A few things that may interest only me...

Originally posted by Marvin49:
1) I was listening to KNBR yesterday morning and Ted Robinson (49ers Radio Announcer for those who don't know) is subbing in for Murph. He said something very interesting. Ya know how on every play Alex is reading off of his wristband before relaying the call to the team? Andrew Luck did the same thing. The reason for this is that the word terminology for Harbaugh/Romans WCO is very complex so it takes a long time to relay the information over the Mic in Smiths Helmet. To save time, they have an abreviation code. Harbaugh gives Alex the shortened code and he looks up the actual terminology on the wristband before relaying it to the team. Pretty Cool.

Nice info.
Makes me think that opposing defenses should yank that wristcoach from his arm.

Originally posted by Marvin49:

Originally posted by valrod33:

Originally posted by FILTHpigskin:

Originally posted by valrod33:

Originally posted by FILTHpigskin:

Originally posted by valrod33:
1. We did the same thing last year

2. Word

1. Last year we started 0-5... two years ago we didn't travel to the east coast and win two consecutive road games.

2. Indeed.

1. What does that have to do with anything? I was just pointing out that it was nothing new

1. That we didn't do the same thing last year... and it's kinda new.

1. Calls were relayed the same way last year. instead of codes they used a number. Alex would look at the number on his wristband and call that play

Most of the time I'm with ya Val, but this is different.

Yes, they used a wristband last year when they were having so much trouble getting the calls in on time. However, the difference last year was that the OCs wouldn't call the play until it was too late. The number system is in itself shorter. You call 357 and the recievers know that one guy runs a 3 route, another runs a 5 route, and another runs a 7 route.

In the WCO offense it will be like "Razor". Granted, neither of these is even close to the complete call. The point is that in the WCO, the call will be much longer because it uses words instead of numbers. The code Harbaugh relays is an abbreviation of those words for Alex to translate.

Most of all, this WORKS. LOL! Thats the difference from last year.

last year it was like this.

OC: We are going with play number 69 on your wristband alex
Alex in the huddle reads play 69 and calls it out "black thunder balls green hippo"

This year its
OC: We are going with BTBGH on your wristband
Alex in the huddle reads play BTBGH and calls it out "black thunder balls green hippo"

Originally posted by valrod33:

Originally posted by Marvin49:

Originally posted by valrod33:

Originally posted by FILTHpigskin:

Originally posted by valrod33:

Originally posted by FILTHpigskin:

Originally posted by valrod33:
1. We did the same thing last year

2. Word

1. Last year we started 0-5... two years ago we didn't travel to the east coast and win two consecutive road games.

2. Indeed.

1. What does that have to do with anything? I was just pointing out that it was nothing new

1. That we didn't do the same thing last year... and it's kinda new.

1. Calls were relayed the same way last year. instead of codes they used a number. Alex would look at the number on his wristband and call that play

Most of the time I'm with ya Val, but this is different.

Yes, they used a wristband last year when they were having so much trouble getting the calls in on time. However, the difference last year was that the OCs wouldn't call the play until it was too late. The number system is in itself shorter. You call 357 and the recievers know that one guy runs a 3 route, another runs a 5 route, and another runs a 7 route.

In the WCO offense it will be like "Razor". Granted, neither of these is even close to the complete call. The point is that in the WCO, the call will be much longer because it uses words instead of numbers. The code Harbaugh relays is an abbreviation of those words for Alex to translate.

Most of all, this WORKS. LOL! Thats the difference from last year.

last year it was like this.

OC: We are going with play number 69 on your wristband alex
Alex in the huddle reads play 69 and calls it out "black thunder balls green hippo"

This year its
OC: We are going with BTBGH on your wristband
Alex in the huddle reads play BTBGH and calls it out "black thunder balls green hippo"

Ya, but the difference is that last year we could only have like 20 plays listed on that wristband and they couldn't vary. This year they can use the entire offense.

Originally posted by HearstFan:
I remember several instances in the first couple of games where Smith was signalling to get the play called. In one case, Harbaugh was infuriated with a call by the officials and the play was late getting in. Can't remember if that caused a TO or a penalty.

Against Seahawks we had two delay of game penalities on the kicking teams.
Against Dallas we had a delay of game penalty on the offense in the 4th Quarter.
In the Cincy game we had to call a TO on 2nd down in the 2nd Quarter; and a TO in 3rd Quarter after VD long catch because the offense couldn't get organized in time.

But, only on delay of game on the offense so far.

Originally posted by Whomeam:
What Alex's wristband look like this year:

Last year:

Niner's have 3-1 pass-run in their playbook. The only team to have only one run option in Tecmo Bowl.

