Week 15: San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinals

[HoboRocket]

On 12/12/2023 at 9:56 AM, 49ersfan said:

We’re far better than the Cards but they’re rested off their bye week, our defense is banged up and QB’s like Kyler Murray give us fits. We should still win but don’t think it’ll be a cakewalk

It all depends on if the Cardinals offense has been able to get on the same page. Murray has been much better than Dobbs and Tune and he's physically amazing, but his timing with his WRs has been off.

There have been 3 or 4 deep Marquise Brown TDs in the last few weeks that just needed to be thrown a little sooner or a little later.

Rondale Moore is an interesting athlete but has shown nothing this year compared to like Kadarius Toney, Mecole Hardman, or Tavon Austin. Inconsistent gadget guy but nothing more.

Everyone who watches the Cardinals loves Greg Dortch. But he's more of a good 4th receiver that doesn't get his number called enough than an actual threat. He's tied with Rondale for the smallest WR in the league.

Michael Wilson gives me hope, but his injury history is LOOOONG. He should be back this week though. He's got size, can separate, and has great hands. 

Trey McBride is our best skill player by a long shot. Tough match up for him this work though.

[jonnguy2015]

With how banged up the defense is this feels like a game where they'll need to lean on the offense a bit more

[J-ALL-DAY]

Of the top 8 defenses per DVOA, and the seven potential teams we could have played this season, we will have played or will soon play the following ranked defenses:

#1

#2

#5

#6

#7

#8

Only team in the 8 that we aren't going to face off against is the Jets.

And the offense should still fairly easily finish #1 and the pass offense should be #1. 

[jonnguy2015]

6 minutes ago, J-ALL-DAY said:

Of the top 8 defenses per DVOA, and the seven potential teams we could have played this season, we will have played or will soon play the following ranked defenses:

#1

#2

#5

#6

#7

#8

Only team in the 8 that we aren't going to face off against is the Jets.

And the offense should still fairly easily finish #1 and the pass offense should be #1. 

#1- lost 17-19
#2- TBD
#3- won't play
#4- themselves
#5- won 42-10
#6- lost 17-22
#7- won 30-7
#8- won 34-3

3-2 with an average 28 PPG against some of the best defenses in the league is pretty good. Looking forward to the Ravens game, win or lose will give us a good look at how we stack up against what might be the best team in the AFC

Edited December 14, 2023 by jonnguy2015

[Forge]

1 hour ago, J-ALL-DAY said:

Of the top 8 defenses per DVOA, and the seven potential teams we could have played this season, we will have played or will soon play the following ranked defenses:

#1

#2

#5

#6

#7

#8

Only team in the 8 that we aren't going to face off against is the Jets.

And the offense should still fairly easily finish #1 and the pass offense should be #1. 

Lol

[J-ALL-DAY]

24 minutes ago, Forge said:

Lol

Seems about right and the Vikings game made the top 10. We were moving the ball with so much ease that game but kept turning it over or making mistakes when we got in the scoring range. Frustrating game to watch.

I'm surprised the Jags game did not make the top 10 tbh. 

[jonnguy2015]

6 hours ago, Forge said:

Lol

Surprised that the Dolphins' 70-20 game(I think that was W3), isn't first

[TecmoSuperJoe]

Still waiting for that first 400 yard game (in less than 20 starts hee haw). Maybe it can happen against the Cardinals. 

 

[Forge]

Middle of the defensive line is going to be rough

[J-ALL-DAY]

15 hours ago, Forge said:

Middle of the defensive line is going to be rough

Yep, and with Ward likely not playing, our slot play is going to take a hit. Just have to find a way to win this game and then hope some of these guys are healthy enough for the Ravens game. 

[Forge]

Ty McGill and mcnichols promoted for game 

[J-ALL-DAY]

@Forge and I have talked about how Bosa has been screwed with a crazy amount of half sacks all season. He officially has 9.5 sacks but 13 sacks if you take the .5 away. His season really is not all that much different from last year. Low percentage of sacks per hit and a high number of .5 sacks. 

Next year he will be challenging the 22.5 sack record for sure. 

[adamq]

Charlie Woerner is on his 4th year here and has played in every single game except two he missed his rookie year. Zero touchdowns in his career, hopefully today will be the day for my man

[HoboRocket]

Trey McBride needs only one more reception to set the Cardinals' franchise record for receptions at the TE position in a single season. Keep in mind that this is the oldest franchise in the NFL.

Edited December 17, 2023 by HoboRocket

[49ersfan]

2 minutes ago, HoboRocket said:

Trey McBride needs only one more reception to set the Cardinals' franchise record for receptions at the TE position in a single season. Keep in mind that this is the oldest franchise in the NFL.

I don't mean any offense...it boggles my mind that this franchise has been around forever but has so little success