Lost to a Team

[nategreat]

This thread is so dramatic.

 

[glenwo2]

This thread is so dramatic.

 

[glenwo2]

 

[94Smith]

Kubiak was basically still coaching the Niners with how limited he made the Hawks offense in this game.

He certainly HELPED you guys keep the Seahawks offense to 13.

You guys were all talking that you wanted to run the football. All I heard all week was that Seattle was going to pound the rock. Well they tried! 26 rushes for 84 yards and a 3.2 average. 49ers had one of the worst run Ds last year. Thats all new young guys with a much better D coordinator

 

[Dallashawksfan]

They lost to a bunch guys in a wheelchair

 

[MontanaHawk05]

I wouldn't say just SIX wins, but the hype was certainly as overblown as the AI bubble. Who was Darnold supposed to be throwing to?

 

[Sperrydogg]

I firmly agree. I’m not ‘down’ on Darnold but he is who he has been his whole career sans Minnesota.

We don’t need him to be Josh Allen here but…I’m regretting that Geno didn’t want to stick around tbh…

I still think Darnold has a shot but only if this offense changes from what we saw to a true power run team. Darnold should run at least 7-10 times a game and both our running backs need 20 carries. The running game doesn’t work if you’re not willing to run on 3rd and medium or second and long. It takes patience and there’s not much of that left in the world

 

[glenwo2]

You guys were all talking that you wanted to run the football. All I heard all week was that Seattle was going to pound the rock. Well they tried! 26 rushes for 84 yards and a 3.2 average. 49ers had one of the worst run Ds last year. Thats all new young guys with a much better D coordinator

 

[glenwo2]

I firmly agree. I’m not ‘down’ on Darnold but he is who he has been his whole career sans Minnesota.

We don’t need him to be Josh Allen here but…I’m regretting that Geno didn’t want to stick around tbh…

Didn't quite catch this comment until Sperry quoted it.

I think you're being a tad unfair here in regards to Sam.

If he was who he has been his whole career, he wouldn't even be in the league right now.

The Jets almost destroyed his entire career.

Matt Rhule (with the Panthers) didn't help matters after that.

Then he made the decision that saved his career and went to San Fran to get some much-needed QB Development.

After that, he got his oppty with Minnesota, and here we are.

He may be "a bust" as far as being the blue-chip QB prospect (even though he's still young enough to be a franchise QB), but he has vastly improved as an NFL QB from his reckless days as a Jet to now.


Not saying he doesn't have warts to his game (all QBs do) but he's far more reliable now than he was way back when during the whole "ghosts" fiasco.

 

[hawker84]

I see week 1 overreactions are still in full effect. Never disappoint ......

 

[flv2]

When the 49ers scored the go-ahead 4th quarter TD they had gained 384 yards. The Seahawks had gained just 183 yards . The 49ers aren't a juggernaut, they're a fringe playoff contender. They weren't even healthy. To lose to them, at home, in such a fashion is bitterly disappointing. Fortunately it's just 1 game, and Week 1 results are notoriously unreliable indicators of how good teams really are. On to Week 2.

 

[jammerhawk]

There is a tremendous amount of palpable negativity here.

Sure this was an unfortunate L which might not have been save for the fumble by Darnold on the 9ers 12. Certainly it was the case the D played a good game though the coordination of the pass rush and the pass coverage needs some refinement. It was indisputable that the O was ineffective and weak yet at the end of both halves of the game they moved the ball effectively.

There are two ways you can view this game: firstly it was a catastrophe and the team sucks, the other was there was a lot to build upon shown in the game and it wasn't as bad at the media seems to be promoting.

There was a lot of positive sentiment around the team in the preseason and now the Negativity Nellies seem to be holding the message out that the team sucks. The truth to me seems to be a great deal different. Perhaps the team will lose again on Sunday before having the Saints in for a chance to turn the tide, OTOH the team might win against Lord Rodgers and the hype machine in Pitt.. This will of course change the conversation to a more moderate output from the media.

Finally if you haven't noticed the team may have lost a low scoring game on Sunday when they were poised to pull out a W but failed. However, they did truly beat up SF and left them with many key players on the serious limp or IR. Did the Hawks really lose that badly?

Maybe it really isn't as bleak as some are promoting?

 

[SoulfishHawk]

I didn't walk out of that stadium thinking they lost badly. It was a good battle that came down to the wire. A great player made a great play at the end. Should have won, but overall, they got outplayed. But the gap is minimal. In fact, I think the Hawks are every bit as good as the Niners are. They just weren't THAT DAY.

 

[jammerhawk]

My analysis is the D is beginning to play very well while the O hasn't yet got it together. I felt the team gave up too many 3rd down conversions while the O simply wasn't at all consistent except for passes to JSN. They needed to run better and to spread the ball around some passing, and to stop those easy 3rd down conversions.

I prefer a glass half full approach but perhaps that's just me.