The 49ers find new and unexciting ways to lose. They dropped another one to the Bears, in the middle of a tornado. It would be understandable in those conditions had Chicago not done everything in their power to give the Niners the game. However, they just wouldn't take advantage.
The line on Cody Pickett: 1-for-13, 28 yards, 1 INT. I know it was windy, but come on. So much for that quarterback controversy.
Brandon Lloyd is soft. More than once he was running a route over the middle, heard the safety's footsteps, and short-armed the ball and dropped it. One of those would've been a game-tying touchdown. It's easy to say Jerry Rice would've caught those passes and take the hit. Instead, I'll say any number of past 49ers receivers - Brent Jones, T.O., John Taylor, Dwight Clark - also would've.
Trivia fact of the day: None of the 49ers 4 quarterbacks (Smith, Dorsey, Pickett, the Bachelor guy) have thrown a touchdown this season. Dorsey has six in his career. San Francisco is last in the NFL in passer rating (52.0!) and is averaging only 110.5 passing yards per game (31st out of 32 teams).
By comparison, Joe Montana's career rating was 92.3.
When Nolan was hired and Smith was drafted, and everyone was optimistic about the Niners' chances, I said they were going in the right direction but they would be lucky to win five. After they shocked the Rams I thought maybe I had given them too little credit. Now, it's looking like I gave them too much instead.
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