Ramfan128":312b0lfa said:Marvin49":312b0lfa said:Ramfan128":312b0lfa said:Marvin49":312b0lfa said:49ers having issues at RB as well.
Mitchell was out for a bit and returned and Sermon got a head injury on his first career carry.
Ugly win for SF, but I gotta say Philly is no joke on the DL. Disrupted the Niner O for a long time before finally getting going on last drive of first half.
I'm not crowing anyone, but I'd probably put the Cards at #1 right now.
As for Seattle, losing sucks, but its a 17 game season and at least it was an out of conference loss so wouldn't have impact on tie-breakers.
Why would you put the Cardinals first?
A case can certainly be made for the Rams, so don't take it as an insult.
With the Cards its about Kyler and the way he moves. I'm probably biased because mobile QBs have been the bane of Niner existence for a long time. First it was Russ and now Kyler.
Stafford tho is a huge upgrade over Goff. Rams are no joke.
It's funny how that colors our perspective. Under McVay we've never lost to the Cardinals and the games are rarely been competitive. While their week one win was the most impressive, I felt their week 2 performance was the least impressive among the three 2-0 teams. By far.
And while their beat down of Tennessee was more impressive, the Niners thrashing Detroit (before the backups came in) and the Rams beating Chicago by 20 were both impressive too.
The problem I have with their near loss to Minnesota is that it aligned with what I thought their defense would be.
So for me it's:
1A. Rams - our win against the Colts was a game that ended up closer than it should have been.
1B. Niners - they dominated Detroit and then beat an underrated Eagles team. Two Eastern time zone games.
3. Cardinals - in my book they basically lost to the Vikings. Needing a kicker to miss a chip shot FG is as lucky as it gets in the NFL. Huge issues on defense, worst CBs in the league.
4. Seahawks - I still think they finish 3rd and make the playoffs, but losing to the team Arizona beat down AND having the worst record puts them at 4th for now.
I don't take it offensively at all - I'm guessing you think AZ is closer to the team in week 1 and I think they're closer to the team from yeaterday
Fair.
Its funny tho....in my head I always think of SF and the Rams as similar because their coaches are off the same tree and run essentially offshoots of the same offense. I then kinda lump Seattle and the Cards together by their QBs who can absolutely kill you off script.
I can't argue with the list, but I'd probably still put the Niners 4th on that list only because I'm much harder on them than anyone in the forum realizes. They won 2 games on the road in the Eastern Timezone, but neither one was particularly pretty. They looked great in Detroit before backups and the prevent, but it never should have gotten that close. Philly shut them down offensively in the first half. Their D-Line dominated.