I expected this too, but I don't think a TE caught a ball for us until somewhere in the 4th quarter and I believe that was the first time one was even targeted all game. Really odd, considering we have 3 decent TE's and Geno was struggling for 2 and half quarters to find WR's (after the first quarter). You'd have thought they would get the TE's involved, but nope. I'm glad they did finally because that's when they started actually moving the ball again with Fant.
Should be 7-3 going into Thanksgiving Thursday and that stretch. I doubt the Rams ambush us again. They are reeling and banged up like last year. Stafford has a thumb injury on his throwing hand, the Oline is struggling and the defense has fallen off. If, BIG IF, we could beat the Ravens, possibly 8-2 going into that stretch. Somehow pull off a win at home vs. the 9ers, all of a sudden there will be some serious talk. Need to at the very least, split the season series with the Niners, imo. We will see what happens with some of the other teams in the next few weeks and whether we get some things cleaned up but sitting in a good spot right now. We definitely need to stay/ get healthy and have a better final 6 weeks than last year.
Those 2 read option runs by Walker inflated that a little, imo. I think that 12 yarder you mentioned was one of them and he also had one for about 8, I think. On the long one, I think it was Taylor who bit way too hard inside and the door was wide open for an easy run. There were a few 4-5 yarders throughout the game but we had quite a few stuffs for short gains too. considering how much our boys were on the field, I think they held up pretty well.
