Blame the Unit Responsible

[pbmax]

I'm with you, the game must be won by men, not boys.

Hit them where they ain't.

[denverYooper]

I get the point, but the D did get stops when it counted, early, when the O was stuck in neutral and the defenders prevented the game from turning into a one sided affair.

San Fran has too much offense with Crabtree healthy to get shut down an entire game so the O had get it in gear earlier. Or score a TD late to give the D even more field to work with.

If I am coach, I am talking about your approach, that the D has to get one more stop. But if I am evaluating what happened in this game to prepare for the next, the offense let me down more overall.

I wonder if Rodgers's injury and layoff affected how they approached the initial gameplan and his choices early on. He missed some throws, especially early, that he might have normally made, and it looked like the initial gameplan was just to get him comfortable. Once they got their first first down, he seemed to settle down a bit and the offense looked smoother. Rodgers is one of the guys who can come back after half a season and still play well enough to make a difference, but not being in the flow of games for 8 weeks might have slowed down his processing just a teenth or so -- enough to tip the balance early.