McVay on Akers’ 1 Carry All Game

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“It was more the result of Cam not being able to get into the flow because we had such a minimal amount of drives in the first half,” McVay said. “We got him in there a little bit in the second half, but we ended up throwing it on a one-play sequence where it’s incomplete so then it’s second-and-10 and we ended up putting Malcolm in the game.”

I don’t even know what the fuck he’s trying to say there. Seems like such a cop out answer.

 

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“It was more the result of Cam not being able to get into the flow because we had such a minimal amount of drives in the first half,” McVay said. “We got him in there a little bit in the second half, but we ended up throwing it on a one-play sequence where it’s incomplete so then it’s second-and-10 and we ended up putting Malcolm in the game.”

I don’t even know what the fuck he’s trying to say there. Seems like such a cop out answer.


Why? This is the part that needed the explanation. But instead all we get is McVay speaking his usual nonsense.

Poor time-out usage. Poor personnel selection. Questionable play-calling. Too pass-happy in key moments. It's all classic McVacy. And I like McVay. There are only a handful of other coaches I'd take over McVay (sadly, Kyle Shanahan is one of them), so I don't want a coaching change. I don't think we'd have an easy time finding an update. But McVacy does have some serious flaws to him, too. I think he is overrated around the NFL.
 

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Set rotations probably??
Not sure.
Henderson got going in the second half a bit, maybe dictated by the defense.
Would like to see the three back mix really switched to a two back mix.
If that means working extra to get the young guys up to speed with pass blocking assignments so be it.
 

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I would like to see more Hendo and when Akers is ready close to a 50-50 split. I'm done with Brown. He really has looked slow after the 1st game.
 

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Who ever was playing RB? When Henderson got that first & goal from the 1 Yard Line. Just give any of the RB’s the ball.Better than that Int.
 

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They need to quit wasting time with Brown. Tell him he's the short yardage specialist now. Akers & Hendy need to be your 1a/1b in whatever order and whoever gets hot you feed that motherfucker.
 

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Oh and btw McVay never really says shit. It's all coachspeak the dude is a fucking ninja. I could fumble five times as a RB and he'd find a way to phrase my "outing" without hurting my feelings. It's a skill.

You gotta look at the end results to see where McVay's mind is. He probably figured Brown could help soften up the defense, but instead Brown leeched play time from Akers.
 

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They need to quit wasting time with Brown. Tell him he's the short yardage specialist now. Akers & Hendy need to be your 1a/1b in whatever order and whoever gets hot you feed that motherfucker.

I saw Brown catch the ball with space in front of him and it looked like he was running in quicksand. Mostert probably would have made 20 yards with that much space.

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They need to quit wasting time with Brown. Tell him he's the short yardage specialist now. Akers & Hendy need to be your 1a/1b in whatever order and whoever gets hot you feed that motherfucker.

Totally agree with this. Brown is a good short yardage guy but he is a punt machine as a 3rd down option. He doesn't have the open field ability to break tackles or make a move for critical first downs.

Compare Niners 3rd down strategy to ours. Brown vs Kittle. It's night and day. One guy catches it short of the first down and makes two guys miss easily to convert. The other guy can't do a dam thing.

I love Mcvay as our coach but surely he is smart enough to see this, I said it a few weeks ago. Brown doesn't have open field ability and it kills drives. Akers needs to be in there.
 

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Totally agree with this. Brown is a good short yardage guy but he is a punt machine as a 3rd down option. He doesn't have the open field ability to break tackles or make a move for critical first downs.

Compare Niners 3rd down strategy to ours. Brown vs Kittle. It's night and day. One guy catches it short of the first down and makes two guys miss easily to convert. The other guy can't do a dam thing.

I love Mcvay as our coach but surely he is smart enough to see this, I said it a few weeks ago. Brown doesn't have open field ability and it kills drives. Akers needs to be in there.

