What do you call this? Playing to the level of your opponent? Figuring out new and exciting ways to blow games? Hike it through the goal posts for 2? The curse of Super Bowl LI? Or, as Bill Walsh said, playing just well enough to lose?
For whatever its worth, Kyle Shanahan cannot close games to save his life. Our only win was saved by a ticky tack holding call nowhere near the play that negated an interception that would have been a first and 10 from the Niner 15 in the closing minutes of the Detroit game.
The 49ers have blown 4th quarter leads like I blow through a 12 pack on game day. The Super Bowl failure has been well-documented, and put to rest, but blowing a one point lead against the Clippers isn’t horrific, esp on the road. Blowing a 7 point lead, twice, to the Packers is tough, esp because we out-played them for the most part but couldn’t finish. Couldn’t finish/.
Blowing a 12 point lead to the fucking Cardinals? In front of a crowd that sounded like 1/2 49er fans? Pathetic. Injuries be damned, when you have a team down 12 in the 4th quarter you have to be able to shut the door. You hold a team to 3 points for 3 quarters and give up 15 in the 4th? Fuck that in spades.
Saaleh should be fired on the spot. This is obviously not just his problem, but once again, we let 5-6 screens go for 15 yards a pop. 3rd and 12? No prob. Screen to Johnson for 18 yards. I’ve never seen a defense that systematically leaves so many people unaccounted for over and over. rosen wasn’t all that good, but he got the job done when he needed to.
CJ the Beater? Hell to the no. He seems to think that he has all day to throw and he can peruse the WRs in their routes for 5-6 seconds. He doesn’t. He takes WAY too many sacks. The idiot announcers did at least point out on numerous occasions that Beater was not just firing the ball out when he had a couple guys open. He was waiting for someone to get more open? Shit I don’t know.
Bu the bottom line here is, I’ve got some questions about how these guy finish. I mean, we get the Stupor Bowl to look forward to this Thursday as we travel to the wilds of Oakland for our last visit to the Mausoleum. Frankly, I have no hope for our defense. The Raiders suck as bad as us and can find a bunch of ways to lose themselves, but they can score points once in a while.
Without Garoppolo, we are shit on a shingle. And maybe we are winning these games with a better QB. Butt the holes in our defensive scheme are big enough to drive 8 more losses through.
Forty Niners Forever 
CJ couldn’t practice today because he can’t hold the ball because of his injured wrist. We play in 49 1/2 hours. We’ll also be starting a 3rd string SS.
Yeah but we play the Raiders. Maybe Mullens or Savage can throw a ball. Part of my family have flown in from Hawaii they are Raider fans they are also not very bright. But I am afraid I will have to listen to their bullshit over this one.
Good luck, Winder! You can fight over a 3-3 tie over draft position lol.
Might as well see “Tom Savage porn star“ just to see if he can take a Savage beating as well as the “Beater” does..
Hmmm a Savage Beater,if nothing else they have a new title for a gay porn..
I thought Mullens should get a shot even though he looked really over matched in the pre-season, at least he knows the play calls. Just when you think it can’t get any worse.
RT I almost pissed myself after reading that CJ couldn’t hold the ball and, could miss his TNF start.
Seems he’s HELD the ball real well (while taking sacks)…. up until now :-d
Gruden already has 3 1st RD Picks in his pocket for next years’ Draft..
We simply need to be 1 slot in front of his 1st one in April.
Put Mullens in there if necessary.
Just lose this one.
I see this game as 2 teams trying NOT to win 😀
We need to try harder.
-7 to -3?
I’m down with Mullens starting. Savage can finish out the season when Mullens goes down.
I’m wondering when Carr goes. Gruden has 9 more years to get this right and he;’s made it abundantly clear that Carr isn’t his guy. He could get another 1st round pick for next year’s draft.
Carr was a 2nd RDer and carries a hefty price tag now.
Think his deal is in the $125M range?
But….a QB needy team (JAX?) could cough it up, if they’re looking for a quick fix.
Too late now but, dealing a starting QB in April can certainly happen.
The answer to fixing/rebuilding is Draft capital. Took Cleveland years of sucking A$$ to find a legit QB. However, they’ve amassed a boatload of talent, like the Rams did by virtue of Danny Snyder for RG III.
Lynch needs to follow suit. Deal down wherever possible and accumulate Picks.
The trick is, getting talent with those Picks, of course.
So far, he looks like a Rookie GM.
Are you thinking what I’m thinking? New franchise co-QB alongside the great Jimmy “Joe Montana” G. Sure, we’d have no more money for any other player but a new GM would work wonders and I heard Matt Millen is available! Go San Jose/SF/Santa Clara/South Bay Niners!
The trade deadline has come and gone and Carr’s not a FA for years. Giants, Bucs and Cards would’ve made sense.
I see the Niners winning this game, Gruden is in full on tank mode. Plus I don’t see the Niners going all in on tanking, otherwise why didn’t the Niners go into tank mode at the end of last year, instead of starting JG they would have brought in their 3rd string QB.
Di you say that if Mulllens is the starter? No one really tanks in the NFL, at least the players don’t. But the coaches can certainly affect the outcomes of games.
new thread is up.