DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR DOM CAPERS 

1. What adjustments needed to be made -- or were made, but didn't work -- as 49ers wide receiver Anquan Boldin was on his way to a 13-catch, 208-yard game?

CAPERS: We had some double calls in there. As a matter of fact, two of his catches -- the touchdown pass, we had a double on him and he just beat the double, and the very first third down of the second half, we had them to third-and-9 and we had a double call on him and that's when I think it was a 22-yarder on a 7 route. So, it wasn't like we didn't have things up and ready. We just didn't execute with the kind of efficiency you need to against a veteran receiver that's been doing that for a long time. He's a good physical receiver, and we felt that we might need to double him at times, but when we did we really didn't do a real good job of it.

2. Colin Kaepernick beat you mostly with his legs in the playoff game eight months ago, now he did it entirely with his arm. What makes Kaepernick better -- or different -- as a mobile quarterback?

CAPERS: I think he can do both. He obviously has a strong arm. And those guys that can buy time, they give those vertical receivers more time to work up the field. They've got (Vernon) Davis, who's a rare guy because he's probably the fastest guy on their team as a tight end. So they're always seeking to try to get that matchup with him inside on a linebacker. You'd see when they'd empty out and go to no backs, he was normally in line as one of those inside receivers trying to get a match-up on a linebacker. So it's a combination of their speed to get vertical and Kaepernick's ability to buy time to let those routes develop.

3. When did you make the decision to put Johnny Jolly in as a starter in the base 3-4 defense for this game?

CAPERS: I think we will have a combination of guys. I don't know we really have a starting end right now. Johnny played a number of snaps yesterday, but I think if you look at our rotation we played – C.J. (Wilson) had a number of snaps, Mike Daniels had a number of snaps. We're going to need all those guys to play for us because you have days like (Sunday) when it's warm and you have to keep rotating so guys don't get worn out. We had an awful lot of plays and the type of game it was, we were probably in our Okie defense more than what we normally are because they were in two tight ends, two backs and regular personnel with two wide receivers and two backs for most of the game. We probably played maybe as little sub (in Sunday's game) as we've played for awhile.

Another question- For the past several years GB has been poor at best when it comes to closing out a series. They showed this weakness again against SF.

3rd down efficiency GB 4-10 SF 9-18
4th down efficiency GB 0-0 SF 1-1

What are you going to do to stop the opposition drives before they score and get the defense off the field?

Originally Posted by: wpr 

I'm just a fan like everyone else here, not a coach, but from my chair at home I thought the defensive gameplan looked really good. It was the execution that was inconsistent.

At times I was wildly impressed. Kaepernick never seemed to have any scrambling lanes. The defensive front did a great job of maintaining lane discipline and holding at the point of attack on almost every play, I thought. Our front seven seemed to be everywhere, and I loved watching them swarm.

The secondary seemed back and forth though. The safeties appeared to be playing a little cautiously, as if they were really concerned about not getting beat deep. Which I understand, but it often meant they couldn't get down to help the corners on time on short routes and in zone. The coverage from the DBs seemed pretty tight actually, it was just that nobody made the big play. I feel like we missed Hayward, and really missed Burnett, but that's not a good excuse. I wish that someone in the secondary would have stepped up, been a hero, and made a game changing play on a ball in the air.

Anyway, I guess what I'm saying, is I'm not placing the blame on Capers. We just didn't quite get it done on the field.

Originally Posted by: StoicFire 

I'm just a fan like everyone else here, not a coach, but from my chair at home I thought the defensive gameplan looked really good. It was the execution that was inconsistent.

At times I was wildly impressed. Kaepernick never seemed to have any scrambling lanes. The defensive front did a great job of maintaining lane discipline and holding at the point of attack on almost every play, I thought. Our front seven seemed to be everywhere, and I loved watching them swarm.

The secondary seemed back and forth though. The safeties appeared to be playing a little cautiously, as if they were really concerned about not getting beat deep. Which I understand, but it often meant they couldn't get down to help the corners on time on short routes and in zone. The coverage from the DBs seemed pretty tight actually, it was just that nobody made the big play. I feel like we missed Hayward, and really missed Burnett, but that's not a good excuse. I wish that someone in the secondary would have stepped up, been a hero, and made a game changing play on a ball in the air.

Anyway, I guess what I'm saying, is I'm not placing the blame on Capers. We just didn't quite get it done on the field.

Originally Posted by: StoicFire 

We have no use for this kind of reasonability in this forum after a loss until at least Thursday. Please join the piss and moan club which posts heavily Sunday evening through Wednesday. [grin1]

Originally Posted by: DakotaT