Blinkscout Game 14 review ...

So I think we've now seen where we're weak "for certain" and why we've been having issues ...

The pattern I'm seeing and that has been mentioned on the board now is that we cannot function as a team with pressure up the middle. So larger angrier units disrupt every part of our offense and unless our defense comes through big time we will lose those games.
Also? Our smaller D line can get manhandled by bigger O lines. Zeke is an amazing runner and most other backs could not have torn us up like he did, but the truth is that he exists in the NFC so we better have an answer for him.

As always, I wait until the dismay leaves before writing these up. I did turn this one off in the 3rd quarter. But I will thank garbage time points from Goff, Kupp, and Higbee for keeping my fantasy season alive.


The Great

1) Our 6th CB came in and held his own, that gives me goosebumps about our security at the position.

2) Regardless of score, Higbee has broken out ... 3 100 yard games in a row. Wow. That changes a lot. We need a 3rd TE that can play from this next draft (and there will be some available) so that we can consistently run 2 TE sets ...


The Good

3) Bobby Evans. Just overall. That get gives us wiggle room with Havenstein in the offseason.

4) The TD pass to Gurley was a tough throw.

5) Knowing exactly what the problems that are most vital to fix are. I'll take that for the offseason.

6) Having a terrible year and still being in playoff striking distance.


The Bad

7) You cannot miss Dak and give him another shot to throw the football when you have him dead to rights.

8) You have to challenge that PI call.

9) Playcalling. No jet sweeps, nothing to loosen the center of the defense. No deep shots. Why?

10) Personnel grouping. Why are we going 11 this game?


The Ugly

11) Interior O line vs. Antwaun Woods. Pressure up the gut is really hard to manage and Goff has not been steady under pressure this season.

12) It almost looked like we threw the game. So many things were so different than previous weeks that I have no idea what was going on.

13) Getting run on. I hate it.

14) Marcus Peters making the pro bowl.



Not as much this week, but I wanted to get it out. I'll have a whole separate post on the Senior Bowl list that just got released.

Thoughts and comments welcome, and feel free to add ... I know I missed stuff as I turned the game off.

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