Meaningless Monday Night. Gameday Thread Lions at 49rs 12/30/24

[edindetroit]

[chemiclord]

Why is this surprising to anybody. Did you remember the Bills game. The defense didn't exist in that one either.

I think it's just a matter of people need to vent so they use this message board as an outlet insted of kicking the dog or destroying their TV.

...and don't expect things to change much vs. the Vikes. The offense will need to score 40 again to win. Mark it down.

Luckily, its a home game and maybe that could shake up Darnold a bit with noise on key 3rd downs ( if there are any )

I personally wasn't surprised they were bad. I was astonished they were that bad. Especially in the first half, where the 49ers only faced 3rd down four times, and were averaging almost a first down on every play (I think it was like 9.7 yards per play or something to that effect). You would think that if through nothing but reps, they'd start looking better (relatively speaking). Instead, they seem to look worse with each outing.

So, yeah, I found that a bit alarming. Fortunately, they found a little something in the second half, and got some opportunistic turnovers. As long as this defense can at least be a speed bump, they've got the offense to win games. Just give the guys on offense some margin for error.