Except for the obvious (did you enjoy the play, Mrs. Lincoln?) the 49ers came out of their home opener with a fairly solid win. Yeah, it’s Jimmy time again. Yeah, we won pretty handily. Yeah, it should have been much more gleeful as it was Seattle, our nemesis for oh, the entire Pete Carroll/Russell Wilson tenure.
But (there’s always a big but) scheduling vagaries being what they are, we get to face RW in Denver on Sunday Night Football. Interesting only in that fact. Denver looks for all intents and purposes to be the doormat of the AFC West. They BARELY squeezed out a turd of a victory against the hapless Russ’s old team when Seattle fumbled TWICE inside the 3, and gagged up another opportunity with false starts and other dumb mistakes to take the lead, but never did.
Frankly I was a little more worried than I am now. Wilson isn’t nearly the force he was. He isn’t hitting the long passes like he was, and he’s struggling over the middle, and isn’t very consistent. New team/new system I suppose, but this is another game that we should be able to win. Wilson did hit a lot of passes, but missed a lot as well. 14/31 for 201 with a pick and a TD. And 150 on the ground. But, Houston.
The 49ers? Well, we al know the bad news. The good news is the 49ers committed ONE penalty (a 26 yard PI) after the fuck-a-row shit-show 10 penalty effort in Chicago. The O line played well, we only gave up 1 sack, and we ran for 186 yards and threw for 184. Solid across the board.
Defensively, Tualoa Hufanga is playing off the charts spectacular. He should have gotten the game ball vs Chicago had we not gagged that one up. Bosa is getting held with regularity and is still getting pressure. The interior line is a bit weaker without DJ Jones in there, and Kinlaw is fairly inconsistent.
But RW isn’t the RW of old, so we just have to contain him in the pocket. Von Miller is von Miller, but amazingly, he didn’t record a tackle in the Houston game. They did get 3 sacks and only gave up 234 yards. But, again. Houston. Davis Mills is OK, but if we can’t outplay him we are bad.
Then agains, there’s the Shanahan factor of never wanting to get too big a lead. He never met a lead he couldn’t squander.
Forty Niners Forever 
Man, listening to this whole album. Flashback city. Saw this tour in 1975. 2nd concert.
This is awesome. “I’ve known you for 2 months. This has been my team for 22 years!”
Here we go again. Just can’t shake Jimmy! Can’t say I’m excited to watch him leading us, but at least the expectation is still that he can lead us to a Super Bowl. Anything less and Shanny has to be gone. Guy for Sports Nation was saying Shanny sticks around and his seat doesn’t get hot until next season’s failure. Ugh. Gonna be a rough couple years. Unless we sign Lamar next season? Hmmmm
The play calling and offense looks like garbage. Plain and simple. I don’t know how you as a coach can watch game film of our offense and feel good.
I don’t think Shanahan will be gone if they don’t win the SB, but the seat will be getting warmer. Losing Lance sucks, but this team is still really good and Jimmy might just surprise all of us. He’s healthier now than he’s been in quite some time and I think the team will rally around him. This week’s game should give us a good sense of where they’re at. I expect them to play well and get a win.
Kittle’s coming back, which will be a huge upgrade, Jimmie Ward is coming back before too much longer. Paired with Hufanga, we should have a real dynamic pair of safeties. And Mitchell will be coming back in the second half of the season. A lot to look forward to. I’m not bagging this season yet. I’d like to see Mason get some carries on Sunday.
Tell me about it. My reaction during the Seattle game was any decent offense would be taking advantage of our 2nd half ineptitude. Like the Rams and KC did. Shanahan is still trying to compensate for the Atlanta collapse.
Even the GD Bears. One broken play and Shanny got scared, cautious, and lost.
This was always my favorite Yes song. This version is from Yessongs.
Is that different from The Yes Album one? Derp. Nvrmnd. Forgot that was their live album.
I tripped down in Carmel once, and we walked around Spyglass Hill golf course at night, and the world looked like the Tales from Topographical oceans album.
Totally incredible night.
Since we are going hard prog, i’ll leave you with this . . . Fricking Greg Lake is bone chilling on this. (mjust love how the rock and roll hall of fame dismisses this whole subset of music. Almost as stupid as Jethro Tull beating Mettalica for best metal album of whatever year that was. Crest of Knave? Decent enough but yeeesh.
classic.
Saw these guys live at Perkins Palace in Pasadena. It was in the 80s. I think this song Epitaph is their best song. Great choice.
Yeah, saw the Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp, Adrinn Belew, Tony Levin lineup for the Discipline tour, and the 3 of a Perfect Pair tour.
Incredible. Discipline, Remain in Light, and Stop Making Sense are way up high on my list of favorite concerts.
Yessongs is one Yes album I don’t have. I’m going to Amazon right now to rectify that situation. And BTW, Berger, Going For the One is up there with my favorites of theirs. Really good record.
New thread is up.