Niners Wanted To Make Rodgers Look Bad

[Pugger]

If SF did throw the kitchen sink at AR all I can say is "Thanks!" AR needs to see as much stuff as possible before the regular season begins and situations like last week are just what the doctor ordered.

[sheepshead]

Anyone see the 49ers Bears game? I dont think Orton was even hurried very often and the Bears OL is simply bad.

[retailguy]

Anyone see the 49ers Bears game? I dont think Orton was even hurried very often and the Bears OL is simply bad.

Apparently their OL is better than ours. If that's not the case, then Orton is better than ARod and I'm not ready to go there yet....

[cpk1994]

What I thought was weird was that he'd drop back and look to be ready to release the ball, but he'd just stop as if the route was jumped. This happened probably 5 or 10 times.

Whatever SF was doing, Rodgers thought based on the defense one thing would be open (based on him looking to be unloading) and when the ball was snapped, that one thing was covered (based on him holding on to the ball rather than letting it go).



Rodgers did start off pretty well except for the drops but after that he did not have time to complete any of the deeper patterns. I'll have to go back over it, but my guess is that SF was jumping short routes and the OL was making it impossible for the deep routes to develop. The one positive thing of this whole disaster is that I have a feeling thier OL experiments will be over. I have a feeling that whoever they think the starting OG's and OC are will be on the field this week, all week and they will be there until the regular season opener.

I have a suggestion, how about they go back to the lineup they used at the end of the year least year?

He's a Jet now.

I was referring to the OL, smartass.

[GBRulz]

Snake's response still had to make you laugh though, cpk? Ok, a chuckle? How about a smile, at least?

[mraynrand]

Who cares what the 49ers intentions were? They're all gonna want to make him look bad starting in three weeks. The Packers better find a way to handle it. Hopefully it provided a learning opportunity... or a kick in the ass, whichever term you prefer.

both

[KYPack]

Bedard at JSO reported before and after the game that the Packers prepared for this game more than he had seen any other team plan for a 2nd preseason game.

I saw that, too.

It seemed funny. MM himself admitted post game that he didn't have the time to get things in with the short time between games, travel, etc. I don't think he could have prepared for this game given the crisp timeframe.

Spitz, for one, sure as hell wasn't ready to play, along with a bunch of his teammates.

[Harlan Huckleby]

jeez, Rodgers didn't have a horrible game. There were a maximum of two plays where he held on to the ball too long.

[sheepshead]

Anyone see the 49ers Bears game? I dont think Orton was even hurried very often and the Bears OL is simply bad.

Apparently their OL is better than ours. If that's not the case, then Orton is better than ARod and I'm not ready to go there yet....

both teams are bad, i was referencing the topic of this thread

[retailguy]

Anyone see the 49ers Bears game? I dont think Orton was even hurried very often and the Bears OL is simply bad.

Apparently their OL is better than ours. If that's not the case, then Orton is better than ARod and I'm not ready to go there yet....

both teams are bad, i was referencing the topic of this thread

I agree with you, but I'm concerned that a "bad team" could purposely make us look "bad" even in the preseason. They didn't make the Bears OL "look bad" and that concerns me.

[Cleft Crusty]

jeez, Rodgers didn't have a horrible game. There were a maximum of two plays where he held on to the ball too long.

He really didn't play enough to have a horrible game. And the line didn't do him any favors. He did hold the ball too long on a few tosses, but the worry is that he's not reading the defense pre snap, and that he has a bit of tunnel vision for his primary receiver. That's not to say that he's hopeless at all. Just that he's a new starter with virtually no experience and he's going to struggle getting comfortable. How long he struggles will determine the outcome of the season.

[retailguy]

jeez, Rodgers didn't have a horrible game. There were a maximum of two plays where he held on to the ball too long.

He really didn't play enough to have a horrible game. And the line didn't do him any favors. He did hold the ball too long on a few tosses, but the worry is that he's not reading the defense pre snap, and that he has a bit of tunnel vision for his primary receiver. That's not to say that he's hopeless at all. Just that he's a new starter with virtually no experience and he's going to struggle getting comfortable. How long he struggles will determine the outcome of the season.

I don't think Rodgers was the problem at all. I think the line was the biggest thing you can point to, in order to explain what happened.

Rodgers is brand new in terms of starting. He needs to be able to rely on his line, so he can start doing the things Cleft is talking about. Right now, he can't.

Rodgers reminded me of Jeff Garcia in his last season with SF and his season in Cleveland. The guy had "happy feet" like you couldn't believe, because he never knew when or where the next hit was coming from. He had ZERO confidence in his line, with good reason.

In that regard, Rodgers looked a bit "hesitant". That could lead to "locking on to the primary receiver" real easily...

[MadtownPacker]

He did hold the ball too long on a few tosses, but the worry is that he's not reading the defense pre snap, and that he has a bit of tunnel vision for his primary receiver.

This is what has me concerned as well.

Check out this example. He has the FB right in front of him waving his hands wide open and is even looking his direction with time but instead tucks in it and runs.

VIDEO LINK

[Cleft Crusty]

He did hold the ball too long on a few tosses, but the worry is that he's not reading the defense pre snap, and that he has a bit of tunnel vision for his primary receiver.

This is what has me concerned as well.

Check out this example. He has the FB right in front of him waving his hands wide open and is even looking his direction with time but instead tucks in it and runs.

VIDEO LINK

I agree, of course. interesting video - I like the part where the FB is waving. (One edit: I should note that by the time the FB waves, it's too late to throw it - Rodgers has already moved too far to the right and the throw would be back across the formation. Problem is that Rodgers never looked to the FB)

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[Guiness]

This is what has me concerned as well.

Check out this example. He has the FB right in front of him waving his hands wide open and is even looking his direction with time but instead tucks in it and runs.

VIDEO LINK

Ouch. It looks like he did glance over at the FB. Did he just not see him?