Much like our defense, no respect. I think a part of it is the Mahomes effect though. Mahomes is so great people don't pay attention to anything else.

These 9er fans keep talking about Dee Ford....Dee Ford is going to line up against an All-Pro RT and regarded by many as the best RT in the league.

But not one of them, not a 9er fan, not the national media has even said MITCHELL SCHWARTZ. It's ****ing hilarious. Dude is a ****ing All-Pro and they don't even know his name. They don't even recognize the All-Pro that Dee Ford is allegedly going to come in and dominate.

Fisher is a 1st OVERALL draft pick and a damn stout LT in pass protection and people act like these guys simply don't even exist. "Oh but look at the high round picks the 9ers have on D-line!"

They're going to get slapped in the face so ****ing hard on Sunday.

Ford isn't a complete non-factor in the running game. He's just not an edge-setter.

He's a pursuit player and those have value. Hell, those could have pretty substantial value against a team like SF that will look to stretch the line out on those outside zones. Having Ford's speed from the backside would be pretty nice.

Doesn't help you if you run right at him, but it's not fair to say he provides nothing against the run. Against the Chiefs he's one of the few guys in the league who might be able to stymie the jet sweep actions.

Beautiful

Which puts the 49ers D in a really tough spot.

Are they going to rely on the zone/assign a spy and let the pass rush blast up field, not worrying about him breaking contain? Takes a man out of coverage and let’s him extend plays.

Are they going to have the front four do a mush rush, just slowly pushing the pocket, and containing that way? Gives him more time to survey and throw.

Are they going to play Dee Ford on early downs or save him for pass only situations? If he doesn’t play on early downs, the pass rush is hurt and the Chiefs throw the ball 2/3 of the time on 1st and 2nd, anyway. If he does play on early downs, the Chiefs can attack him in the run game.

Look at the injury report for those games if you want a realistic perspective.

Look at those unflagged offensive linemen lined way up off the ball.

Fair post.

If one is to judge the value of his contentions by the quality of his allies, I'd say it's probably among the least intelligent things I've ever said.

I don't disagree with you. I'm hoping (perhaps without reason) that if they can get the pocket to collapse, Mahomes gets scrambling and the 49ers LBs who all play fast are able to limit yardage on the ground or force quick passes before his WRs are able to break coverage.

Let's revisit my posts after the game...you may come out looking like a genius. Don't succumb to peer pressure.:thumb:

People are actually calling this defense the best he’s ever faced? GMAFB. Not even sure if they are too 5 he’s faced.

And since Jones, when healthy, is on the field essentially every snap (unlike Ford) - THIS is a damn nice little stat...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/Chiefs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Chiefs</a> pass rush has been significantly more effective generating pressure this postseason when Chris Jones has been on the field.<br><br>Jones ON: 39% pressure rate<br>Jones OFF: 18% pressure rate<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SBLIV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SBLIV</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChiefsKingdom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ChiefsKingdom</a></p>&mdash; Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) <a href="https://twitter.com/NextGenStats/status/1222978745977278465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

You won't be back after Sunday.

au contraire...member since 2017. I like KC...my second favorite team.

Don't you curse at me!!!


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