Originally posted by Hopper: Fitzgerald is going to light Clements up like a christmas tree. I don't have a good feeling about this game at all.
yea like fitz lit him up the past 2 years...
That was before Clements was getting beat by scrubs like Kassim Osgood. If Clements can't cover those guys, just imagine what Fitz will do.
For the last time, can we dump this notion that Clements guards Fitzgerald. WALT HARRIS IS THE ONE WHO COVERED FITZGERALD FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE TIME THE PAST 3 SEASONS. I've said this from the moment it happened...losing Walt Harris was the biggest change of the offseason. He's a HUGE loss to the secondary.
Okay, hold on, timeout. Walt Harris was a good solid cornerback, a veteran. He did have some absolutely horrible games (Saints game @the stick). Please don't act like he was something he's not.
he might be right actually. i seem to remember hearing something about walt being the one d-ing up on fitz before. itd make sense because nate is a better match up physically with boldin. i thought nate may have covered fitz in the mnf game though but i could be wrong.
i like our cbs matchups with their wrs, well as much as you can vs fitz, breaston, and boldin. nate vs boldin is better than nate vs fitz because boldin is the more physical of the 2. spencer is i think our tallest cb and has long arms vs the 6'4" fitz. hopefully the d holds up.
Actually, it was Donald Strickland who was on Fitz at the end of the game when we last beat them in Ariz, two years ago. I think they'll go with the committee approach on Fitz.
I hope Boldin gets introduced to Goldson early. Should be quite a collison.
I hope Beanie Wells gets introduced to Willis early. Could be the end of Wells' NFL career.
I hope whatever flavor of defense we've been hiding all preseason gets unveiled, finally, and that it includes plenty of pressure on Warner as its primary ingredient. Otherwise, it may not matter who's guarding Fitz.
I think it will start out as a close game, but I expect the Niners to OWN the fourth quarter, to just wear Arizona down as the game goes on.
It'll take a few weeks for the Cardinals to get used to being the hunted for the first time since Harry Truman lived in the White House. Coincidentally, Arizona quarterback Kurt Warner voted for him.
he might be right actually. i seem to remember hearing something about walt being the one d-ing up on fitz before. itd make sense because nate is a better match up physically with boldin. i thought nate may have covered fitz in the mnf game though but i could be wrong.
i like our cbs matchups with their wrs, well as much as you can vs fitz, breaston, and boldin. nate vs boldin is better than nate vs fitz because boldin is the more physical of the 2. spencer is i think our tallest cb and has long arms vs the 6'4" fitz. hopefully the d holds up.
How sweet would it be if Spencer gets a hit on Fitzgerald like the one he put on Kitna?
I hope the defense comes out & gets after Warner early to cause a turnover or two. I wanna see this offense get something going early & pound on this Arizona team.
The good thing about Spencer starting is that he knows Fitz pretty well since he has defended him since college. It will be interesting to see how this works.
, but it is a resource.