Marvin49's Week 15: Thoughts after rewatching the game....

NineFourNiner · 2012-12-17T11:31:23-08:00

From Marvin49: I'm a bit punchy right now because i was up till 3 AM rewatching the game...lol. Forgive me if my spelling or typing isn't the greatest. 1) Kaepernick: Yes, he had issues with the snap. I dunno how much of that is him, how much was Goodwin, or how much was weather related. Any way you look at it, it needs to be fixed. Period. They got lucky that they recovered those fumbles, but even with the recoveries they did kill drives. This game could have been COMPLETELY out of the Patriots reach. Having said all that. WOW. If you don't think Harbaugh knew what he was doing when he put this kid in, I don't know what you're watching. 4 TDs. All over 20 yards out and 2 over 30 yards out. He threw a pick (young QB mistake...never saw the backside safety) and came out on the next drive an DRILLED a pass to Crabtree over the middle for a TD. The kid is NAILS. He doesn't get nervous. He doesn't get rattled. When he makes a mistake he responds with NO FEAR. This was just his 5th freakin start and he just beat New England IN New England in DECEMBER. Incredible. He beat the Bears on Monday Night, he beat the Saints in NO and now NE in NE. Young QBs dont just do that. It doesn't happen. 2) Defense First Half: Holy sh*tballs wow. CRUSHING the Pats at every turn. Goldson/Whitner makign their presence felt. Niner LBs playing line Niner LBs. DOMINATION. 3) Defense Second Half: Not so much of the above. LOL. I think they relaxed thinking they had this one in the bag, got into a funk and just couldn't get out. There were some bad calls (the PI on Brown), but it should never have been that close. You can't relax on Brady. No lead is to big to overcome. I hope they learned the lesson...once you dig the hole in the ground, you still have to kick them in and start throwing dirt back in the hole. 4) Offense Game Plan: Drove me crazy. Great calls to start the game and then they got way, way too conservative. The only things that kept Kaep from putting up 6 TDs (or more) was conservative playcalling when they got way up and Vernons complete inability to lay out for a pass. They need to step on the other teams throat and KILL them. Again...I hope they learned a valuable lesson. You can't relax in this league. It will come back and bite you. 5) Crabtree: Again, playing like the player we thought he would be when he was drafted. 6) NE Passing yards: Just a note...the Niners did relax in the second half and they shouldn't have...but Brady threw 65 freakin passes. SIXTY-FIVE!! That is flat nuts. The Niner D was GASSED in a big way and the pass rush just could get to him until late. Still...440+ yards on the 65 attempts, but only a single TD and 2 picks. 7) Walker: Sigh. I like the guy....but does he just have the worst hands on the team? He didn't have any drops, but he fumbled at the 5. Again. Over the years I seem to remember him fumbling the ball at LEAST 3 or 4 other times in the redzone. The guy is so athletic and he can get open...but he is damn frustrating sometimes. 8) Akers: Really starting to lose patience here. 9) Justin: YIKES!!! PLEASE be OK. I dunno if the Niners can afford to lose him. He is the engine that makes that front 7 go. If they lose him for a few games...fine, but they NEED him back for the playoffs. Of course, having him back this week would be even better. 10) Playoffs: Yeah baby. Its official. Back to the playoffs. No matter what happens now they have their spot in the tournament. As the Giants have proved, thats all you need to do. The rest is just gravy. They have now also proved that they can go on the road and beat good teams in bad weather. This crucible over the last portion of the season is the perfect learning ground for Kaep. 3 primetime games. In NO. In NE. In Seattle. I can't wait till January.

Dec 17, 2012 at 11:38 AM

Marvin49
Hall of Fame
Posts: 16,506

There we go...not sure tho how we do this every week tho.

Dec 17, 2012 at 11:39 AM

DRnSFw
BlessUp
Posts: 68,749

why was the other thread locked?

btw Marvin49 look forward to your thoughts every week!

