O line was a disaster last night. The tackles were back ups but still they were going against Houston back ups and it does not hold much promise if Trent Williams and MCgllinchey go down. Oh yeah and Williams is injury prone and McGlinchey is coming off a torn quadriceps. Aaron Banks is big and slow. Jake Brendel (C) actually did ok but Sutherland his back up is TERRIBLE. Perhaps the worst player on the team. Right guard Spencer Burford has had a good camp and good two first games, but this one was not good. Scuttle but out of camp is UDFA LG Poe may take Banks job but we'll see.
I think getting Williams will settle the whole line down and anchor the LG position more. Where the heck is daniel Brunskill? He has been injured all camp and would have been a veteran presence.
Seahawks line has looked much better this year so far and as a result I think they will have success on offense. Defense could be another story though.
I think Lance did ok. His passes were off, but that is his struggle , accuracy. Everyone is crapping on him but he did not throw an INT. I think the throw to Deebo was fine, Deebo did not seperate and was interfered with in my opinion. Lance struggles with short pass accuracy placement which is very important for a YAC based offense setting up the receiver to continue running in stride. I think Lance did not have a comfortable pocket all night.
the 4th down play read option to Sermon would have been an ideal for Lance to take it and run but I think they did not want him running
Agreed on all counts.
Moreover, what the offense looked like in the preseason has no bearing on what it will look like in the regular season. Teams aren't scheming on either side of the ball. Some position groups are even put in bad situations intentionally in order to see how they respond.
The offense was VANILLA...very little was done to protect Lance or the Offensive line.
That will change in Regular Season.
Additionally they will accentuate the plays in practice that they will actually run in the games in the next 17 days, not just the entire playbook.
None of this means BAM, all issues fixed. It just means as I've said over and over....Preseason means nothing. Lets wait till like week 5 of regular season and see what it looks like.
My guess?
Lance struggles, has ball placement issues particularly on short throws but is FAR more explosive and hits some deep shots Niners haven't had in the arsenal in years.