Colts @ 49ers Game week thread

[NinerSickness]

~best Mr. Miyagi voice~

The student has returned to challenge the master.

 

[BINGO]

With Colts QB Andrew Luck coming this week, how do you game plan for that guy and I know you know him well but it's been a couple years since you guys have spent day-after-day together.

"Yeah, he's a terrific player and you see it on the tape. The ball comes out quicker than it looks like it comes out. The velocity on the throws is more than what it looks like. As good as he looks and as physical as he looks in the pocket and tough to bring down, he's even harder to bring down than you think. He looks fast when he's running with the ball and he's out of the pocket and can make a throw on the run or run. But he's faster than he looks. Third week in a row, we're playing one of the top quarterbacks in the league."


How do you describe that dynamic of for years putting together a game plan to take advantage of his strengths and now being on the other side trying to put together a game plan to exploit whatever weaknesses he might have?

"There's not a lot of weaknesses that he has. He's a top-notch player. We're going to have to be very sound, very good. Again, a top-notch quarterback in the NFL. And hopefully we'll be better for it as we play these top guys."

 

[TobyTyler]

The team plays better at home since there is no crowd to rattle Kaepernick but that offense is awful and if the Colts are smart enough to go Man on our receivers its going to be a long day for the 49ers. Not sure they can keep up with the Colt offense.

 

[Kinzu]

The team plays better at home since there is no crowd to rattle Kaepernick but that offense is awful and if the Colts are smart enough to go Man on our receivers its going to be a long day for the 49ers. Not sure they can keep up with the Colt offense.

Colts don't have the front 7 to play man and stop our running game like Seattle did.

 

[MHSL82]

Colts don't have the front 7 to play man and stop our running game like Seattle did.

That'll be the story-line after the game, saying that we went back to our running. Then, when we establish that, we'll throw in other stuff. Going full on one way or another against great teams might not work, but good teams it will if you execute and bad teams are simpler.

 

[spacedoodoopistol]

Worried that Luck is going to torch our safeties this week, he is absolutely awesome at working the middle of the field from 15 - 25 yards and that might be our weakest spot right now. But other than that its all Niners, Colts aren't as good as their record over the past year-plus.

 

[clyde_carbon]

Let's see what Baldwin's got.

 

[RoboticDreams]

I think this is a 10 point victory, easy. They are nowhere near the team as Seattle. We will be able to establish our run and then open up the pass. Time to get back on track.

 

[shouldakepowens]

This game shouldn't be close their defense is horrible. Hopefully we get back on track.

 

[shouldakepowens]

I think this is a 10 point victory, easy. They are nowhere near the team as Seattle. We will be able to establish our run and then open up the pass. Time to get back on track.

My thoughts exactly. How's the colts o line? I've seen plenty of their defense.

 

[CalamityX11]

Let's see what Baldwin's got.

 

[purguy12]

100% got this game. Harbaugh was not happy with the way they played last week. He took some blame.

 

[TobyTyler]

Colts don't have the front 7 to play man and stop our running game like Seattle did.

I bet we are going to find out.

 

[TobyTyler]

This game shouldn't be close their defense is horrible. Hopefully we get back on track.

So is our offense. Something's gotta give.

 

[fastforward]

The 49ers are a 10½ point favourite. Just win and forget the spread.

 

[NinerSickness]

Let's see what Baldwin's got.

Agreed. Better to find out IF Baldwin can be good than to go with a guy we know is terrible (Williams). And better to do it at home against a weaker defense.

 

[purguy12]

I will be shocked if 49ers lose this game. We should win by 10+

 

[MHSL82]

This game shouldn't be close their defense is horrible. Hopefully we get back on track.

So is our offense. Something's gotta give.

We're better than Green Bay. We'll fix our issues and part of that was Seattle being so loud and being a good team. However, part of me feels we won the Green Bay game because Green Bay was so dumb in focusing so much on the read-option. If they would have focused on a normal offense and worked a bit on the read-option, they would have stood a better chance. We barely won with their stupidity - I'd say, as great as our win and players was/were, we *might* have lost if Green Bay played us like a passing team. Though, of course, if they did that, we'd adjust and we have a good passer.

Hindsight is 20/20 - but wasn't it Harbaugh that passed a lot to start with Smith to start the 2011 regular season game against the Giants? Wasn't it Kaepernick who did not like being considered a running QB? It almost seems like Green Bay should have assumed to see little read-option. I know, as said before, hindsight is 20/20. We could have assumed that Green Bay thought that we weren't going to use it so therefore we'd "surprise" them by doing it. The outthinking the other would never start - either way, they guessed incorrectly.

 

[TobyTyler]

We're better than Green Bay. We'll fix our issues and part of that was Seattle being so loud and being a good team. However, part of me feels we won the Green Bay game because Green Bay was so dumb in focusing so much on the read-option. If they would have focused on a normal offense and worked a bit on the read-option, they would have stood a better chance. We barely won with their stupidity - I'd say, as great as our win and players was/were, we *might* have lost if Green Bay played us like a passing team. Though, of course, if they did that, we'd adjust and we have a good passer.

Hindsight is 20/20 - but wasn't it Harbaugh that passed a lot to start with Smith to start the 2011 regular season game against the Giants? Wasn't it Kaepernick who did not like being considered a running QB? It almost seems like Green Bay should have assumed to see little read-option. I know, as said before, hindsight is 20/20. We could have assumed that Green Bay thought that we weren't going to use it so therefore we'd "surprise" them by doing it. The outthinking the other would never start - either way, they guessed incorrectly.

I can't accept that excuse. They are a good team, yes, I accept that, but the noise is unacceptable as an excuse. Every stadium is loud.

 

[MHSL82]

I can't accept that excuse. They are a good team, yes, I accept that, but the noise is unacceptable as an excuse. Every stadium is loud.

I said part, I didn't proportionalize it. And if it had an effect, I didn't say it was a good excuse, just a factual one, IMO.