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I  thought he looked great, especially those handoffs. Without them, Love wouldn't have been able to do anything.

Yeah, I think that's a reminder that we don't need great quarterbacking (although no one would complain if we had it), it just has to be good enough to keep the defense honest.
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I think Costello looked really good. A couple of bad decisions and a couple of grounders, but some drops as well. Have a lot of faith.

As for keeping the defense honest, you're completely correct. I was listening to the late evening guys on KNBR before the season. Of course they were commenting that Kaepernick should be in the NFL somewhere as he's a solid quarterback. Then they started talking about Carlos Hyde and how good he is, that his stats from last year were misleading because he was facing eight and nine in the box because Kaepernick was no threat to throw the ball. Made my head spin. So if Costello (or Chryst) can be enough of a threat to throw the ball, or to keep it on the read option, Love will continue to have a great year. Good quarterbacks make everyone else better.

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[quote author=cardcrimson link=topic=17553.msg203766#msg203766 date=1506870804]
I  thought he looked great, especially those handoffs. Without them, Love wouldn't have been able to do anything.

Yeah, I think that's a reminder that we don't need great quarterbacking (although no one would complain if we had it), it just has to be good enough to keep the defense honest.
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I think Costello looked really good. A couple of bad decisions and a couple of grounders, but some drops as well. Have a lot of faith.

As for keeping the defense honest, you're completely correct. I was listening to the late evening guys on KNBR before the season. Of course they were commenting that Kaepernick should be in the NFL somewhere as he's a solid quarterback. Then they started talking about Carlos Hyde and how good he is, that his stats from last year were misleading because he was facing eight and nine in the box because Kaepernick was no threat to throw the ball. Made my head spin. So if Costello (or Chryst) can be enough of a threat to throw the ball, or to keep it on the read option, Love will continue to have a great year. Good quarterbacks make everyone else better.