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 . . .
San Francisco 49ers Forever 
Giving away a Daughter today 😀
Have to catch the game on replay for obvious reasons.
Minny 23
9ers 20
9-7 for the season
one thing I know about gambling, if everyone is on something you should probably get off. I love Jimmy G and Shanny and Lynch has surprised me. I want to believe. But too many *experts* are predicting glory for the Niners this year. I’m gonna say 8-8 and that’s assuming The Chosen One doesn’t get hurt….
Opening a road game in Minnesota sucks. We lose by 14 today. 31-17
Wow, congrats, NJ!! Chi on Flav’s blog married off his daughter last week. Small world!
Crazy. Yeah, they hype is overwhelming, but I think it’s warranted. Provided Jimmy G stays upright. Cousins will be exposed as the fair-to-middling guy that he is.
Thx Chuck
Gaining a NYJ Fan today 😀
Beyond that, everyone has been on the Patriots, and they’ve been right plenty of times!
Interesting take on Cousins by a Minn writer before the deal was made . . .
Telling stat? Cousins is 4-19 vs teams with winning records.
https://www.dailynorseman.com/2018/3/4/17058138/kirk-cousins-more-cons-than-pros
Ties into the piece I posted yesterday. The dude really hasn’t distinguished himself at all in the NFL yet.
Right. He’s middling at best as of now.
I am also going with 8-8, injuries already, suspensions, etc. Defenses have the edge the first game, offense is all about timing. With that said Niners 13-10 winners
Howie Long just predicted the Minn RB is going to rush for 130 yards, out of the mouth of fools…
Solly with a great push on second down! DeFo with his first sack of the year!
8-8 as I’ve said before, with hope for more if things fall into place (injuries, or lack thereof) and I think that would be a good result for this second year. This is a work in progress and the team has made remarkable strides already. I counsel patience!
Good first series o D! DeFo, Armstead and Solly with the pressure!
The big 3 down linemen all looked great on that first series.
Minn will dink and dunk all game. Good to see us getting pressure. Just need to get the O going.
If we can force Minn to catch up I think we can win.
Then again, we can’t hold on running plays.
Laken Tomlinson is easily the worst O lineman on the team
My confidence in Robert Saleh is wavering as well. Why the hell is Dalvin Cook running free in your secondary?
Secondary looks slow and awful.
This is shaping up to be a rout and these blowjob announcers are loving every minute of it.
if we get better starting field position I think we start moving the ball. But this is unfolding kinda how I expected. On the road vs a tough D, that ain’t easy, especially for Game 1.
Now Goodwin is down.
Shit. Not good.
Need 7 here just to stem the tide.
JG forcing a lot of balls into coverage. Not good.
Damn. They are hitting us hard. Garcon still has to make that catch,. At least we gave the D some rest.
Secondary looks like dogshit. It’s already clear the Mckinnon injury is going to affect the offense, Breida is too easy to stop and you know what’s coming when Morris is in the game.
Nice punch out for the fumble!
Niners getting gashed now, but Warner comes up with the big FF.
Sherm right place right time. I still don’t like that fuck.
You don[‘t like a Stanford man?
Warner with a hell of as play there.
Seeing Quise on the bike, I would love to hear all about a deep contusion. That would be music to my ears. Now Person is down.
That’s what it looked like to me.
JG’s best throw of the day there.
That has to be caught. Go up for the ball.
beautiful throw. Bummed he didn’t haul it in but it’s great to know it’s in there, JImmy G, it’s in there
Yeah, got to finish those plays. It was a hair underthrown, but a great defensive pay as well.
Alf pounding it up in there!
Nice to s e the O starting to click
Kittle having a big half.
Wow.
Jesus,wtf.
Wow. Fuck this. Morris fumbled 2 plays in a row.
It’s also the fucking play calling
Yup. Got to try Kittle down there.
Fucking awful play calling in RZ. Same running play gets stopped 4 times!!!
These announcer should all be wearing Vikings gear. They are way too happy about anything good that happens to MN.
