Marvin49

Well of this you can be sure...I'll be rootin' for ya against the 'hawks.

Really? Do people still talk like that? Moron.

Niner fan here.... ....thats a lot of smack for a team running a retread offense circa SF 2012 and have been exposed pretty badly. NEWSFLASH: Greg Roman is a fraud. You'll get excited until his symplistic offense gets figured out and then you will go nowhere. There is a reason SF tried to make Kap a pocket passer. That offense doesn't work long term and will get Lamar killed. How? Eventually, teams will stop caring about giving up runs on Zone Reads by the RB and will instead blow up the QB on every single down. Take it from someone who watched the exact same cycle with another Harbaugh and the exact same OC, Baltimore has been exposed and they don't have near the defensive talent that SF did.

Thank You. Honestly, I thought the Niners would win it, but if I told you I expected what happened last night I'd be lying. Garrett scared me. I've been on the other side of these losses (a lot) so no smack from me. Good luck guys on the rest of your season.

While I'd agree that the teams the 49ers beat haven't been impressive, they can only beat the teams on their schedule. I mean look at the Pats. The combined record of the teams they have played is 5-18, and 4 of those wins were the Bills, so 1-17 otherwise. Does that mean the Pats suck and are ripe for the plundering? Uh, no. Niners had three TDs called back vs the Bucs and still won by 2 scores. Niners beat the crap out of the Bengals. The 49ers had 3 fumbles inside the Steelers 15, 2 of which were unforced. They won by 4 despite the turnovers and could have beaten them by 20+ if not for butterfingers. they had 26 1st downs to the Steelers 11. At one point in the third quarter, they had three times the Steelers yardage. Now some will say they seem to have an issue with turnovers, but they had 5 that day and only 3 in the first two games combined. The Browns beat the 0-4 Jets and the Ravens who very nearly lost to those same Steelers with that backup QB AND their THIRD QB and it looks like the Ravens have been exposed. Even before yesterday I stated on this forum why I didn't think the Ravens were for real. Now I'm not making a winning prediction for the Niners, but ya'll are funny sometimes.

OK...I've been holding out on this one.... ...why do people keep quoting the all-time record as if that will have any bearing whatsoever on the outcome of this game? I mean if it were a divisional opponent you play every year I could see it....but this seems...odd.

Hey guys. It was fun hanging out with you on this Board all week. The bye week this early with an undefeated team was brutal. LOL. I needed my Niner football fix. Now its Gameday. Good Luck tonight....but not too much. Peace.

Jimmie Ward, Tevin Coleman and Dee Ford all practiced on Sat so unless there is a setback, all should play. The Jimmie Ward one is interesting as I don't know where they plan on playing him. He plays FS and CB, but so does current FS Moore. Might see Ward get the start after Moore too some bad angles vs the Steelers. Nick Bosa and Ward actually are off the injury list entirely for the first time all season.

Leo "The Lion" Nomellini Y.A."The Bald Eagle" Tittle (with ball) and Hugh "The King" McElhenny (Far left. Also pictured in statue form with Joe "The Jet" Perry and John Henry Johnson. They loved their nicknames back then).

Dunno. Not really an As fan so haven't been watching it that closely. As I understand it, the stsadium isn't approved yet, so still a chance they move. Levi's BTW has a green roof over the Suite Tower. Not very bit, but I've been up there during a stadium tour. Keeps the Tower warm in winder and cool in summer.

Frank Gore...if he ever stops playing. 1 Emmitt Smith+ 18,355 1990-2004 2TM 2 Walter Payton+ 16,726 1975-1987 chi 3 Barry Sanders+ 15,269 1989-1998 det 4 Frank Gore 15,021 2005-2019 4TM 5 Curtis Martin+ 14,101 1995-2005 2TM 6 LaDainian Tomlinson+ 13,684 2001-2011 2TM 7 Jerome Bettis+ 13,662 1993-2005 2TM 8 Adrian Peterson 13,408 2007-2019 4TM 9 Eric Dickerson+ 13,259 1983-1993 4TM 10 Tony Dorsett+ 12,739 1977-1988 2TM 11 Jim Brown+ 12,312 1957-1965 cle 12 Marshall Faulk+ 12,279 1994-2005 2TM Only 2 of those guys aren't in the Hall...and that's because they are still playing. Case can be made for Justin Smith or Bryant Young. Of older guys, Roger Craig. He keeps getting on the list every year, but never makes it.

Oh one other stat I forgot to mention. Its impressive, but also should also take into account that turnovers contribute to it: The 49ers have had only two 3 and outs. All Season. Both were in the second half vs Pitt. I think this is gonna be a really good game and a ton of fun to watch. The Niner tho really need this one so I think you'll get their best. They get the Rams next week and after last night those guys are gonna play like a cornered animal. No way do they wanna go from 3-0 to 3-3.

He's got a knee that has been an issue all year. Its likely he won't practice much at all this year. He'll get out there on Sat and most likely will play. That's what happened vs Steelers.

