the little plays that come up big

Jan 23, 2012 at 12:13 AM

Gore_21
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Originally posted by hofer36:
one that comes to mind was the run off tackle to anthony dixon inside the giants half o fthe field...a giant just tripped up....if he had not dixon was going pick up big yardage, certainly putting niners in scoring range

yep, a ton of times the ball didn't bounce our way... look at the goldson picks and then knocking brown out. brown was our best corner today by far... brock gave up the go ahead td then

Jan 23, 2012 at 12:13 AM

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Originally posted by hofer36:
one that comes to mind was the run off tackle to anthony dixon inside the giants half o fthe field...a giant just tripped up....if he had not dixon was going pick up big yardage, certainly putting niners in scoring range

I was thinking of this play as well. Had we converted that, we probably win in regulation. Crazy how much that play meant in the grand scheme of things.

Jan 23, 2012 at 12:17 AM

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Originally posted by SofaKing:
I was thinking of this play as well. Had we converted that, we probably win in regulation. Crazy how much that play meant in the grand scheme of things.

Yeah, of course our pathetic o doesn't pick it up on 3rd and 1 and it changes the game. Also, how many great escapes did alex have that he got tripped up on where he nearly had the 1st down?

Jan 23, 2012 at 12:21 AM

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Originally posted by Gore_21:
Yeah, of course our pathetic o doesn't pick it up on 3rd and 1 and it changes the game. Also, how many great escapes did alex have that he got tripped up on where he nearly had the 1st down?

I can remember at least 3-4 times where Alex had a clear running lane, and JPP or some other d-lineman would get him by the shoestrings. Football is truly a game of inches.

Jan 23, 2012 at 12:33 AM

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Originally posted by SofaKing:
I can remember at least 3-4 times where Alex had a clear running lane, and JPP or some other d-lineman would get him by the shoestrings. Football is truly a game of inches.

Yep, EXACTLY. You usually don't think too much of it at the time but it comes back to haunt you. I don't even like seeing 3rd downs any more... I am always hoping we pick it up on 2nd down because we are pathetic on 3rd downs this year.

Jan 23, 2012 at 12:36 AM

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Originally posted by Gore_21:

Originally posted by SofaKing:
I can remember at least 3-4 times where Alex had a clear running lane, and JPP or some other d-lineman would get him by the shoestrings. Football is truly a game of inches.

Yep, EXACTLY. You usually don't think too much of it at the time but it comes back to haunt you. I don't even like seeing 3rd downs any more... I am always hoping we pick it up on 2nd down because we are pathetic on 3rd downs this year.

Haha yeah...I always hated it when we made it inside the 10 too, because it was a guaranteed FG. It seemed like all of our TD's were from 20+ yards lol.