PO-THETIC!!!

Said in my best indian accent!

Not much to say about this one except that we just need to forget it and move on.

Here are my grades/lowlights:

1. Special Teams: D - This is really because of the blocked FG. Otherwise, there was not much to discuss. Punts, kickoffs, KRs, and PRs were all average.

2. Defense: D - It's one of the top offenses in the league and the defense kept it relatively close but the problem was that they got NO help from our offense. Still, not a great effort but they weren't the problem in this game.

3. Offense: F- - HORRIBLE!!! There was nothing good about this group. We were going up a bad defense and could not do anything. For the third week in a row, we were taken out of our run offense (not that it was doing much). Giving up 9 sacks is ridiculous! I get that some of those sacks fall on Beck but just bad line play that we haven't seen all year. I also recognize that we are missing a number of starters but it was just a BAD performance. O line has to play better. Beck was not very good. He didn't do anything to get things moving. It appears that in the last two weeks, defenses are taking away the run game and forcing our QB to make plays and whereas last week, I thought Beck was okay, this week he did nothing. I'm not sure how much falls on Beck and how much falls on coaching but it was just all bad. Another note was the number of deep balls Beck threw. I can appreciate throwing deep but the balls he threw sucked! He throws his deep balls like hail marys. It's like he is looking up in the air and just throws it up. He's throwing into double coverage and the WR isn't even open. There have to be better options than that. Just bad throws.

4. Coaching: F- - For the first time all year, I question Kyle Shanahan's offense. I get that he is strapped by the resources available to him but still he has to take some blame for the poor offensive play. As mentioned under the offense, I can appreciate Beck throwing deep but it seemed like he was hell bent to throw deep whether the WR was open or not. I wonder if he was told to do that or if Beck chose to do that. Either way...terrible! There just has to be better coaching done to put guys in better positions to be successful. B Mitch brought up the Pears in yesterday's post game and said how the Pears offense has looked better because of changes they have made and that is coaching. Again, Beck and the O line didn't do us many favors but the coaches have to do a better job as well. Also, the rollouts do not work with Beck. It's too predictable and teams are recognizing it.

All in all, just a dismal game. There are real questions now and answers will be expected. The interesting thing now is I think fans are getting a better sense of what we have with Beck. Fans aren't thrilled with Grossman either but we have a home game against the 49ers next week and if Beck struggles, fans will start wanting Grossman back in there (as fans operate like they own a fantasy football team). I would actually welcome that as I think Grossman is better (albeit still not that good) and I think the team would rally around him. I do expect to see Grossman again this year it's just a question of when.

I do still feel pretty good about the team. I do believe the defense has greatly improved from last year and finishing in the middle of the pack would be a success. We need to significantly upgrade the offense in the off season. We need to find ourselves a QB and then either find a WR in Paul or Hankerson or get someone in the draft.

HAIL SKINS!!!