Fucking terrible.
This is the very reason I don’t like the run up the middle, and doing it 8 times is just plain stupid. Try something else’s!! Like end around or a screen, anything but up the middle
Ward nowhere to be found on that third down conversion.
A lot of holes in this defense are being exposed right now. Cousins runs for the first down on third and 10? WTF. A lot of missed tackles.
QB pressure has vanished.
Yup.
Christ, I’m just happy we didn’t give up points to end this fucked up quarter,
2 sacks for Defo.
Defensive front the strength in this game. Safeties playing like dogshit.
Tartt to be specific.
Tartt made some nice plays, but he also missed several big tackles. That ain’t gonna cut it. How does Thielen end up standing alone 15 yds downfield on a third and long?
5 red zone runs up the middle got -2 yards and 2 fumbles. Fuck that. Our red zone offense has to improve. ridiculous.
Lucky to be down only by 7
Watching the highlights of the other games, almost all of them have a passing TD, only the Steelers highlights had a running TD, when are the Niners going to learn
Garnett down. Unbelievable.
Snakebit
Looks like it’s gonna be a long season
This team is just flat fragile. Garnett wasn’t even hit on that play. Time to move on from that dude.
Pettis has to show he’s a real football player.
Yes he does. The concerns coming out of him not being tough enough are looking prophetic.
Well they got a few plays out of Garnett before his annual leave
Time to cut him loose.
No accounting for running backs coming out of the backfield. WTF Saleh.
JG has been thoroughly mediocre to this point.
He ain;t dropping TDs though.
Mother Fucker Kittle!!! You piece of shit.
Fuck.. Seriuously. 2 TDs dropped.
Off the finger tips
Horrible pass Garoppolo.
There you go. Miss those opportunities and you lose.
Miscommunication. At least there aren;t any penalties. 14 point swing there. We should be up 7 but were down 14.
JG throws off his back foot way too often. Bourne fell, but that was a miserable pass. Falling had nothing to do with that pick 6. Let’s hope this guy doesn’t turn out to be a bust too. A $137M bust.
That was a stupid throw on his part. But the WR didn’t do anything.
There you go.
Another poor throw to Juice there.
Not really but that one was.
The pass needs to allow the back to catch it and turn upfield. That throw was too far to the sideline, causing him to have to lay out for it.
Quise back in there.
Garnett’s another trash ass Balkee retread!!Cut his sorry ass!
He was in for 3 plays an got hurt.
had to go 4 down there
Yet another drop.
3 TDs dropped.
unfuckingreal.
This is just a comedy of errors.
The Vikings defense is too good, when your down like this and in the redone you have to go for it.
Juscuyk are however you spell him always makes a big Ketch play every game .Teams lose sight of him not sure 🤔 why?
Just call him Juice, it’s easier. He probably gets lost in the shuffle because he’s a fullback.
What in the fuck was K’fuck doing there?
need a turnover
I’m sorry, Saleh sucks ass. His scheme sucks ass. Let’s get a real DC in there.
Warner now with 10 solo tackles.
Wow, pitch and catch, easy money.
Cousins outplaying JG by a ton.
Niners were in this game for 2 1/2 quarters, drops, fumbles and kicking a FG instead of going for it on 4th down killed them.
Oh well.
I have zero confidence that the Niners can score a TD
Zero chance just ended Kevin..
I said confidence, not chance
wow
Nice
Wow, and actual TD.
What a grab by Pettis!!
TD !!!
Jimmy G nice scrabble to keep that play alive!!
That was a hell of a catch. Maybe that will get him into the swing of things, help him shake the rookie jitters.
About time someone caught a pass in the end zone
Nice hair Pettis
needed that
Just a shit throw
Very much a shit throw, to an open receiver.
Highly questionable play-calling throughout this game by Shanahan. Running Matt Breida wide against one of the best defenses in the league? Stupid.
Big 15 yard break there.
This fucking game is not over.
No giving up in this team is a good sign
Please don’t run the ball