Originally Posted by Chris Meck:
I really think the key to the defensive resurgence has been the d-line rotation.
Every week I see lower percentage of snaps than I'd think on Pennel, Jones, Suggs, etc.
With our fast break offense, you've got to rotate those big boys and keep 'em fresh. We're deep enough to not have a huge drop off to Nnadi, Saunders, and Kpass now too. Nice.
imagine if we have a healthy ogbah and okafor.. [Reply]
Fun fact... San Francisco's playoff path to the Super Bowl included wins over teams the Chiefs beat (Minnesota) or almost beat (Green Bay) with Matt Moore at QB. [Reply]
Originally Posted by The Franchise:
Aaron Jones was finding decent lanes against that 49ers defense. I could see Williams finding those same lanes in this game.
Especially if they’re gonna roll Ford out there more often than usual... I’m sure that’s something that the offensive staff is waiting to adjust to. One way or the other. [Reply]
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
This is, simply, astounding. And the key to it all is a guy the Patriots cut and KC picked up off the street midseason.
Amazing.
Shades of Keith Traylor.
It also makes you appreciate Brandon Daly. He has been such a huge get for this team. [Reply]
I’m surprised Vegas is not favoring the Niners by 7+ points. They are pretty loaded with talent on both sides of the ball and very good coaching. Their fanbase seems pretty arrogant to me. They seem to be expecting a 20-30 point blowout in their favor. Maybe it happens. But I think it will be a pretty competitive game and 50/50 chance on who wins it. If the Niners lose, that is gonna be a hell of a letdown for a huge chunk of their fanbase expecting an easy victory. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
And I think it's because he knew how well they were playing.
To that point he could sit there and say "man, we just need ONE break..." and be confident that his guys were playing at a level that might actually allow them to get it.
When you're only half thinking a thing is possible and it slips away from you, well you aren't really all that crushed because you weren't convinced it was likely anyway.
But I think Vrabel's watching that game and he's proud as hell of his guys and he's seeing them stay within a haymaker of maybe stealing this thing....
....then it happened. Only the 2nd real mistake his team made all day and it resulted in the 2nd crippling touchdown of the afternoon. At that point he understood that for everything they'd done and for as hard as they'd tried, it just wasn't going to happen. And because he'd had himself convinced that it could, it hurt all the more.
Yup. We beat a damn fine team that day. They played well...just not well enough.
Originally Posted by Frosty: :-) at the NFC smack. There were maybe three powerhouse teams in the NFC this year. I think they are just trying to make themselves feel better about losing to the ****ing Falcons at home.
NFC we went 3-1 against and we lost the 1 because Mahomes was hurt. 49er trolls are fucking morons. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DRM08:
I’m surprised Vegas is not favoring the Niners by 7+ points. They are pretty loaded with talent on both sides of the ball and very good coaching. Their fanbase seems pretty arrogant to me. They seem to be expecting a 20-30 point blowout in their favor. Maybe it happens. But I think it will be a pretty competitive game and 50/50 chance on who wins it. If the Niners lose, that is gonna be a hell of a letdown for a huge chunk of their fanbase expecting an easy victory.
Give it a week and 3/4 of their fan base won’t give a shit that they lost. [Reply]
