SF 49ERS at Bears Pregame Thread - 2022 Season Week 1

Originally posted by ForeverYoung8:
i hope we didnt wait all this time for football to be back for us to lose to the bears!

That would be a huge disappointment

A glass half empty kind of take.

Originally posted by lamontb:
They will prepare as Kittle is playing. Nobody needs to gameplan for there back up tight end. It's not like there game plan will drastically change without kittle

That's not how it works. Players assignments change with different players, and yes it can be quite a bit different depending on how good the player is. Like lets say a safety for example was planning on playing a whole bunch of help coverage on Kittle. This safety then is preparing for all of his assignments and studying specific tendencies of Kittle. Now if Kittle is out, the safety's gameplan changes where maybe they slide more protection over to Deebo or have him play close to the line of scrimmage for run support, hidden blitzes on a young QB, etc.

This could defintely be gamesmanship.

The really cool thing about this game is that IF we beat the Bears, and we should, Kittle or not, we may be the only team in the NFC West to win in week 1. The Rams already got spanked (during a national broadcast ), the Cardinals should get their butts handed to them by the Chiefs , and the Broncos should humiliate Seattle on MNF.

Originally posted by mojave45:
The really cool thing about this game is that IF we beat the Bears, and we should, Kittle or not, we may be the only team in the NFC West to win in week 1. The Rams already got spanked (during a national broadcast ????), the Cardinals should get their butts handed to them by the Chiefs , and the Broncos should humiliate Seattle on MNF.

If we can keep Fields in the pocket I think we win this game easily. The problem is, i think our pass rush might be so good that we leave large running lanes for him to escape. Especially in the rain. I think this game will be close unfortunately. Obviously I hope I'm wrong.

Originally posted by mojave45:
The really cool thing about this game is that IF we beat the Bears, and we should, Kittle or not, we may be the only team in the NFC West to win in week 1. The Rams already got spanked (during a national broadcast ), the Cardinals should get their butts handed to them by the Chiefs , and the Broncos should humiliate Seattle on MNF.

Same thing I've been preaching. Not that I'm worried about Seattle, but watching them get curb stomped will be beautiful. Having a one game lead over Arizona and LA after week one will be priceless.

Originally posted by Waterbear:
If we can keep Fields in the pocket I think we win this game easily. The problem is, i think our pass rush might be so good that we leave large running lanes for him to escape. Especially in the rain. I think this game will be close unfortunately. Obviously I hope I'm wrong.

My biggest concern will be if he chucks up prayers and we answer them with PI calls like last year. That is really their only hope.

Heavy rain can be the great equalizer. Our run game might be the best thing going on Sunday. Our D-line and LB's will have to play a very solid game too.

Originally posted by NotAFinga42:

Originally posted by Waterbear:
If we can keep Fields in the pocket I think we win this game easily. The problem is, i think our pass rush might be so good that we leave large running lanes for him to escape. Especially in the rain. I think this game will be close unfortunately. Obviously I hope I'm wrong.

My biggest concern will be if he chucks up prayers and we answer them with PI calls like last year. That is really their only hope.

I really trust Mooney in that regard. But our safeties are a concern with Jimmie out.

Thanks for the kiss of death Cohn, he predicts the Niners win SB. Of course you know he's wrong about everything. What a dick.

Originally posted by NotAFinga42:

Originally posted by mojave45:
The really cool thing about this game is that IF we beat the Bears, and we should, Kittle or not, we may be the only team in the NFC West to win in week 1. The Rams already got spanked (during a national broadcast ), the Cardinals should get their butts handed to them by the Chiefs , and the Broncos should humiliate Seattle on MNF.

Same thing I've been preaching. Not that I'm worried about Seattle, but watching them get curb stomped will be beautiful. Having a one game lead over Arizona and LA after week one will be priceless.

Yep!

Originally posted by mojave45:
The really cool thing about this game is that IF we beat the Bears, and we should, Kittle or not, we may be the only team in the NFC West to win in week 1. The Rams already got spanked (during a national broadcast ), the Cardinals should get their butts handed to them by the Chiefs , and the Broncos should humiliate Seattle on MNF.

Weird stuff happens in Week 1, every single season. I wouldn't count any chickens before they've hatched. Chicago has a new coaching staff, they may not be a very good team overall but that element of surprise has led to some not so great teams and coaches scoring big wins in Week 1.

Da Niners!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
Weird stuff happens in Week 1, every single season. I wouldn't count any chickens before they've hatched. Chicago has a new coaching staff, they may not be a very good team overall but that element of surprise has led to some not so great teams and coaches scoring big wins in Week 1.

I agree with this. Week 1 is when the pretenders come out and those teams fans start to get their hopes up.

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by mojave45:
The really cool thing about this game is that IF we beat the Bears, and we should, Kittle or not, we may be the only team in the NFC West to win in week 1. The Rams already got spanked (during a national broadcast ), the Cardinals should get their butts handed to them by the Chiefs , and the Broncos should humiliate Seattle on MNF.

Weird stuff happens in Week 1, every single season. I wouldn't count any chickens before they've hatched. Chicago has a new coaching staff, they may not be a very good team overall but that element of surprise has led to some not so great teams and coaches scoring big wins in Week 1.

Ugh. The Minnesota beat down. I remember people saying Harbaugh who? after that game. Then the next year we thrashed the Rams and then went on to drop 13 in a row