You are correct in that assigning someone to double Garrett takes away option, but I think you kinda gotta know how they will help the rookie. It won't always be double teams. It'll be chips by the FB or TE. It'll be misdirection designed to slow him down. It'll be a TE or even WR running across the formation on a "wham" type block. It will be rollouts away from Garrett. It won't be a static "ima put 2 guys on you" thing. Despite the score, the 49ers beat the brakes off the Steelers...they just kept turning the ball over. 436-239 yardage advantage. most of that 239 was on 2 plays in the second half. The 49ers had a 26-11 first down advantage. One of the things that has kept Garoppolo upright this year is that he was one of the quickest releases in the game. He won't just sit at the top of a 5 step drop and hope the rookie tackle can hold up. Kyles been doing this for too long. He'll empty the tool-chest. IMO, this is what is wrong with the Rams. I dunno if you will EVER see Kyle call over 60 pass plays in a game the way McVay did. He'll run the ball even down by 14. We'll see how it works. Skule did not give up a sack in week 3 and the line only gave up 1 despite the Steelers blitzing like crazy. That same Steelers D sacked Andy Dalton EIGHT times. I'm not into the prediction game, but I do thing there are a few of you who are not realizing what your team is up against. "Who have the beat?". Every team in their path. Even against the Bucs who "hadn't gelled yet" as if the Niners had at that point with a QB returning from an ACL, they had THREE TDs taken off the board and still won by 2 scores. PS: Just reread that. LOL. Didn't meant it to sound so aggressive. I think it'll be a good game. I am certainly not assuming a win with that much star power on the other side. Just think some of you, certainly not all, are underestimating your opponent.

FYI... 49ers just put CB Jason Verrett (yay) and WR Jalen Hurd (doh) on IR. Resigned CB Dontae Johnson and WR Jordan Matthews, both of whom they had in camp and preseason. Most likely will be Emmanuel Moseley getting the start at CB opposite Richard Sherman.

Thnx. I enjoy talking to opposing fan bases. Not smack talk, but real talk. If I'm on a Niner board its a bit of an echo chamber. I enjoy that as well, but nice to see things from the other side. I actually spend quite a bit of time on a Seahawks board. LOL.

1) There is a plan to build a new stadium for the A's. Yes, the Coliseum is worse than Candlestick. New A's Ballpark....though I don't think its been 100% approved yet. 2) I think for many Raider fans, they'll do the absurd. LOL. I've talked to many who are done....but I think they'll eventually move back to the Raiders just like they did in LA. What they won't be, or at least not in large numbers, is become 49er fans. They HATE all things red and gold. 3) No, they'll remain Golden State. I think they'll actually wear different Jerseys throughout the season....Some say "The City" - Reference to SF, some say "The Town" - Reference to Oakland.....but the symbol will be the bay bridge. They want both. 4) Can't say what the thought process was for the Sharks, but as you say, they are in fact in the SJ city limits.

Napa is a different animal. Wine country, north of the East Bay. Beautiful country up there. I can't lie...I'm a "West-Bayer" as you stated. LOL.

That place is just nuts. I like Levis, but Jerrys World is just crazy.Amazing what you can do with unlimited space and a nearly unlimited budget. LOL. BTW, the Video boards at Levis (2 of them) are actually wider than the ones at Jerrys World, but not as tall. They are above either endzone. This is taken from south endzone. If you look at where the sun falls...that was why I suggested NOT sitting on the visitor sideline. LOL. The shadow of the Suite Tower covers the home sideline and fans. As for locker rooms....odd Trivia. Levi's was actually built with 4 locker rooms. Home, Away, Cheerleaders.....and RAIDERS. You read that right. It was planned with a second home locker room for use by the Raiders if they eventually became a tenant, but they would never let themselves be a tenant of the 49ers so ego drove them to Vegas. It isn't a 4th locker room now because that ship has sailed and they used for something else, but I always thought that was funny.

BTW, love the name.

1) Yes, but East Bay is a bit different in terms of fandom. They love their As and Raiders, but there are fewer of them. Oakland isn't really the center of anything anymore. Its a reason they are losing their teams. (Warriors moved back to SF, Raiders to Vegas). Oh no....absolutely correct. Nobody was a Niner fan in the 70's. It wasn't until Walsh/Montana etc that it flipped and it really never flipped back. These days, even when the Niners are bad they are drawing twice the TV audience of the Raiders. Again tho...I will never question Raider fan loyalty. Those guy will never switch. In baseball its even worse. The As are playing MUCH better than the Giants, but most in the Bay hardly notice. 2) Stanford is actually up the Peninsula in Palo Alto. It's between SF and SJ, so south of SF. Yes, Santa Clara is away's away from downtown SF....about 45 minutes without traffic. In the below map, Palo Alto would be Stanford and Santa Clara is just a bit Northwest from San Jose. 3) Yeah...Hunters Point is/was bad. The sad thing tho is there used to be this moment driving up 101 where you'd round a bend and you could see Candlestick jutting out over the water. It was awesome. Its now completely gone, razed to the ground. Its kinda sad actually.

Well Aware. Just sayin, if there was a Conference I'd want him to have experience in, that's the one I'd want.

...well there is a reason he was a 6th round pick. LOL. He's a lunch pail "ain't always pretty" type guy with tons of experience in the SEC. As I've said before, they'll protect him, but he is my biggest concern. He's played one week so far and it was better than I'd anticipated, but Garrett is a different animal.