Play by Play analysis on Oakland vs SF

sweet! keep it coming.

So, our offensive line didn't play well on that first drive??

P.S. You chronicle the OL weekly, in an in-depth manner. What do you think the team should do about this line? I know you are attempting to stay objective, which is much appreciated, but you have better idea than virtually anyone on the strengths and weaknesses of this unit.

[ Edited by MadDog49er on Oct 18, 2010 at 10:52:16 ]

Originally posted by FourNine49:
sweet! keep it coming.

Thanks, and I'll get the 2nd quarter done later today or tomorrow. Takes so much of my day to do this, but I enjoy it.

... and no, MD... our OL was doing its usual harm to our offensive success.

I felt like our OL was preetty crappy all day yesterday. Had Smith hit that deep ball to Morgan, I bet they would have respected the pass for the rest of the game.

Originally posted by MadDog49er:


P.S. You chronicle the OL weekly, in an in-depth manner. What do you think the team should do about this line? I know you are attempting to stay objective, which is much appreciated, but you have better idea than virtually anyone on the strengths and weaknesses of this unit.

I really don't have a solution worth mentioning yet or maybe never will. While I do watch these games plenty during the weeks, some of them were so awful that I simply couldn't "get it up" to pay close attention to each individual matchup.

So honestly, I can't at this time say what we should do to get more from our OL. I might be more inclined to do nothing, and then have a private chat with Staley and Davis. (were I someone in charge of decision-making)

Originally posted by SJniner7:
I felt like our OL was preetty crappy all day yesterday. Had Smith hit that deep ball to Morgan, I bet they would have respected the pass for the rest of the game.

I agree and agree. That one pass could have really spun this game differently.

Seems that the normal SOP for our OL is to always have at least 1 of them fail badly each play. Always changing from individual to individual screw-up.

Originally posted by SJniner7:
I felt like our OL was preetty crappy all day yesterday. Had Smith hit that deep ball to Morgan, I bet they would have respected the pass for the rest of the game.

How about getting the ball to Crabtree for 32 yards. Is that good enough to respect? The the pass to Davis was pretty good as well.

It seems to me that the offense is starting to jell. We need better line play, but that seems to be coming along as well. It appears that there is some period in the game that the offense recognizes that they need to play. We have seen it happen in the New Orleans game, then in the Atlanta game, and now in the Raiders game. We still have a lot of loose fitting pieces. But if they continue to win, to tighten up, and then have all of their better games in the playoff, I am good for that.

Goldson hitting Bush out changed Bush's play the remainder of the game.

This reminded me of Franklin's play. I thought RJF was more active when he saw the field.

Seeing as how I've been saying Heitmann and Staley are garbage while many have been singing their praises, I feel qualified to say what the coaches need to do with the line. On top of that, I also called Baas being the perfect upgrade for Heitmann given the circumstances.

Put Simms back in at LT and if he can't get it done this year, move Davis. He played LT in college and he probably feels better over there, just as Baas feels better at C than LG. Next up, Move Staley back to RT. After that, bench Chilo, or maybe even cut him. If we can get a 5th or 6th for him, do it. In place of Chilo, insert whoever is performing better, Heitmann or Snyder.

LT - Simms/Davis
LG - Iupati
C - Baas
RG - Heitmann/Snyder
RT - Staley

Without practicing, I bet that line would perform better than anything we've seen this year outside of the Saints game. And speaking of the Saints game, I'm not sure why we can't get back to that performance. Perhaps it is how predictable our offense is...

good read keep it coming

for everyone saying we should move Staley, it would be the wrong move.
You want your best run blockers on the right side of the line, a majority of runs in the NFL go to the right. He would be an absolute liability there. LT is where u want your best pass blocker. Like it or not he the best we got.

Originally posted by Bayerrya:
good read keep it coming

for everyone saying we should move Staley, it would be the wrong move.
You want your best run blockers on the right side of the line, a majority of runs in the NFL go to the right. He would be an absolute liability there. LT is where u want your best pass blocker. Like it or not he the best we got.

Simms was better than him last year. The run blocking hasn't been anywhere near great to the right. Mix it up!

The biggest thing for a line is continuity. We lost that before the season started. But moving them all over the place is a recipe for disaster.

SF did a lot last year to protect Sims. ( just saying... )

I just barely got into the 2nd quarter, but guess who beat Staley for a sack? Rookie Matt Shaughnessy at RE.