Originally posted by TonyStarks:
The ''juries'' still out ?
IT'S A FU*KIN EVERY YEAR PROBLEM
OLINE
OLINE
OLINE
OLINE!
seriously.
of all the teams faults, poor play, inconsistancies, etc, poor pass blocking has ALWAYS been this teams major fault.
our D does its job. we get beat as a pass D, but were banged up in that area, and we have some young guys who will be good. overall the D is a playoff caliber unit when healthy.
the offense, on the other hand, is too inconsistant. i know this is tough for you guys to comprehend, but all those bad plays Alex Smith makes? notice a common theme in any of them? hes running for his life.
you guys are all sitting here yelling at Smith for running backwards and side to side and throwing it away, when his OL just got spun around and shoved aside before he could even get set.
repeat after me!
UNTIL WE FIX THE OL, WE WILL NOT MAKE THE PLAYOFFS.
its as simple as that. give us the vikings, panthers, colts, or titans OL? were a playoff team no doubt about it. run blocking is spotty, but they can manage it, but pass blocking? awful. i dont know if staley was rusty or what, but there were eagles in the 49er backfield on almost every snap.