Originally posted by 49erJim:
Did you guys see on the side lines Alex talking to the OL Coach and telling him, all I see is colors and its not just one guy its like 3 at a time. Our O-Line played horrible, I see one play where Alex got sacked and number 62 does not even move, he does not even lay a hand on the d-lineman and Alex had no chance at all. Also we did not have Miller in the game and I think that really hurt us. I also saw a clip where Frank Gore creamed the rusher knocked him right on his a$$ and then stood right over him like I just kicked ur butt boy!! Ray Rice is short and likes to talk crap, did you see him getting mad at Aldon Smith after Aldon took him down.
Good post and I saw many OLmen standing around waiting for Smith to be hit. Just don't understand why this is so difficult. Part of pass defending is moving your head and watching for guys to hit...not just standing in a hole and waiting for Godot! Rachal seemed like he was totally unprepared, which is somewhat understandable given the short week and backup status, but not to the extent he demonstrated.
The worst hit I saw was on a loop by Suggs between Goodwin and Rachal when they had already committed. He came late, 2 seconds, and had a clear path to Smith, who was already hemmed in by other rushers with nowhere to go. Yikes! Glad he wasn't injured! This was a great play by Suggs and could only have been defended by giving Smith space to either side so he could have escaped...but there was no space to either side as the OTs had been pushed back to Smith. Four guys landed on him that play.
[ Edited by dtg_9er on Nov 28, 2011 at 6:14 AM ]