What's your Biggest REALISTIC Fear for the 49ers for the Rest of the Season? | Page 3

nickbradley · 2011-11-02T05:27:39-07:00

I'm not talking about our pro bowlers getting hurt and lost for the season or something (knock on wood) -- I'm talking about mistakes and trends, degrading performance, matchups, etc. Mine is that we get sloppy late in the season, lose some games we should win (like against the NFC West), and blow the #2 seed and end up with the #3 seed. As a result, we host the 6th-seeded Eagles in SF and lose. That's my fear.

Nov 2, 2011 at 8:55 AM

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Hopper
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injuries

Nov 2, 2011 at 8:57 AM

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Bluefalcon61
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Alex Smith - lost for the season.

We are screwed.

The backups are nowhere near ready.

Nov 2, 2011 at 8:57 AM

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cortana49
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Injuries and looking horrible in the playoffs.

Nov 2, 2011 at 8:57 AM

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NCommand
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I'm not as concerned about our passing offense like some here...remember, WHEN we needed to pass, we have passed VERY well. Remember? Being down 21 in Philly? Being down on the road in Detroit? When we needed a drive, we did it? When we needed to blow out an opponent, we did? Nail in the coffin?

Don't dismiss the big picture fans...when the situation required it and throughout the year, our offense, including the passing game, has been very efficient and effective. I have no doubt in my mind if Harbaugh game-planned to a spread, wide-open offense where Alex was calling audibles, we'd tear it up with all our weapons as we all know this is where Alex excels esp. in a two-minute, hurry-up offense.

Has he missed some throws and big plays? Of course...but then again, when you throw one long pass to every 10 short to intermediate-range pass and predominately run effectively, you'll be a "little off." Not an issue...now that Crabtree and Edwards are both back and playing their natural positions, you can expect more wrinkles and big plays. Morgan was a bigger loss than most realize as it affected the other two WR positions as well.

Nov 2, 2011 at 8:58 AM

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no fear

Nov 2, 2011 at 9:01 AM

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As to my biggest realistic fear? The refs. Seriously. If we play a tight game, we could lose on a critical call. Last weekend, we clearly scored a TD on 4th down and even with a review, it was STILL called short. Calls like this clearly change a game. Had that been against a team that was capable of using that momentum, it will hurt us. In this scenario, if it was ruled a TD against the Browns, that's 17-0 right there and another one or two additional possessions in the first half which could have nailed down the game in the first half and we could rest players in the second half and get some more experience for the backups and/or work on additional offensive wrinkles. Instead, we had to make a long drive at the end of the game for a closing FG.

[ Edited by NCommand on Nov 2, 2011 at 9:04 AM ]

Nov 2, 2011 at 9:04 AM

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49AllTheTime
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I think the OP is Fredrick P Soft

Nov 2, 2011 at 9:41 AM

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TheRickestRick
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November is the biggest concern... Washington is winnable but it starts the period of 4 NFL games in 19 days. Im hoping the exhaustion shown at the end of the Browns game was more from coming off a bye week then being tired at mid-season.

Nov 2, 2011 at 9:43 AM

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oops

[ Edited by ChazBoner on Nov 2, 2011 at 9:43 AM ]

Nov 2, 2011 at 9:48 AM

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crabman82
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i'm not worried about s**t, after the past decade theres nothing that could happen to tarnish what has been accomplished this season already....we already playin with house money

[ Edited by crabman82 on Nov 2, 2011 at 9:49 AM ]

Nov 2, 2011 at 9:53 AM

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