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Gameday Week 10: Seahawks vs 49ers
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The stench of the last game is still in my nostrils. Will the 49ers clear the air? Not if they don't start making tackles. Not if they...
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Hello everyone and welcome to the divisional round of the NFC playoffs. The red hot Packers come into Levi's stadium with a 4 game winn...
That is a bit of good news coming from the most concerning part of the team. If Thomas is cleared, I hope he continues to get the start alongside Mosely.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Thomas has earned another opportunity to start over Norman.
DeletePer all the local media "experts", that wouldn't happen since Thomas and Eman play the same side.
DeleteAt this point tho Thomas, DJ, Norman or Lenoir (sp?) are all pretty awful, guaranteed to give up a PI once or twice a game. Thankfully with Eman back you don't have both dB's being paper-mache defenders out there, easily blown thru.
This is a big deal, but don't even get me started on the way Kyle has handled his CB's this season!
ReplyDeleteI guess the biggest question is .... who does E-Man replace, Norman or Thomas?
One would think that Kyle would bench Josh Norman as poorly as he has played, but it's glaringly obvious that Kyle doesn't trust his rookies, no matter their level of talent, so it will be interesting to see who he decides to start.
One thing we know for certain - Kyle Shanahan will make this decision without any kind of statistical consideration or analysis, because he's simply too smart to consider any kind of supportive data in regards to the way his players are performing!
You see, it doesn't really matter to Kyle whether Ambrey Thomas is the superior CB in terms of statistical analysis, because Kyle doesn't believe in anything rooted in mathematics.
Why?
Well, in case you guys didn't know, Kyle Shanahan believes he's the smartest HC who has ever roamed the sidelines of the NFL!
In fact, Kyle believes he just might be the smartest human being in the history of human civilization!
He believes that he is smarter than the great Greek mathematician - Archimedes, and perhaps even more significantly, Kyle believes he is even smarter than another extremely influential Greek Mathematician - Euclid.
Who is Euclid? Euclid, along with Archimedes, is considered one of the greatest mathematicians in the history of mankind! He is famous for collecting the work of many other mathematicians who preceded him. According to historians, Euclid's most vital contribution was to gather data, and compile, organize, and rework the mathematical concepts of his predecessors into a consistent whole!
Jed York must be thanking his lucky stars then, for managing to hire one of the most brilliant minds not only of our lifetime, but going all of the way back to Alexandria, Egypt, in 300 BC!
Amazing!
Aren't we incredibly fortunate as 49ers fans, to be graced with the presence of one of the most brilliant minds the universe has ever known?
Dude, please, stop.
DeleteHow about be a fan and actually support the team you claim to rep, instead of 100% negativity.
Wheres the block button??
It must be exhausting being that emotional and irrational. Or maybe that's just for the people who have to wade through it.
DeleteSorry if I have standards, guys. I think I know a fraud when I see one!
DeleteKyle has a 38W-42L record, with 3 losing seasons, and he's still employed, while Jim Harbaugh gets fired despite a 44W-19L record without a single losing season?
Yah, that's absolutely ridiculous and every true 49ers fan should be outraged by the apparent lack of standards, of this once storied franchise.
And now Kyle is treating everyone, from the beat reporters, to the fans, as if we are blooming idiots.
You guys might be too blinded by fandom to even notice what this guy is doing, but I'm not. So yah, I plan on lobbying for this guy to get traded, or fired, for now on, because in my mind, he's not worthy of running the 49ers!
I know the truth hurts sometimes eMJay, but sticking your head in the sand and pretending that everything is fine, while the 49ers are on the cusp of missing the playoffs for the 4th time during Kyle's 5 seasons, is not my style!
Accepting low standards, breeds even lower standards. That's a fact!
Have you even seen Kyle's press conferences the last few days? He's being an absolute DI_K! He's apparently annoyed at the beat writers, who are asking questions about Jimmy's injury status, and the QB situation in general, even though they are just doing their jobs. What Kyle apparently doesn't understand is that the beat writers are asking question because the fans want to know the answers.
DeleteAnd as it ends up, there is a whole lot riding on Sunday's game, and it just so happens that the 49ers "starting QB", has a torn thumb ligament in his throwing hand, and his past performances when he's been injured, leave a lot top be desired! That's kind of a big deal, don't you think?
Yet Kyle is acting like the beat writers are somehow out of line by asking these questions, despite the fact that Kyle is to blame for creating this entire charade, just like Kyle was to blame for creating the Mac Jones / Trey Lance charade, and then he wonders why fans are so confused about the entire draft process.
