You defense was everything I feared. We couldn't establish the run and that throws our whole offense out of wack. Your front four played a great game. And Dansby was his usual disruptive self. I thought Sherman called a great game until he had to go primarily pass later in the game to move the changes. Excellent call on those 3rd down draw plays....we rarely see those and it shows. And he called some timely screens, which we can never seem to defend properly. I thought he mixed it up extremely well and did a good job early of getting the ball out of Tannehill's hands quickly with some shorter drops. All Tanny needs is some speed on the outside and a athletic pass-catching TE and you guys will be insanely tough to defend. And get Jake back healthy as well. I know any loss sucks but coming half-way across the country, I thought you guys gave us tons of problems and it was close late. One less muff punt and this is a totally different game. Hopefully we can beat the Pats for you next week. You'll see me around....good luck the rest of the way.
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I'm happy for Kaepernick; I rooted for him back at Nevada. Never did like Smith much, and I attend his alma mater.Bpk likes this. -
A dolphin fan in 757 does not agree with your thread title.
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757, what are the odds that Dashon Goldson gets to test the free agent market? I've been banging the drum for him for two years now. He showed out pretty well in the game today, and I think he'd be an excellent person to pair with Reshad Jones in Miami.
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As far as Goldson, I wish I could say 'no way' we let it go that far but I think its a numbers thing. Baalke does a great job of knowing player's worth, around the league and when it comes time to re-sign them, not budging from the value he has already assigned them. He's played hard ball with Goldson for 2 years now....and its worked. At first I thought he wanted to see if he could string along consecutive stellar seasons. Well he's done that but yet, he made it a priority to extend Bowman 2 weeks ago and not Goldson. Bowman wasn't due to be a FA until 2014. I don't get it because Goldson is proabably having a better year this year, than last year. His ints are down but his overall play has been much more consistent. The thing is Goldson wants Weddle money. I think he deserves it. A lot of the fanbase feels he deserves it. The question is does Baalke? -
How did you feel about the Smith benching? I felt he was playing well and didnt deserve to be benched. Even if hes limited I still think hes better then Kaepernick.
Very jealous you guys got Aldon Smith last year. He was my top rated defensive player at any position last year.Shamboubou and Bpk like this. -
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Classy post. Thanks for the thoughts. Id like to think that the Fins are a #1 WR and a solid TE away from being in the playoffs, but I think that even then its a question mark at best.
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The thing is a lot of our fanbase is mad because they expected us to be this explosive offense now with CK and it hasn't happened. They just don't realize that's Harbaugh. He's a ball-control type of coach. He was the same way at Stanford when he had Luck. Doesn't matter how talented the QB is, he will run the ball and do it consistently unless the game dictates otherwise. He wants balance offensively so it doesn't really matter who the QB, were going to still run. It's a big part of what we do. We're last in the league in pass attempts for a reason.
In all honesty from a passing perspective, there isn't much difference from CK and Alex Smith. CK has a better arm and better escapability. He has the improvisational skills to make something out of nothing. Alex doesn't and that's why he's the starter. But if you look at the numbers, its not much different in terms of pass attempts, passing yards per game from when Alex was the starter. So from that perspective, makes sense to go with the younger, more rawer player in hopes that some experience will lead to a bigger upside down the road, then to stick with the the status quo of a 7 year vet and know pretty much what your going to get.Boik14 likes this. -
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And your correct about Weddle, the Bolts use him differently but I think it has more to do with his strengths and weakness and I don't think his skills in the box are playing him to his strengths. And this is coming from a guy who was a huge Weddle fan when he was a senior at Utah and really wanted the Niners to draft him. His physicality in and around the box is lacking in comparison to Goldson's from my perspective. Now some might argue that's just because Goldson is really a SS with enough range that allows him to also to play FS, so that's why he's more adept in the box to Weddle, a true FS. Guess it just depends on which side of the fence you stand.