Smith!! Engram!!! It's MNF On ESPN!!!!
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by JasonComack
Smith!! Engram!!! It's MNF On ESPN!!!!
You know, beat writer, Matt Maiocco writes often about how he isn't a 49ers fan. How it would be impossible for him to be a fan and a beat writer at the same time. Now I can see his dilemma. I literally have had no urge to write about this team for almost two weeks now. What's left to say. Our talent on the filed is minimal, our coaching staff doesn't seem to have a clue and you can't even look froward to having a top five draft pick next year.
As a fan it sucks.
The amazing thing about this team, now 2-6, is how easily they could have been 4-4. The Falcons game was given away, and the Niners were a missed field goal from walking out with a win against Baltimore. And guess what, 4-4, would mean a first place tie with the equally awful Seahwaks in the NFC Worst.
Instead, you have a 2-6 team, with no direction and a seemingly cloudy future. Alex Smith has regressed, and if a new coaching staff comes in (with not attachment to him) he might get him the ax. Gore, we all know is injury prone, but you can blame his sub par performance this year on the offensive line.
The offensive line this was suppose to be an area of strength for the Niners, instead it's been their Achilles heal. Wholesale changes are in line for next year and they have already begun. Jennings, who just went on the I.R., days as a Niner are numbered. He's been a disappointment. He has dominated at times but could never ever stay on the field. Ronnie Lott called out his toughness and when Ronnie speaks you listen. Smiley, joins Jennings on the I.R. and out of red and gold. Smiley played reasonably well but didn't seem to be a good fit in Nola...er Turners power running game. Smiley, an impending free agent is bound to be an all-pro somewhere else. Teams such as Denver or Huston, zone blocking teams, should set out to acquire the undersized guard. Following the aforementioned players out of town will be Kwame Harris, a huge disappointment and Larry Allen. Allen, a legend, is done. It's been a hell of a career but it's time to hang it up.
I'd like to find bright spots on this team. But they are few and far between. What fans are going to witness this Monday night is a superior team with a superior coaching staff destroying a team inferior in every aspect.
I can guarantee you one thing. It won't be pretty.
