But where are the points in the 2nd half? Gotta' be able to finish games and put teams away. When the game was on the line, him and the offense didn't get it done.
They scored ZERO POINTS at Santa Clara. Let me guess, it has nothing to do with Geno, he's above any criticism.
Look, Geno can be better, but we had the ball 3 times in the 2nd half. We scored a field goal on the first of those 3 drives, the 2nd and third drives were killed by holding penalties (incidentally, both by Lewis). 25 minutes of the 2nd half had gone before we got to possess the ball a third time, and by that time we are 4 points down, chasing the game, we are seeking a TD or nothing - if the defense had managed a SINGLE stop in the 2nd half (the QB fumbling an RB handoff doesn't count), perhaps we have the opportunity to settle for a field goal and kill/win the game (for sure we could have run the clock down further) instead of having to go for it on 4th and 18. Then we're talking about scoring on 2/3rds of our possessions in the 2nd half, including a game winning drive.
Or maybe if Lewis hadn't been pinged for a hold when Penny gets the ball to the 9 we score the TD we need. Perhaps if the defense had been able to make a SINGLE stop in the 2nd half we might have had a 4th or 5th opportunity to score and get points. Perhaps perhaps perhaps. Perhaps Geno is not the answer, but he is far from the biggest issue right now (in fact, perhaps Damien Lewis is the biggest problem on the offense right now, not Geno).
As for the 49ers - Wilson's Bronco's had the ball THIRTEEN times against the 49ers and only managed to score twice (1 FG, 1 TD), likewise the Bears first 5 drives went for a TOTAL of 26 yards and an interception. Sure they had a wild rush in the 3rd quarter, but the 49ers have a *really* good defense and will probably have more than 1 shut out this year - it doesn't excuse our poor performance, but that's ancient history now - many of the issues we saw in that on the offensive side of the ball have been resolved. What needs fixed (and has done for at least 3 years now) is the D first and foremost