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Originally Posted by Megatron96
Well . . . you seem nice.
Seriously . . .
I don't know which team is better. yet. If I decide to break down the numbers and the film, I might be able to come up with an idea. But my eye test says that the 49ers are a more complete team. I give the Niners the nod on defense, though I don't think it's as wide a gap as it was 10 weeks ago. Or even 4 weeks ago. This defense has come further than I thought possible in one season.
But it's not perfect. It does have holes, such as at MLB. And at CB. And right now with the loss of Thornhill we have a bit of a hole at safety.
Obviously, the Niners have a much better run game. But our defense has faced speed rushers, in tandem before this season a few times. No one quite as faster as Mostert and Breida, but we faced Breida last year. I expect Spagnuolo to have some ideas for how to contain them better than your previous opponents. We won't stop them entirely, but I don't believe that Spags will let them run for 225 yards either.
What your secondary has to do is keep Pat from picking them apart. No one has done that. Ever. Belichick managed to do it for a half. Twice. And that's it.
I'm curious to see what your DC comes up with. I know it will involve pressure, because that's the strength of your passing defense. But I also know that Reid has already come up several plans for how to neutralize that pass rush.
And then there's Pat. The #1 QB against the blitz. The #1 QB against zone coverage. #3 against man. #1 passing QB when scrambling.
I think the first half will be a dogfight. The last two teams we faced couldn't generate consistent pressure. SF won't have that problem. They will get pressure on Pat. It will probably fluster him initially. We might even be trailing at the half. But he'll figure it out. And he'll score 32-35 points.
Then what will Jimmy do? Is he going to be the guy that throws up a couple INTs or is he better than that now, and he plays a clean game?
It'll be interesting.
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I do think the 49ers are the better team overall(more complete), but I think Patrick Mahomes is so good that it just won't matter. In other words, if I had to choose the 49ers roster without a QB or the Chiefs roster without a QB, I'm taking the Niners, but because the Chiefs have the best QB in the league, and certainly a much better one than the Niners QB, that will give them the edge.
Jimmy is better than anyone gives him credit for, but he is still mistake prone. That said, he can make every throw in the book, he just has to stop forcing throws when they aren't there.