Official Week 2 Other Games Thread

[pbmax]

They weren't just running man (which the Packers did as well) but Sherman was playing bump and run with Boldin. House might be able to do that, but Shields and Williams play press like Woodson and don't try to get a jam. Half of the plays Sherman was probably guilty of a hold, but on most of them Boldin was late into his route.

[mraynrand]

They weren't just running man (which the Packers did as well) but Sherman was playing bump and run with Boldin. House might be able to do that, but Shields and Williams play press like Woodson and don't try to get a jam. Half of the plays Sherman was probably guilty of a hold, but on most of them Boldin was late into his route.

Seattle's been doing this successfully now since Pete's been there. It's the old Belicheat technique - hold all the time and dare the officials to call penalties on every play. If you get Ron Winter and his crew, they probably will, but most officiating crews will 'let you play' and Seattle wins that battle way more often than not.

[Little Whiskey]

Seattle just ripped the hell out of SF's D in the second half. PB is right, if you can run on SFs front 7, they can't cope. Seattle kept doing it and SF wouldn't bring an extra guy in the box.

Russell Wilson is continuing to prove the doubters wrong. He is better outside the pocket than in it.

I didn't think Wilson played all that well last night. At one point the booth commented about him only completing 1 pass.

edit....
i pulled up his line. 8 of 19 for 142. 1TD 1INT. 33yrs rushing on 10 attempts. not a very good game.

[mraynrand]

SF's offense was profoundly inept. The crowd had a ton to do with that - and I suspect with Kap having enough inexperience to not be able to handle it well. That could be a hurdle he will always struggle to overcome. You hear multiple QBs - even very very good ones talk about the negative effect bad memories at certain stadiums have on them. Add that to just an incredibly difficult atmosphere and a very good defense, and it's hard to get much of anything going.

[mraynrand]

A post for the rules committee: Why is Boone (#75, SF O-line) allowed to move before every snap without getting motion penalties?

[pbmax]

A post for the rules committee: Why is Boone (#75, SF O-line) allowed to move before every snap without getting motion penalties?

Declared himself as eligible?

[mraynrand]

Declared himself as eligible?

That doesn't make sense on multiple levels. First, no one is going to date that guy, even if he does have coin.

[MadScientist]

Seattle's been doing this successfully now since Pete's been there. It's the old Belicheat technique - hold all the time and dare the officials to call penalties on every play. If you get Ron Winter and his crew, they probably will, but most officiating crews will 'let you play' and Seattle wins that battle way more often than not.

That was the Packers standard technique when Harris and Woodson were the corners.

[mraynrand]

That was the Packers standard technique when Harris and Woodson were the corners.

seems more pronounced with Seattle, but that could just be my homer glasses.

[Guiness]

Vikings complaining Chicago was in an illegal formation for their final score! There were 8 guys on the LOS.

Malcom Floyd's injury looked really bad, looked an awful lot like Nick Collins' injury.

[digitaldean]

A post for the rules committee: Why is Boone (#75, SF O-line) allowed to move before every snap without getting motion penalties?

I noticed that he appeared to rock back in his stance. Though I can't stand either coach, it was good to see Harbaugh's team get knocked around.

[MadScientist]

Anyone else watching MNF? I missed the first half, but it looks like Cincinnati is much better than Washington, but have been aided by Pittsburgh's O-line being crap.

[Pugger]

It is difficult to ascertain how good Cincy is because the Steelers are so bad. Their D is okay - but getting rather long in the tooth - but Big Ben and friends were horrendous outside of 2 drives so there's more than a decent chance Pitt's D wore out by the 4th quarter.

[pbmax]

Reading my Twitter feed during the game there were a lot more comments worried about Dalton's play. Had I just been reading, I would have though the Steelers were winning into the 2nd half.

[mraynrand]

just watching the philly san diego replay. Danny Woodhead gets his helmet torn off and my first reaction is "Hey, there's a white guy in there!"