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I didn't put this in the vent thread- I wanted to cover more than the game itself.
This was my second visit to Levi's. My first was Stanford-SC for the Pac 12 championship. The stadium was maybe 60% full for that game and wasn't a good example for the "Levi's Experience." New venue and all. Except for the prices of everything. $10 beers and my brother and I split the $120 to park his RV.
It seems like the Levi's powers that be have worked the kinks out as far as access is concerned. Got in, got out with ease. Minus $50 bucks for the parking pass (next time I'm parking at my office, 1 mile from the stadium, and Ubering in and out.) We tailgated with friends; I was the only Ram fan in our group. But the team travels well to the Bay Area. Ram fans everywhere. The mood of the crowd was far better than my last game, which was in 09 at The Stick. Now that was scary- both fan bases were mean and surly, mostly due the mediocrity on the field. From beginning to end, this crowd was the best behaved crowd I've ever been a part of. No fights or ejections from my vantage point. Great experience.
I will say this- security was ominous. Snipers on the rooftop- my girlfriend pointed them out to me- SWAT teams with automatic weapons. But what was almost laughable...jets taking off from SJC flew directly over the stadium. Seemed like they were coming directly at us. No way that airport launches\lands airplanes for the Super Bowl.
The game.
If Janoris Jenkins and Trumaine Johnson "test the free agent market," they blew that up today. Both of them got schooled, especially Johnson. By the Niners recievers, led by that fossil Bolden. His touchdown was positively laughable. Bolden smeared Jenkins like Lebron plowing through a small forward. Johnson was beaten by some guy named Ellington for 40. Must have been the scheme, right? I'll get to that. But bad day for those two.
Greg Williams. Anyone who still thinks this guy is a defensive genius lives in some other earthly timeline. It was obvious Williams dared Blaine "Joe Montana" Gabbert to beat them with his arm. And beat them he did. Like a drum, to the tune of 28-44 for 354 yards. Blaine Gabbert, he of the now five wins as a starting quarterback. I had a great view of the secondary coming my way. Half the time there was no over the top safety to help out the corners. None. I was stunned. And when there was, he was so far back, the guy couldn't provide run support. You all saw the play...Niner back busts through a massive hole and ran at the safety like a hockey rush, the safety backs off, not wanting to get juked for the TD and the runner gets nailed by his own blocker, saving the TD. This unit gave up five, count em, five plays over 30 yards today, to the second worst offense in the NFL. But they did get a sack.
Rams Offense. Same old shit, different game. Jet sweeps, wr screens, and predictable dives. They had a few nice drives, but as usual, when they get inside the 40, Fisher gets all Bear Bryant. No balls. No glory. Note the Rams one touchdown drive was TWO yards. That's not Boras, that's Fish. Case in point. Opening drive, Quick gets wide open for six and Keenum overthrows him. I think, well go for that again- and they did! Jackpot, a 50 yarder to Britt. Clearly, the corner on that side is weak. Attack him. Nope. The Rams go back to the run, screens, jets and outs. I'll give credit for going with Cunningham over Mason. Cunningham is a football player. Heart, vision and moves. Still, this team needs a real OC to exploit the talent the Rams have. Unfortunately, Fish hates real OCs.
Case Keenum = Blaine Gabbert with a straight jacket. They both have the same ball...no touch. Gabbert wins this round due to how ridiculously open the 49ers receivers were. Keenum's ball is like a pitcher who throws 99 with no control. He gives his receivers no chance for YAC. They're too busy just trying to catch his errant throws. And he had time, mostly. I watched him sit back and go through one, two three progressions, and he still threw a barely catchable ball. He almost got Quick killed on that pass that Quick had to elevate to grab and got flipped; it should have been a TD (This will be a highlight play you'll see for eons). Keenum protects the ball, doesn't make dumb throws like Foles and Davis, but has zero touch. None at all. He's serviceable backup, nothing more.
Coaching. The team plays hard. They wanted to win. For once, they kept the penalties down, for a Fisher team. Still, Fish is predictable. I called the fake punt. Ask my GF. They wanted more room and took the delay of game...then they went deep with the return man as a defacto safety over the top? To Marquez? Oh, God. Well, it probably worked in practice...against a Williams defense.
Summary...
This game was a win in the bag before the players stepped out on the field. I knew that. The Niner fans I was with knew that. And Fish found a way to drop another turd against an inferior opponent in disarray. Unfortunately for us, the Niners canned their head coach two hours after the game tonight. Maybe the Stanley will take the cue...
