SF 49ers at Bengals pregame thread - 2021 Season Week 14

what's the over/under on P I calls this week?

weather forecast looks good at least

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:
weather forecast looks good at least

partly cloudy, 80% chance of bonehead Jimmy INTs.

As of now, Hasty is our only healthy running back. That is beyond scary.

Forget about it.

Is really time to accept this team is really just a mediocre team and nothing more.

They will play well in a couple of games to raise your hopes, then they will come crashing down in the next game even to the weakest of opponents. Just getting swept by a crappy 3-8 Seahawks team will tell you all you need to know.

There are just too many issues from top to bottom starting from Shanahan and they have lost my trust. It will take quite sometime to fix them all.

The good news is at least I have been enjoying watching Harbaugh and Michigan finally getting it done in beating Ohio State and winning the Big Ten. Just making the final 4 of the College Football Playoff alone is a huge deal. This 9ers team can learn from this Michigan team They really play together as a tight-knit unit in all 3 phases of football and were determined in getting it done from as early as spring ball. The 9ers? They just thought everything will be automatically handed to them just because we kept most of the players from the 2019 squad. Sorry folks, that's not how football works. Every season you have to bust your balls just to have a chance to be good. This team basically took things for granted.

I mean when even Washington quarterbacked by Taylor Heinicke could beat the Seahawks and we can't, that pretty much says it all about the state of the franchise.

Originally posted by cciowa:

Originally posted by Hysterikal:

Originally posted by cciowa:
we will get whipped by two touchdowns at least... and then we can finally put this playoff thing to bed... at this point in time... why would you want us to get last seed only for us to get lit up by tampa or green bay?? it is like the people who actually are ok with losing a super bowl.. it is an honor to just get there.... that logic makes and should make zero sense to any and all niner fans. alot of us were happy with the little win streak but knew it and playoff hopes would come crashing down vs seattle. this weekend against a much much better team. we have no chance., and do not bring up some long ago forgotten game with dallas and elvis,,,,, that was then. this is now

Cause Falcons, Texans and Titans will put a nail in our coffin if we lose this game?

we are just an average team and in my opinion.... average can not be so arrogant to assume you can beat bad teams.. you must have missed the arrogance of the seattle pre game thread.. we were supposed to win. some thought we would blow them out just due to records. in my opinion we constructed our own coffin with bad play early in the year. which we reverted to. predictably , in my opinion. vs seattle

So we should just be a doormat until we're SB ready? Don't you remember both Giants teams that squeaked into the playoffs and won the SB? How about that Eagles team that won it all with a backup?

Crazy sh*t happens in the playoffs and some older fans want to see playoff games because nothing is guaranteed next year. Not even life. My dad died one month before that epic Alex Smith catch 3 playoff game. He would have loved to have seen that.

That's why, imo, I want to see them in the playoffs.

I have a good feeling we are going to right the ship. Seattle as usual was a fluke game.

Originally posted by TreyDeyEeyDey:
I have a good feeling we are going to right the ship. Seattle as usual was a fluke game.

I have more faith in this game than I did with Seattle. Seattle owns our jockstraps, doesn't matter how much better than them we are as a team. Kind of how we own the Rams no matter how talented a roster they field.

I think we go back to what we've been doing over the past month vs Cincy. Run heavy then set up pass. I think we win this Sunday…

The only way we can win this season is averaging 4.5 yards/carry. Shanahan and Jimmy are lost when we can´t run that well.

Originally posted by Silky:
So we should just be a doormat until we're SB ready? Don't you remember both Giants teams that squeaked into the playoffs and won the SB? How about that Eagles team that won it all with a backup?

Crazy sh*t happens in the playoffs and some older fans want to see playoff games because nothing is guaranteed next year. Not even life. My dad died one month before that epic Alex Smith catch 3 playoff game. He would have loved to have seen that.

That's why, imo, I want to see them in the playoffs.

Man, this is so true and real life.

My dad died when he was 62 from cancer, I'm 37. I'm not guaranteed I'll see more 49er games from here on out than I've already seen. "Next year" isn't something I'm willing to have in my vocabulary at this point. I'm gonna hope and believe and hope some more each year until we are for sure out of it.

Another L

Originally posted by Monsterniner:
The only way we can win this season is averaging 4.5 yards/carry. Shanahan and Jimmy are lost when we can´t run that well.

Are you sure its Shanahan? I see guys every week open for potential big plays and the ball does not get thrown to them. What more do you want from him as a playcaller?

Originally posted by Monsterniner:
The only way we can win this season is averaging 4.5 yards/carry. Shanahan and Jimmy are lost when we can´t run that well.

I think many fans have forgotten that Kyle wants to first, run the ball. 2nd, run the , 3rd pass, 4th run the ball. That has been Mike's philosophy going back to Elway and beyond. Terrell Davis was a 2k yard rusher. That doesn't happen running it 20 times a game.

He drafted Lance to run the ball. Anyone thinking we're suddenly going to throw 35+ times a game with Lance is losing the forest for the trees.

Why are we 7-9 when Jimmy throws for more than 30 times? Because that means our gamelan didn't work. When your gamelan didn't work, that means you're losing.

It means we've either had turnovers(hello Seattle, Cardinals), the defense can't stop anything and we don't convert 3rd downs(hello GB, IND)

People act like teams sell out to stop the run as an indictment on Jimmy, it's how you beat Kyle's scheme - always has been. Because if you let him run on you and then get the play action game going, you're screwed.

Originally posted by Ninerlakerdodger:
what's the over/under on P I calls this week?

We seriously could set a new record for most defensive P.I this coming Sunday.

Tee Higgins and Jefferson should have a td apiece against Josh Norman