Boldin

[Smellyman]

Remember when Sherman followed him all over the field and held him to 1 catch and 7 yards.

Screw Crabtree put Sherm on him. Every time I tune it to Santa Clara he is dominating. Hate that guy.

 

[suppaball]

Yep I agree, when Boldin was a Card he was a thorn in our side. I for one loved him going on to Baltimore, wasn't our problem anymore. Then he came back to the NFC west and I was like ohhh shit not again.

 

[Bigbadhawk]

I just want to see a early hit by Kam that gives the 49ers receivers alligator arms.

 

[KitsapGuy]

Perhaps it’s counter-intuitive to think that the Seahawks should be especially concerned with any team’s third wide receiver. But, in truth, Seattle will need to be wary of new 49er Stevie Johnson.

The last time Johnson faced the Seahawks as a member of the Buffalo Bills in December of 2012, he had eight catches for 115 yards and a touchdown.

There are some important caveats that go along with this intimidating stat line.

For one, the Seahawks jumped out to a 14-0 advantage in the first ten minutes, and blew out the Bills in Buffalo, 50-17. 21 of Johnson’s receiving yards come in the fourth quarter, when the Seahawks were playing backups on defense — these are the yards that push Johnson’s pretty-good day above the 100-yard mark.

Also, the Seahawks managed to keep the rest of Buffalo’s passing game in check: between starter Ryan Fitzpatrick and backup Tyler Thigpen, the Bills went 24-for-43 for 247 yards on the day, including two interceptions.

Still: Johnson beat Richard Sherman for a 20-yard touchdown catch, and Johnson also beat Sherman way down the field on another pass that was just a bit overthrown. How did this happen?

To my eyes, it appears that Johnson beat Sherman using lateral quickness and explosiveness. Johnson doesn’t try to out-muscle or out-run Sherman. Rather, he used deceptive fakes to gain an important step over Sherman.

http://cover32.com/seahawks/2014/11/26/ ... e-johnson/

 

[King Dog]

Sounds good to me. Just keep Sherm away from Stevie Johnson. Last time we played the Bills, I remember Johnson juking Sherm out of his jock.

 

[Hawks46]

Johnson is one of the quickest WRs out of his breaks in the league (or at least he was a couple of years ago). He also gave Revis a bit of trouble, back when Revis was dominating the league.

The word on Johnson is that he's a bit inconsistent and at times seems disinterested during the game. Being the 3rd WR, I'm not sure how "into" it he's going to be, especially as Kap usually doesn't hit his 3rd read really consistently. He has 32 rec for 407 yards and 3 TDs this year, so it's respectable.

Johnson is usually in the slot, so I'm not sure how much Sherm is going to see him. Quick WRs give Maxwell fits as well since his hips still seem a bit tight. We'll see Johnson in the slot, so I'm hoping Lane is 100%, or Simon is up to the task.

 

[CodeWarrior]

Love Boldin the player. Hate Boldin the niner. To think we could have had him for a sixth rounder...

 

[Scottemojo]

Love Boldin the player. Hate Boldin the niner. To think we could have had him for a sixth rounder...

That was a Harbaugh to Harbaugh favor in the arms war we were having with the Niners. No way we were in the bidding for Boldin, IIRC we had just signed Harvin and Boldin was getting 6 mil a year.

 

[Lords of Scythia]

At the time, it felt like we struck a blow against the Niners (in the arms race) by getting Harvin (who was being vigorously targetted by SF), and they got Boldin as a lame second choice. Sure looks like they won that battle.

BUT NOT THE WAR. GO HAWKS!

 

[Hendo66]

Kam - Knock him TFO!

 

[HawkWow]

At the time, it felt like we struck a blow against the Niners (in the arms race) by getting Harvin (who was being vigorously targetted by SF)

Smoke and mirrors, bro. The 9ers pawned us and won two battles (and counting) with the pretense of wanting Harvin. Brilliant strategy that left both the Vikes and 9ers laughing their ass' off at our ineptitude / naiveté.

Classic bait and switch, executed to perfection.

 

[Lords of Scythia]

At the time, it felt like we struck a blow against the Niners (in the arms race) by getting Harvin (who was being vigorously targetted by SF)

Smoke and mirrors, bro. The 9ers pawned us and won two battles (and counting) with the pretense of wanting Harvin. Brilliant strategy that left both the Vikes and 9ers laughing their ass' off at our ineptitude / naiveté.

Classic bait and switch, executed to perfection.

It did drive up the price for Harvin. I think they probably thought there was a chance they'd end up with him, but if they didn't, we'd get gouged on the price to Minn.