As everyone knows by now in last week’s game the Niners lost starting QB Jimmy Garoppolo for the season with a torn ACL. Not only did the Niners lose Jimmy G Cool but Richard Sherman and Adrian Colbert also had to leave the game and did not return. Sherman has already been ruled out for this week’s game. Jaquiski Tartt is listed as doubtful, while Adrian Colbert, Alfred Morris and Matt Breida are all listed as questionable. Next man up has been the Niners battle cry this whole week and while C.J. Beathard isn’t Jimmy G Cool his teammates seem to have faith that he is more than capable of leading the Red and Gold to victory Sunday. The Niners travel to Carson, CA this week to play the la chargers. The All-Time Series is even at 7 wins a piece for both teams (although we all know the Niners are 1-0 against the chargers in the game that really matters). The Niners haven’t beaten the chargers since December of 2000 going 0-4 since (Still doesn’t matter when we are 1-0 against them in the Superbowl). Many of the “experts” are saying the Niners have no shot in this game. So to prove them wrong here are this week’s keys to victory.
- Use The NFL’s #2 Rushing Attack
The Niners have the NFL’s leading rusher in both yards (tied with 274) but also Matt “Cheetah” Breida has 8.6 yards per carry average witch ranks first in the league. To add to that his 6 rushes of 20 or more yards are more than any other team in the NFL!!!!! Not only do we have the NFL’s leading rusher we also rank second in the NFL in both yards per game (152.7) and yards per carry (5.59). I know that teams will stack the box and try and make C.J. beat them but, with the upgrades we have made in our O-Line and Shanahan’s ability to use what teams want to do to his advantage stopping the Niners running game might not be as easy as other teams think.
- Stay/ Get Off the field on 3rd down
The Niners rank 28th in the NFL in both 3rd Down Conversion Percent (30.30%) (Offence) and Opponent 3rd down Conversion Percent (47.73%) (Defense). Kyle Shanahan always talks about being able to stay on the field to get more runs. The Niners offence must be able to stay on the field not only to be able to run the ball but to also keep our defense off the field. Defensively the Niners have been killed by giving up long 3rd downs. Just look at last week when we gave kc 1st downs when it was 3rd and 15. The Niners have given up an average of 3.7 First Downs a game by Penalty ranked 29th in the league. The Defense will be without Richard Sherman and most likely Jaquiski Tartt too. If we can’t get off the field on 3rd down this game could get ugly.
- Eliminate Self Inflicted Wounds On Defense
The Niners have missed a NFL leading 43 tackles to go along with the league 29th most penalties per game (8.7)and yards (84.7). The Defense has been penalized 23 times 11 of them being first downs for a total of 205 yards. Just last week alone the Niners missed 17 tackles!!!!! We cannot have a repeat performance and expect to end our losing streak to the chargers at 4.
- Everyone Must Bring Their A Game
It’s no secret that the Niners lost their best player in Jimmy G Cool and that is a big blow but with that said there is still 13 games left in the season. The Niners are a better team than they were at this point last year when the team was 0-3. If EVERYONE Players, Coaches, and Fans brings their A Game and at the end of the day can say to themselves I did everything I could have done to make sure my team won today. There is no way we can’t be in it till the end. And when you’re in it till the end you ever know what can happen.
WHEN C.J. leads us to victory I invite all the EMPIRE to join Co-Host Adam and myself and put The Weekend’s –Call Out My Name on repeat get hammered and sing at the top of your lungs!!!!!
GO NINERS!!!!!
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