hawk45
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Pete's first year Okung was out with his annual injury and it seems to me our line outside of that was pretty patchwork and somehow we still managed to rush pretty effectively. I felt that was a fairly good job by Cable. Here's hoping he pulls some BS like that out of his hat tomorrow.
Of course that year Tjack got murdered to a bloody pulp behind that line, so that's a given of the Cable school of blocking. So my prayers for tonight are for:
- Russell's life
- Cable-magic leads to a halfway decent run game
There's a video in the NFL forum of 15 minutes of SF highlights, in the highlights you see Russell getting INSTANTLY dudes in his face, not related to him holding the ball, but he survived that and made the plays he needed to. Squirting out of the pocket when necessary, making hot reads. Not a pretty game (for Russell) by his standards but a win. It was at home, but the Carolina game was similar, only minus any rushing attack from us and he pulled it off.
So my whine-volume on the OL is still at ear-splitting, and I wish we'd protect our savior a little better, but he is the savior after all. My biggest reason for thinking we can win this is that Russell flat out hasn't lost a game by a large margin here no matter what the circumstances, and it's a truism, but if you're within 7 you can win it. My money on RW for making critical plays against the Texan D in the 4th quarter in a tight game as opposed to Matt Schaub stopping our D from making a critical play against him in the 4th.
What might be really interesting is if after all my wailing about the OL, we get in the 4th and RW leads a game-winning drive, and our D is on the field with less than 5 minutes left needing to protect the lead. Then we find out if they can be dominant the ENTIRE game on the road, not just the first 58 minutes. They sealed the deal vs. the Panthers, but looking at the kitties record in tight games, I think part of that was the kitties sealing the deal against themselves.
Of course that year Tjack got murdered to a bloody pulp behind that line, so that's a given of the Cable school of blocking. So my prayers for tonight are for:
- Russell's life
- Cable-magic leads to a halfway decent run game
There's a video in the NFL forum of 15 minutes of SF highlights, in the highlights you see Russell getting INSTANTLY dudes in his face, not related to him holding the ball, but he survived that and made the plays he needed to. Squirting out of the pocket when necessary, making hot reads. Not a pretty game (for Russell) by his standards but a win. It was at home, but the Carolina game was similar, only minus any rushing attack from us and he pulled it off.
So my whine-volume on the OL is still at ear-splitting, and I wish we'd protect our savior a little better, but he is the savior after all. My biggest reason for thinking we can win this is that Russell flat out hasn't lost a game by a large margin here no matter what the circumstances, and it's a truism, but if you're within 7 you can win it. My money on RW for making critical plays against the Texan D in the 4th quarter in a tight game as opposed to Matt Schaub stopping our D from making a critical play against him in the 4th.
What might be really interesting is if after all my wailing about the OL, we get in the 4th and RW leads a game-winning drive, and our D is on the field with less than 5 minutes left needing to protect the lead. Then we find out if they can be dominant the ENTIRE game on the road, not just the first 58 minutes. They sealed the deal vs. the Panthers, but looking at the kitties record in tight games, I think part of that was the kitties sealing the deal against themselves.
