SF 49ers @ CAR Panthers Pregame Thread - 2016 Season Week 2

Niners 20
Panthers 17

Originally posted by ninerfan4life:

Niners 20
Panthers 17

Niners 24-20. D makes key stops to hold them two to FGs.

Originally posted by SmokeCrabtrees:

Originally posted by LVJay:
Cam's bout 6'5. Blair's bout 6'1. A pit bull bout to rip off Newton's effing legs.

#itching2WreakHavoc

While Tartt is running full speed as well on that upper body

I'm starting to lean more to us winning now, especially after reading posts about how well Chip fared against the cats when he coached in Philly.

At first I mentioned we'll get D!K Slapped... then maybe but maybe not... now, Idk man, maybe we have a solid chance of doing the D!K slapping

If you can't beat em, cheat em.

Originally posted by mayo49:

When ever the opposition's no. 1 receiver is Ted Ginn, we have a chance.

This

I wonder if the league will lean on the officials about protecting Cam. The Denver game was not a good look and the media torched them for it.

Targeting the QB might be ok if you're the defending champs but If I was Chip I'd be telling the front 7 to stay the hell away from Cam's head.

Originally posted by Jasta:

I wonder if the league will lean on the officials about protecting Cam. The Denver game was not a good look and the media torched them for it.

Targeting the QB might be ok if you're the defending champs but If I was Chip I'd be telling the front 7 to stay the hell away from Cam's head.

Yup, this is one of the things I'll be looking for.

Originally posted by Joecool:
Matchups: SF vs CAR

DL vs OL:
they have a solid OL but I personally believe that we have the best defensive line in the NFL.
Edge: SF DL

OL vs DL:
again, I believe we may have the best OL if not a top 5 right now.
Edge: SF OL

LBs vs RBs and TEs:
We have Bowman, the best LB in the NFL and now, we finally have speed at both ILB spots and solid ability from OLB spots. Brooks is legit. Tank is unproven. Olsen is good, but I think Ray Ray is the game changer here.
Edge: SF

RBS and TEs vs LBs:
Can't deny CAR LBS as I think they can handle our TEs but I'm not so sure if they can handle Hyde.
Edge: slight edge to CAR but very slight.

DB vs WRs: Benjamin is a beast no matter who you put on him. Only way we stop him is with bracket coverage. Ginn can change a game and will be used in different ways. I really like what we are doing with Reid, Tartt and Ward but I think these WRs would have their way with us if their QB has time.
Edge: CAR, just too much talent their.

WRs vs DBs: we don't have any impactful WRs who can consistently win one on one matchups. The question is, how good or bad are their rookie DBs?
Edge: SF because of experience alone.

X factor: Will we let Cam move the chains with his mobility? Our defensive speed is crazy fast and our DL is strong enough to bring him down quickly. We won't know until a play breaks down. We have something similar in Gabbert but won't know either until someone makes a mistake or someone makes a great play.
Edge: nobody which is why it is called a X factor.

Coaching: I think we have them here and it is mainly due to how organized Chip Kelly is. Been a long time since I have seen a SF team play such a disciplined game.

Turnovers: I am a big believer in the law of averages and they say CAR Defense was primarily good last season because they had a whopping +20 turnover margin last year. I think the second team was at +11. That was a big reason for their TOP and Defensive stats/success. Law of averages AND is being a very fast, aggressive and smart defense from last season tells me we will go from being in the bottom of the league in turnovers to moving up by a vast amount.
Edge: SF

- I'm with you on our Dline getting pressure, but I'm not sure about the "best defensive line" quite yet. Even tho Cam can scramble, he's not small and elusive like willow. Like Kap, his straight line speed (with those long legs) gives him an advantage once he's full speed. I just don't think our front seven will give him many opportunities.

- I also think our Oline will be top 3 real soon (barring no injuries).

- Our LBs looked awesome. I hope they can keep that up.

- I think we're even at DBs vs their WRs. Benjamin's a stud, but Ginn is not (he's just fast, but not scary). We have too many good DBs to cover them.

