GB's D didn't have a bad game. They played well enough for that team. It wasn't the Defense that had 6 yards in the first quarter of the game. It wasn't the defense that did that stupid Cobb run on first and goal when they have the beast from the southeast on their team.
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GB's D didn't have a bad game. They played well enough for that team. It wasn't the Defense that had 6 yards in the first quarter of the game. It wasn't the defense that did that stupid Cobb run on first and goal when they have the beast from the southeast on their team.
FrenchMovieTheme
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Or VD. But what does it matter? VD and Crabtree are mediocre players
And the 49ers only points came off field goals following a muffed punt, a dropped INT, and an INT thrown by Cam. You guys had less than 50 yards of offense and zero points the entire second half. Panthers could have won 3-0.
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Am I misremembering, or wasn't Rodgers closer to the bottom at one point?
He's still a mediocre QB, who is barely clutch. Even more so on the biggest stage, unlike Rodgers. I'll take Rodgers with a decent defense 100% of the time, over Kap with the same defense. You would too, unless you are lying to yourself.
Yeah but they didn't have the equivalents to Jerry Rice and Kellen Winslow!!!
Buckethead
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Bowser or one of you Carolina weirdos.
Tell me about Eric Ebron. I've seen him fall to the Packers in some mocks.
Tell me about Eric Ebron. I've seen him fall to the Packers in some mocks.
We need more playmakers, it's something other teams identify like candy (e.g Packers). But then again Baalke built a better defense.
The only game I saw him play was their bowl game (because who the fuck watches NC football??) and he dropped an easy TD then got hurt.
Total Packer TE material.
Himynameischris
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Per my twitter(which is mostly dolphins news/media) chances seem to be coming to front office as well as new OL coach and QB coach. I hope they don't forget about that defense either though, which was terrible all year.
Buckethead
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:jnc
There's that other TE from Tech although I think they gun for Mosley or Dix.
We'll see how it shakes.
yeah, stings less than last season considering the expectations, but definitely disappointing knowing they were in it until the end
in terms of momentum for a playoff run you couldn't ask for a better scenario (team health aside)
YES!
yankeehater
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So there is still a chance Ireland goes?
DUFFMCWALIN
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If you don't think Crabs doesn't make a big deal for us on offense then I hope the players on the Panthers aren't as fucking stupid as its fans (or maybe I do hope that).
He did drop an easy TD, but uh, I don't think you know what you're talking about. He played the whole game and finished with 7 rec for 78 yards. He was the only guy on the team that had more than 4 rec in the game.
He's a complete TE that can stay in and block as well as catch passes. I equate him to a mini/poor man's Graham. He had nearly 1,000 yards this year and 3 TDs and would have had more TDs if we didn't run so much at the goal line. He should have won the award for best TE this year, but they gave it to that Washington doofus as sort of a "career achievement" award.
He banged up his shin or something and came out for two plays I believe. Maybe only one? I don't know, it was on the same series I think and it made me laugh because I was only watching it for him. He obviously did come back in.
Buckethead
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As Greg pointed out to me, if we all want Dix, we're going to have to share it.
We can't all get on the Dix at once.
We can't all get on the Dix at once.
Ah ok. I thought you were saying he dropped the TD, then got hurt shortly thereafter and left for the duration of the game.
Nah. It was just the most Finly sequence. I do think it was on the same drive.
DeaconKnowledge
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If true Dolphins are never going anywhere.
Grover Cleveland
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No he's good. But the way Niners fans talk about him, you would think he turns you into some offensive juggernaut.
The_Darkest_Red
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If what's true? Changes?
BTW, a good article to revisit with the rematch coming up. Obviously a bit dated now: http://www.footballoutsiders.com/film-room/2013/film-room-kaepernick-newton
:HaHa
Nameless
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Not thinking to ask themselves why a 16 time world champion would support a team who never won anything.
Boldin + Crabtree + VD is infinitely superior to Boldin + Bionic Manningham + Vance McDonald.
Thems just the facts.
Well, shame we wouldn't play in Candlestick. We both know what tends to happen when he travels north.
DeaconKnowledge
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Firing the GM without firing the coach, or making the coach fire his OC then firing the GM only to have the new GM fire the coach. Whole shit is backwards as fuck which frankly isn't surprising for the Dolphins.
