What's truly missing from the 49ers...intimidating players and that's on Baalke.

Look back at the team in 2011 and the current team that just got whupped the last two games. What you'll notice is they no longer have players that scare people physically. On Defense we had Dashon Goldson and Whitner and THEY set the tone of the games, not Navorro or Willis. No TE or WR would dare catch a check down or short crossing pattern because they knew they'd pay the price or they knew they wouldn't get any YACs. Remember when we played NE and Aaron Hernandez caught that pass over the middle and got clocked and the next play he alligator armed a catch and Aldon intercepted it? Or remember the game changing play of Whitner on Thomas against NO? Oh but they were a liability in coverage? Really, and our new guys are doing that much better? Are we winning? Intimidation leads to incomplete passes & turnovers.

Whitner is having a pro bowl year in Cleveland. If you watched this week's game against the Colts and look whom gave his D the attitude to go toe to toe with the superior Colts, specially in the Goal line stand at the end. You can go through the roster and see how Baalke let some of our toughest layers go and replaced them with some competent players that don't bring that kind of attitude. Our blocking has fallen apart since Delanie left. At the end of his stay here, Delanie was knocking people out on those Wham plays and he had the speed to at least give opposing D something to think about. Where's his replacements? How about new blood young OLinemen that maul people? That's what Harbaugh's system needs and Baalke's penny pinching has not provided. Look at Pep Hamilton's offense in Indianapolis, notice they have a couple of very good TEs?

You seem to be serious.

Originally posted by DelCed2486:

You seem to be serious.

Da interwebz is srs biznez

I dunno. These days a big hit can just as easily turn into a 30 yard penalty.

"Whitner is having a pro bowl year in Cleveland. If you watched this week's game against the Colts and look whom gave his D the attitude to go toe to toe with the superior Colts, specially in the Goal line stand at the end."



Who won that game by the way?

Whitner is having a Pro Bowl year because he got famous here. Bethea is severely outplaying him.

Lol at Willis/Bowman/Cowboy not being intimidating.

If anything, our OL is soft. That gets cleaned up with a healthy A. Davis and Looney in for Iupati (Looney is nasty; watch him sometime).

Originally posted by WRATHman44:
Whitner is having a Pro Bowl year because he got famous here. Bethea is severely outplaying him.

Lol at Willis/Bowman/Cowboy not being intimidating.

If anything, our OL is soft. That gets cleaned up with a healthy A. Davis and Looney in for Iupati (Looney is nasty; watch him sometime).

Exactly.

Willis and Bowman can't intimidate from IR.

Aldon Smith was intimidating and then somebody yanked the drinks from him

walker was the key to our offense not vernon davis.

Originally posted by Rocket4989:
walker was the key to our offense not vernon davis.

If we had Delanie Walker our only loss would be to Denver

Letting Delaine go was a HUGE fail on Baalke part. But you can't win them all. Delaine > Crabtree

The lack of Whitner has nothing to do with this disaster! What's really missing from the 49ers in the lack of good decision making from quarterback. That's what!

Goldson is just totally tearing the world up in Tampa Bay right.......



The reality is that you can't head hunt in the NFL anymore, the refs are calling everything strictly and the days of absolutely blowing up receivers going across the middle are pretty much over. Its just the way the NFL is nowadays. The safeties are hardly the issue, this is still a tough, hard hitting defense that has more than held their own for much of the season despite missing a lot of key players.

This team with full health and no off season distractions is probably sitting at like 11-2 and intimadating everyone. All the "noise" and injuries has robbed this team of what should have been a special season. Unfortnately that happens from time to time in the NFL. Just have to move forward and retool.

Originally posted by 24plus25er:

Letting Delaine go was a HUGE fail on Baalke part. But you can't win them all. Delaine > Crabtree

Google NFL salary cap.