- I'll give them the "slight" edge too when it comes to their LBs covering our TEs / RBs, but they better bring it in all 4 qtrs because we wore the Lambs down so, they could be worn down as well...

- We definitely have them beat at coaching.

- Turnovers (we'll find out).

- Intangibles ... 1) They're well rested, we aren't. 2) We're traveling to the east on short week. 3) The humidity is no joke In Carolina this early in the season, the humidity in the Bay is very mild in comparison. Our uptempo can possibly work in their favor if we can't handle the weather / jet lag. 4) Chip's ego (gotta best Harbaugh's first year) makes him focus / prepare like Einstein on an Atom Bomb. Edge: SF

Originally posted by Jasta:

I wonder if the league will lean on the officials about protecting Cam. The Denver game was not a good look and the media torched them for it.

Targeting the QB might be ok if you're the defending champs but If I was Chip I'd be telling the front 7 to stay the hell away from Cam's head.

We might get in Cams head, when he sees an entire dline that is bigger then he is

Originally posted by CO9er4life:

Originally posted by mayo49:

When ever the opposition's no. 1 receiver is Ted Ginn, we have a chance.

This

Put Jimmy on him and I bet he'll be on an island.

Originally posted by LVJay:

Originally posted by SmokeCrabtrees:

Originally posted by LVJay:

Cam's bout 6'5. Blair's bout 6'1. A pit bull bout to rip off Newton's effing legs.

#itching2WreakHavoc

While Tartt is running full speed as well on that upper body

I'm starting to lean more to us winning now, especially after reading posts about how well Chip fared against the cats when he coached in Philly.

At first I mentioned we'll get D!K Slapped... then maybe but maybe not... now, Idk man, maybe we have a solid chance of doing the D!K slapping

I think we can be the more physical team now with our trenches looking REAL beefy and stout. We gotta take the lead on them as well and I think we'll exploit Carolinas secondary this week. Smith can break out and give us the boner we know he's capable of giving us lol.

I think we have a solid chance, I'm feeling good. Like others mentioned we've had tape on them longer as well.

Originally posted by CO9er4life:

We might get in Cams head, when he sees an entire dline that is bigger then he is

In his head is fine... Turning it inside out will get half our team suspended for the Hawks.

Originally posted by LVJay:

- I'm with you on our Dline getting pressure, but I'm not sure about the "best defensive line" quite yet. Even tho Cam can scramble, he's not small and elusive like willow. Like Kap, his straight line speed (with those long legs) gives him an advantage once he's full speed. I just don't think our front seven will give him many opportunities.

- I also think our Oline will be top 3 real soon (barring no injuries).

- Our LBs looked awesome. I hope they can keep that up.

- I think we're even at DBs vs their WRs. Benjamin's a stud, but Ginn is not (he's just fast, but not scary). We have too many good DBs to cover them.

- I'll give them the "slight" edge too when it comes to their LBs covering our TEs / RBs, but they better bring it in all 4 qtrs because we wore the Lambs down so, they could be worn down as well...

- We definitely have them beat at coaching.

- Turnovers (we'll find out).

- Intangibles ... 1) They're well rested, we aren't. 2) We're traveling to the east on short week. 3) The humidity is no joke In Carolina this early in the season, the humidity in the Bay is very mild in comparison. Our uptempo can possibly work in their favor if we can't handle the weather / jet lag. 4) Chip's ego (gotta best Harbaugh's first year) makes him focus / prepare like Einstein on an Atom Bomb. Edge: SF

The mad scientist coaching the bad news 9ers. Gonna be special

Thank god this is a 10AM game so we can get it over with.

Originally posted by Jasta:

In his head is fine... Turning it inside out will get half our team suspended for the Hawks.

It could only take one.

Highlander just came to mind

Originally posted by CO9er4life:

It could only take one.

Highlander just came to mind

I'm betting there will be at least one soft as hell roughing the passer call... No need to make it worse.