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In what could be a game that decides the last place team, the 49ers will emerge victorious and send Jeff Fisher looking for another team to coach. I’m expecting the team to be pretty banged up after the Seattle game which will pave the way for the Cardinals to sweep the season series. Right now it looks like a winnable game, but it’s very hard to predict the outcome when these two clash. Each game has either been a blowout or came down to one single play. Another reason Brooks is cranky when he’s riding the pine… contract de-escalators that factor things like annual sack totals.
Colin Kaepernick went 17 for 26 with 165 yards passing. The 49ers defense was stout, holding the Vikings to just three points and sacking Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater five times. Adrian Peterson, returning from suspension, rushed for only 31 yards on 10 carries. This game also marked the return of NaVorro Bowman, who missed all of the 2014 season with an injury.
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The Niners will host a division-rival, the Seattle Seahawks, on Thursday Night Football in Week 7. San Francisco will also appear twice on NBC’s Sunday Night Football, at the New York Giants in Week 5 and at home against the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 15. The San Francisco 49ers have announced their 2015 regular season schedule as well as the dates and times of their four preseason games.
In 2014, teams that traveled over 2,000 miles won exactly 40 percent of their games, with NFL teams combining to go 8-12. London games don't count in that total, since both teams had to travel over 2,000 miles and therefore were basically on equal footing. What is shocking though is that the 49ers are traveling 1,546 miles more than the Dolphins, a team that's flying nine times in 2015 thanks to a Week 4 "home" game in London. There's something about Colin Kaepernick against the Packers. He's dominated them in the regular season and in the playoffs. Don't think Aaron Rodgers and the Pack haven't lost sight of that.
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There’s only one game on the 49ers schedule that I would be really surprised if they won. BTW, I include the coaching staff not being at least competent as part of a potential disaster. Yeah I agree with you Old Coach, and I wouldn’t actually make the bet for the reasons you just stated.
I think we see one of the Seahawks games in prime time. My guess would be one of the Cardinals games as well. The Darnell Dockett storyline is not enough on its own to justify that, but combined with the division rivalry, it makes some sense. After the conclusion of the 2014 season, we now know which teams the San Francisco 49ers will face with the franchise's next head coach. We have the best owner, best GM and best head coach in Football, no way we just win 6 games. As good of a run blocker as Iupati was for the 49ers, he was very poor as a pass protector .
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I’m very excited about this year… 10-6 cuz of the tough schedule but playoffs. The 49ers' first road game of the year ended in a disaster. The 49ers defense had no answer for Ben Roethlisberger, who went 21 for 27,369 yards and three touchdown passes as the Steelers won 43–18. The Steelers took a commanding 29-3 halftime lead. Despite only scoring 18 points, the 49ers offense opened up in the second half, with Kaepernick leading the 49ers into the Steelers red zone four times, but only able to score one touchdown . The highlight for the 49ers was Kaepernick hitting wide receiver Torrey Smith for a 75-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter.
The Vikings have also not been on the road in nearly a month, making this a tricky scheduling spot. The model also ranked in the top 10 on NFLPickWatch four of the past six years on straight-up NFL picks and beat more than 94% of CBS Sports Football Pick'em players four times during that span. Get enough out of the running game and all of its parts to handle the work, throw for 200 yards, don’t turn the ball over, and let the No. 1 defense in football handle the rest. Don't expect Tua Tagovailoa's struggles to continue. Even if Terron Armstead doesn't return at left tackle, the Chargers' toothless defense rarely gets pressure.
Regular Season
In the last two weeks, Kaepernick had no touchdown passes and five interceptions with a quarterback rating of 12.7. The Titans enter Sunday's showdown giving up just 83.1 rushing yards per game, which ranks third in the NFL. The Jags have failed to win a game on the road this season and suffered a lopsided loss to the Lions last week. SportsLine's model expects the Titans will hold the Jaguars to just 17 points on Sunday, a major reason why Tennessee covers the spread nearly 60% of the time.See which other teams to pick here.
I go back and forth about whether they will draft a RB high. Having drafted Hyde last year, another high pick at RB would certainly be a luxury. The combo of Wilhoite and Bowman are better than last year’s MLB combos (Wilhoite/Willis, Wilhoite/Borland). Losing Willis sucks as he was awesome, but Bowman is better. So, it’s still an improvement to last year’s lineup. Ex – I was just using those examples of how other posters/Grant were finding fault with the team.
These teams haven’t been much different in overall quality over the last month, with Seattle’s offensive line, running game and young defense all taking turns slumping. Give the Seahawks a win because of their big edge at quarterback, but I don’t feel confident about it. We have an offensive line that cant pass protect, we have a defensive line that cant pass rush. We have a hole at LG, the center position is still up in the air. Our deep threat would drops balls if the QB can find him.
Just as we don’t know if the new coaching staff can get more out of the offense. But after the first Seattle game last year, I said that Kaep needed to play within himself and take what the defense gives him. I thought he did that in the second game and played better, not spectacular, but no turnovers either.
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