This was my second visit to Levi's. My first was Stanford-SC for the Pac 12 championship. The stadium was maybe 60% full for that game and wasn't a good example for the "Levi's Experience." New venue and all. Except for the prices of everything. $10 beers and my brother and I split the $120 to park his RV.
It seems like the Levi's powers that be have worked the kinks out as far as access is concerned. Got in, got out with ease. Minus $50 bucks for the parking pass (next time I'm parking at my office, 1 mile from the stadium, and Ubering in and out.) We tailgated with friends; I was the only Ram fan in our group. But the team travels well to the Bay Area. Ram fans everywhere. The mood of the crowd was far better than my last game, which was in 09 at The Stick. Now that was scary- both fan bases were mean and surly, mostly due the mediocrity on the field. From beginning to end, this crowd was the best behaved crowd I've ever been a part of. No fights or ejections from my vantage point. Great experience.
I will say this- security was ominous. Snipers on the rooftop- my girlfriend pointed them out to me- SWAT teams with automatic weapons. But what was almost laughable...jets taking off from SJC flew directly over the stadium. Seemed like they were coming directly at us. No way that airport launches\lands airplanes for the Super Bowl.
The game.
If Janoris Jenkins and Trumaine Johnson "test the free agent market," they blew that up today. Both of them got schooled, especially Johnson. By the Niners recievers, led by that fossil Bolden. His touchdown was positively laughable. Bolden smeared Jenkins like Lebron plowing through a small forward. Johnson was beaten by some guy named Ellington for 40. Must have been the scheme, right? I'll get to that. But bad day for those two.
Greg Williams. Anyone who still thinks this guy is a defensive genius lives in some other earthly timeline. It was obvious Williams dared Blaine "Joe Montana" Gabbert to beat them with his arm. And beat them he did. Like a drum, to the tune of 28-44 for 354 yards. Blaine Gabbert, he of the now five wins as a starting quarterback. I had a great view of the secondary coming my way. Half the time there was no over the top safety to help out the corners. None. I was stunned. And when there was, he was so far back, the guy couldn't provide run support. You all saw the play...Niner back busts through a massive hole and ran at the safety like a hockey rush, the safety backs off, not wanting to get juked for the TD and the runner gets nailed by his own blocker, saving the TD. This unit gave up five, count em, five plays over 30 yards today, to the second worst offense in the NFL. But they did get a sack.
Rams Offense. Same old shit, different game. Jet sweeps, wr screens, and predictable dives. They had a few nice drives, but as usual, when they get inside the 40, Fisher gets all Bear Bryant. No balls. No glory. Note the Rams one touchdown drive was TWO yards. That's not Boras, that's Fish. Case in point. Opening drive, Quick gets wide open for six and Keenum overthrows him. I think, well go for that again- and they did! Jackpot, a 50 yarder to Britt. Clearly, the corner on that side is weak. Attack him. Nope. The Rams go back to the run, screens, jets and outs. I'll give credit for going with Cunningham over Mason. Cunningham is a football player. Heart, vision and moves. Still, this team needs a real OC to exploit the talent the Rams have. Unfortunately, Fish hates real OCs.
Case Keenum = Blaine Gabbert with a straight jacket. They both have the same ball...no touch. Gabbert wins this round due to how ridiculously open the 49ers receivers were. Keenum's ball is like a pitcher who throws 99 with no control. He gives his receivers no chance for YAC. They're too busy just trying to catch his errant throws. And he had time, mostly. I watched him sit back and go through one, two three progressions, and he still threw a barely catchable ball. He almost got Quick killed on that pass that Quick had to elevate to grab and got flipped; it should have been a TD (This will be a highlight play you'll see for eons). Keenum protects the ball, doesn't make dumb throws like Foles and Davis, but has zero touch. None at all. He's serviceable backup, nothing more.
Coaching. The team plays hard. They wanted to win. For once, they kept the penalties down, for a Fisher team. Still, Fish is predictable. I called the fake punt. Ask my GF. They wanted more room and took the delay of game...then they went deep with the return man as a defacto safety over the top? To Marquez? Oh, God. Well, it probably worked in practice...against a Williams defense.
Summary...
This game was a win in the bag before the players stepped out on the field. I knew that. The Niner fans I was with knew that. And Fish found a way to drop another turd against an inferior opponent in disarray. Unfortunately for us, the Niners canned their head coach two hours after the game tonight. Maybe the Stanley will take the cue...
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