who gets shuffled off the line, Porkchop or Willis?

how easy would it be to find someone on the bench or PS or free agency to at least be better then Brian Russell?

I totally agree. Russell did us in. We got beat in one aspect of the game only and that was deep coverage. Russell was nowhere to be found on any play whatsoever. He needs to be cut so badly and will not be. This is the second straight week he has absolutely killed us. Our front 7 was amazing you should never lose a game when you dominate the line of scrimmage so clearly.

We had bad luck on the two tipped interceptions but good luck on the blocked kick and the Terrill TD. All of that evening out we should have won if not for zero coverage help from Russell with SF playing from behind. It’s hard to cover in a 10 on 11.

McMullen and Bumpus both played well. We should have used Duckett more and Jones less, but Holmgren is living in the past and will never adopt a true two back system. Taylor would be nice to keep on the team since he has potential but I think McMullen and Bumpus have earned spots on this team and with Branch and Engram returning Taylor is the odd man out since has done nothing to secure his job.

GREAT JOB by the oline and running backs.

They went with the deep ball knowing the safety help would be non-existent. Ruskell has been shrewd in his personnel moves thus far, its time to get shrewd about Russell. We have adams sitting on the PS who would be much better. I think Babineaux would even be better. He can’t cover but at least he can GET TO the play….

that Ruskell would figure out what on earth he’s going to do with Coutu. I think Mare had at least 1 touchback and a 51 yarder that easily cleared the crossbar, so he’s got some leg. Obsessing over 50+ yard accuracy seems pennywise, pound foolish: use the roster spot for another offensive player so they don’t need to make 50+ yard kicks in the first place.

Or hell, Jamar Adams. Maybe we could trade Coutu and an 09 late round pick for some mediocre bench guy who can plug in at Safety.

mean less.

What is the Defense’s rank on third and 7+? It must be miserable. I’m not an expert, but there is something wrong with our back 4. Maybe it’s our back 1, from what John is saying….

Offense did what it could without a full deck. Defense needed to step up, and didn’t.

We should have won this game. Falling two games behind Arizona to start the season is a bad, bad thing.

Maybe we can overcome it, but losing winnable games like this with more difficult teams on the horizon is a really bad sign of what’s to come this year. If Isaac Bruce can burn our secondary like this at home despite 8 sacks and constant pressure, imagine what Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald can do to us?

Russell needs to get cut, there has to be a better option available.

And a rough one to see in person. Russell, blaaah.

I love LoJack, but should we have taken Kenny Phillips instead?

My two cents:

Jones absoultely fricking rules. Busted more tackles than Shaun did his whole career, plus pass blocked and caught well (one drop) too.

Carlson also rules. Was getting open, must have had four first-down conversions. Matt is gonna love him.

Receivers did NOT play well, I’m sorry. No seperation at all from the DB’s, Matt had to force a few balls, one really cost us. We have Branch and Bobby, we win this game.

We have different ref’s, we win this game. Absolutely putrid calls, including two PI’s that were at best questionable that just plain gave SF first downs when they did absolutely nothing to deserve it. Disgusting, worst ref’ing I’ve seen since, well, you know.

Dehaven has to go. I don’t think there’s any doubt about it. Just do it.

Wilson really killed us by taking the ball out of the endzone, then basically falling to the turf at the 15… REALLY put Holmgren in a bad position for playcalling… do you pass and risk going three and out and giving the ball back to SF at the 50? Or do you get conservative and run a bit, and not really take a chance at scoring.

You can blame the secondary all you want, but Sullivan had oodles of time quite often. Yeah, we got eight sacks, but I’m tellin’ ya from my perspective a lot of them were coverage sacks. Russell does stink, but Grant was also playing catchup a lot. And Wilson, GOOD GOD turn your frickin’ head around and look for the ball. That long pass was all yours.

is that all the pressure the Hawks put on O’Sullivan didn’t result in turnovers. Got to give the man credit for protecting the ball and keeping his poise.