Got to say, I’m very baffled by the defensive effort in these two playoff games. No one setting the edge. Not playing through the whistle. Missing tackles. The clips are there for all to see of Chase Young barely trying on the Jameson Williams 42 yard TD run. Green Bay had WRs blocking Young and washing him out repeatedly. Wide receivers! Very disappointing that Young isn’t playing for a contract at the least. He should be going balls-to-the wall at this point.
That being said, the onus next week is for Steve Wilks to get his guys in the right places. I really do NOT want to see yet another game start with our linebackers playing so deep. So many games this year seem to start with the opposing teams simply marching down the field and getting points. It is a testament to the red zone defense that we held GB to two opening drive field goals. Pittsburgh scored on their opening drive, Deetroit got 2 TDs on their opening drives, the Rams did as well off the top of my head.
Wilks seems to wait until the base defense has been beaten soundly to even start throwing stunts out there. Let alone blitz. Funny thing is, the blitzes usually work. The 3rd down bugaboo also came back to bite these guys HARD. 3rd and 18? We go soft and the Lions runs a screen toss that gets 20 yards. 14 after the catch. 3rd and 12? 8 yard pass over the middle that we don’t stop. 3rd and 8? Another Their success early led to 24 points. The only reason they didn’t go up 28-7 was because they ran out of time.
This shit won’t fly come next Sunday.
Forty Niners Forever 
From Niners Nation
What’s the secret to turning a joke into a juggernaut? Nothing to it. Just make two of the best trades in franchise history to net two of the NFL’s best players, draft your franchise QB with pick No. 262, draft an All-Pro linebacker with pick No. 70, select an All-Pro tight end with pick No. 146..”
Shanalynch drafts have come a long way since solomon Thomas and Reuben foster and the Tre Lance hiccup.
Amazed with the Trent Williams trade. Would like to see what the niner system can do on Chase Young.
Dump him. He ain’t worth the scratch he’s gonna command. He’s a decent rental that will cost little. Sweat was the guy to get but his price was much higher.
Chase is here with his mentor and friend Nick Bosa and if he can’t give max effort in the playoffs, why bother?
Young was a rental, he has not lived up to his ability. He is a free agent
I hope you guys are somehow spared from the big storm…
Thanks Loo. Was driving around late afternoon from basketball game. Accidents, tree branches down streetlights out. Cleared up today, clean up next I guess.
Cool story in TA about Purdy s Dad career as minor league pitcher. Great family. Hopefully he can show out and help take down Mahomes and Chiefs.
Yeah, I thought that was a good one also. I have a feeling we are gonna have Purdy for a long time.
Comparison of positional units has KC IOL better than us and our DL and LB better than theirs.
https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-super-bowl-58-ranking-the-kansas-city-chiefs-and-san-fransisco-49ers-positional-units.
The Athletic has an article by Drew Brees about Purdy becoming. Drew Brees 2024. Anyone have a subscription?
Yep. $0.99 a month for a year. I’ll try to check it out.
Good article.
Piling on but but KC D.weak against the run. Attack their front 7 with CMC and Deebo.
https://www.ninersnation.com/2024/2/6/24063607/christian-mccaffrey-deebo-samuel-kyle-shanahan-brock-purdy-49ers-chiefs
Hey DJ, fuck the Chiefs!
We had a 24-hour power outage, a 30′ oak tree fell in our yard, and we lost part of a fence. Was up on the roof replacing tiles that blew off, but thankfully no leaks.
Winds in Walnut Creek were over 80 mph on Sunday. Crazy.
PG&E trucks everywhere.
Anyone catch Shanahan at talking to M-Rob yesterday? He looked pretty drunk. he actually smiled and said things.