I'll copy what I wrote in a different thread. Thank god Ross didn't give this guy full control: Watching Sam "Henne" Bradford, Tavon "side to side" Austin, Jeff Fischer and Jake the Snake Long look like absolute garbage brings a big smile to my face.. Win or lose against the Saints, we should be proud and relived we don't have Fischer running this team with a mediocre QB and Ted Ginn Jr Jr as our top pick. Give me some Dion, give me some Tannehill, give me some Philbin and give me a good old fashioned shootout on Monday night!! To think two years ago we were the Rams! Hail Ireland!
I like that he took the knee at the end of the game instead of playing while down in the waning moments of the game. People were getting injured and he knew it. He's a realist.
A dumbass - I hope they miss the wild card on a tie breaker that involves points scored against common opponents.
There's a 24 point differential. What reason is there to play within that time frame and risk injury to his team or another team?
I know.. But still. If I recall correctly, around a decade or so ago, it came down to points scored. Maybe I'm wrong but still if it's a factor you play to the end.
You think he's wishing an airlift out of St. Louis? [video=youtube;-9-Te-DPbSE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9-Te-DPbSE[/video]
Sticking with Richardson at running back looks to be a really bad choice by the staff and GM... Overpaid for Jared cook imo...
You guys got a better man in good old Joe. Hey we will give you McCarthy and take Joe back lol just kidding.
I watched the first half and it almost felt like watching us on O a couple years back... Funny how this was pointed out by others in this thread. Sent from the flappy fap S4
Winter prediction for her... [video=youtube;vBeGQAvabOE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBeGQAvabOE[/video]
Never wanted him. The last thing this team coming off 4 extremely mediocre seasons was the most mediocre head coach in NFL history.
I agree, he's overrated. He's not a terrible coach but I'm really glad we didn't get him. The Rams are young and I think its clear that Bradford is a career backup at this point so he's got his work cut out for him. I thought he was stupid for not taking RG3 and trading Bradford and its probably the move that will cost him his job eventually if they don't get a high draft pick and a franchise Qb in the offseason.
I don't know about that. I still think he could make it big in the NFL. I think Shottenheimer has to shoulder more of the blame for his lame-o play calling. His hire alone was enough to make me thank our lucky stars Fischer never arrived in Miami. And isn't he like the 3rd or 4th OC Bradford has had to work with. Not much chance to settle into any sort of consistency under that frequency of change.
These chumps passed on RG3 in favor of Sam Bradford. Will go down as one of the worst decisions in sports history. Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 4
Yeah, this....I don't think they had even a pass attempt of more than 8-10 yrds.... I know the OL was terrible for them last night, Jake was knocked out by getting rolled up on, etc but the Niners didn't have to come out of 8 in the box at all...it was poor, poor play calling on Shotty's part...
These chumps passed on RG3 in favor of Sam Bradford. Will go down as one of the worst decisions in sports history. And Tannehill for that matter!
I'm not sure if passing on RG3 will prove to be a mistake or not. IMO he's a high upside, but also high risk player. Passing on RT might be though. I know I'd rather hitch my future to RT than RG3. And I don't agree that Bradford sucks. He seems to be getting hit on too many plays and that's tough on an immobile QB. I just don't think Fisher is doing a good enough job of protecting him. Part of that was the poor decision to sign Long, but also it's the play calls. When your protection sucks you have to call more quick pass plays. You have to run more power. I don't know what the story was with Pead, but he seems a better fit for what they need to be doing now.
Yet RT has less time to throw and has been more effective. Says a lot about Tanny and also says that Bradford is more dependent on others to adapt. Our WR corp is far better though. I wonder if they miss Gibson. They sure could have used someone to make plays yesterday. Austin looks too fragile for a guy that they had to trade up for at #8. He even looked timid on his punt returns.
I didn't watch the whole game, but of the parts I watched, there were at least 5 throws he just blew. And to me, that's a lot in a half of football. 1) The first was a flag route inside the red zone, where his receiver broke outside into wide open space. Bradford's throw was off to the outside without a chance for the receiver to even get his fingertips on it. Missed an easy TD and settled for the early FG. 2) This was a deep sideline out route that he fired into traffic. It was a bad enough throw that no one could touch it, but I remember Mike Mayock saying that he's got to throw that 10 feet over anyone's head. Risky. 3) This one was on the run, but he had time to stop and make a throw to Tavon Austin, who was cutting back open across the field. Another throw out of reach. 4) Another one ended up a completion. However, it was a late throw on either a seam or deep out, and the 49er DB broke on it and had it right in his hands, but it bounced out and into the hands of Jared Cook. Totally lucky. 5) He also had a deep INT that he may have underthrown a little bit, but the DB made a good play on it and tipped it to his teammate. 9 times out of 10, that's probably just an incompletion, but this one the tip drill worked and SF got the turnover. He was 19-41, so not that accurate. I haven't been following him much, and Thursday night games aren't usually great games to judge players by because of the short preparation time. However, if I had to judge it on just the less than a half of football I watched last night, Sam Bradford isn't a very good QB in the National Football League. And wasn't he one of Jeff Fisher's primary reasons for taking the job in St. Louis rather than Miami? Glad he did.