Kyle Shanahan is just a pathetic HC at this point. He's blaming everyone else but himself for problems of his own creation, and failures of his own making. He doesn't respect the fan base, despite the fact that he's being grossly overpaid, because of the support of the 49ers fan base, and that's despite the fact that he has a losing record as the 49ers HC!
Don't go blaming me for Kyle's pathetic W-L record!
He's the one who has completely lost sight of what this entertainment is all about, and he takes fans like you and I for granted, which is why he has no problem treating us like total idiots.
He can't accept the fact that his reputation is taking an epic dive, because people are starting to really dissect his career W-L record, and his career offensive rankings as an OC and OC/HC. He's like a career con man who is starting to panic because people are starting to figure out his con!
He's a fraud, and people are starting to wonder about his decision making process, because the results simply aren't good enough for one of the highest paid HC's in the league. Heck, his results aren't even good enough if he were a mid-level, DIV II HC, in some no-name football conference.
"Jim Harbaugh gets fired despite a 44W-19L record"
DeleteSee how long you last at your job if you call out the boss, no the owner of the company, to GTFO, this meeting is "for men only?" in front of the staff.
This is probably Kyle's biggest game since the Super Bowl. The post-season has effectively started with this play-in game. The Pro Bowlers need to have big games.
ReplyDeleteKyle will have a game plan ready. Jimmy (likely) or Trey will have to execute this plan, especially on third downs. No hero-ball, no freelancing, just calling the right play at the LoS and getting the ball out quickly on pass plays.
Kyle's run game thrives when the passing is efficient. Have to have the offense clicking right out of the gate. With the DB situation unsettled, I suppose Kyle will focus more than usual on ball control.
Mind control, brain control and ball control!
DeleteGet er done!
DeleteIt's a huge game for sure especially with the Saints sitting there ready to take the last playoff spot if the Niners lose and they win. Garoppolo's thumb has been a huge story but it seems like he's able to throw with it and has been out there a few days in a row so maybe he is able to play. I might be more inclined to start Lance and keep JG ready in the bullpen if he falters but totally understand Shanahan starting JG if he feels he can play relatively close to normal.
DeleteThe secondary is also a concern but the window is there for all the guys on the covid list to return so fingers crossed. Looking forward to a statement game against a team they've had a lot of success against.
Mind control, brain control and ball control leading to total McVay control (TMC)!
DeleteLine up Jimmy G as the flanker with Lance in shotgun. Lance tosses to Jimmy on a jet sweep and then runs to the strong side. Jimmy throws a backward pass to Lance who hits Deebo streaking behind the safety on a deep crosser (out of X position) for a TD. Kaboom!
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DeleteBoom blam God damnnn
DeleteI am fascinated by this 49ers/Rams matchup.
ReplyDeleteThere is a lot of talk about why it is that Kyle Shanahan owns Sean McVay, at least in terms of head-to-head matchups.
I personally think it's fairly obvious why the 49ers seem to have an advantageous matchup against the Rams, and it seems to me that it comes down to a few key, individual matchups.
Here is my list of each advantageous
Individual matchup that seems to favor the Niners:
1) The outside-zone run blocking scheme VS AARON DONALD, the best interior defensive lineman in the NFL, IMO:
- Advantage 49ers.
It seems kind of crazy how well the 49ers OL matches up against Aaron Donald! The thing is, Donald is primarily used as a 3-Tech, and while Donald has been the most effective 3-Tech in the NFL at stopping the run (his career run stop percentage is the best among 3-Techniques since entering the NFL), the problem when facing the 49ers is that his primary responsibility, whether defending the run or rushing the passer, is B-Gap penetration, which is focused up the gut and into the backfield from the interior, as opposed to sideline to sideline. So for as ELITE as Aaron Donald is as a defender, he isn't particularly well suited at defending the 49ers outside zone run blocking scheme, which is primarily designed to attack the perimeter of the defense.
It's always amazing to see that, by the end of the game, Donald is usually visibly frustrated with the way the 49ers OL has been able to basically neutralize him as a defender, and that's a big matchup advantage for the 49ers!
Thomas activated...things getting better!!
ReplyDeleteHell yea!
DeleteAnd Shanny seemed to think the others could come off tomorrow.
DeleteeMJay, Scooter, Razor, and co .... If the 49ers lose to the Rams on Sunday, and the 49ers finish the 2021 season with a 1W-5L divisional record, is that good enough in your eyes, simply because they might have a chance to back into the postseason, even though in almost any other season, they'd likely have been eliminated?
ReplyDeleteI'm just curious because I am trying to get a sense of your overall standards on this blog.
Thanks.
Your passive aggressive insults aside, if they lose and don't make the playoffs I will be looking at the two Seahawks losses, the loss to the Cards with McCoy at QB, and the Titans loss as the games that cost them. Really only needed to win one of those.
