Once more into the breach, as they say. Our recent roll courtesy of the Rams and Pats of course came on the heels of the huge steaming debacle at the hands of the not-so-lowly Miami Dolphins. They sprang into life after roasting the chestnuts off of us and have reeled off victories over, oh, well, the Jets and had a bye week. Nevermind. They are 3-3 and did play the Bills and Hawks tough, but whatevs.
Our task now is to travel to Seattle and play a team that always turns into a battle. Most recently the teams fought for the NFC West crown in week 17 last year. A game decided literally by a couple inches.
The upcoming game this weekend is a bit messier. We have been ravaged by injuries across the board. Especially defensively. Well, also at RB. And WR. And O line. Seattle on the other hand has lost their way defensively. They have given up the most defensive yards in the NFL by a whopping 54 yards. 31st Atlanta gives up 425 per game. Seattle? 479! Last against the pass, and 13th vs the run. The only reason they are 23 in scoring defense is because they are 5th in turnover ratio at +5.
Looking at Seattle’s record, they could very well be 2-4. The Falcons got beat. NE gave them a challenge but they came up short. The Cowboys had a late lead that they squandered. Miami made it close but ran out of time, Minnesota had the ball AND the lead with time winding down, and instead of kicking the FG and going up 8 went for it and failed on 4th down. And the Monday Night game where AZ put up 517 yards on the Seattle defense.
The X factor of course is the runaway MVP candidate, Russell Wilson. Game after game he is forced to score nearly every possession. In the AZ game, as it wore on, the constant pressure affected his game and he threw an uncharacteristic 3 interceptions. Seattle is a bit beat up themselves a RB and are now counting on ex-Niner Carlos Hyde. He had a pretty good game against the Cards and got 68 yards on 15 carries. Wilson natch had 84 yards on 6 carries. But, even when throwing 50 passes, his 388 isn’t that big a number.
But, Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf are an outstanding pair of wideouts. They’ve combined for 69 catches, and 1,061 yards. Even with our injuries, our defense is still plaing at a pretty high level, but the Seahawks are an offensive juggernaut that we will be hard-pressed to slow down.
If we can slow them down, we can win. I don’t see us winning a shootout with these guys. Mistakes and penalties are the usual factors.
San Francisco 49ers Forever 
No one told me there’s 33 games in a season now!
Your glasses must be broken. Or your brain.
Pretty amazing that a team can give up 479 a game and have a winning record. Tells you how dangerous Wilson is. Control Wilson, and you win. But. That’s easier said than done.
The Niners are +1 in turnovers, but you take out Nick Mullens (please) 3 fumbles and 3 picks in 2.5 games, and we are +7.
We showed a lot of moxie last week and hopefully we can do it up in Seattle also. I think we are gonna have to lean on Hasty a lot this week even if we do get Coleman back. Coleman hasn’t shown much of anything in the games he’s played so far. I just wonder where Taylor has gone he used to be a real target for us and is pretty non-existent now. The whole key to this game is putting pressure on Wilson and not letting him run free. Easier said than done.
Did Bergs finally go off the deep end? Do any of you talk to him? I know ROB!! used to. Then again, I haven’t heard from him either.
Jimmy G and Taylor were on fire when Jimmy G got here. They need to get that going again.
My guess it that Taylor isn’t the same after all his injuries. Can’t really blame him if that’s the case.
Shanny is apparently holding out hope that Jordan Reed and K’Waun Williams may be able to play. Would love to see Reed back. He was getting open pretty regularly when out there. Coleman as well but he isn’t doing too much for me. But I guess we really need bodies at RB more than anything.
Some oldies but goodies here. I think we all know what #1 is.
The Falcons are a stupid stupid team from top to bottom. Bad decisions, stupid 4th down calls, and cheap-shotting players.
The Falcons were so stupid and unbelievably bad in that game that they actually, uh, won.
They’ve lost 4 4th quarter leads in very stupid ways, fucktard. Keep trying tho.
Well, do us a favor and don’t
Supposedly both starting CB’s for Seattle are gonna be out this week, That does change things immensely.
They already suck at pass defense, and their pass rush is poor. We need to outscore these motherfuckers by a lot.
New thread is up,