Robert Saleh - Head Coach - Tennessee Titans

Originally posted by brodiebluebanaszak:
You know, I get the injuries and alll.... but we havent sacked anyone today even though brisett dropped back FIFTY TIMES.... and our coverage execution is CONFUSED. So, is that a coaching thing or a player execution thing? I'm thinking Saleh needs to take some heat for this.

It's what happens when you have to play so many guys who were further down the depth chart at the start of the season.

Elite defense.

Originally posted by Bloodless:
Brissett broke the NFL completion record. 452 yards. That is awful. Turnovers and penalties was the only thing that stopped them all game. We got to make some changes in this secondary, even if we got to sign some new guys off the street to play.

I don't fully disagree but they had 10 points with about 10 mins left in the 4th.

I will say for once we got every call. And guess what?? f**kem! Tired of being on the short end of the stick the vast majority of the time with penalties

Originally posted by frenchmov:

Originally posted by Bloodless:
Brissett broke the NFL completion record. 452 yards. That is awful. Turnovers and penalties was the only thing that stopped them all game. We got to make some changes in this secondary, even if we got to sign some new guys off the street to play.

I don't fully disagree but they had 10 points with about 10 mins left in the 4th.

I will say for once we got every call. And guess what?? f**kem! Tired of being on the short end of the stick the vast majority of the time with penalties

I don't know. Maybe I am overreacting. We did do a good job of keeping them from scoring most of the game. And we had some great turnovers. I just think that when Brissett breaks a NFL record on you with those weapons, there is something wrong. And it isn't the only sign of it. Rams got anything and everything they wanted last week.Texans a couple weeks ago carved us up. And even games earlier in the season that might not have looked that bad statistically, I think the defense caught a lot of lucky breaks throughout with things like timely drops, QBs missing wide open players and so on.

Everyone has been so focused on the Bosa, Warner injuries and our front, that they have overlooked the bigger problem of guys consistently being open in coverage. If we just keep going like this, I don't see how we are going to compete against a quality QB come playoff time. I think we should be thinking about trying some other options in the secondary to see if it can be fixed. We have done it before in previous seasons. Although In those instances it seemed like one guy being the main problem and right now it is more the whole group struggling.

Originally posted by 49ersRing:

49ers run defense was back with a vengeance today — allowed only 36 yards on 2.6 per carry.

Absolutely huge (and aided by the offense and special teams with the lead they built!)

SF can give up all the completions in the world, but a strong run D means the game can stay in…

— David Lombardi (@LombardiHimself) November 17, 2025

Elite defense.

I would not go that far. Not yet. Time will tell, however. Can Saleh build an elite defense out of the current lineup of defensive youngsters? Yes, he can. Will he? Time will tell.

Originally posted by frenchmov:

Originally posted by Bloodless:
Brissett broke the NFL completion record. 452 yards. That is awful. Turnovers and penalties was the only thing that stopped them all game. We got to make some changes in this secondary, even if we got to sign some new guys off the street to play.

I don't fully disagree but they had 10 points with about 10 mins left in the 4th.

I will say for once we got every call. And guess what?? f**kem! Tired of being on the short end of the stick the vast majority of the time with penalties

Here's where I disagree, I want all the calls our way in big meaningful games. Not wasted on Jacoby Briskett

that tweet is yet another example how you can take a stat and form a narrative around it ignoring context

yes, it would appear as if Niners did a good job stopping the run

however, you can also see that cards only had 14 carries and 6 of them came in the first quarter

the cardinals were down two-three possessions for most of the game and basically had to abandon the run completely trying to catch up

Originally posted by the_dynasty:
that tweet is yet another example how you can take a stat and form a narrative around it ignoring context

yes, it would appear as if Niners did a good job stopping the run

however, you can also see that cards only had 14 carries and 6 of them came in the first quarter

the cardinals were down two-three possessions for most of the game and basically had to abandon the run completely trying to catch up

so you're saying the 49ers did a FANTASTIC job of stopping the run

Originally posted by Bloodless:
I don't know. Maybe I am overreacting. We did do a good job of keeping them from scoring most of the game. And we had some great turnovers. I just think that when Brissett breaks a NFL record on you with those weapons, there is something wrong. And it isn't the only sign of it. Rams got anything and everything they wanted last week.Texans a couple weeks ago carved us up. And even games earlier in the season that might not have looked that bad statistically, I think the defense caught a lot of lucky breaks throughout with things like timely drops, QBs missing wide open players and so on.

Everyone has been so focused on the Bosa, Warner injuries and our front, that they have overlooked the bigger problem of guys consistently being open in coverage. If we just keep going like this, I don't see how we are going to compete against a quality QB come playoff time. I think we should be thinking about trying some other options in the secondary to see if it can be fixed. We have done it before in previous seasons. Although In those instances it seemed like one guy being the main problem and right now it is more the whole group struggling.

No, the Cardinals did a good job of keeping the Cardinals from scoring most of the game.

I'm not sure what we were doing excpt playing weeble coverage. I think at least some of this is on the staff. Would a vet like Gibson help? Just for oraganization, directing pre snap traffic. Let's hire Captain Quarters Donattel for a consulting gig or some such.

This defense against a quality offense will be giving up a s**t ton of yards and points, the only way they can salvage anything this yr is to figure out ways to get TOs going forward.

Originally posted by NYniner85:
This defense against a quality offense will be giving up a s**t ton of yards and points, the only way they can salvage anything this yr is to figure out ways to get TOs going forward.

Yeah we need a ball hawk safety. I was wrong i thought we could get by with just about any halfway decent safety but if we aren't getting pressure then we need coverage LBs and coverage safeties.

Mustafa, Brown, Pinnock, and Sigle are all the same type safety.

Giving up 450+ air yards to a mid QB is disgraceful.

Originally posted by SlipAndSlideBosa:
Giving up 450+ air yards to a mid QB is disgraceful.

So disgraceful when you consider the defense is 100% healthy and has all of its impact pieces, right.

Originally posted by SlipAndSlideBosa:
Giving up 450+ air yards to a mid QB is disgraceful.

How many of those were in garbage time?

Just looked it up: over 250 of those yards were when the Cardinals were down by 3+ scores. Also, Brissett threw the ball 57 times of course he was going to have a lot of yards lol

Originally posted by frenchmov:

Originally posted by Bloodless:
Brissett broke the NFL completion record. 452 yards. That is awful. Turnovers and penalties was the only thing that stopped them all game. We got to make some changes in this secondary, even if we got to sign some new guys off the street to play.

I don't fully disagree but they had 10 points with about 10 mins left in the 4th.

I will say for once we got every call. And guess what?? f**kem! Tired of being on the short end of the stick the vast majority of the time with penalties

Offense was good. Defense was bad again imo. Crazy fumble at the goalline that took away 7 pts and a holding call that negated another TD. Was it holding? Absolutely. Did it affect the runner getting to the end zone? I don't think so. They ended up getting 22? Probably should have been closer to 35ish.

With that being said I'm glad Brock is back. He looked good except a few passes here and there. The players were feeding off his energy. Offense needs to carry us the rest of the season because the defense is so so bad