Counterpoint: Green Bay had a bye the week before they played SF the first time and got ran out of the stadium. Of course, GB just matches up terribly with the Niners, so we probably can't learn much from that.

Taysom Hill RAN gadget plays successfully against them, smart guy.

Dude ran for 50 yards, had 2 big catches (including a TD) and threw their longest pass of the game out of a trick formation.

You're gonna call people out for having the 'attention span of a goldfish' when you're sitting there arguing that there's no way Hill could do damage against the Vikings when he actually did.

****ing hell you're stupid.

I would love to see the Chiefs start with no huddle/tempo on offense with short/quick passes, neutralizing the 49ers’ pass rush.

Would also be a good way to get the offense off to a fast start.

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If the Falcons can hold the Niners to 22 points, 120 rushing yards, and less than 200 passing yards, then I think the Chiefs have a great shot to do the same. Atlanta was the 20th best DVOA defense overall this year, 14th in DVOA rushing, and 25th in DVOA passing.

Jimmy G was just not good enough to take advantage of Atlanta's biggest weakness - their pass defense.

Garoppolo toward the top of the league in dropped interceptions this season. Here’s a clip of all of them: https://twitter.com/thestevenruiz/st...883033602?s=21

This guy who tweeted it and Nick Jacobs both have clearly watched a lot of games and the thing they both pointed to was he really just doesn’t throw outside the numbers, almost ever. He loves that MOF.

Hoping Spagnuolo and the staff have these guys dialed in on staying disciplined and congesting the middle of the field. Don’t take the eye candy if it’s not your job. Front line needs to win their 1v1s, stay disciplined at the 2nd level, and we will give Garoppolo problems.

I wish to hell that DoD had forced his way into the rotation this year. Garoppolo simply doesn't seem to see the underneath man very well. Most of the interceptions I've seen from him aren't like the pick Rodgers threw last week where he just threw a lousy ball.

They're throws where he simply didn't see the underneath man sinking into the zone. He's routinely hitting guys right in the chest because he flat doesn't pick them up.

And if you have an athletic Will like DoD out there patrolling those zones, you could do a lot of drop-zone coverage and make a hash out of his ability to work the middle.

Sorensen is probably going to have a big play from that Nickel Linebacker role he plays at some point. Fuller's biggest impact as a Chief may well be allowing Sorensen to play hybrid backer for big chunks of the game.

Tyrann Mathieu better be ready to catch the football. I think he's probably tied with Garoppolo in dropped INTs.

I would like to see a tempo offense as well. Might help them get into a groove if there is not the typical slower pace we see between most NFL plays.

I still don’t get the lack of playing time with DOD. Does he just not get Spag’s defense?

He's athletically gifted but he's just not a very good football player. That was evident last year. I have to wonder if he just has a very low football IQ.

Yeah, that's kinda my feel.

I'm not even sure it's low football IQ as much as it is a lack of baseline reliability. He makes some plays where he diagnoses quickly and explodes toward the ballcarrier - it's a 'savvy' play that you generally think comes from someone who's a pretty smart ballplayer.

But then he'll just completely airmail an assignment 2 plays later.

It's less of a football IQ thing and almost a football maturity thing. He just can't seem to maintain focus terribly well or hold his water. He struggles to play within scheme.

That doesn't mean he's not sharp enough to do it but rather that he's just not polished enough for the game to have slowed down for him.

He looked good when he was given the task of “See QB....watch QB”. Outside of that....****ing nothing. Extremely disappointing.

7/8 are in the middle of the field. Their outside receivers are a rookie and 32 year old coming off an Achilles injury.

If I’m Spags, I’m playing single high with Landlord in the box playing 5 yards off the LOS. 8 in the box will flood the middle forcing Jimmy G to go outside the numbers and will also help with the run game.

It helps that some of these guys have had to cover Sanders before as well.