Well, it’s an early end to a season that started with such promise. Jimmy Garoppolo jammed his leg into the ground, more than likely tearing his ACL trying to cut and gain an extra yard or two down close to the goal line yesterday. He was carted off the field after limping his way to the sidelines. Richard Sherman also joined him on the injury list with a calf injury that will be getting MRIed as well. Throw in the Jerick McKinnon injury to star tht preseason, and that’s a truckload of money sidelined.
But I digress. The game yesterday went like many other KC games, and seasons, to boot. Huge early success, fade badly, and in the end come up short. Unfortunately for San Francisco, they were the ones who came up short in the end. After a first half where every play was either a TD or a penalty against our defense, KC ran up a 35-10 lead, scoring TDs on all 5 possessions, the 49ers came roaring back, scoring 2 TDs, and seemingly scoring a 3rd on a nice pass from CJ BeatHard, but for the homiest of home-town calls, and being down 7 with 6+ minutes left. So we settle for a FG while Jimmy G gets carted away, and the hopes for the season go down the drain.
Yes, KC is a talented team, and yes, this one was pencilled in as a tough loss, but they way this one went was infuriating. Robert Selah has GOT to figure out how to defend a fucking screen pass! Time and again, on 3rd and long, we have given up short passes that go for 10-20 yards. Whatever is needed + 1. KC is a good team but they negated just about every player on our defense.
This falls squarely on Robert Selah. Yeah, the missed tackles are annoying as fuck and players need to make plays, but they need to be in the right POSITION to make plays. Reuben Foster, Malcolm Smith, DeForest Buckner, Arik Armstead, and Fred Warner were no-shows the whole game. The secondary was ripped new ones all day, but you can’t defend guys when Mahomes (or Stafford, or Cousins) can read 3-4 WRs on a given play and pick the most open guy.
I wonder if Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid are available. We need bodies!
Forty Niners Forever 
I guess if rehab goes well for both of these guys, we can expect them back in time for the start of next season. That’s something to hang your hat on. Maybe we’ll even have an edge rusher by then.
No shit. And a wideout or 2. WTF happened to Pettis yesterday? Was he even out there? I only saw him on the one punt by KC.
And the Fitzpatreick express is officially iover. 3 picks in the 1st half.
Yeah, except for the one decent punt return he was non-existent. I don’t even remember him being targeted.
Fitz is fun to watch and he got them down for the FG there at the end of the half. Maybe he’ll bring them back in the second. It’s hard not to pull for the guy, the perpetual underdog.
I doubt it but we’ll see. TBs D is not holding up well what with all these turnovers.
Even if he doesn’t pull it off, it’s quite the comeback. 30-10 to 30-27, all in the 4th. Still 5:30 to go too.
And TB’s defense rolls over and dies.
Fitzmajic is back!
Did you notice the PI they didn’t call in the end zone? We got called on the same kind of play.
Lucky Ben didn’t fumble there.
Hah! This is getting good. Pittsburgh is unravelling. All that bullshit didn’t really cost them shit, but still its fun to see big ben screaming at his team.
This is a real flag-fest
ANd fitz almost throws 2 picks.
I still don’t think Winston’s getting his old job back anytime soon, even with the L.
Not if Fitz has another 3-pick game.
Officiating. The Leagues’ Control mechanism.
All in the name of safety of course. 😀
Hard to sit thru an entire game with all the laundry being tossed and plays being reviewed.
Turning this game into advertising bonanza. Painful.
I thought the Niner game was bad. The Monday night game was unwatchable. The first 25 plays must have had a penalty.
We are back to just hoping we can compete in every game. Like last year it was fun to watch the younger players progress it will pretty much be the same thing now. We will definitely get to see what this team is made of.
Yeah, I would really like to see Pettis in there. Garcon has done little to nothing. He seemed to be doing OK before he got hurt last year, but last year was a huge transition year.