Originally posted by NYniner85:
Originally posted by okdkid:
I think it's fair to question it. It was the Niners first test against a truly mobile QB. They can either exacerbate or put to rest any doubts about their ability to shut down mobile QBs on Monday.
They got killed on screens, they didn't play disciplined football. They took poor angles and instead of doing their job, they tried to be the one to make a play. There's no need to do that when you're up multiple scores.
SF wasn't swarming to the ball. They missed 17 tackles that game and only had 9 missed tackles the whole season prior. There were plenty of small gains (or even negative ones) that turned into big gains because of poor tackling.
Imo they simply weren't prepared. Got a nice long week to get ready for this game. While I don't think our D is as good as it's been the first 7 weeks I do think it's still pretty damn impressive.
All very good points. Also consider that Andy Isabella accounted for 88 yards of their offense on one catch. That catch happened to be his third of the entire season. It wouldn't be unreasonable to assume that in a short week, the team saw no footage of Isabella to prepare for his speed. FYI, his senior year he won the state 100m title in Ohio beating out Denzel Ward. Last year everyone took bad angles on Kittle, misjudging his speed. No-one misjudges it this year. No way Isabella breaks a long run on us next week. Take out that play and Murray had only 153 yards passing.