10-16-2023, 05:27 AM
I agree with Richard Sherman's take on the Niners' ignominioous loss in Cleveland. I also agree with Nick Bosa, Trent Williams, and Fred Warner's assessments.
Sherman said he was encouraged by the game, not because they lost, but because it was a really, really tough game, they faced all kinds of adversity, and were a typically made FG miss away from a victory. He also pointed out the Gipson hit was not a penalty, btw.
Bosa, Warner, and Williams all said the Niners didn't deserve to win.
Hard to tell which team was more frustrated by their loss in Week 6, the Niners, Eagles, or Giants. For different reasons they all lost games they really should have won, whether they deserved to win or not.
The Eagles turned the ball over 4 times, and lost a game against an offense that had to be gifted a TD (Eagles let Jets score a TD so they couldn't run clock) for them to get in the End Zone.
Have you ever seen a team lose a game because it failed to score any points from the 1 yd line on the last play of both halves, as the Giants managed to do? Amazing.
FHOF Brock Purdy had a bad game for sure, but his was no worse than anyone else on the offense. Brandon Aiyuk did make some big catches on the final what should have been game winning FG drive, but he also had two very key drops, one difficult catch that would have resulted in a TD if he reeled it in, and another one that just went off his hands that would have got the Niners out of the shadow of their own goal post in the 4th. Kittle had 1 catch for 1 yd. Not a great game for the OL for sure, but they managed to do enough to put the Niners in position to win.
I thought Kyle Shanahan called the game scared in the second half when the run wasn't working. It was obvious the rain and wind caused Purdy trouble in the first half, but when the weather improved, it was like Kyle only saw passing didn't work well in first half so he focused on that, and not the impact the weather had on it. He refused to allow Purdy to drop back with 4 WRs on the field when the run wasn't working. He insisted on having Juszcyzk out there and having a run threat. I thought the pass protection was better than the run blocking and Purdy should have been given more opportunities to move the chains with straight drop back passing that put more pressure on the pass defense. Hell, the way that (awful) ref crew was throwing flags, you'd think you'd want to take advantage of their no tolerance flag throwing on DBs.
But whatever, all that said, if the ball was kicked straight on the last kick, it goes through the uprights and the Niners are the only 6-0 team in the NFL.
Sherman said he was encouraged by the game, not because they lost, but because it was a really, really tough game, they faced all kinds of adversity, and were a typically made FG miss away from a victory. He also pointed out the Gipson hit was not a penalty, btw.
Bosa, Warner, and Williams all said the Niners didn't deserve to win.
Hard to tell which team was more frustrated by their loss in Week 6, the Niners, Eagles, or Giants. For different reasons they all lost games they really should have won, whether they deserved to win or not.
The Eagles turned the ball over 4 times, and lost a game against an offense that had to be gifted a TD (Eagles let Jets score a TD so they couldn't run clock) for them to get in the End Zone.
Have you ever seen a team lose a game because it failed to score any points from the 1 yd line on the last play of both halves, as the Giants managed to do? Amazing.
FHOF Brock Purdy had a bad game for sure, but his was no worse than anyone else on the offense. Brandon Aiyuk did make some big catches on the final what should have been game winning FG drive, but he also had two very key drops, one difficult catch that would have resulted in a TD if he reeled it in, and another one that just went off his hands that would have got the Niners out of the shadow of their own goal post in the 4th. Kittle had 1 catch for 1 yd. Not a great game for the OL for sure, but they managed to do enough to put the Niners in position to win.
I thought Kyle Shanahan called the game scared in the second half when the run wasn't working. It was obvious the rain and wind caused Purdy trouble in the first half, but when the weather improved, it was like Kyle only saw passing didn't work well in first half so he focused on that, and not the impact the weather had on it. He refused to allow Purdy to drop back with 4 WRs on the field when the run wasn't working. He insisted on having Juszcyzk out there and having a run threat. I thought the pass protection was better than the run blocking and Purdy should have been given more opportunities to move the chains with straight drop back passing that put more pressure on the pass defense. Hell, the way that (awful) ref crew was throwing flags, you'd think you'd want to take advantage of their no tolerance flag throwing on DBs.
But whatever, all that said, if the ball was kicked straight on the last kick, it goes through the uprights and the Niners are the only 6-0 team in the NFL.