DeleteNot sure what you mean by "good enough". I think the team has under achieved this season due to some horrid ill discipline and ball handling in a few games. Blame the coach if you like, but as I have said all along the players need to bear the brunt of a lot of that criticism. They've shown they can do it over the back half of the season but I see you aren't willing to give Shanahan any credit for that, just the blame for when they weren't.
The way I have always viewed it is the first two seasons you can throw away. The roster was awful. Pretty much everyone at the time Shanahan was hired was in agreement that it was going to take a few years to turn the team around. So using those years as part of any judgement of Shanahan now is 100% a case of looking for stats that help your case.
Shanahan turned that roster into a SB roster in three years. Over the past three years he went to a SB, had an injury ravaged year, and then had a winning season this year which may or may not end up with a playoff appearance but the team has under performed. So tell me, based on that, should Shanahan be on the hot seat?
Just trying to get a sense of your overall standards.
Thanks.
Actually, I shouldn't say they have under "performed". There is a good reason they are ranked 7th in DVOA by Football Outsiders. The team performance on a down to down basis has been fine more often than not. They have under "achieved" though, due to too many costly mistakes.
DeleteWhen I say good enough, I am referring to the line between accepting this as adequate for a HC, after already missing the postseason 3 out of 4 seasons.
DeleteI am just curious about where you guys draw the line, and how many SUB-PAR seasons is still OK, and NOT SUBJECT TO CRITICISM?
I am wondering how many times Kyle can get away with using QB injuries as an excuse for the 3rd season out if 5?
That's the big question isn't it:
IS IT ACCEPTABLE IN YOUR MINDS FOR KYLE TO USE QB INJURY AS AN EXCUSE YET AGAIN, FOR THE 3RD TIME, AFTER MAKING IT CLEAR THAT YOU RECOGNIZED THE NEED TO INSULATE THE TEAM AT THE QUARTERBACK POSITION?
And I guess the other question is:
Was the undisciplined Keystone Cops routine for Kyle's team, which seemed to show up every other week at the least, for the entire first half of the season, and multiple winnable games lost, not beaten by their opponents, but BEATEN BY THEMSELVES .....
And was the SPECIAL TEAMS NIGHTMARE that never seems to be improving, for going on what feels like more than a full season! What's that all about?
And the other question is:
Why is it that most of the fans, even casual fans, understood where the 49ers were at CB screamed of being a glaring need at CORNERBACK, and that's another major theme that seems to last longer than it should be?
What kills me more than anything with Kyle, is his complete DISREGARD for any kind of analytics, at a time when all of the NFL's coaches, even old timers like Bruce Arians, and of course Bill Belichick begrudgingly use analytical charts nowadays, because it's settled science at this point. Don't you guys realize this? Kyle openly admits that he ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT USE ANALYTICS FOR ANYTHING, INCLUDING 2 POINT CONVERSIONS, ad well as Kyle's WOEFUL 4th down conversion rate. No surprise there.
Don't you guys realize Kyle is admittedly handcuffing his own offense by being the only remaining HC that is refusing to implement analytics of any kind shape, or form!
Please tell me how all of these things stacked one on top of the other, aren't a major problem at this point?
38W-42L, and no longer in control of their own destiny and in danger of missing the postseason for the 4th year out of five, with the biggest problem being the same thing, only carried over from season to season. And that same thing is a QB who is inconsistent in terms of accuracy and mechanics, and quite literally UNDEPENDABLE, meaning he CANNOT BE DEPENDED ON in a physical manner!
Jimmy's injury should have come at no surprise, so let's also be clear about that!
Nice to see you still using those first two seasons as part of the equation, and blaming all of the player mistakes in the first half of the season on Shanahan. Viewed through that very slanted viewpoint, sure, doesn't look good.
DeleteViewed through the lens that those first two years were always going to be $h!t, that they had an unreasonably high rate of injury attrition in 2020, and that this year maybe, just maybe, the players should be given at least some of the blame for their own mistakes, then your take that Shanahan is a bad HC looks ridiuculous.
End of the day for you this all comes down to not liking that Shanahan started JG this year. Honestly, if they had given Lance the keys you would be singing Shanahan's praises. That is literally the trigger point for you. And because you can't get past it you now see EVERYTHING as Shanahan's fault. It is RIDICULOUS!
And dude, seriously, the fact that some people are now saying you may be Seb should be all the feedback you need to start questioning whether you may be over reacting just a little bit. Chill out. Trust me, things are not as dire with Shanahan as HC as you want to make out.
Scooter, I never said EVERYTHING is Kyle's fault!!
