Originally posted by maltz88:
Originally posted by 49ersRing:
They've won 2 in a row. I don't see that as consistently winning, especially considering how banged up we were by those final two games.
My only point was in regard to referencing the 1st 3 games in a series refuting another team "figuring the other" out. More of a logic, or statistics point.
I don't personally believe Seattle has SF figured out, and don't put any one of SF, SEA, or LAR over the other.
Which was why I said what I did. Clearly Mike Macdonald had a terrific game plan against us in those last 2 games but we also didn't make it very hard for them either. Weak IOL. No real threat at the receiver position and a running game that was struggling to get chunk plays all year long.
Purdy's numbers look ugly in those 2 games but I felt like he battled his ass off in them. Just kept trying to find ways to get something going and there wasn't a lot of help in those games.
But if we look back to that week 1 game not sure how much we can really take from that one either. We had our share of injuries but Seattle also lost some guys within that game including Emanworri and obviously they were somewhat new to their scheme.
We can argue who had it worse in that game from ingame injuries but I would argue it was us given all the WR injuries in camp as we went into that game without Bourne, obviously no Aiyuk. Jennings missed most of training camp and ended up going out in that game in the 4th quarter I believe.
We had Pearsall, MVS, Russell Gage as our top 3 WRs. No Kittle. Oh and Purdy playing on a busted toe. As a matter of fact when you compare Purdy in that game prior to his injury to after. It was a tale of two halves basically. He barely missed before the injury. After the injury came the turnovers and some misses. Still all that and we got it done in the end.
Not exactly a heavy offensive output but when you have 2 interceptions thrown and 2 missed FGs...I wouldn't say it was a Macdonald figured them out situation.
It will be very interesting how they match up this year though. I'm certain Shanahan's priority this offseason will be to counter what Seattle has been doing on defense. The Rams pose their own risk but one thing Kyle has shown is his ability to find ways to get through their defense. Cuz even going back to their #1 D in 2020 in what was our big injury down year we managed to sweep them and move the ball on them(even with Nick Mullens and no Kittle or Aiyuk)
