Originally posted by Afrikan:
It's disappointing, but I can understand backups & 3rd Stringers playing like backups and 3rd stringers. They'll lose Kyle's trust, so that's on them to get even less playing time or passes thrown their way.
But Jonny you seemed to downplay Jimmy missed deep throw to Aiyuk. Brandon had his man beat for a potential TD, but Jimmy under threw it. That potential TD was needed in this kind of a game.
As well as that fourth down pass to Deebo who was clearly covered. Even if they are playing zone, shouldn't Jimmy have went to the next option which is Aiyuk that was behind him open for a 1st down?
I don't feel Jimmy played well or good. He had some good plays, and had two key drops that could've been big plays....he played like Jimmy.... . but still, I would hope he could get some points in the second half when he STILL has a Deebo, Aiyuk, and Kittle. Few teams have those kinds of weapons. The fact we didn't get any points in the second half is just worrying.
Going into this game, it was obvious that our offense needed to help our defense out. And I don't feel they did. Bad on bad was expected from the defense. They had backups, and didn't have the opportunity to keep the dline fresh like usual.
First, that deep ball, you can't expect a pinpoint throw on 50+ yards. I watch BUF and KC's tape and those kind of routes are thrown just like that a ton. Tyreek went and made catches on balls like that and even more underthrown all the time. If a receiver requires his QB to put a ball in a trash can that far downfield, that's unrealistic. If you look back on it, Jimmy is throwing as Aiyuk is breaking.
On the last play, those weren't my words, I took that from Kyle's presser. He said they were expecting man and had a man beater called and they came with zone. The bigger issue are the 2 plays before it. That's why I focused on those. Shouldn't even come down to the 4th down play.