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Mike McGlinchey welcomes criticism of his play, so long as the critic is looking at the entire body of his work instead of picking out a play or two here and there. He acknowledged that he has made mistakes this season. However, McGlinchey feels that his overall performance has been better than many are making it out to be.
The third-year tackle sees the analysis on social media and is fine with it, so long as it is done right.
Said McGlinchey on Wednesday: "Obviously, I don't really appreciate people who are the armchair quarterbacks that take a 30-second clip off of Twitter and think they understand offensive-line play. I don't like that."
Pro Football Focus grades show that McGlinchey's overall play has been improving as the season progresses — if you put stock into the analytics site. His run-blocking grade of 84.6 is a career-high. However, his pass-blocking grade, which analysts feel has been a weak area of his game, is at a career-low of 55.6.
McGlinchey expressed on Wednesday that he remains confident in his play, no matter how many critics pop up on social media.
"In terms of the overall picture, I'd ask those people to watch the entire game," McGlinchey continued, "because I'm pretty confident that other than the one or two (mistakes) that have happened, that have been glaring, I've been putting together a pretty good season. And I continue to get better each week.
"Obviously, I have to clean up the mistakes that are made. I can't let those happen. I can't be the guy that lets our team down in any situation, whether it's one play, whether it's 10 plays.
"But yeah, I think each week, it's gotten better and better. I think the things that you have been saying have been a little bit over the top. I think nobody's watching a complete football game. They're chasing a lazy narrative of one play or two, and they see something on Twitter, and they think they have it figured out.
"I think it's been a solid year. Obviously, I have a lot of things to continue to improve on, but I've been doing that week to week, and I just have to clean up the one or two a game that just can't happen."
In case you weren't aware, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo has been the subject of a little discussion this season. Everyone has an opinion about his NFL future. Will he be the Niners' signal-caller next season, or will the team look to move in a different direction?
Kyle Shanahan recently offered a vote of confidence in his quarterback.
"I expect Jimmy to be our starter next year," the 49ers head coach said last week. "I mean, I expect him to come play with us this year (after he recovers from his ankle injury). ... It's a lot harder to win games when he's not here, and I'm just hoping we can get him back."
Garoppolo is 26-9
The San Francisco 49ers lost their third consecutive game and sixth of the season. The team heads into its much-needed bye week, hoping to rest and recover — maybe get some players back on the other end.
The latest loss came at the hands of the New Orleans Saints, who knocked off the visiting 49ers 27-13. After the game, reporters asked quarterback Nick Mullens about the locker room's mood as the season seemingly continues to spiral downward.
"Right now, I'm really frustrated by the loss," Mullens said via Zoom. "I feel like we really could have done some special things out there. But we've got a resilient group. We've got a bye week. We've got six games left. And I feel like we can win games. We can win a lot of games.
"We've just got to play
The San Francisco 49ers will probably have to play their next two home games somewhere other than Levi's Stadium due to new Santa Clara County restrictions prohibiting professional sports from occurring locally due to increasing COVID-19 numbers.
The 49ers are prepared to play elsewhere, apparently. According to Mark Maske of The Washington Post, San Francisco has had a contingency plan in place for months. The team will play its home games at another NFL stadium, according to the report. Which stadium that is hasn't been revealed.
"The NFL and the 49ers have a contingency plan in place for where the team will practice and play games if it must move,
