2013 - Week 7: Thoughts after rewatching the game.

my daughter was watching and voiced concern about our pattern to let up on the gas at half time. she said we did have control of the game the whole way but she was frustrated. does she have basis for that or is she pulling a cciowa dad over reaction??

careful marvin,, in your first bullet point. i called ck solid in a game this year and got ripped on for it

Kap had a good game yesterday, IMO. Only issue I have is that he (looks like) still targets without going through his progression. Either that or I'm not seeing something different.

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Originally posted by cciowa:
my daughter was watching and voiced concern about our pattern to let up on the gas at half time. she said we did have control of the game the whole way but she was frustrated. does she have basis for that or is she pulling a cciowa dad over reaction??

I think the team lets up just a bit and then they aren't getting any pressure with Aldon out. They go soft in coverage and QBs can just sit back there and pick their spots.

Fangio started calling up some late blitzes tho at the very end.

Originally posted by kidash98:
Kap had a good game yesterday, IMO. Only issue I have is that he (looks like) still targets without going through his progression. Either that or I'm not seeing something different.

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I think there is some truth to that, but I think alot of that is the design of the offense. All the shifts and snapping the ball with so little time on the clock are all efforts to force the D to declare their intentions and allow Kap to have a pretty good idea who's going to be open prior to the snap.

I think he's had some issues getting off that first read particularly when its Boldin because it's been drummed into his head to throw to him even when he's not open. I think getting Crab and Manningham back (players who will give him a better "I'm open" or "I'm not open" look) will make it easier for him to go through his progressions.

Originally posted by cciowa:
my daughter was watching and voiced concern about our pattern to let up on the gas at half time. she said we did have control of the game the whole way but she was frustrated. does she have basis for that or is she pulling a cciowa dad over reaction??

If yall are overreacting, then so am I.

As for the Rams, I don't know what to think about Bradfords injury. Of course I feel for the guy, and I know he was their best option at Quarterback, but I can't help but think that his overly careful gamestyle was holding them back from being the explosive offense they are trying to be. If they get some gunslinger in there and dumb down the playbook, I can see Austin Pettis, Lance Kendricks and Tavon Austin all becoming much more dangerous. But you never know in the NFL, usually having back up QB's start for the rest of the season spells death, but I think these guys will have a shot to make plays if they get a guy who isn't afraid to throw it to them.

Great review as usual marv, Im not sure i agree with this not being his best game of the season for kap, this was a great game for kap so the passing yards or tds didnt match what most fans consider great alot of the great things he did today were the immeasurables that weve been waiting to see from him, he made great adjustments at the line, he passed with confidense ran he ball when needed (without putting himself at risk like rgiii does) he took a nasty hit to the knees and shook it off like it was nothing, he scanned the field more then he usually does for his receiver. Kap really played with heart and i think hes starting to get a little more comfortable with vance as well after that great goal line catch. The game towards the end our d started lagging a bit and our offense could have played with a little more urgency. Our defense also seemed to start this game looking a little lathargic. Im not stressing to much on the pass rush especially after justin smith got two sacks in this game they were in the qbs face the whole game, when aldon gets back it will get better but im not really worried because it is giving our secondary extra reps and so far our secondary does not look quite as disasterous as last year, especially considering the not as strong pass rush. Boldin is boldin, slower but extremely physical with great hands. Vernon needs some rest and maybe consider a shaded visornbecause on the int vernon could have easily grabbed the ball but appeared to lose it in the sunlight.

Marvin:

You failed to mention the utter failure of Kyle Williams. or as he is now termed, Captain fair catch.

His catch and fumble that the niners got a fortunate call on could have been a game changer. Williams is aweful. I would rather see Manningham come in as number two, Cox return punts, LMJ KR.

When they need to go to 4 receivers, Baldwin is #3 and Vance McDonald or LMJ can line up as WR's.

Other than that, game was solid.

Originally posted by Kronos2560:

Originally posted by cciowa:
my daughter was watching and voiced concern about our pattern to let up on the gas at half time. she said we did have control of the game the whole way but she was frustrated. does she have basis for that or is she pulling a cciowa dad over reaction??

If yall are overreacting, then so am I.

she was not over reacting like her dad tends to do(thank god ),,, but she noted we did that vs the pats and she would like to see us continue our aggressive play in the second half. again please do no misunderstand me,, we are very happy with yesterday and a four game streak but that part is a titch bothersome

Kap's YPA was excellent. He was superb passing and running in the 1st half. One poor read on the near INT while throwing to VD, who looked double covered. That was his most shaky decision of the day.

There were a lot of defensive substitutions in the 4th quarter and that was a big reason why lots of yards were given up. Justin, Reid, Whitner all saw limited playing time. From the initial look of it, I think Brock should have had deep safety help on that long pass he gave up. Spillman seemed to jump the underneath route and left Brock 1 on 1. Spillman needs to play it safer when protecting a big lead late in the game.

I agree Vance needs to get some more targets in the passing game. Perhaps by default because Kyle and Baldwin aren't getting it done. Although the pass was off target, it was encouraging that Vance had two steps on his man. With Vance's good straight line speed, LBs will have a tough time covering him on deep routes. One of these days, Kap will hit him in stride and it will give DCs another weapon to worry about.

How many WRs were actually active yesterday ?

Boldin, KW, Baldwin ?


I remember watching the game and it was very rare that we had even two WRs in on the same play.

Agree on most points. Still think aldon sits a game or two.

Originally posted by jreff22:
Agree on most points. Still think aldon sits a game or two.

agree. if he misses the whole year i would not be shocked. some things are bigger than football