They gave the award for best TE to the best TE! The horror!
Himynameischris
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Apparently yeah, Philbin and Ireland are not getting along and if Philbin is doing the firing then he seems pretty safe which leaves Ireland out
I meant to say changes but if you mean because they aren't cleaning house, I agree.
I know we need offensive lineman but maaaaaan I hope we could get ASJ somehow!!
LegendofJoe
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I generally just lurk in this thread, but VD should count for the previous game against the Panthers. Our defense just knocked his ass out of the game early.
Buckethead
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:dix
The_Darkest_Red
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Oh, okay. Yeah I can agree with that. Ross is an idiot. When he first took ownership of the team he only cared about celebrity endorsements and dumb crap like that. Eventually he figured out the best way to push the product is to create a franchise that wins consistently, but he has no idea how to do that.
Expect plenty of :jnc-worthy moments surrounding the Dolphins in the coming
Ummm....
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=746734
Just. wow. yikes
"I consider myself straight...."
O_O
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=746734
Just. wow. yikes
"I consider myself straight...."
O_O
Himynameischris
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So....top of the OC list is Packers QB Coach Ben McAdoo....
Thought that was going to be Rodgers addressing the rumors. whoops
Nameless
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Jon Baldwin, Kyle Williams, Marlon Moore, AJ Jenkins, Quinton Patton. These were Kap's primary targets opposite a 34 year old Boldin being double/triple teamed the majorily of the season.
VD missed some time too, and people wonderd why Kaep didn't light it up every week.
The_Darkest_Red
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Note to self: never click a brentech link ever again.
Personally I thought he was down and while the ruling on the field was a fumble, the reversal made sense.
The D did give up tons of yards but ultimately held them to FGs. Can't fault them too much. Even came up with a few INTs. The lack of any pass rush was disappointing though. That's two weeks in a row where the opposing QB has had no real pressure at all. If Brees threw two bad INTs with no pressure, imagine how much worse he could have been had we any pass rush. That said again the D did as well as it could. Held Colston and Graham in check.
Its the offense that really let us down. Slow start by Foles yes but he just seemed lost at times. He got great protection by the OLINE but just stood there. The ball has to come out fast. Either throw it quickly, find the RB in the flats, or take off. Even if you only pick up 1-2 yards while running its better than taking terrible sacks which kick you out of field goal range. He did play better later on but we needed a hot start. NO started off slow as well and we could have put them away if we came out firing.
Chip too gets the blame. I just didn't get the gameplan. The two best and most explosive players on the team barely got the ball until the end of the 3rd quarter. Yes Desean probably had good coverage on him but it seemed liked Foles didn't even look his way. I don't know if was designed so he would be a decoy but over these past few weeks I am sick of him being used on every fake in the world only to not get the ball. Give him the fucking ball in space and he can work some magic. Case in point? That 2 yard crossing pattern which he took for a first down because he can out run everyone. If the offense is stagnant, they should automatically try to get the ball into his hand on quick short passes to see if he can break something.
Where were our TEs? Why wasn't McCoy getting carries? Where was the screen game? All the things that made our offense successful were ignored. I know the Saints D did a fantastic job but you can't tell me they were so good that they could cover every single weapon we had. It was either piss poor scheming or Foles just not finding the open guy. Starting the 3rd quarter with back to back 3 and outs is disgraceful.
Our game plan should have been to pound the ball no matter what. But no it was Foles dropping back over and over, taking sacks, and McCoy and Desean barely getting the ball. And I hate to say it a couple of times during the game I was wishing Chip would have put in Vick just to shake it up. Vick at least on those plays where no was open would have taken off for big chunks of yards.
Still they had a chance to win. Saints just played better and more plays. But that Cooper play. Could have changed the game completely.
DUFFMCWALIN
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Two games is one hell of a sample size but I guess it is a sample size.
Himynameischris
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Oh that thread is going to be good
It's not like I made the thread. GAF is just freaking crazy.
PeregrinSe7en
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the article is annoying. its like they're already crowning the niners as world champs. i hope it blows up in their faces
Stuff isn't black and white, but more of a continuum. You can be mostly straight.