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I'd like to add that this was also Thielen's best game of the season, he hadn't looked like the Thielen of the past all year until this game. SF has a better DEF than NO, but that DEF is vulnerable to playaction, which is our bread and butter. This offense is a much tougher nut to crack when Thielen...

YES. And he delivered. Carry on.

YES

In the pre-game thread I said there were three big questions: 1.) Can the offense get back to what it was when Cook/Mattison were healthy: YES 2.) Can the defense finally play better, especially the secondary: YES 3.) 4Q playcalling issues on offense: Still a problem #2 really deserves the most prai...

In a lot of ways this is the ultimate prove it game for this edition of the Vikings. Still, they have had four opportunities prior to this to "prove it." and in all of those opportunities they came up short. Cliff notes version: @GB: Week 2, Defense tanked early, but then got it's crap tog...

I'm late to this, but it was the holidays. IMO, we saw a bad game plan on MNF that was exasperated by injuries to our star running backs. To me the major story of that game was that past Mattison our RB depth is garbage. This was proven out early vs. the Bears with Mike Boone's two turnovers. On to...

I've not dug too deep into this yet, but my 10,000 foot take is this: Saints DL is banged up and missing some of it's better complimentary players. they still have Jordan, but they are not what they were earlier this season. Secondary also has a lot of players banged up. My hope is that with their R...

I'm late to this, but it was the holidays. IMO, we saw a bad game plan on MNF that was exasperated by injuries to our star running backs. To me the major story of that game was that past Mattison our RB depth is garbage. This was proven out early vs. the Bears with Mike Boone's two turnovers. On top...

I'm late to this, but it was the holidays. IMO, we saw a bad game plan on MNF that was exasperated by injuries to our star running backs. To me the major story of that game was that past Mattison our RB depth is garbage. This was proven out early vs. the Bears with Mike Boone's two turnovers. I want...

I'm getting to this late, but here is my take on the game: The RB Depth beneath Cook/Mattison is not great. It was obvious from the get go that the offensive staff did not have the confidence in our 3rd/4th RB to run the same type of game plan that has worked against an aggresive DL all season ie. o...

If 49ers beat the Rams on Sunday we are in regardless. At that point the only reason to beat the Bears is if we think GB will lose vs. the Lions. (Doubtful.) It might be worth using the Chicago game as something of a bye week and resting players.

Face it, this team is not a Super Bowl contender with its defense. It can't be trusted. Even if we make the POs we will go one and done or two and barbecue at best. I'd be happy with a blowout win over the Slackers at this point. I'm a fan watching since 1972, trust me. :v): I feel ya man. Been a d...

Well, GB's only wins vs. winning teams are vs. us in week 2 at home and at KC during their first week without Pat Mahomes. You can say "yeah, but they beat teams with winning records". Sure you are technically correct, but when you dig deeper you can see that their wins have plenty of reas...

You did a hell of a job on this. Very good work. A little more intense than my post from the head stuff. One thing that jumps out is SF and SEA had a tougher road than most. Also our record sticks out like a sore thumb. We can't beat a good team on the road. This is probably the last year for both ...

great post mansquatch. Wow, I didn't realize the CB snap count on defensive plays! Mac 48 Hughes 46 Hill 31 Trae 27 Rhodes 14. 14!!!!! <25% of defensive snaps! He's was the 5th CB on Sunday! wow his play has really fallen off a cliff this year. Amazing. Looks like he will gone next year and maybe T...