Originally posted by LosAngeles49er:
Originally posted by Empire49:I hear u bro, but while I agree he has a similar skill-set to KING CRAB, I couldn't DISAGREE with you more as to why somehow teams couldn't STOP KING CRAB, but can magically as u say "STOP" the BULL Antwan BOLDIN (something we couldn't do to save our lives JUST LAST Superbowl!! No??!!)
I'm about as big of a Kap supporter as there is. I've watched this kid since his high school days, as my brother-in-law played against him. I followed him at Nevada and I was ecstatic when we drafted him.
That being said, the guy played a horrible game yesterday. It was ridiculously bad and hard to watch. If Vernon is out, we're screwed. Boldin gets shut down and Kap cannot find anyone else. It's pathetic.
However, the guy is a gifted athlete and I have no doubts he will rebound when he gets his boy Crabs back. It's funny how teams knew he would be looking for Crabtree last year and still couldn't do anything about it. This year they know he'll be looking for Boldin, but the difference is teams are able to stop it. I like Boldin, but I said from the beginning that he is a past-his-prime, slower and older version of Crabtree.
Anyway, I strongly believe if Vance McDonald catches that long bomb that Kap placed PERFECTLY, we win that game. That doesn't excuse the rest of Kap's poor play, but it might give you a little insight on why he doesn't trust any receivers besides Boldin and VD (outside of Crabs, if course).
A Superbowl, where arguably an OLDER CRAB in BOLDEN had just as good, if not a BETTER game than YOUNG CRAB-. To be fair, if anything shouldn't u probably infer that KillerKRABS reminds you of a younger version of the Beast BOLDIN?? Just sayin lol While Boldin is older making him YES, "past his prime" (given ONLY his AGE), Boldin has never been a speed guy even in college at FSU or during his 1st Superbowl appearance with Arizona!! Hes always been very physical, great blocking, great rt runner, yards after contact, and prolific "JUMP BALL" snatching, clutch outside WR with insane catching hands (Yes-like Crabs). But he is JUST AS EFFECTIVE, SKILLED, and COMPLETE at his craft as he has ever been. A Savvy Leader with INSANE HANDS, and although hes a bit slower, which he has never relied on anyhow, he excels at finding the soft spots and reading defenses better than he ever has, characterized by one of his BEST years of his career LAST YEAR in Baltimore Here is the Truth:
Reason 1: Boldin has always had the luxury of being in productive passing offenses with PASSING QBs (Yes Warner and even Flacco), who actually more times than not have a more open Passing attack with balls/attempts thrown his way, whether they are jump ball situations or traditional wheel Rts. After watching many games, including GB and others, it should be painfully obvious that not ONLY is AB outstanding given when given optuntys, but HE HAS been reduced to a "BLOCKING" or GHOST DECOY down the field guy, if not pre-selected as the go to guy in our Flag football "anointed WR" run dominate system. But UNLIKE CRABS, he doesnt have a DF-WR threat or decoy like Moss or DelWalk on the other side of the field to keep defenses honest, thinking, and guessing (let alone atleast a HEALTHY WR core period-hell just got HAM back).
#2: Boldin, UNLIKE CRABS doesn't have the same confident Kaep from last year feeling comfortable with a healthy receiving core. Also, with Kaep being hesitant and not playing as well this year (Having aired it out on a consistent bases last year), hes been for the most part this year reduced to a GAME MANAGER, so passing play are hardly existent, which = less attempts/yards and on field chemistry with Bolden
#3 Boldin, UNLIKE CRABS, didn't have the luxury of playing with a surprising, somewhat unknown commodity in QB Kaep and the READ OPTION last year. Opposing defenses were still attempting to STOP an ARSENAL full of weapons (Kaeps arm and feet, VD, Gore, HAM, and CRABS, MOSS, even Delanie), which provided a lot of 1 on 1 optnty and just more room to operate for CRABS and just opened up the field in general. This Yr, opposing defenses are no longer caught off guard by Kaep or the ReadOption., and TOTALLY GAME PLAN to STOP ONLY 2 threats (AB VD) in Romans Youth football Passing Offense (let alone a DF-WRing threat/decoy like Moss)
CRABS is my FAV player in football and always will be as long as hes a 49er, but PLS lets not make seemingly blanket statements about the only GREAT WR we have donning the Scarlet and Gold right now AND lets avoid putting so much pressure on CRABS, looking for to him to come bk AS SUPERMAN (while getting double covered) to SAVE THIS inept passing attack and all of our problems, bc u may end up mischaracterizing KILLERKRABS abilities in your haste to make sense of our struggling offense.I wudnt blame u tho....sorry for long post....BTW great post
Your point number three is very important. Kap could get away with a lot of one read quarterbacking because offenses weren't able to double Crabs all the time and the decoy receiver(Moss) who could stretch the field along with Davis(notice how many passes he caught prior to the playoffs). Now Kaps inability to beat pressure and to make more than one quick read before bailing out is crippling this offense, along with the pop warner play calling.