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Hell of a game last night. It goes from this is unbelievably awesome to being extremely pissed off and swearing non-stop. Thank god we stopped the comeback and didn't lose this one.
~Kaepernick was again very good. He had some really, really nice passes, went through his progressions pretty good, had good scrambling ability, and showed good awareness. The pass to Crabtree over the middle was crazy good. Showed off some nice accuracy and great arm strength. His night could have been even better too but just barely missed a few throws, most notably to Vernon Davis. Kaepernick did have a few mistakes. The fumbles under center hopefully were because of the weather but still, there should not be that many. That could have costed us a lot more then it did. This needs to be cleaned up right away. The INT Kaepernick threw wasn't very good at all. Kaepernick miss read the defense and threw a pick in the endzone. He had a couple other near chances -mostly to Moss. He's a young player and will hopefully learn from the mistake. Luckily the mistake didnt prove to be too costly.
~Crabtree continues to impress. He is just showing some excellent YAC and has some great agility to make guys miss. He always seems to get a few yards and last night he was actually able to take one all the way to the end zone in a huge moment. With Vernon Davis pretty much disappearing Crabtree is definitely our greatest weapon. He has become clutch and a play maker for us. As was said above too, the catch Crabtree made over the middle for the touchdown was a thing of beauty. It was a difficult catch and Crabtree showed no fear having two defenders right by him ready to take off his head.
~The Defense was great in the first half. It's too bad they couldn't hold it up all game. I loved the match up of one of the top defenses going against the top offense. It would have been great to send a message that our defense shut them down. Unfortunately, we played soft when we got the big lead. NE was able to get a TD and our offense could not respond at all. Our defense was right back on the field and you could tell they were starting to get tired and momentum was changing along with some crappy penalties. I really think if our offense could have down SOMETHING just to give our D some rest we could have stopped the onslaught by the patriots.
~The coaching was very good in the beginning, then when we got the big lead like everyone saw, went way too conservative. I was saying it at the the time that there was just WAY too much time left in the game to be playing the clock half way thru the 3rd quarter. You just cant do this against explosive teams. Hopefully the coaching staff learned from this. Other then that, they had a good game plan. I loved seeing the shots down the field that we haven't been taking. We missed on a few of those shots but hit on some others. This keeps the defenses honest and makes us a much more dangerous offense.
~Lamichael James continues show some good ability. He had some pretty good runs and obviously the kick return was huge. We needed some momentum badly and he delivered. This is a nice weapon to have on our team.
~Aldon Smith started the game playing like a beast. Its too bad he didnt get a sack but was getting some nice pressure the first half. The 2nd half he, like the rest of our defense, kind of disappeared but again, I think this was because he was getting exhausted. Hopefully he able to rack up a few sacks these next couple of weeks and get to the record.
~The offensive line overall played a very good game. Their biggest flaw to date is that they struggle some times with pass protection. Last night they protected Kap very well and played a solid game.
~Akers is really struggling. It sucks getting so close to the playoffs that we might have to depend on him. I'm not sure if its a little bit in his head or the injury they have been bringing up, but hopefully he is able to get out of this slump.
~Overall this was a really important win. The Packers are right on a our tail for the #2 seed they have a pretty easy schedule to finish off the season. We have an important game next week and need to get the win vs Seattle. We a few injuries piling up, a much needed bye in the playoffs is extremely important for our team.
~Kaepernick was again very good. He had some really, really nice passes, went through his progressions pretty good, had good scrambling ability, and showed good awareness. The pass to Crabtree over the middle was crazy good. Showed off some nice accuracy and great arm strength. His night could have been even better too but just barely missed a few throws, most notably to Vernon Davis. Kaepernick did have a few mistakes. The fumbles under center hopefully were because of the weather but still, there should not be that many. That could have costed us a lot more then it did. This needs to be cleaned up right away. The INT Kaepernick threw wasn't very good at all. Kaepernick miss read the defense and threw a pick in the endzone. He had a couple other near chances -mostly to Moss. He's a young player and will hopefully learn from the mistake. Luckily the mistake didnt prove to be too costly.
~Crabtree continues to impress. He is just showing some excellent YAC and has some great agility to make guys miss. He always seems to get a few yards and last night he was actually able to take one all the way to the end zone in a huge moment. With Vernon Davis pretty much disappearing Crabtree is definitely our greatest weapon. He has become clutch and a play maker for us. As was said above too, the catch Crabtree made over the middle for the touchdown was a thing of beauty. It was a difficult catch and Crabtree showed no fear having two defenders right by him ready to take off his head.
~The Defense was great in the first half. It's too bad they couldn't hold it up all game. I loved the match up of one of the top defenses going against the top offense. It would have been great to send a message that our defense shut them down. Unfortunately, we played soft when we got the big lead. NE was able to get a TD and our offense could not respond at all. Our defense was right back on the field and you could tell they were starting to get tired and momentum was changing along with some crappy penalties. I really think if our offense could have down SOMETHING just to give our D some rest we could have stopped the onslaught by the patriots.
~The coaching was very good in the beginning, then when we got the big lead like everyone saw, went way too conservative. I was saying it at the the time that there was just WAY too much time left in the game to be playing the clock half way thru the 3rd quarter. You just cant do this against explosive teams. Hopefully the coaching staff learned from this. Other then that, they had a good game plan. I loved seeing the shots down the field that we haven't been taking. We missed on a few of those shots but hit on some others. This keeps the defenses honest and makes us a much more dangerous offense.
~Lamichael James continues show some good ability. He had some pretty good runs and obviously the kick return was huge. We needed some momentum badly and he delivered. This is a nice weapon to have on our team.
~Aldon Smith started the game playing like a beast. Its too bad he didnt get a sack but was getting some nice pressure the first half. The 2nd half he, like the rest of our defense, kind of disappeared but again, I think this was because he was getting exhausted. Hopefully he able to rack up a few sacks these next couple of weeks and get to the record.
~The offensive line overall played a very good game. Their biggest flaw to date is that they struggle some times with pass protection. Last night they protected Kap very well and played a solid game.
~Akers is really struggling. It sucks getting so close to the playoffs that we might have to depend on him. I'm not sure if its a little bit in his head or the injury they have been bringing up, but hopefully he is able to get out of this slump.
~Overall this was a really important win. The Packers are right on a our tail for the #2 seed they have a pretty easy schedule to finish off the season. We have an important game next week and need to get the win vs Seattle. We a few injuries piling up, a much needed bye in the playoffs is extremely important for our team.