Original Tecmo Bowl > any madden.(Period.)....period.

Originally posted by stillpans4gold:

Originally posted by Whomeam:
What Alex's wristband look like this year:

Last year:

Niner's have 3-1 pass-run in their playbook. The only team to have only one run option in Tecmo Bowl.

Original Tecmo Bowl > any madden.(Period.)....period.

Just don't play against the Raiders. Bo Jackson was freakin' unstopable. Then throw the ball to Roger Craig on every down. ;-)

Originally posted by ChazBoner:
the philly crowd was pretty quite during the whole game it seemed.

at least the philly fans dont sell their tickets to opposing teams fan base. Wine sipping niner fans find it excusable to sell their seats and allow 40 percent of the stadium to be full of dallas cowboy fans. PATHETIC.

Originally posted by Marvin49:

Originally posted by valrod33:

Originally posted by Marvin49:

Originally posted by valrod33:
1. We did the same thing last year

2. Word

Well if they did that same thing last year, they didn't do it very well. Getting the play in on time this year hasn't been a problem even once. I couldn't say that last year.

Last year against Oakland

Ya...I know he wore a wristband, but its not always because of the Abreviation code. Its possible that they did the same thing last year, but they used the Numbers system which is much shorter....so dunno if thats what was done. Robinson made it sound like it was something new, so who knows. I just thought it was an intersting note. ;-)

Alex Smith This year. wrist band has 3 pages (w/ the flip up). and he had more on his waist.

All I'm saying is this way of getting the calls to Alex is nothing new.

Yes we probably have more plays and used code words now but the use of the wrist bands is not new

Double post

Originally posted by 49erfeeeever808:


Alex Smith This year. wrist band has 3 pages (w/ the flip up). and he had more on his waist.

Wow I have never seen a Playbook belt!! whaaat?!

Originally posted by 49erfeeeever808:

Originally posted by Marvin49:

Originally posted by valrod33:

Originally posted by Marvin49:

Originally posted by valrod33:
1. We did the same thing last year

2. Word

Well if they did that same thing last year, they didn't do it very well. Getting the play in on time this year hasn't been a problem even once. I couldn't say that last year.

Last year against Oakland

Ya...I know he wore a wristband, but its not always because of the Abreviation code. Its possible that they did the same thing last year, but they used the Numbers system which is much shorter....so dunno if thats what was done. Robinson made it sound like it was something new, so who knows. I just thought it was an intersting note. ;-)

Alex Smith This year. wrist band has 3 pages (w/ the flip up). and he had more on his waist.

It's all in the facemask!!!

Originally posted by valrod33:
All I'm saying is this way of getting the calls to Alex is nothing new.

Yes we probably have more plays and used code words now but the use of the wrist bands is not new

Ya, Wristband isn't knew. Just the way it was being used.

I've seen it used in the past when the QB is still learning the O. Thats what I assumed this was. Now I'm thinking that the wristband may be a permanent fixture on the QBs arm. I haven't seen any Stanford games this year, so I dunno if Luck is still using it.

Originally posted by verb1der:
Wow I have never seen a Playbook belt!! whaaat?!

LOL ya crazy.

i think it was the dallas or cleveland game, where they should a replay of him stopping mid-audible because he forgot the call and he do double check all his pages. it was kinda funny because there was so much he had to look through.

Originally posted by Marvin49:


2) I rewatched the Eagles game AGAIN yesterday and something seemed really odd about the game and I couldn't put my finger on it. It wasn't until yesterday that I figured it out. When the 49ers were making their comeback, the thing that seemed odd was the SILENCE from the Philly crowd. No cheering. No Booing. Just stunned SILENCE. I freakin' love it.

I also watched the game AGAIN yesterday. Some random things I noticed...


Bruce Miller had a big first down reception (I think it was in the 3rd), but he actually stepped out of bounds well before the first down marker and NOBODY saw it. Can't believe the commentators didn't notice it and neither did the Eagles...

Justin Smith was a bit lucky on the strip of Maclin. Maclin stumbles a bit after catching the ball on the WR screen and this gave Smith just enough time to catch up to him. If Maclin doesn't stumble, I'm not convinced Smith catches him...

For me, probably the most impressive play I saw from Alex actually came in the 1st quarter. It was pretty innocuous considering how bad the offense was at that point, but there was a play where Alex wanted to throw the quick slant to Crabtree but saw the Eagles jumped the route. Alex turned, not just his head, but his whole body, toward his 2nd and 3rd reads before settling for Walker on a short reception. Wasn't a huge play, but I saw some poise from Alex when his first read was taken away and thought "Wow, did Alex just go through a pass progression?" Lol. Hopefully, we'll see more of this kind of play from him this year...