Originally posted by socalfan21:
Originally posted by sfout:
Originally posted by socalfan21:
Originally posted by Tru2RedNGold25:
so is Manningham done for the year?. This feels like last year going into the Playoffs thin at WR
It looks like Manningham is done. I think the 49ers need to start designing some plays for Jenkins and have Ted Ginn out there with Moss and Crabs. We aren't nearly as bad as last season. We had Crabtree then Swain (!!!) and Hastings (!!!)
Bolded wont happen at all. Teddy didn't see a SINGLE offensive snap despite losing Davis early and Rio later in the game. Instead Walker saw 44 snaps(77%) as #1 TE and WR. Ginn has clearly worn out his welcome with us.
We still have the 3 I named and delanie and Vern will be back
Harbaugh said the same thing last week with Justin and by Friday it was a different tune, I think he even termed Alex's concussion as "mild" and it took him 2 weeks to pass the tests. Every case is different but the return date for Vernon is not set in stone. We're in the playoffs, its just the seeding up in the air, yea we want the bye but dont expect us to rush Vernon back next week against just as beastly of a defense as any, even if he passes the tests this week he'll barely play, if at all.
Expect the coaches to play it safe and let Vernon heal up until the (more likely) wildcard or potentially an entire extra week of recovery if/when we beat AZ and if/when the Vikings beat the Packers(slightly less likely because it involves another teams success against a much better team). Last thing we need is for Vernon to get knocked again and be out for all of the playoffs.
Yes we have proven players in Moss and Crabtree but Jenkins is still a mystery, he'll get snaps next week as it is imperative he gets his feet under him before he goes against a playoff caliber team, possibly on the road if the Vikings dont pull of the upset.
Still only having 4 WRs in Crabtree, Moss, Jenkins, Ginn -- only 2 of them known to be worth a damn is not a good position to be in for the playoffs. Expect us to promote Lockette or Hall. Which isn't much better then what we had last year, only difference is we have a future HOFer on the roster in Moss and Crabtree is finally healthy. Even then we barely have enough talent to do a 3 Wideout set, especially if Vernon is out they will just double Crabtree and Moss and make Jenkins or Walker and our ground game beat them. The biggest consolation is that Jenkins had at worst round 2 talent so we can try and stay warm and fuzzy about our chances.
[ Edited by sfout on Dec 24, 2012 at 16:56:36 ]
