I loved your podcast and listened to each one several times. But I understand and agree that there are an awful lot of them out there these days. Also ditto on the iPhone auto-correct. I have it turned off now, but that comes with just as many problems for a 50 year old with poor up-close vision and less than perfect spelling anyway.
As for the Seahawks, I'm thrilled that we came away winners in week one and the rest of the early slate looks much more winnable. Add to that our division rivals didn't exactly inspire much fear in week one. Looking at the schedule now, I could see us coming into the Saints game 4-0 (though not predicting it). But a week ago the Falcons and Lions were the only likely wins I saw on the early schedule. As frustrated as I've been with Pete over the last handful of seasons, his teams always play hard for him. I very much didn't want to trade Russell but nothing could have made me feel better about it than beating his team Monday night. You never want to move on from your historic great players, but it's often the right move. As much as I loved Bobby and KJ, it's clear it was time to move toward younger cheaper talent with fresher legs who aren't liabilities in coverage. Similarly with Russ, his mobility was waning and at least we sold high.
Mike Jackson and Tariq Woolen are going to be good. If Bryant can assert himself in the slot and Josh Jones can cover we could be an upper tier defense in the second half of the season. What are we missing? Joey Bosa. Let's say that so far I'm not impressed with Darrell Taylor's ability to impact the game while maintaining his responsibilities. Al Woods is awesome, Coleman won't last the season, and I wonder if Trey Brown would be good in the slot.
Al Woods is going to have to play a lot more snaps this weekend, that is for sure, but curiously the Niners pass rush was at the bottom of ESPN's Pass Rush Win Rate after WK 1, which is just incredibly shocking. It will be interesting to see if that unit has fallen apart or if the shitty weather in Chicago combined with starters not playing the preseason were big factors there. I don't really see how either could affect pass rush that much but what do I know?
Didn't expect the win last night and I don't expect to win on Sunday. Not even with Trey Lance starting for San Francisco. The difference is I fully expected to get blown out last night and that it wouldn't be close, or pretty, or funny, or even pass the straight-face test (whereby it wouldn't be clear our season was fucked to any sentient being not named Carroll). Now I know there's a chance. A real one. Better than this:
I don't know exactly who or how but Seattle's defense has to set the edge a lot better than they did last night or SF will be running wide all game long. It's only week one and I still trust and have confidence in the coaches to fix that problem.
I think you are referring the missing run defense of Darrell Taylor. He's never been a great run defender but he must learn to maintain his area of responsibility. If we are able to nab a pass rusher with a high pick in 2023 or Mafe comes alive Taylor could find himself without a job.
I’m worried SF might just run for days next Sunday. Denver should have run more. It’s crazy that Russ threw 42 times and their RBs only had 19 carries averaging 5.3 yards per carry.
With a little pressure on Lance Seattle can win the way they want. I don't think the Bears blitzed the entire game. I would like to see a couple of disguised blitzes, other wise make Lance the open guy. Taylor needs to be better at setting the edge or the Niners a good running team will take advantage. I was thinking Taylor would be in on mostly passing downs, but who would take the run snaps
I loved your podcast and listened to each one several times. But I understand and agree that there are an awful lot of them out there these days. Also ditto on the iPhone auto-correct. I have it turned off now, but that comes with just as many problems for a 50 year old with poor up-close vision and less than perfect spelling anyway.
As for the Seahawks, I'm thrilled that we came away winners in week one and the rest of the early slate looks much more winnable. Add to that our division rivals didn't exactly inspire much fear in week one. Looking at the schedule now, I could see us coming into the Saints game 4-0 (though not predicting it). But a week ago the Falcons and Lions were the only likely wins I saw on the early schedule. As frustrated as I've been with Pete over the last handful of seasons, his teams always play hard for him. I very much didn't want to trade Russell but nothing could have made me feel better about it than beating his team Monday night. You never want to move on from your historic great players, but it's often the right move. As much as I loved Bobby and KJ, it's clear it was time to move toward younger cheaper talent with fresher legs who aren't liabilities in coverage. Similarly with Russ, his mobility was waning and at least we sold high.
Mike Jackson and Tariq Woolen are going to be good. If Bryant can assert himself in the slot and Josh Jones can cover we could be an upper tier defense in the second half of the season. What are we missing? Joey Bosa. Let's say that so far I'm not impressed with Darrell Taylor's ability to impact the game while maintaining his responsibilities. Al Woods is awesome, Coleman won't last the season, and I wonder if Trey Brown would be good in the slot.
Al Woods is going to have to play a lot more snaps this weekend, that is for sure, but curiously the Niners pass rush was at the bottom of ESPN's Pass Rush Win Rate after WK 1, which is just incredibly shocking. It will be interesting to see if that unit has fallen apart or if the shitty weather in Chicago combined with starters not playing the preseason were big factors there. I don't really see how either could affect pass rush that much but what do I know?
Didn't expect the win last night and I don't expect to win on Sunday. Not even with Trey Lance starting for San Francisco. The difference is I fully expected to get blown out last night and that it wouldn't be close, or pretty, or funny, or even pass the straight-face test (whereby it wouldn't be clear our season was fucked to any sentient being not named Carroll). Now I know there's a chance. A real one. Better than this:
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Bottom line: Seattle could win. Heck, if that mottled mess on the edge of Lake Michigan could, why not us?
I don't know exactly who or how but Seattle's defense has to set the edge a lot better than they did last night or SF will be running wide all game long. It's only week one and I still trust and have confidence in the coaches to fix that problem.
I think you are referring the missing run defense of Darrell Taylor. He's never been a great run defender but he must learn to maintain his area of responsibility. If we are able to nab a pass rusher with a high pick in 2023 or Mafe comes alive Taylor could find himself without a job.
I’m worried SF might just run for days next Sunday. Denver should have run more. It’s crazy that Russ threw 42 times and their RBs only had 19 carries averaging 5.3 yards per carry.
I don't want to disrespect Jeff Wilson because I know that will get me in trouble, but he's really not the player that Elijah Mitchell is.
With a little pressure on Lance Seattle can win the way they want. I don't think the Bears blitzed the entire game. I would like to see a couple of disguised blitzes, other wise make Lance the open guy. Taylor needs to be better at setting the edge or the Niners a good running team will take advantage. I was thinking Taylor would be in on mostly passing downs, but who would take the run snaps
It looked like Woollen (sp?) took a hard hit to his right shoulder last night, but I've not seen anything to indicate how bad.
He went back into the game. He will know now go lower and wrap up. A good first outing for a possible future star
I think the injury likely happened when he took on the block before the tackle on that play. He took that dude out.