All the Other Games Thread

[Mainevent]

I think they kind of tried to do the Campbell thing at the end, but when McCaffrey got stuffed on 2nd and 4, they changed it up. I wonder if Kyle would have had the stones to for it if that was 4th and 2. And I'm going right back to McCaffrey there regardless.

Man, Kittle with a huge no-show. What happened there? Spags decide he was the one guy they were going to take away?

[mason reese]

SF may or may not get back to the SB next year. It’s a hard thing to do, despite what Mahomes and the Chefs would make you think. But here’s a quick list of players that will be playing for the 49ers next year:

McCaffrey
Deebo
Aiyuk
Kittle
Trent Williams
Bosa
Hargrave
Armstead
Warner
Ward
Hufanga

That is a lot of high end talent. They have holes to fill, but all teams do. They have 2 years until Purdy will have to be paid, so don’t expect them to hand out more big money deals, but when that list is your foundation, you are already starting at a high baseline.

A lot of the people on the list see a significant jump in cap hit going from 2023 to 2024. Deebo, Kittle, Armstead, Hargrave, Williams, Bosa all look like their respective cap hits increase by at least 10 mil. I’m sure there will be a ton of restructuring done but damn…

[froot loops]

He was a no show against the Lions as well.

This game will be looked on like a classic Superbowl but it played like a Thursday night game. It reminded me of playoff hockey during the dead puck era where the hockey was actually bad but because the stakes were so high you didn't notice how monotonous a 1-0 OT game can be

[wcfwtf]

The drama at the end of the game made it better than it was. Nobody going to remember this game other than the participants.

[Mainevent]

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39511676/49ers-players-say-know-super-bowl-rules

[TheLondonLion]

For what it’s worth, I think the Chiefs would have beaten us. We would have scored more points on them but Mahomes would have picked on the outside corners and picked big first downs on his legs with ease against our D.

He has been there, seen it and done it and his one loss was against an ELITE defense running for his life with Tom Brady on the other side. Some Lions fans seem to think it would have been light work last night - not for me. We would have had a chance but I’d have expected the Chiefs to get it done like they usually do.

Chris Jones is a game wrecker too.

[El Axe]

Anyone else get Washington in the NCAA championship last play vibes when 49ers went empty backfield on 3rd & 4?

I don't get that formation -- on a play where a run is a legitimate option, why would you take away the threat of a handoff?

I disagree with people saying that you must run on the play, but having a back available gives the defense so many more things to worry about countering.

Play-action to McCaffrey would have drawn a lot of defenders.

[TheLondonLion]

You see it a lot, I think it’s to expose the match ups pre snap.

[CGVT]

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[froot loops]

Key play of the game is going to go unnoticed, but it was the 3rd and 4 coming out of the 2 minute warning. KC sent a corner blitz and McDuffie knocked down the pass. It was a good play and good scheme by Spags. But what is more interesting to me the personnel KC had out there. They were in the rare quarter coverage. 2 linebackers, 2 lineman, 7 d backs.

In the same situation Goff is audibling into a run.

[crashcourse]

key play was greenlaw going out. He covered Kelce pretty decent--after he went out kelce went off

[froot loops]

If they get the first down on that play, the game is over. Even with Greenlaw out.

[LightninBoy]

For what it’s worth, I think the Chiefs would have beaten us. We would have scored more points on them but Mahomes would have picked on the outside corners and picked big first downs on his legs with ease against our D.

It was odd to see both defenses able to contain, hit and actually tackle the opposing QB for most of the game. Watching the Lions, I was beginning to think that was no longer possible,

[TheLondonLion]

It was odd to see both defenses able to contain, hit and actually tackle the opposing QB for most of the game. Watching the Lions, I was beginning to think that was no longer possible,

Yeah, I think a lot of Lions fans were watching thinking the Chiefs offense would play like that against our D, which is a long, long way from the Niners D.

It would’ve been a shoot out in my opinion and in the end the one most likely to be firing the kill shot would be Mahomes.

[froot loops]

The Chiefs game were not equipped to win shootouts, it's why the Lions went into Arrowhead and won. What you saw yesterday the was bad offense. The Chiefs played Marty Ball all year. Their offense was positively mid.

Going back to that key play coming out of the two minute warning. Kyle Shanahan took the points on 4th down that everybody wanted instead of going for the kill shot. If everyone is worried about Patrick Mahomes, giving him 1:45 down three is not the optimal strategy. He needs a bracelet that has the the initials WWMCDC do?