Whew! We got lucky.

Remember how good the 49ers defense was? Remember what the falcons did to it? While i’m not saying that the offense isn’t good, but bye weeks allow teams to concentrate on one opponent more than usual. The fact that the falcons won that game shows how strong of a team they are. Unfortunately, they also have to play something like 4 teams coming off their bye. Something tells me the will be ok.

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Both teams made mistakes. The Falcons did not play a perfect game, and barely come through. Both teams were 3-1 and top wild card contenders. Not too mention we lost Williams, who was our top corner. Sure, we won’t beat the Saints or Giants playing like this, but I have confidence in the coaching staff that they will do their job and get us ready for next week.

Our defense has been playing some great football this season. We have an extremely young secondary, who can only get better with the experience they will gain with Williams out. If Williams can come back from this and still play at the same level, we will be that much better next year. Maybe shoot for a good tall cb in the draft next year. I think this is the #1 priority, and should be done in the first round. Grimes plays 3 inches taller than he is, but sometimes, it just isn’t enough. Keep him for the shorter receivers.

The linebacking core has been solid all year. Forcing fumbles and even getting an INT. Look at one play last night. I think it was Lofton, even though the ball hit the ground, it was hard to tell from his angle. So he went after it and thought he had the INT and ran it back. That’s just plain old hustle. Shoot for a project LB that Peterson can mentor over the next few years.

The D-Line has its pros and cons. They are getting pressure, but just aren’t getting there fast enough. Need some more quality depth to keep everyone fresh and able to play at their top level. Especially when playing pass happy teams, can’t keep Abraham and Beirmann in their all night long, especially when we are losing time of possession, and expect them to get a couple sacks. The run stopping sunday night looked amazing though. No big holes, pursuit, great tackling, and they adjusted quickly to a new rb. Get a pass rushing DE in the draft to give Abe and Beirmann a rest, 2nd or 3rd round.

Offense, Turner needs to stop fumbling, that’s 4 straight games now. i think he had 4 fumbles all last year. First interception was overthrown, possibly a miscommunication or just a bad throw. Second interception, jenkins dropped pass. I think he had another drop or two in that game that were just ugly. And just in general a bad day for Ryan, it happens, but he has to bounce back, i think he will.

The running game. Well, teams are going to keep stacking the box on us. I said a few weeks ago that unless we get big plays, they are going to keep doing it. Look what happened last week. A couple big plays to the receivers and Turner has 97 yards and and 3TDs. Having Norwood injured again doesn’t help. I think they should let him go this year, and shoot for a 2nd or 3rd round RB choice. Get a good speedy guy who doesn’t get injured every other week. That’s really all we need on offense. The Oline has been healthy, so I don’t know about their backups.

I mentioned some things about the draft, I’m not dismissing this season, but I think a lot of things were overlooked in the off season because they had such a healthy 08 year. Our drafts are all injured, or released.

I think if no one else gets injured, we can go anywhere from 10-6 to 13-3, with at least a second wild-card spot, more than likely the top wild-card spot.