Well, good bad or indifferent, the 2018 San Francisco 49er season starts! Expectations are all over the place. All the way from 7-9 also-rans to 11-5 playoff participants. I’m wavering around 9-7 and 10-6. Even with McKinnon gone, and a couple LBs hurt (and one suspended), I think we can hang with the Vikings on the road tomorrow.
Win? Well, that’s a different story. Much depends, in my mind, on our pass rush. I think as a whole, the team ha more depth on the lines, better defensive backs, more offensive weapons, and solid specials teams play. The big but is the pass rush. The good news is Arik Armstead is back, and he takes up a lot of the offensive line’s time. Enough so to give Solly Thomas and DF Buckner room to push upfield and the LBs time to fill.
Fred Warner will be starting for Reuben Foster, and Malcolm Smith is still searching for his first play as a 49er, so we get Dekoda Wat – nope- out with a bad hammy. Uh I guess we get Elijah Lee. That may spell trouble for our short passing game defense as the weak side LB usually handles coverage duties, and Cousins throws a lot of short shit.
Again, I’m not too worried about the offense. I think we can score. Even against this defense. And they are banged up as well. I just know if we can rattle Cousins early, we should be able to win going away. Mistakes and a couple picks kill Minn’s chances.
Niners 21 – Minn 13.
And we go 10-6 . . .
Forty Niners Forever 
Holy shit. Fuller ha the easiest pick to make and drops it. The next play the Pack scores. Unreal. This would be a feather for Trubiscuit. Or a fail of epic proportions.
LOL
How does a play like that last TD happen?
Epic choke job by da Bears.
Didn’t see the LATE flag. WTH was Matthews thinking.
Da Bearsss get new life!
Aaaaaaand choke.
For the life of me, and we saw a shitload of it with Alex Smith, why do wideouts turn their back of the QB when he breaks contain or plays break down?
And they choke anyway. At least the Niners didn’t do this. Wow.
Geezus these announcers slobbering over Rodgers is annoying as hell.
I can’t stand the Packers.
New thread is up . . . .