These tough games are coming fast and furious for the upstart youngsters that are the 49ers. They played tough but sloppy against the Vikings (a game they should have won by 14), they played great against the Lions. For 3 quarters. Now we face the hottest QB in one of the hardest road venues in the NFL, Arrowhead Stadium.
They lost their best offensive weapon in Marquise Goodwin in that Minn loss, and were down to 3rd string LBs in the Detroit win. The good news is Malcolm Smith will finally play a meaningful down after missing his first 18 games. Even more significant than that is the return of Reuben Foster. So I think the defense rallies.
Which is why I think the 49ers win tomorrow. Yeah, it’s another early start for a west coast team in a hostile environment, against the hottest QB in the NFL in Pat Mahomes, but I think their defense will be their downfall. I think our defense makes more plays against our improved D (and a hopefully healthier Ahkello Witherspoon), so we win.
My concern is what it has been since before training camp started. And that is our pass rush. DeForest Buckner is actually #2 in sacks at 3.5, but the rest of the team is at 1.5. Which sucks. The return of our LBs, and the havoc they bring (I see Foster blitzing) should be able to slow down the Mahomes express.
Forty Niners Forever 
huge helmet to helmet hit.
And now the season is possibly over..
JG, YOU IDIOT!!
That was an unbelievably stupid play. WTF was he thinking
That half a fucking yard you went for didn’t help much.
We do that, it’s a penalty.
100%
JG is done with a knee.
So are season if it’s blown out!!
WTF
The refs suck mother fucking cock
Fuck these refs!!
There all on the take!!
Fuck all NFL officials. They are fucking up a great sport.
CJ!!!!! Wow. OPI. Horrible call. Unbelievable. Why kick the FG? FUUUUUUUCK!!!!
The reffing is unbelievable. Juscyck did nothing on that play.
Yeah he did, he wore a SF jersey enough said..
Have to take the points, need 2 scores either way.
No, we gert the TD we are doiwn 7.
We were doiwn 2 scores before the FGH. It does nothing.
Yeah you’re right.
Fuck the NFL. They are ruining the sport. 5 of these calls are imaginary. They mioght as well throw a flag on every fucking play.
Refs have just been horrible, 90% against the 9ers.
JG looks to be done for the season. What a goddamn moron. CJ it is.
Aaaaaaand another flag. Ticky tack bullshit.
Every fucking 3 rd down stops turns into a automatic 1st downs after this fucking crew calls a penalty!!
HTe beaurty of the new NFL is onsides kicks are impossiblew now what with the players being forced to stand motionless until the ball is kicked.
Can you say home field advantage
Unreal. Had it to 7 points and the refs take it away.
Some horrendous calls and no calls. This crew is seriously shit.
If calls this bad are going to be made on a regular basis, every fucking penalty should be reviewed.
At least penalties that change the outcome of a given game so much.
The same crew called Mathews for roughing the passer last week, what was a textbook tackle, is now being used to teach refs what IS roughing the passer.
He got flagged again today for a similar hit. It’s just a bad rule change.
And we puss our way to letting 2 third down runs. Sad.
Well, we get to see if BeatHard can come in and play.
This season is still as it was before. Tough early, easier late. Just got to hope against hope that Jimmy isn’t done for the season.
We don’t know anything about the injury yet, might not be serious, he did it when he made a cut inside. I thought he looked concussed on the cart.
They don’t usually cart guys off the field when it’s not serious. They evaluated his knee on the sideline. My guess is that the preliminary diagnosis is torn ACL.
The refs need to be held more accountable for calls like that.
Josh Allen stomps the Vikings. Fuck Minnesota and fuck KC.
14 flags for 147 yards. That’s hard to get your mind around, doesn’t even seem possible. The officials have way too much input into the outcome of these games, their own guy said the call on Juice was bullshit. And now your “franchise QB” looks to be done for the year. Every game it’s 3-6 injuries.
I love the fight they showed, but this franchise is still a disaster, with massive holes on defense and a dicey offensive line. No pass rush and a lousy secondary. You’d think a team run by a HoF safety would figure out how to draft quality secondary players. So far, nope. The constant mistakes with penalties, drops, missed assignments and blown coverages falls squarely on the shoulders of the coaching staff.
Mucho, mucho work yet to be done. Next man up? CJ Beathard, with Mullens getting called up from the PS as the backup.
With the way KC was scoring I still think clock management was terrible. There was no rush to get things going
If the TD stands we are down 1 score with 6+ minutes left. I have no problem with how they managed that drive.
This is a young team, John. A team that has completely turned over its roster in 2 years. It takes time to get new players and to stack the entire lineup with talent. We are thin and it shows. Yes, we need a pass rush. But we’ve drafted a tom of D linemen and we are getting minimal production from them.
Next season we will likely go defense yet again as we need a pass rusher and more DB help.
Sure, I had optimism, and these 2 bad losses were actually in the realm of possibility that they could have won, but unfortunately we are playing the refs on the road and the Niners catch no breaks from them. As shitty as we played, we should have had the score 38-31 with 6+ minutes left.
That lousy “franchise QB” put up a heck of a fight and a lot of points in the second half. Highlighting one obvious overthrow as vindication of consistent criticism of him makes no sense. LJ isn’t a big fan of JG and he has his right to the opinion and now maybe we get to see what BeatHard has learned.
Lousy is your word, not mine.
LJ is a big fan of JG. If you don’t know that, you have a short memory. I was as high on high him as anyone else, I’m just not going to sugarcoat poor plays. But there’s reason for concern when a guy consistently holds the ball too long in the pocket, takes bad sacks, forces throws into coverage and doesn’t have enough sense to simply run out of bounds on a scramble. He’s showing some negative traits we didn’t see last year, that’s all I’m saying. Overall he had a good game today, but now he looks to be done for the season, barring a miraculous MRI.
Like I said, I love the fight.
That begs the question, is there a highly rated edge rusher available in the upcoming draft?
Nick Bosa (Joey’s younger brother)Ohio St is the top rated DE..
LJ.Followed by Ed Oliver Clemson,
It looks like a banner year on DE lots of talent on the D line coming out!!
Good! With JG done for 14 months or so, the Niners may be in prime position for a good draft pick come April.