Niner Notes 2005
The season is already 4 weeks old and here I am writing my first Niner Note for the 2005 season. A little late, I know, but I’ve been a little pre-occupied what with all the losing they are doing, plus the stinker I’ve been registering on my bets every week PLUS the golf game PLUS the stuff in this blog. About the only thing all those have in common is how much they stink.
Speaking of stinkers, how about those Niners, huh? New coach, number one pick, new season, same results. If the rival St. Louis Rams weren’t coached by Mike Martz, they’d be 0-4 right now. As it stands, the Niners got the win on the first game of the season. Naturally, everyone here thought that things were looking up. After four weeks, turns out that was just a fluke game. They proceeded to get whipped in the ass by the Eagles 400 something to 10. Then coughed up the third game to Dallas because someone forgot to tell the team that they play 4 quarters, not two. Then on Sunday, in front of a record crowd of 103,000 fans in Mexico, not to mention a national prime time audience, they put up a pitiful performance, especially on offense. At one point, they were leading 14-0 yet had 3 yards total on offense. Those 14 points happened because there opponent, the Cardinals, suck almost as bad as them. This is the same team that lost to us twice last year, the only wins they could muster all year. Now they are 1-3 with the chic Super Bowl pick, the Colts, coming to town.
There now we’re caught up.
Right now the team is losing not of desire but just an overall lack of talent. The new coach, Mike Nolan, is competent enough and I’ve got a good feeling about him. Although he got a whole lot of flack around these parts after last weeks rant after the loss to the Cowboys. It’s just that the talent in this team is not up to snuff to compete. The whole offensive line is good enough if they could somehow stay in one piece. The running backs are indecisive when they hit the whole. The wide receiver crew reads like the starting line up of an Arena League team. The front seven of the defense actually makes plays but they are out on the field for too long. The secondary is by far the worse collection of talent in any roster. They make the current group in Saturday Night Live funny by comparison. Since this season is pretty much lost, the number one pick in the draft, Alex Smith, has just been promoted as starter. Thrown to the wolves, if you will. Hey, this is his team now and in the future. Might as well put him in and see what he can do. I just hope he’s done a lot of cardio, coz he’s gonna be doing a lot of running away from linemen trying to get a piece of the rookie. I’m actually all for this. I’m tired of seeing Rattay throwing bouncing balls in front of receivers on hitches. Put a hand in this guys face and it’s like he says “Screw it! Here you go! Please don’t hit me!” I’ll be watching Smith closely this week and report back next week.
Speaking of stinkers, how about those Niners, huh? New coach, number one pick, new season, same results. If the rival St. Louis Rams weren’t coached by Mike Martz, they’d be 0-4 right now. As it stands, the Niners got the win on the first game of the season. Naturally, everyone here thought that things were looking up. After four weeks, turns out that was just a fluke game. They proceeded to get whipped in the ass by the Eagles 400 something to 10. Then coughed up the third game to Dallas because someone forgot to tell the team that they play 4 quarters, not two. Then on Sunday, in front of a record crowd of 103,000 fans in Mexico, not to mention a national prime time audience, they put up a pitiful performance, especially on offense. At one point, they were leading 14-0 yet had 3 yards total on offense. Those 14 points happened because there opponent, the Cardinals, suck almost as bad as them. This is the same team that lost to us twice last year, the only wins they could muster all year. Now they are 1-3 with the chic Super Bowl pick, the Colts, coming to town.
There now we’re caught up.
Right now the team is losing not of desire but just an overall lack of talent. The new coach, Mike Nolan, is competent enough and I’ve got a good feeling about him. Although he got a whole lot of flack around these parts after last weeks rant after the loss to the Cowboys. It’s just that the talent in this team is not up to snuff to compete. The whole offensive line is good enough if they could somehow stay in one piece. The running backs are indecisive when they hit the whole. The wide receiver crew reads like the starting line up of an Arena League team. The front seven of the defense actually makes plays but they are out on the field for too long. The secondary is by far the worse collection of talent in any roster. They make the current group in Saturday Night Live funny by comparison. Since this season is pretty much lost, the number one pick in the draft, Alex Smith, has just been promoted as starter. Thrown to the wolves, if you will. Hey, this is his team now and in the future. Might as well put him in and see what he can do. I just hope he’s done a lot of cardio, coz he’s gonna be doing a lot of running away from linemen trying to get a piece of the rookie. I’m actually all for this. I’m tired of seeing Rattay throwing bouncing balls in front of receivers on hitches. Put a hand in this guys face and it’s like he says “Screw it! Here you go! Please don’t hit me!” I’ll be watching Smith closely this week and report back next week.
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