49ers Game Review

[Fountain City Blues]

D is still bad. Not quite hopeless, but bad. Untimely MT's, penalties, combined with shaky talent are doing this group no favors.

Vintage Houston showed up.

Ford being hurts begs the question if we see more of Kpass or Speaks. Objectively, the evidence points to Kpass being the better player at this time, but it's not clear if PT will reflect that anytime soon barring a change in the level of play.

Safeties are a cataclysmic disaster. It's one thing to get beat, it's another to have busted coverage routinely. This will not be the last time the Chiefs face a quality young offensive mind. McVay and McDaniels (yeah, but Brady) are still left on the docket That's before the playoffs where we can reasonably expect the Patriots to be there.

No particularly bad things to say about the offense right now outside of runblocking. The numbers speak for themselves there.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

 

[Clayton]

-That Mahomes scramble TD throw to...Conley IIRC...was classic stuff.
-The game probably should've been closer than the score suggested but the Chiefs earned the win.

Chiefs have some really bizarre defense stats.

32nd in first downs given up. Like 50% higher than the league average. Its embarrassing.
1st in the league in 3rd down conversion defense.
I think they are 0/4 on 4th down defense and 0/4 on 2pt conversions.

Its like the Chiefs are playing under the idea that the other team is going to make mistakes but they aren't forcing turnovers. At all.

Chiefs currently fit the profile of a team that bows out in the first round of the playoffs. Again. This team desperately needs a prime Derrick Johnson or a healthy Eric Berry.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Probably not a ringing endorsement of our safeties when a DC with huge leads doesn't feel confident enough to attempt blitzes frequently; when he knows his D isn't winning the jimmy and joe battle.