Here we go. Time to right the ship against the Chiefs. The Niners of course ore 0-4 in the last 4 meetings, including . . . Fuck that. The last time the 49ers beat KC, they had Travis Kelce. And Alex Smith at QB. We had Colin Kaepernick and the 2014 season had yet to crater. KC of course had Mahomes those 4 wins.
Maybe if they finally give Bosa his due and make a couple holding calls, the balance of the game could shift like it should have earlier. Shanahan went as far as complaining about the Super Bowl crew not calloing anything on them, the most penalized line in the NFL. They were supposed to work tomorrrow’s game, but were shifted to Seattle for their tilt against the Falcons.
I guess that’s a good thing. I mean, both Super Bowls had some huge misses on Bosa. But let’s do it tomorrow. Just make the right calls on the field. At least this isn’t in KC.
The surprise of the week is the emergence of Ricky Pearsall getting the start as Jauan Jennings nurses a hip pointer. He had great practices and impressed everyone involved, so that should be exciting.
Hoping against hope this team can start fast and do the job defensively. Still majorly worried about special teams as we audition kicker #3 for the week. Gonna be there, so it would be nice to come home with a win.
Come on, boys, 30-20 Niners. Make it so.
San Francisco 49ers Forever 
The other night I dreamed you beat the livin shit out of my team…
Still comes down to Andy v Kyle and who makes the necessary adjustments.
I think the biggest challenge is on Sorensen today.
Does he have the cred to match up v Spags and Mahomes? I think we can put up enough points to get it done.
Whether we can stop Kelce and the running attack will make the difference, along with taking control of the clock.
Always hope for a Niners win but just don’t see it today. Our game has just been a little to sloppy to beat these guys.
Yeah, I’m not very hopeful but we will see. We are struggling in all phases. Is 10 days enough to fix that shit?
Be nice if it is. I just want to see Mahomes get hammered, not hurt just hit.
The hell with clock management, score and score often, that is another reason Kyle struggles, quit looking at the clock and score instead
Thursday Kyle said Pearsall would not play this Sunday. His ego just won’t let him play rookie WR’s. Defensive players get your ass out there. Special team players too. But offensive players you better be perfect or you are not playing.
You know are 3rd Field Goal kicker Anders Carlson is the younger brother of Raiders FG kicker Daniel who use to be pretty good but of course not this year with that Pathetic team.
Brother sucks as well but no choice, just kickoff and run to the sidelines Anders..
Good job special teams
Hey how about that the ST comes through on a fake punt for the STOP!!!!
Well we give and we taketh
FAT MAN PICK!
Big Man Ballin as Kaila Davis makes an Interception! Crazy start already..
Looks like the Chiefs got the memo, don’t hold, as much.
Purdy is playing tight.
3 D penalties, they better be able to score
2 offside penalties,another for 12 players on the field?WTF at home this shouldn’t happen!As the Chiefs take advantage of the gifts to score!
So much for praising special teams
Yeah Kevin this group blows under Schneider?
Thougt we were going to lose the punter on that play, my god they stink it up when it always comes down to a FG kicker/ Punter to try and make a stop..
Okay, 2:00 minutes, this is where Kyle usually fails, he plays the clock instead of playing to score
Looks like another injury. A persons leg is not meant to bend that way. Hope Aiyuk is okay
Aiyuk can get plenty of rest reclining with the air conditioning on in his 2 new shiny rigs!!
Do the Niners have any healthy receivers?
Couple of things:
Special teams — how can you expect to get to the playoffs with a ST major screwup every game? Long run-back allowed again. Missed PAT is a given with this new kicker with a history of that.
Ronnie Bell — apparently runs wrong route leading to pick of Purdy. Nobody is better out in the street to be the 5th or 6th receiver?
End of first half, 25 seconds left, no TOs left. 3rd and 1 on the 3 or 4 of KC. Why does Shanahan call a run? If it’s stuffed, it’s questionable this crap special teams can get the FG kick off in time as the clock runs. If you pass, you can either get a first down, get a TD, or worst case stop the clock on an incomplete. Why do you not try to pass for a TD there? Are you that afraid of a pick? Stupid. Bill Walsh would never have called that in that situation. Shanny is afraid to win, afraid to trust his people to make a play…
Purdy forcing theows
Throws
Purdy looks like dogshit reeking all over your door step.3 picks all terrible throws yeah no decent Receivers left except Kittle and you can’t even blame Ronnie Bell as Purdy overthrew him badly.Amazing the game is even this close.Of course it could be a 1 score game still if not a blown extra point! 21-12 their cooked..
