’s likely to slot somewhere in the Top 15 anyway.
CB/S Minkah Fitzpatrick from ‘Bama is another kid I’d consider.
He will likely slot higher than Nelson right now. Likely Top 10.
If there should be a Revis-type CB that emerges, I’d be interested. Fitzpatrick is pretty solid in his own right as a CB. He makes a lot of sense to me if he can be counted on for Man/Press duties in Saleh’s Scheme.
I will be paying a lot of attention to DE Clelin Ferrell from Clemson during the upcoming College Playoff Rounds too. He’s only a Red Shirt Sophmore, so it’s no lock that he’ll come out for the Draft.
Both he, and Chubb from NCST, are solid edge guys.
I do think Solomon Thomas would benefit with a bonafide Fat Man in the Middle, (perhaps Vita Vea), who might be available late RD1, early 2? Hard to know at this point but, Vea is being compared with guys like Ngata/Suh. High praise.
Any DT that gets that sort of praise, is OK in my book 😀
Still trying to figure out where this evil little Avatar is coming from?
Also happy to see the reports that Lynch & Co have poached a PS WR from GB.
Max McAffrey, Son of Ed, Brother of Christian. Good size as well, 6’2″/200.
Good move IMO, because it gives them a free trial audition prior to the Draft, to see if they can fill a need position without spending a Pick.
Also, I’m trying to see some game action for SMU WR Courtland Sutton – 6’4″/216.
He’s a good sized target with some serious production in the SMU Offense.
Another kid I’m interested in is WR David Sills from WVU. 6’4″/203.
He could come out for the Draft as well.
Kid is bonafide Red Zone production machine.
He’ll likely be a Mid-RD option at this point if he declares.
Ed used to just kill us, it was a big mistake in letting him go. Just goes to show we made quite a few mistakes in letting players go. To bad we haven’t found another Haley yet.
At this point in time there are only 4 players I am interested in for our 1st pick. OG Nelson/ND, DE Chub/NCST, CB Fitzpatrick/Bama and LB Smith/Georgia. This is very preliminary. I could be talked into a WR but I think we end up with Sammy Watkins in FA.
Unless Watkins has changed I doubt KS or Lynch would want him. He doesn’t give 100%. At least in Buffalo he didn’t and I don’t think he is doing that great in LA.
I spoke with a die hard Rams fan yesterday. I asked him what he thought of Watkins and he said the Rams have to re-sign him. The Rams fans sure want him back. IMO, if he was lollygagging they wouldn’t want him.
Hey lets play the Rams …….I don’t give a damn about the shitty Titans. They’re still the Oilers in my mind. Titans my ass! Bring back the Oilers!
The A’s are stuck in the parking lot in Oakland. Even Laney College will not take them in. To think that this once proud franchise was a big player in baseball. How the once mighty have fallen!
WOOF!
If the Raiders and the Warriors are leaving, they should build a nice park there.
Duh. They have Bart already there.
Baseball has become an after thought way behind football in fan excitement and importance. The East Bay is not making much of a fuss over the A’s.
Die hard Rams fan? They exist?
New thread is up.