11-15-2022, 07:20 AM
I get wanting to read whatever you want into what someone posts so you can jump on it and show off your internet smart/tough guy act to compensate for whatever inadequacies you are feeling in your life elsewhere, but sometimes - like this time - you are arguing a point that wasn't even made. And then more of you pile on with your own straw men to win other arguments that weren't being made.
My point about it being criminal that Samuel and Kittle combined for 3 catches is in the context of them being amongst the highest paid players at their positions in the NFL. You can pay a lot less money for what they are producing. Why the urge to jump all the way to "well if you are so smart, why don't you be the coach?" Aside from this not being the point I was making, how does claiming someone can do better imply the people who think that believe they are the ones who can? It's just an idiotic, lazy, dull-minded thing to say because you are incapable of arguing the stated point. Much easier to argue one that wasn't made!
And stop it with this "you can't see the whole field so how can you know," B.S. Terry McClaurin has the same agent as Deebo Samuel, and he is by far and away the Washington team's best player. The fact is when you go to games and sit high enough in the stands, you can see open receivers the QB never throws to, ALL THE TIME.
The Niners are paying Kittle and Samuel Top 5 at their position salaries and getting not even Top 25 production from them combined. While I don't buy the "you can't see the defense, so maybe they aren't open" stuff for a second because other teams get their best players the ball, what makes their underuse and lack of production criminal is that they are being paid way more than they are producing. How does it make sense to pay for Top 5 production when you are getting less than average results? Yes, Kittle is a great blocker, but the Niners are 20th in the NFL in YPC. The Niners are #4 in YPA but #15 in TD passes, and they are below average scoring TDs in the Red Zone.
Now, I will grant that if the playoffs started today the Niners would be in, we don't know how they will do, and teams with more productive players would be out. But this is a team that should be producing much more on offense with the talent it has on that side of the ball. The Niners have never in their history had an All Pro TE, All Pro WR, and All Pro RB, at same time, and therefore, also not an All Pro LT, at the same time too, all of which they have now.
I suspected Mike McDaniel - who's team is scoring 7 PPG more than Shanahan's - was the reason for Shanahan's success before he went to Miami as HC. Each week the evidence is piling up to make this case. They play each other in three weeks, so get ready for this media narrative to take root if the Niners don't put up more points against Arizona on MNF and the following week vs. Saints, two teams with not great defenses.
Maybe Shanahan is playing a certain style trying to prepare his team to win in the playoffs, and sacrificing meaningless regular season stats for being able to win the biggest post season games. The Niners do have the #1 Defense in the NFL - even with the blood letting against Kansas City on their ledger - so maybe there is a method to the muted offense madness in regular season. We will see.
My point about it being criminal that Samuel and Kittle combined for 3 catches is in the context of them being amongst the highest paid players at their positions in the NFL. You can pay a lot less money for what they are producing. Why the urge to jump all the way to "well if you are so smart, why don't you be the coach?" Aside from this not being the point I was making, how does claiming someone can do better imply the people who think that believe they are the ones who can? It's just an idiotic, lazy, dull-minded thing to say because you are incapable of arguing the stated point. Much easier to argue one that wasn't made!
And stop it with this "you can't see the whole field so how can you know," B.S. Terry McClaurin has the same agent as Deebo Samuel, and he is by far and away the Washington team's best player. The fact is when you go to games and sit high enough in the stands, you can see open receivers the QB never throws to, ALL THE TIME.
The Niners are paying Kittle and Samuel Top 5 at their position salaries and getting not even Top 25 production from them combined. While I don't buy the "you can't see the defense, so maybe they aren't open" stuff for a second because other teams get their best players the ball, what makes their underuse and lack of production criminal is that they are being paid way more than they are producing. How does it make sense to pay for Top 5 production when you are getting less than average results? Yes, Kittle is a great blocker, but the Niners are 20th in the NFL in YPC. The Niners are #4 in YPA but #15 in TD passes, and they are below average scoring TDs in the Red Zone.
Now, I will grant that if the playoffs started today the Niners would be in, we don't know how they will do, and teams with more productive players would be out. But this is a team that should be producing much more on offense with the talent it has on that side of the ball. The Niners have never in their history had an All Pro TE, All Pro WR, and All Pro RB, at same time, and therefore, also not an All Pro LT, at the same time too, all of which they have now.
I suspected Mike McDaniel - who's team is scoring 7 PPG more than Shanahan's - was the reason for Shanahan's success before he went to Miami as HC. Each week the evidence is piling up to make this case. They play each other in three weeks, so get ready for this media narrative to take root if the Niners don't put up more points against Arizona on MNF and the following week vs. Saints, two teams with not great defenses.
Maybe Shanahan is playing a certain style trying to prepare his team to win in the playoffs, and sacrificing meaningless regular season stats for being able to win the biggest post season games. The Niners do have the #1 Defense in the NFL - even with the blood letting against Kansas City on their ledger - so maybe there is a method to the muted offense madness in regular season. We will see.