Chiefs Own them no doubt!!!!
Well, it didn’t start well and then it got worse. Not one veteran WR on the field. Reminds me when all the QBs got hurt
Wishnewski basically misses the ball on the onsides kick try. A fitting end to a disastrous game. Only one way to go but up. KC just schooled Shanahan, again. Niner O-line got worked. Niners need to get healthy. To say CMC is missed on offense is immense…
For the game, Purdy completed 17 of 31 pass attempts for 212 yards and zero touchdowns with three interceptions and a passer rating of 36.7. Purdy ran in two 1-yard touchdowns.
Not exactly a good day at the office. Let’s just say they shit the bed. Extra days off for what?
Gotta think Lynch is going to pull the trigger before the trade deadline. What’s the glaring need exactly? We might just be unloading a fat contract somewhere?
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/kyle-shanahan-says-49ers-fear-torn-acl-for-brandon-aiyuk
Yeah, likely ACL for Aiyuk and his $30 million.
Looks like a bad penny year for the Niners…
Fuck. Just got home after commiserating with some whiskey at my friend’s house. Nice seats, 25 yard line actual cushions, but holy shit, it was hotter than satan’s asshole.
Got to say, the defense actually played tough and got pressure and was decent. At least through the 1st half. Still too many 3rd down conversions, but they got the turnovers, and put the offense in many positions to do damage. WTAF with Purdy? He was throwing garbage.
So, is every WR hurt? Aiyuk killled a drive with a drop, but I guess he’s out for the year now. Fuck. Deebo left somewhere around the 2nd quarter, so I guess that may have had somethng to do with the picks, but the one in the end zone was fucking awful.
I guess this fucking year is a goddamn wash. Unless we somehow get some kind of healthy after the bye.
All these fucking players and we are gonna crater. Fuck me.
The most angering thing to me is the plays we give away close to the end zone.
2nd and goal from the 3 and we pack everyone tight and run into the wall. Loss of 2. Next play? Pick. Twice we had 1st down plays that gained 8 yards and we couldn’t get the 1st down. We had ZERO 1st downs in the 1st half. OK, one by penalty.
Shanahan just either doesn’t have the line to block basic plays or he is tipping off what is coming. Sitting in the fucking stands I can guess about 80% of the plays.
I did amaze the foljks arpound me calling the fake punt that we stopped. And of course went 3 and out on.
5 games against the Chiefs, and yeah, I saw 3 blatant holding plays on the Chiefs, and zero calls on them. The most penalized O line in the league.
Unreal. Once again, Bosa was grabbed around the neck and spun sideways. Nope. Nothing to see here.
Maiocco got it right –
Shanahan and his staff have not come up with the right answers enough times this season. And this was another case of the 49ers being out-performed all the way around.Spagnuolo continues to out-scheme Shanahan. The Kansas City defenders had the upper hand against the 49ers, especially on third downs. The 49ers converted just two of 11 third-down attempts (18.2 percent).And the same goes for the 49ers’ defense. Kansas City’s offense was anything but prolific, but it still managed to move the chains on eight of 14 third downs (57.1 percent).And, then, there’s special teams.“We’re going to keep coaching them,” Shanahan said, adding on special teams the 49ers will “continue to work at it and not ignore it.”
Grade: D
Yep. The 3rd down stats are very telling. The Niners earned zero 1st downs in the entire first half (one on penalty). Twice we had 2nd and 2 or less and couldn’t convert.
They did lose Deebo early, and Aiyuk’s drop was huge, but there was no flow, Purdy looked hurried even when he wasn’t, and the run game was stifled fairly often.
What absolutely killed me was watching the 50 yard punt return. The way the team tried to cover it was awful. When the ball was in the air I told my buddy, he’s going left and going to be free and clear. And sure enough he did and was.
Winters’ miss on Mahomes when he faked going OB was flat awful.
For once though, the defense did well till they just were on the field way too long.
Seeing the game at home, Bell fucked up a route that led to a pick, but the other 2 were just bad. Shit play calling on the goal line again.
New thread is up.