DH13 posted:It's gonna take a bigger boat than that.
Hate to bag on the coaching staff, I've been supportive all year. But they didn't show me they learned much since Nov. when it comes to beating SF. I got the sense today that if rosters were equal, Shanahan and Saleh would still win. There were too many plays on D where SF ran an end around or jet to one side and there were maybe 2 Packers on that 1/3 of the field. Deebo Samuel will take those numbers on every down. In fact, SF ran that same play twice within 5 or 6 snaps. Just a small sample and it's late but on D Shanahan too often seemed a step ahead of Pettine.
What gave you that sense? The rosters are NOWHERE close to being equal. San Francisco threw the ball 8 times tonight. Don’t you get that?
Their front seven is so vastly superior to ours it’s laughable. Z and Preston Smith and Kenny Clark would make the Niners roster. Not one other guy that plays defensive line or linebacker on our roster would. Gary is a work in progress, so I exclude him from that. But the rest are just a bunch of slow guys. San Francisco’s backup RB hung 200 + on us running the ball.
And then there’s the offensive line. Bakhtiari and Jenkins are keepers, for sure. Anybody else?
Receivers. Adams is a legit #1, top five in the NFL, maybe top three. I like Lazard’s upside, but let’s slow down on hoping he’s our #3 next year. If we get a real good receiver, and they get hurt, do you want Lazard to be our #2? I don’t.
Sternberger needs to take a step forward, and become the clear #1 tight end we drafted him to be. We need a minimum of two top tier receivers added to the roster. One via draft, one via FA or trade.