OFFICIAL Bye Week State of the Franchise Thread | Page 5

SonocoNinerFan · 2011-10-16T19:09:58-07:00

I think it's safe to say that our current state has exceeded the dreams of even the biggest homers. I mean think about this; all we need to do is play .500 ball the rest of way just to get to 10-6. Now with a week of rest and Braylon Edwards coming back we couldn't be positioned better IMO. The defense and special teams are two of the best units in the league and the offense has improved game by game, quarter by quarter. If Crabtree and Edwards can get their timing with Smith dialed in then I think any . . . I repeat ANY game is winnable. Barring catostrophic injury and allowing for the sometimes fluky NFL, I think we lose no more than three more games and end up with no worse than a #2 seed and a bye. In just six weeks we've come a long way from Suck for Luck . . . Is this fun again or what?

Oct 17, 2011 at 2:48 PM

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Brandon Lloyd signed with Rams

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7115217/denver-broncos-trade-receiver-brandon-lloyd-st-louis-rams

[ Edited by MiamiNiner on Oct 17, 2011 at 2:49 PM ]

Oct 17, 2011 at 2:49 PM

#62

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Originally posted by valrod33:

Originally posted by blizzuntz:
i feel bad for any team that has to face our coaching staff with 2 weeks of preparation H

Colt McCoy is s**tting in his pants right now

Harbaugh has raised the bar too high. With 2 weeks to prepare for CLE, I expect a blowout followed by a punch to the face of their head coach this time.

Oct 17, 2011 at 4:44 PM

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Cleveland highlights:

@ Oakland - lost 17-24
vs Titans - lost 13-31
vs Dolphins - Win 17-16
@ Colts - Win 27-19
vs Bengals - lost 17-27

Colt McCoy:
Att: 217
Comp: 121
Yds: 1199
Comp. %: 55.8
Yds/Att: 5.5
TD: 8
INT: 3.
Rating: 78.1

I want to crush this team!!!

Oct 17, 2011 at 5:20 PM

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Originally posted by Joecool:

Originally posted by valrod33:

Originally posted by blizzuntz:
i feel bad for any team that has to face our coaching staff with 2 weeks of preparation H

Colt McCoy is s**tting in his pants right now

Harbaugh has raised the bar too high. With 2 weeks to prepare for CLE, I expect a blowout followed by a punch to the face of their head coach this time.

Oct 17, 2011 at 5:22 PM

#65

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Originally posted by Joecool:
Harbaugh has raised the bar too high. With 2 weeks to prepare for CLE, I expect a blowout followed by a punch to the face of their head coach this time.

Oct 17, 2011 at 5:22 PM

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Originally posted by unst4bl3:
This, crabtree made some grabs, but dude is so slow. Everytime he tried to make a move, he got swarmed. Morgan never looks that slow, and makes his moves on moves, instead of coming to a complete stop.

Where was kyle williams?

I dont think he played much, if at all. We were TE heavy last night. Maiocco made a good point earlier and pointed out that the #3 reciever in our system doesnt get a lot of playing time.

Oct 17, 2011 at 5:37 PM

#67

ChaunceyGardner
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First bye week in a long time that it wasn't the Niner's best week of football.

Oct 17, 2011 at 5:51 PM

#68

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Originally posted by BirdmanJr:

Originally posted by Joecool:
Harbaugh has raised the bar too high. With 2 weeks to prepare for CLE, I expect a blowout followed by a punch to the face of their head coach this time.

hilarious!

Oct 17, 2011 at 7:07 PM

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It might interest everyone to know that of ALL of the undefeated and one loss teams remaining, the 49ers have played the most difficult schedule in terms of opponents winning percentage.

49ers: 19 - 15 / 56%

Lions: 15 - 14 / 52%

Patriots: 12 - 14 / 46%

Ravens: 12 - 15 / 44%

Chargers: 9 - 17 / 35%

Packers: 12 - 22 / 35%

Throw in the fact that three of these games were back east and nobody can talk trash about this 5-1 record.

Oct 17, 2011 at 8:04 PM

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I'm trying to GD hard not to count wins right now and remember we're only at week 7 of 17. but my god this seems like we are a top 5 team right now! with a top flight maybe #1 D in the league, top tire ST and an offense that is running over everybody and is getting better week by week.

Oct 17, 2011 at 8:26 PM

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I had very high hopes for the Harbaugh era but wow. Even in a non-lockout year 5-1 would be amazing. Hats off to Harbaugh. He is the coach we all dreamed he would be. The work ethic and intelligence he has displayed in order to get this 49er team to learn a new system on both sides of the ball in time to compete at this level is impressive

It's safe to say that the 49ers are heading in the right direction under the Harbaugh regime.

Oct 18, 2011 at 12:44 AM

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Oct 18, 2011 at 5:32 AM

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Don't forget, gang that the trade deadline is today at 1pm PST. Let's see if we make a move.

Oct 18, 2011 at 5:36 AM

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cleveland is going to get demolished that they end up leaving for L.A. right after the game

Oct 18, 2011 at 5:36 AM

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Originally posted by monsterzero789:

Originally posted by unst4bl3:
This, crabtree made some grabs, but dude is so slow. Everytime he tried to make a move, he got swarmed. Morgan never looks that slow, and makes his moves on moves, instead of coming to a complete stop.

Where was kyle williams?

I dont think he played much, if at all. We were TE heavy last night. Maiocco made a good point earlier and pointed out that the #3 reciever in our system doesnt get a lot of playing time.

yea and when he was on the field, he wasn't targeted at all.

I'm sure the scheme had to do with the fact that we were playing Detroit's DL. More TE's = more blockers. VD was barely noticeable on Sunday too. Lotta blocking.