It’s more than Brown. Play calling sucked big time today,to say the least.

Big Andrew Whitytkilled 2 key drives to end the first half.
 

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Lol did he slip up and said "Todd" once or twice during this recycled response?
 

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People are really shitting on and taking personal jabs at the best coach we've had, by far, since Vermeil.
 

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I was asking in the first half

Where are the jet sweeps

Where are the fake jet sweeps

Where are the roll outs

Where is the speed up offense

Then the drive late in the second quarter had all those things except for a roll out - and guess what we got a touchdown.

Not sure why McVay had a mind fart play calling in this game.

He has a game like this from time to time where he goes against his strengths.

And how many times do our receivers drop 3 balls in a game - two of them for TDs - almost never

Just bad game all around

However, I still love our coach and team

On to the next game
 

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Who ever was playing RB? When Henderson got that first & goal from the 1 Yard Line. Just give any of the RB’s the ball.Better than that Int.

We never had 1st and goal from the 1 yard line....

We had First and goal on the 8.... Henderson gained 7 years... then he went -1.... so its 3rd and 2 from the 2....

McVay calls a play that works easily and Kupp drops the ball....now its 4th down.
 

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Brown vs Kittle. It's night and day. One guy catches it short of the first down and makes two guys miss easily to convert. The other guy can't do a dam thing.

I love Mcvay as our coach but surely he is smart enough to see this,
Kittle makes one guy miss and then trucks the next guy.

I hate seeing our guys surround him and not bring him down.
 

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That doesn't mean he's perfect and doesn't make mistakes.

He isn't perfect and I didn't agree with his no boot legs game plan... however we don't miss an extra point and drop an easy TD

Then it's tied... not to mention the gutsy bomb he called on 3rd and 4 that would have beeen a TD but Goff got hit right as he threw.
 
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Kittle makes one guy miss and then trucks the next guy.

I hate seeing our guys surround him and not bring him down.

The hate for kittle on this board is understandable but makes me laugh a bit.... I'm a Hawkeye - graduated from there. Kittle is a Hawkeye, and everything a football player should be - athletic, aggressive, tough. He is a monster. People getting mad at al the flamboyant stuff he does is hypocritical of course- I mean we have Ramsey who standing over a guy he just tackled staring him down, then walking him over, among other things - been in multiple fights, never shuts the fuck up ect.
If Kittle was a Ram suddenly the flamboyance would be endearing....

That being said we should have put Ramsey on him Man vs man all night.
 

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The hate for kittle on this board is understandable but makes me laugh a bit.... I'm a Hawkeye - graduated from there. Kittle is a Hawkeye, and everything a football player should be - athletic, aggressive, tough. He is a monster. People getting mad at al the flamboyant stuff he does is hypocritical of course- I mean we have Ramsey who standing over a guy he just tackled staring him down, then walking him over, among other things - been in multiple fights, never shuts the fuck up ect.
If Kittle was a Ram suddenly the flamboyance would be endearing....

That being said we should have put Ramsey on him Man vs man all night.
Shit, I was being complimentary.

But I hear you.

Your reply was doubtless meant for others.

I do hate the showboating and Ramsey worries me...I‘m equal opportunity.
 

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The hate for kittle on this board is understandable but makes me laugh a bit.... I'm a Hawkeye - graduated from there. Kittle is a Hawkeye, and everything a football player should be - athletic, aggressive, tough. He is a monster.
:sick::sick::sick:
Glad you're a Hawkeye and Kittle is the cats meow for you but you are a Rams fan and he is a 49er and a total twat by default. "
We just had our collective nutsack take a beating like a speedbag in a boxing gym. :fistbump::fistbump::fistbump:o_O:woozy::explode:

Nobody is interested in giving credit where it's due or reading positive thoughts about any motherfucking 49er.

No offense towards you personally, @Ellard80, you're a good poster and what you said is fine.... I'm just not in the mood.