This trainwreck of a season staggers merrily along this holiday season as the 49ers face the newly resurgent LA Rams. They of the 1-4 record, and had we beat them back in September, they’d have been 0-5 and likely would have traded Cooper Kupp and gone through a rebuild.
But alas, we impregnated the canine, and let them off the hook to now be one game ahead of us. Well, the dog had puppies and we are now the ones staring at a post-season on the outside.
Funny how that works. The Rams don’t defend very well, so we have to score early and often. No dicking around with field goals. We also need to desperately get pressure early and often on Stafford. The defense needs to sell out and shake him up and get him skittish and gunshy.
Otherwise they’ll drop a 40-spot on us. Our glaring failure on defense has been our lack of sustained pressure on opposing quarterbacks. Stafford is no Mahomes, so simply collapsing the pocket around him is the way to go. No stepping up and getting passes off. We should pressure hard early.
The main byproduct of no pass rush is no errant passes. No fumbles. No forced errors. This defense NEEDS to create turnovers. We’ve had one pick and one fumble recovery in the past FIVE games while we have turned the ball over NINE times. That is absolutely pathetic. The main reason why we are so far down in the standings.
Looks like it’s gonna be a wet rainy night so ball security is paramount yet again. That isn’t Purdy’s strong suit, but it ain’t a snowstorm.
Forty Niners Forever 
I guess Campbell will be cut tomorrow
he begged out of playing when greenlaw came out
Who was the bearded guy on the sideline that was announced by Michaels as being Trent?
Hargrave maybe?
They did manage to find him in a later shot sitting in suite along with CMc.
Yeah.
You know Fuck Devondre Campbell what a gutless piece of shit walking out on your team in 3rd quarter after Greenlaw gave it his all in a remarkable 1st half and just ran out of steam very understandable after such a long layoff,
and this PÓS whining about not starting and telling Shanahan I’m not going in still in a close game! You lost all respect with your teammates , coaches, management with your immaturity and definitely will be released tomorrow! You are done playing in the NFL ever again you Fucking Loser!!!
It wasn’t a big lead but yet another 4th quarter el foldo by the master.
Fucking Shanny stroking Deebo’s ego and forcing him the ball was an indictment of why this team isn’t going anywhere. Kittle was getting open and should have gotten a lot more thrown his way. And why did Deebo get like 10 snaps in a row at RB? Nothing there.
The telegraphing of runs, Deebo’s fail, one stupid penalty. Just enough to lose.
Here’s a fun reminder of the Shanny/Lynch top 20 Draft Picks
Can’t wait to see what might be coming up next April 🤢
During coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch’s tenures with the 49ers, San Francisco has made a top-20 selection five times.
Here is who the 49ers have taken with those picks.
Defensive tackle Solomon Thomas (No. 3 overall, 2017)
Offensive tackle Mike McGlinchey (No. 9 overall, 2018)
Defensive end Nick Bosa (No. 2 overall, 2019)
Defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw (No. 14 overall, 2020)
Quarterback Trey Lance (No. 3 overall, 2021)
Yup. Got all the drafts for the past 15 seasons and you can see that most of the talent we have came from round 4 and down.
Wasting picks on the first day of the draft has been an issue since Reuben Foster and Solly Thomas.
That was just a horrible game, none of that was 49er football. The team has lost whatever spark they had. At least we don’t have to worry about mailing it in we are already there.
This team is playing flat and disinterested. Campbell quitting is just the latest example. The players may have Shanahan’s back, but at some point they have to see the writing on the wall.
Poor execution and the myriad mistakes pile up in these losses.
New thread is up.