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Sometimes you have to tip your hat to your opponent. The Niner's D is maybe the toughest one the Seahwaks will face all season.

But the trend over the last 6 quarters is BAD and something needs to change (maybe the QB???). I would really like to see Lock running RPO plays when he is actually a threat to run. Against 2 deep safety looks that would more than likely be successful.

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Sep 21, 2022Liked by Seaside Joe

Not only a lack of possessions inside the openents 40, a lack of possessions period. The big Stat that stands out to me is defenses are playing two high safeties even on our run plays. Penny has looked good grinding out the yards he can.

This is made to sound like we never called any deep shots, maybe that's true. The thing is when you go down 14 the run should be open to make first downs. Is it time to put Lewis back on the right side and start Phil Haynes on the left ? How have our tackles done in run blocking, I figure the tightends have been OK?

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Sep 21, 2022Liked by Seaside Joe

This is the bleakest of posts, but sometimes you have to stare at the horror like Kurtz, but try to stay sane - or at least remember that as was mentioned, the Niner defense is one of the best there is, our tackles are rookies and our QB doesn’t scare anyone.

But my god is the playcalling terrible. Another dismal failure against the Falcons and it’s time to get the pitchforks out - it’s one thing to accept that your team is just bad, quite another to have to accept they will be boring whilst at it.

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Sep 21, 2022Liked by Seaside Joe

How did we go from great run blocking at the end of last year and such poor run blocking this year? Especially considering our two new rookie tackles are not the problem? Time to try Curhan at RG. Other than that I agree that successful downfield passing should make running easier, but when faced with two high safeties they need to run or risk not completing the pass at a high rate.

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Sep 21, 2022Liked by Seaside Joe

You missed the trick play fake punt last year where Homer made a 73 yd. Touchdown

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What would Brady do? What goes through Rodgers head when he comes up to the line of scrimmage? What thought process sets an elite quarterback ahead of all the other game managers and backups? When Mahomes “ throws a guy open “ is he being careless with the rock?

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As inscribed on the entrance to hell in Dante's Inferno: "Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here”

Welcome to 2022. Perhaps 2023 will be better.

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When you specify "Drive 6 - None", what does that mean. There were no plays?

Note that in the Denver game Seattle only possessed the ball four times after halftime including the kneel-down. It's tough to get an offensive going with so few touches.

San Francisco was just a cluster. Everything wrong, nothing right against a team with a superior roster.

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