And if the refs didn't screw up that fumble call in the Jets game, the Bears would be looking at 0-4 against the AFC East.
The Broncos are clearly the best team in the NFL, but I wouldn't bet on them beating the Colts in Indy or on a neutral field.
The Broncos are two teams: one that is unstoppable and one that has Peyton flustered on his back.
If only he had a quick release! :hmm:
Rams had fairly mediocre offensive numbers, still not sure how they won.
I'd say because Seattle probably isn't what we thought they were, and we're seeing the reason why teams have a hard time repeating.
You lose players, you have a target on your back, and with a team like the Seachickens, you lose that "magic" from last year.
I think stuff just went their way last year. That's not happening thus far, IMO.
League also cracking down on the full cavity search style of pass defense.
I'm under the opinion that low-skilled players can thrive when they're allowed to rape guys like that, high-skilled players (defenders) don't need that as compensation for their lack of ability to cover.
Sure, it favors the offense, but it forces CB's to actually "cover".
they have wildcard potential, but this is easily the worst Harbaugh Niners team, going into this season.
A lot of other people expected them to slide this year...but I honestly didn't expect them to look this bad throughout these weeks.
Last year, this game would not have played out like this.
I just saw the replay of some of the highlights during lunch and was wondering if there was any real information on advancing the ball after a fair catch is called. Is it only the player who calls it who is unable to advance the ball or is it anyone? I am asking in reference to the "trick" return St. Louis did on Seattle.
They were running fine in the first quarter. Gore seemed to be picking up 4 yards per carry. That pick Kaep threw to set up PFM's 3rd TD really hurt everyone's morale I think.Game went as I thought, not that we would have won, but so many injuries on D and apparently we can't run the ball any more. Those are/were the core this team was built on the last three years. Stout D and the ability to pound the ball. We don't do that we typically lose 80%+ of the time.
They were running fine in the first quarter. Gore seemed to be picking up 4 yards per carry. That pick Kaep threw to set up PFM's 3rd TD really hurt everyone's morale I think.
Looks like someone is forgetting the complete and thorough beatdown the 49ers received at home against the Colts last year.
I still haven't seen an actual fair catch signal on that play.
Could be that it was made before the cameras got there and so there isn't hard evidence for it, but I think the refs ignored Carroll's protests because they argued that there was no fair catch anyway.
Well, I can't recall if there was a fair catch, or what even looked like a fair catch. If the player even slightly waved his hand, it is a fair catch from what I've seen officials do. I was just wondering, had he waived a fair catch, could another player attempt to advance the ball?
I think we should take away that Seattle wasn't really out of it even with that special teams play. It took a fake punt conversion in St. Louis' own territory to even seal the game. A ballsy move, but it was that or let Russell drive the field.
Collinsworth was really bothering me last night, too. When Crabtree dropped that laser he said something like "that's like seeing Haley's Comet. Crabtree maybe drops 1/300 passes. Throw that 10 times to him and he'll catch it all 10 times." Uh Chris, did you forget Crabtree dropped a pass on the 1st play of the first drive?
Then he also said the 9ers hadn't been able to run the ball when Gore got stood up at the line of scrimmage... Again, Gore had been picking up about 4 yards per carry up to that point.
Yeah, I think the play worked so well because all of StL bit to the right side of the field, essentially telegraphing to Seattle (with their backs turned), that the ball was going in that direction. A fair catch wasn't needed, as the field was already being cleared to the left. StL knew that the ball would be punted to the left side of the field on that play, so you keep a spy to run back from the line and quietly scoop it up. As others have posted, it has been done before with the Bears using Hester as a decoy. That was called back because of a hold, so they couldn't really address the fair catch issue then.
And yeah, Seattle was in that game the second half. Probably due to the Rams always falling apart in the 2nd half this season. Fisher is a genius, though. Or, he just has balls.
he's fine making quick throws. If you blitz him, he's going to pick you apart over the middle and on screens. Peyton could not care less about a pass rush. Until he gets knocked down. If SF can put Peyton on his back multiple times in the first quarter they have a shot.
That wouldn't be a huge upset though. I'd have taken SF in the SB over Denver last year, as well. SF looked good (eventually) last night and I expect that to carry over to Denver. I think SF's D will limit Peyton enough Kaep and Co can keep the game in their favor.
Niner's defense finally found a way to stop Peyton!
Let him score so much in the first half that the sit him the second half :awe:
Niner's defense finally found a way to stop Peyton!
Let him score so much in the first half that the sit him the second half :awe: