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Jeremy wrote: Mah, io mi auguro che sia stata solo una serata storta per tutta la squadra, siamo stati troppo brutti per essere veri.

Angyair wrote: Storta, ma storta storta storta storta! :D
Singletary sempre più con lo sguardo del killer. :D

mr.kerouac wrote: 45-10... i falcons continuano a scherzare. spero di ritrovarli più avanti sinceramente

p.s. ryan che schiaccia la palla dopo il suo td. coglione

Cappanera wrote: ...  questa e' proprio gratis ...

So what are we left to think after the 49ers' 45-10 head slap by the Falcons? The loss seemed most stunning to the 49ers themselves and particularly to head coach Mike Singletary. In his postgame news conference, Singletary said he never expected the blowout and he believed his team had established a standard that would have made such shattering losses no longer possible.

The 49ers firmly believed they were the better team going into Sunday's game. That's why Singletary showed his players a clip of the American relay team from the Beijing Olympics. Viewed as far more talented than the rest of the field, the relay team faltered because they dropped the baton. Singletary's message was to remember to execute the small details.
Mike Singletary's coaching powers will now be tested.

The 49ers never got to the small details because they were overwhelmed by the big details of the Falcons superior offense, defense and special teams.

So instead of getting a new standard established as a solidly good team in the NFL, what Singletary might have done in his first four games is lift the team up by his Herculean acts of motivation, discipline and hard work. It's possible that the immensely rigorous training camp made the players believe they had been forged into a better team.

That might be true, but what's also true is that they're the same group that went 7-9 last season and they are still adjusting to another new offensive coordinator.

The Falcons proved to be far more agile in the preparation. Over their bye week, the Falcons ditched their defensive identity as a zone team and installed a blitzing, man coverage scheme. Even though they were unfamiliar with such a style they pulled it off magnificently and flummoxed the 49ers as a result. That's quite a feat for a team in only their second year under head coach Mike Smith and with five new starters on defense.

Part of the switch in tactics included playing a five-man, two-linebacker, four-linemen defense against the 49ers predominate use of their twin tight-end offense. The 49ers never seemed to get comfortable with that adjustment, particularly tight end Vernon Davis, who reverted back to his old ways of tentative route running.

The one not startled by the switch was quarterback Shaun Hill. Like a couple of research nerds in white lab coats, Hill and fellow quarterback Alex Smith scoured video from the 2008 Falcons searching for changes the Falcons might adopt during their bye week. They discovered that Atlanta at times blitzed and played man coverage last season, and Hill and Smith figured they would try it again.

The problem is Hill knew it, but the rest of his offense didn't and a quarterback can only do so much if the rest of his offense was unprepared.

From that standpoint the 49ers were clearly and thoroughly out-coached.

So what the 49ers may have discovered is that there are limits to the Singletary philosophy of just playing basic football and allowing the other team to make a mistake. If the other team is talented and if they throw something completely different at the 49ers, they can knock San Francisco out of their comfort zone and the stunning results were all there, exposed in the soft autumnal light of a glaring 45-10 loss.

multiple wrote: Vista ieri sera dopo che ho fatto i salti mortali per farmela registraer da un amico che ha SKY.
Bene, era meglio se non gli rompevo le balle, al mio amico.

Tutti i reparti imbarazzanti, e' vero. Ci hanno surclassato in ogni parte del campo.

Un po' di cose:
- non ci vedo niente di male e far ritornare i KO ad un TE, tanto piu' che il fumble non l'aveva fatto: l'errore e' rimanere senza TO a quel punto della gara.
- pessimo il gioco di entrambe le linee, ma quella di attacco e' veramente imbarazzante: Hill ha sempre corso per la sua vita
- mi spiegate perche' per 3 (tre) volte Hill ha lanciato la palla a Davis subito senza che quello nemmeno si girasse? Va bene una volta, va bene due, ma poi quando sei sulla sideline (e ci sei stato parecchio) non puoi prenderlo da parte e spiegargli due cosette?
- Hill non sa fare lanci lunghi (e forse nemmeno lanci precisi verso la sideline)... forse e' per questo che vogliamo correre la palla?

Note positive
Ebbene si, sono riuscito, dal mio profondo pessimismo, a trovarne due:
1) il cuore di Hill: queo down convertiti correndo sono da grande uomo!
2) con le debite proporzioni, week 5 del 1994 (guardiamo chi la capisce senza ricorrere a internet)

Angyair wrote: 2) ricordavo una sonora batosta ma non contro chi o di quanto, ammetto che ho dovuto controllare. :D
Purtroppo penso che le analogie su quell'anno si fermino qui. :D

mr.kerouac wrote: Dre Bly's interception-turned-embarrassing fumble was the iconic moment of today's 45-10 shellacking. But Bly was decidedly unapologetic afterwards and he insisted he had the ball tucked safely away. "I was getting ready to try to cut back on the quarterback and that's when dude stripped me," he said.

Told that the replay showed him doing a Deion-like celebration at the San Francisco 45, Bly said this: "I had did that when I caught the ball. I'm going to be me. ... I like to have fun when I play the game. When I made plays I've made a lot, I express myself. But I had the ball tucked and he got the ball. That was a great play on Rodney (Roddy White)."

Did you know he was behind you? "I didn't know where he was. I knew I had to get on my horse. I didn't know he was that close to me. I mean, when he stripped the ball from me, it wasn't like I had the ball up here (indicating holding ball out). I had the ball here (indicating holding the ball tightly). The ball came out as I was coming to the ground. If the ball was out when he hit my hand, it would have come up. I made a lot of plays in this league, I have fun when I play and that's who I've been. I mean I fumbled the football, I'm mad that I did, but I'm not going to beat myself up. Just got to move on and get ready for next week."

Has Singletary said anything to him about the play? "He just said, 'High and tight.' You know, we work on fumbling drills in practice, tucking the football, causing fumbles. I fumbled the football. You know I'm predominantly ... I throw the football left handed and when I run with the football, when I return punts, I always keep it in my left hand, so, probably the better thing for me was to have it in my right hand. But dude made a great play. Have to give him credit. He was able to cause a fumble and the ball came out."

Pressed on the celebration, Bly said this: "Like I say, I'm going to be me. That's who I've been my whole life, that's who I was in college. I have fun. Dre's gonna be Dre."

:roll:

p.s. uno così non può servire ad una squadra che cerca di ricostruirsi

Angyair wrote: - sul TE che ritorna i KO: niente di male, è vero, anche perché Walker è uno tosto ed è anche bravino, ma non ha la velocità (ed anche l'esperienza) per farlo con continuità e per essere decisivo! Tagliare Rossum che è stato uno dei più produttivi ritornatori NFL l'anno scorso? Per tenere 7 WR a roster? mah...
- su Hill ho risposto sul blog.

Sulle cose positive:
1) durante la partita era anche molto nervoso (mai visto così), dopo ha detto che lo era con se stesso perché non riusciva a fare quello prefissato.
2) ricordavo una sonora batosta ma non contro chi o di quanto, ammetto che ho dovuto controllare. :D
Purtroppo penso che le analogie su quell'anno si fermino qui. :D

Angyair wrote: - sul TE che ritorna i KO: niente di male, è vero, anche perché Walker è uno tosto ed è anche bravino, ma non ha la velocità (ed anche l'esperienza) per farlo con continuità e per essere decisivo! Tagliare Rossum che è stato uno dei più produttivi ritornatori NFL l'anno scorso? Per tenere 7 WR a roster? mah...

multiple wrote: CVD: Rossum ai Cowboys!

Cosa se ne fanno i dolphins di un altro RB? Hanno avuto qualche infortunio?