After a morning to digest yesterday's loss, I have come to a few conclusions:
1) I love this defense. Sure, it may not be the best in the NFL anymore, but it's definitely Top 5 still, and even with a few major injuries to the line and secondary, and Aldon being a shell of his former self, it is still dominant and I have zero problems with them holding one of the strongest offenses in the league to 23 points in their own racetrack barn.
2) Aforementioned Aldon Smith, not who he used to be. Am I surprised? No, he's probably drunk during the games, but we won't be able to evaluate him for a potential re-sign until after next season now. And that makes me happy, no tying up subpar guys to big deals, franchises depend on that.
3) This offensive scheme needs to be changed yesterday. Whether it's because Roman can't scheme a passing game better than your average PAC12 team, or they're sheltering Kap, the reasoning doesn't matter anymore. Open it up, now. If Roman can't, fire him. If it exposes Kap and he really is as awful as he's playing, then we move on. Our D is good, but it's not good enough to carry us all the way. Open. It. Up.
4) I'm not ready to write off Kap yet. Yesterday was just his 17th start, and while I don't have nearly the same level of confidence he can become anything better than a 7 out of 10 QB, I think he still has the arm talent and physical gifts to warrant further investment.
5) Get. The. Fucking. Play. Calls. In. EARLIER!
Rant over.