Dec 17, 2012 at 11:40 AM

Marvin49
Hall of Fame
Posts: 16,506

Originally posted by DRnSFw:
why was the other thread locked?

btw Marvin49 look forward to your thoughts every week!

A bunch of stuff got merged so my first post didn't appear until page 10. Mods created this for me (thank you) but not sure how this would work with me doing a diff thread every week. Dunno...we'll see.

[ Edited by Marvin49 on Dec 17, 2012 at 11:41 AM ]

Dec 17, 2012 at 11:40 AM

susweel
Hall of Nepal
Posts: 122,236

Originally posted by Marvin49:
There we go...not sure tho how we do this every week tho.

you better do it quickly after the game and PM it to the mods

Dec 17, 2012 at 11:41 AM

TexasGuero49
Veteran
Posts: 12,317

Awesome job Marvin....

Dec 17, 2012 at 11:41 AM

Marvin49
Hall of Fame
Posts: 16,506

Originally posted by susweel:

Originally posted by Marvin49:
There we go...not sure tho how we do this every week tho.

you better do it quickly after the game and PM it to the mods

lol. Didn't sound like they were happy with me to begin with for making that last post. LOL!!.

Dec 17, 2012 at 11:44 AM

Paul_Hofer
Veteran
Posts: 4,089

I wonder whether part of Fangio's reason for going zone in the 2nd half, besides being conservative (fatal), is that man-to-man takes so much more energy. And with few great reserves, felt he had to give the defense a break.

Dec 17, 2012 at 11:48 AM

tn9er
Veteran
Posts: 4,893

Originally posted by Marvin49:
There we go...not sure tho how we do this every week tho.

Thanks,

Another good break down of the game as usual.

This reminds me of week #6 of the 1981 season when the 49ers slayed the big dog of the NFL by beating the Cowboys 45-14.

Dec 17, 2012 at 11:49 AM

oldninerdude
Veteran
Posts: 4,330

Originally posted by Paul_Hofer:
I wonder whether part of Fangio's reason for going zone in the 2nd half, besides being conservative (fatal), is that man-to-man takes so much more energy. And with few great reserves, felt he had to give the defense a break.

Or maybe he was just trying to change things up and give Brady a different look.

Very glad to see Fangio go back to the man to man stuff though. Brady is so good at running the no huddle offense, and can move his team down the field and into the endzone so quickly, that it was nerve wracking to watch there for awhile!

Dec 17, 2012 at 11:49 AM

#10

GORO
Veteran
Posts: 2,251

MODS: WARNING FOR RUINING ONE OF THE BEST WEEKLY POSTS! Marvin post are a big hit on this forum and to combine it with an impersenator was wrong>

Dec 17, 2012 at 11:54 AM

#11

NineFourNiner
Hall of Fame
Posts: 78,847

Let's all relax and stop the b***hing and whining. This is now the official thread for Marvin's weekly analysis, which is always a great read and much appreciated. We'll try to keep a weekly official thread for him.

This week, at least TWO other posters jacked his style and started their own threads. This lead to a merge and lots of complaints. The problem is fixed but complaints should be handled differently in the future. Instigating others to complain publicly (SUSWEEL) does not help.

NOW TALK FOOTBALL, CON-SARN IT!!!

Dec 17, 2012 at 11:55 AM

#12

verb1der
Member
Posts: 15,613

An official Marvin thread! Congrats man!

Dec 17, 2012 at 11:56 AM

#13

oldninerdude
Veteran
Posts: 4,330

Originally posted by susweel:

Originally posted by Marvin49:
There we go...not sure tho how we do this every week tho.

you better do it quickly after the game and PM it to the mods

Hard to "quickly" do any kind of detailed analysis after rewatching the game--which itself takes time.

Marvin's post usually ignites some excellent football discussions every week.

So keep up the great work Marvin.

Dec 17, 2012 at 11:58 AM

#14

billbird2111
Veteran
Posts: 18,013

Can I have the official "I was wrong about Alex" thread?