SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS vs BALTIMORE RAVENS - Week 13 PREGAME

Our speed on defense matches up very well with Ravens speed on offense.

This will be the Ravens hardest test this year

Originally posted by lamontb:

Can't see that. Jackson's speed in on another level and most of his read option runs are to the outside. Rogers is basically a stationary target now unless he has lane wide open in front of him. I think a lot will be on Jones. They will double Buckner like they did with Donald last night. Fred and Greenlaw will have a tough task as well to contain him and run him down once he gets to the outside. Tartt and Ward will have to be able to come down hill full speed and stop him. No bad angles. We need our DE's to hold the point of attack on the outside and funnel things up the middle. . We do have to mention their o line which has been outstanding. If we can get a lead and force them to have to throw then i can agree with the bolded. We cant' let them get positive yards on 1st downs. Last night seem liked every one of his throws were in the middle of the field. nothing on the outside

Which is why I like how Pete played Harbaugh during our rivalry. He stacked the box and took away the ground game and he took away the middle of the field. You had to then beat them outside or get behind them and you couldn't do that either because we didn't have speed outside. We won't be able to play Jackson like these other guys. We know what to do but will we fundamentally make the changes for this week?

Originally posted by 9ers4u:
Our speed on defense matches up very well with Ravens speed on offense.

This will be the Ravens hardest test this year

The bolded is definitely a fact!

So stoked to see how it'll all unfold.

There is a psychological letdown when you have a big game like last night on national TV, where everyone will be singing your praises all week. The problem is we also fall into a similar category. I see this game as a 35% chance of winning.

We struggled with mobile QBs and Lamar is playing better than Wilson or Murray. The good news is we've faced that style of QB 3 of the past 4 weeks.

Hopefully Ford will be able to go. We're going to need all hands on deck on the d-line.

Originally posted by Team49ers:

I dont think lamar is a great thrower also. I say keep him in the pocket and dare him to challenge our secondary, sherman and eman will be waiting. Against the rams he might have thrown 5 TDs but barely threw for 169 yds and ran for almost 100yds.

That's the way they want to play but we have to alter our defense by loading up front and making him beat us on the outside and downfield with his WRs. If we do this I bet we can score more points than they do

The Ravens exposed G-Ro's offense when we ran a similar offense a couple of years ago. Now it's time to return the favor and expose them and G-Ro's offense this time around. Payback is a KittleSkittle!!

Originally posted by NinerBuff:
There is a psychological letdown when you have a big game like last night on national TV, where everyone will be singing your praises all week. The problem is we also fall into a similar category. I see this game as a 35% chance of winning.

We struggled with mobile QBs and Lamar is playing better than Wilson or Murray. The good news is we've faced that style of QB 3 of the past 4 weeks.

Hopefully Ford will be able to go. We're going to need all hands on deck on the d-line.

Need Ford to dress. Even if he is in there for limited snaps. I don't think the Ravens are going to be nervous about Voalaga

Originally posted by 9ers4u:

Originally posted by NinerBuff:

There is a psychological letdown when you have a big game like last night on national TV, where everyone will be singing your praises all week. The problem is we also fall into a similar category. I see this game as a 35% chance of winning.

We struggled with mobile QBs and Lamar is playing better than Wilson or Murray. The good news is we've faced that style of QB 3 of the past 4 weeks.

Hopefully Ford will be able to go. We're going to need all hands on deck on the d-line.

Need Ford to dress. Even if he is in there for limited snaps. I don't think the Ravens are going to be nervous about Voalaga

Bummer this game is at 10am

I think we should just tackle LJ on every play when it's a read option. Attack him every play and just play him like he has the ball, let the LBs be responsible for the RB.

Teams shut us down with Kap after they figured that out and even though LJ is a much better passer I think he will struggle if he can't run.

Originally posted by NinerBuff:

Originally posted by 9ers4u:

Originally posted by NinerBuff:
There is a psychological letdown when you have a big game like last night on national TV, where everyone will be singing your praises all week. The problem is we also fall into a similar category. I see this game as a 35% chance of winning.

We struggled with mobile QBs and Lamar is playing better than Wilson or Murray. The good news is we've faced that style of QB 3 of the past 4 weeks.

Hopefully Ford will be able to go. We're going to need all hands on deck on the d-line.

Need Ford to dress. Even if he is in there for limited snaps. I don't think the Ravens are going to be nervous about Voalaga

Bummer this game is at 10am

We already had two east coast games in a row this year. The boys know how to handle it. This doesn't bother me as much as having a short week to prepare.

Originally posted by valrod33:

Originally posted by Rascal:

I hate to say it, are we about to not just lose but to get blown out by the Ravens?

The Ravens have now blown out just about everyone including:

Seahawks - 16-30
Patriots - 20-37
Texans - 7-41
Rams - 6-45

Then, you add to the fact that we can't defend against mobile QBs? Doesn't exactly bode well, does it?

Never trust a guy who posts the lowest score first when listing the score of a game.

Lmao!
I was thinking the same thing with the scores!

Rattle that fugly fakah early!!

Originally posted by NinerBuff:
There is a psychological letdown when you have a big game like last night on national TV, where everyone will be singing your praises all week. The problem is we also fall into a similar category. I see this game as a 35% chance of winning.

We struggled with mobile QBs and Lamar is playing better than Wilson or Murray. The good news is we've faced that style of QB 3 of the past 4 weeks.

Hopefully Ford will be able to go. We're going to need all hands on deck on the d-line.

Yep its not like we haven't seen it before.

Even Kyle is familiar with it during his days on the Redskins with RG3.

Originally posted by D0PEMAN:

I agree with you. And the bolded is what every team in the last 8-9 weeks have tried (including the Patriots), but aren't able to do. It's way easier said than done, and the only way to achieve it (in my opinion) is for your defense to win their individual matches, and play absolutely sound with their responsibilities. That's a daunting task to play perfect for 60 minutes, but if there's any defense that can do it, it's more than likely the Niners.

That's why this is the match-up of the year. Hands down.

It's going to be a shootout is my point BUT those other teams didn't have offenses that dictate to the opposing defenses either as we do. If they score which they will though not as consistently we can indeed keep the pressure on and score with explosive plays as well. That's our MO. We don't get to play our brand of offense if we let BAL maul us in the ground game. We have to stack the box defensively and make them beat us passing and then win this shootout. That's what it's going to be if we play the way I want us to. A shootout where we keep BAL well under 125 yds total rushing. If we do that we have a chance to win a high scoring game. If they run for 200 we won't have the ball. We'll get beat up and we'll lose. We gotta erase the run game and sell out to do it

Originally posted by NinerBuff:

There is a psychological letdown when you have a big game like last night on national TV, where everyone will be singing your praises all week. The problem is we also fall into a similar category. I see this game as a 35% chance of winning.

We struggled with mobile QBs and Lamar is playing better than Wilson or Murray. The good news is we've faced that style of QB 3 of the past 4 weeks.

Hopefully Ford will be able to go. We're going to need all hands on deck on the d-line.

We had an extra night to get over the newspaper clippings and then get humbled again watching ravens last night. Our mentality will be fine. We are playing playoff games weekly in our minds as stated by coaches and playera