DeleteI laid out a list of 5 or so BIG reasons for fans to criticize Kyle Shanahan. I didn't even bring up the fact that probably wasted what could have been a very valuable season in terms of trey's development, which would set the 49ers up in a real good way going into 202, ESPECIALLY with an additional $27M in cap space, to help them extend 2 of their most valuable players, PLUS shore up the CORNERBACK POSITION!
It's mostly about Kyle's overall W-L record, as well as divisional record. The number of missed playoffs, despite having one of the most talented rosters in the NFL. It's not all bad for kyle, as he and John have built a very talented OVERALL roster. But unfortunately, that roster has a a few GAPING HOLES, most notably the inability to sustain success from the QB POSITION!
Kyle had the reputation as a QB whisperer when he was hired by the NINERS, and instead it's been arguably his BIGGEST WEAKNESS, which is really tough given it's a QB driven league. And this season it's been outright COMICAL, when you consider everything from openly talking about the disappointment in not replacing the starting QB, to pulling some kind of draft charade, which only made ShanaLynch look confused, unsettled, and worst of all, they came across as a team without a plan, who desperately mortgaged the future to move up to #3, NOT KNOWING exactly what the plan was, or who they even wanted to draft, which is just mind-blowing!
Appearances matter, Scooter. Public relations matter, Scooter. When you start look incompetent as a franchise, it's starts to dictate the narrative. Analysts like colin Cowherd, who rightfully said that the 49ers coach scared, and coach very rigidly, after the Colts game fiasco, where the 49ers offense looked like they were scared to try to even move the football, in the heavy rain ... it starts to look bad.
So much of Kyle Shanahan's "shine" has completely worn off this season, with all of the perceived mistake filled performances and PRIME-TIME meltdowns!
NFL Coaching is a results based busines, Scooter, maybe more than any other pro sport. Because there are so many different factors that influence a season, ultimately it comes down to the things I mentioned; W-L record, divisional W-L record, playoff births, etc, these are the things that ultimately make or break an NFL Head Coach, starting with the QB position, because again, IT'S A QUARTERBACK DRIVEN LEAGUE, and it's the most important position in pro sports, and up to this point, Kyle has mostly screwed it up!
Going to be hilarious watching you back track over the next few years as Shanahan develops Lance.
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DeleteRATHER THAN GETTING INTO A P-ING CONTEST OVER WHO TO START, JG OR LANCE, LETS EXAMINE THE RAMS AND STAFFORD!
ReplyDeleteThe Rams have fallen from second to 16tn in Football Outsiders’ opponent-adjusted offensive efficiency metrics in the 2nd half of the season, and from 3rd to 20th in the passing game. That's not how you want to enter post season!
Stafford has been the primary issue of late.
In the first half of the 2021 season, Weeks 1-9 Stafford was the NFL’s most efficient quarterback. He completed 219 of 321 passes (68.2%) for 2,771 yards (8.6 YPA) for 23 TD's, 6 ints and a league best passer rating of 111.0. But from Week 10 through the Ravens game last Sunday, Stafford’s numbers have fallen off several cliffs. He’s completed 164 of 248 passes (66.1%) for 1,877 yards (7.6 YPA), 15 touchdowns, nine interceptions, and a passer rating of 93.8, which ranks ninth.
Stafford’s last 3 games are of specific concern, though the Rams won each of those contests against the Seahawks, the Vikings, and Ravens. From Weeks 15-17, he completed 68 of 101 passes (68.3%) for 750 yards (7.4 YPA), 5 touchdowns, 6 int's and a passer rating of 80.9. Those 6 int's tie him with Mike Glennon of the Giants for the league lead, and anytime you’re in a statistical barrel with Mike Glennon, that ain’t good.
GEEP, I think it obviously gets harder and harder to continue to beat the same team, in what would be SIX straight wins, and counting, but I still like the 49ers chances because I still like the way the 49ers run game matches up VS the Rams, but that's only if Jimmy doesn't play. If Jimmy does play, I have a hard time imagining that the Rams won't simply stick as many defenders in the box as possible, leaving Ramsey and Taylor Rapp to cover the passing lanes! And for me, that changes the matchup, drastically!
DeleteAnd I also have a hard time seeing Jimmy accurately hitting enough passes, with his inability to throw the way he normally does, to make the Rams pay a price for stacking the box.
That, plus a couple cringe-worthy Jimmy-INT's would probably be enough for the Rams to stop their 49ers losing streak.
"Stafford has been the primary issue of late."
DeleteI think he set that pattern of underachieving in those long years with the Lions. But all we heard was he "never had a team around him".
Though they still may, but if the Rams don't make it to the NFCC I think we can safely say the Stafford experiment was a bust.