The reason why we can't finish games is because

Originally posted by GorefullBore:
Look, I'm not making excuses for Jimmy, as he certainly has his periodic wtf throw, but we also can't underestimate how his thumb injury may be impacting some of his thows. Bottom line if he's healthy enough to start he's expected to complete those passes. I just I'd offer that as food for thought.

He will still making those WTF throws well before the thumb injury, but I understand your point.

Expecting to blow out playoff teams isn't rational. This team is built to grind and only the best teams are left now.

We throttle down based on the score. When it's 0-0 to open we are in attack mode. You don't know what play is coming. When it's a 4th quarter lead I know exactly what is coming (and so does the D).

First down run into heavy resistance - minimal gain
Second down run into heavy resistance - minimal gain
Third down please bail us JG and the entire stadium knows we are throwing and are defending accordingly.
4th down and a foot with a team built to run block - kick

Uhh… we DID finish this game against the Cowboys.

Was it tense? Yeah. Did we make mistakes? Yeah. Did we give the Cowboys more chances to get back into the game? Yeah.

But ultimately, we never trailed that entire game. We outgained them. We controlled time of possession, holding the ball for 33 minutes and the Cowboys ran out of time in the end. And even if they did get that QB Spike to stop the clock, they would've had to score on a 25 yard TD pass in one play.

Sure, I get it. We would've liked for that to have been a more comfortable win, but this is playoff football and the Cowboys are the NFC East champions. They were a formidable football team.

We need to play better against the Packers… definitely… But let's enjoy the win. Celebrate the fact that we have another chance to go do it again. Celebrate that Deebo shined on a big stage. Celebrate that Trent Williams got his first playoff win. Celebrate the fact that we have another chance to go do it again—there's like 23 other teams that don't get to say the same thing.

IMO we finished the game, but I'd choose A because we failed to put them away at our convenience.

It's a luxury to be able to put a nail in the coffin, letting it come down to the final plays is riveting and exciting, but wholly unnecessary considering we had multiple opportunities we let slip by.

I'd like to write our own endings on offense a little more.

...but that's not always possible w/postseason football. Quality, motivated opponents don't lay down.

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
We throttle down based on the score. When it's 0-0 to open we are in attack mode. You don't know what play is coming. When it's a 4th quarter lead I know exactly what is coming (and so does the D).

First down run into heavy resistance - minimal gain
Second down run into heavy resistance - minimal gain
Third down please bail us JG and the entire stadium knows we are throwing and are defending accordingly.
4th down and a foot with a team built to run block - kick

Nah, we were kicking FGs when it was 13-7...that's not attack mode, if it was they'd be scoring TDs.

SF like a lot of teams have their first 15 or so plays scripted, we looked like a well oiled machine because they practiced those during the week.

also I counted 16 passing plays (out of his 25 passing attempts) that happened on either 1st or 2nd down...so no it wasn't run, run, jimmy bail us out on 3rd down like you're saying.

Originally posted by Wubbie:
Uhh… we DID finish this game against the Cowboys.

Was it tense? Yeah. Did we make mistakes? Yeah. Did we give the Cowboys more chances to get back into the game? Yeah.

But ultimately, we never trailed that entire game. We outgained them. We controlled time of possession, holding the ball for 33 minutes and the Cowboys ran out of time in the end. And even if they did get that QB Spike to stop the clock, they would've had to score on a 25 yard TD pass in one play.

Sure, I get it. We would've liked for that to have been a more comfortable win, but this is playoff football and the Cowboys are the NFC East champions. They were a formidable football team.

We need to play better against the Packers… definitely… But let's enjoy the win. Celebrate the fact that we have another chance to go do it again. Celebrate that Deebo shined on a big stage. Celebrate that Trent Williams got his first playoff win. Celebrate the fact that we have another chance to go do it again—there's like 23 other teams that don't get to say the same thing.

So proud of this team.

Originally posted by GorefullBore:
Look, I'm not making excuses for Jimmy, as he certainly has his periodic wtf throw, but we also can't underestimate how his thumb injury may be impacting some of his thows. Bottom line if he's healthy enough to start he's expected to complete those passes. I just I'd offer that as food for thought.

He makes some of those types of throws pre-thumb injury also.

He's that type of player were he'll have a few plays every game that leave you scratching your head. Some of it is decision making, some of it is execution. On the flip side, he's also a really effective QB at times in this offensive system. There's an argument the offense is shaped around his strengths but even still he's done a pretty good job for the most part.

He'll never be a dynamic QB who wows in the way Allen, Burrow and Mahomes do. But not many QBs do. We might have one of those QBs in our ranks already. The potential is there. In the meantime the best chance of success is with Jimmy at QB. He's probably not the long the term answer. But he's good enough, with the rest of this roster, to compete and win play-off games. His W-L record as a starter is testament to that.

I will look at this way. Yes, it wasn't clean at the end, but if it weren't for our own mistakes, this is an easy 2 TD game. Cowboys did absolutely nothing, name one star that had a star game or even an above average game. There is none. We played awesome. If we clean up our own mistakes, we have a damn good chance to win this game. But I will lose sleep this week bc of Arod

Originally posted by NCommand:
So proud of this team.

Even Tom Compton?

Technically we did finish this game... or as some Cowboy fans will say, the refs finished it for us lol.

I think what you're really trying to ask is why can't we ever deliver the knockout punch when we are in prime position to do so, and leave every game having an aneurysm

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
We throttle down based on the score. When it's 0-0 to open we are in attack mode. You don't know what play is coming. When it's a 4th quarter lead I know exactly what is coming (and so does the D).

First down run into heavy resistance - minimal gain
Second down run into heavy resistance - minimal gain
Third down please bail us JG and the entire stadium knows we are throwing and are defending accordingly.
4th down and a foot with a team built to run block - kick

Nah, we were kicking FGs when it was 13-7...that's not attack mode, if it was they'd be scoring TDs.

SF like a lot of teams have their first 15 or so plays scripted, we looked like a well oiled machine because they practiced those during the week.

also I counted 16 passing plays (out of his 25 passing attempts) that happened on either 1st or 2nd down...so no it wasn't run, run, jimmy bail us out on 3rd down like you're saying.

I mentioned "when it's a 4th quarter lead". Tell me how many first and second down throws we had in the 4th?

Originally posted by 9ers4eva:

Originally posted by NCommand:
So proud of this team.

Even Tom Compton?

Dude, you know I give love to the OL when deserved. And I already have a Tom Compton jersey in the mail as we speak.

After the Deebo TD run we had 11 first down plays the rest of the game. 10 were runs. The only pass was 18 yards to Kittle.

Understand in all these first down plays the D is playing run. We are playing right into their hands. As we run for short yardage and get into 2nd and 3rd and longs the risk on pass plays increases as they are more prepared for it.

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
I mentioned "when it's a 4th quarter lead". Tell me how many first and second down throws we had in the 4th?

4, 2 of which was the kittle throw that was almost a fumble and the INT. There was absolutely no reason to throw the ball on 1st or 2nd down on those last two drives. The first of the last two drives took over 5 mins off the clock. That was the goal eat up the clock and don't turn the ball over and get them to use TOs.

At that point you had 3 in a half QRs to put the nuts to Dallas and it really didn't happen after the Deebo run in TD. There was opportunities there but the players didn't execute, also as much as we are making fun of Dallas, they're a 12 win team and a 3 seed because they don't suck. We're just better