First signficant game action I got to see since the Browns game. Argh!!!!

My impressions.

1. The defense stunk.
2. They are third string quarterbacks for a reason. In a league where there are teams that don't have a good starting quarterback, you aren't going to win a lot of games if you are down to #3 on the depth chart.
3. Third string quarterbacks are going to win even less often when the officials can't get even an obvious pass interference call right. If I had been in McCarthy's position I would have been tossed from the game after the last of I don't know how many non-calls(the one on the pass that Jones almost caught anyway on the Packers' last FG drive). By itself that last one was horrible; that it was the third or fourth such horrible non-call was unconscionable. Hell, even Troy Aikman thought there the last two were obvious interference.
4. The defense stunk.
5. How many big plays did the pass defense give up? How many of those big plays had receivers wide open?
6. Chip Kelly outcoached Dom Capers big time.
7. The defense stunk.
8. Raji the inconsistent returned big time.
9. The defense stunk.
10. Brad Jones?? You gave him how much money? Can he tackle?
11. The defense stunk.
12. 200+ yards rushing?
13. Matthews made a valiant effort, but with one arm he's just slightly above average. Head and shoulders above Brad Jones, but then again Scott Tolzein would likely have played better than Jones.
14. The defense stunk.
15. Tolzein has a bit of game. I'm not going to rag on backup OL. Everyone has heard me rant about OL enough. I'm not surprised that Lacy had holes smaller than a gnat's asshole.
16. Did Lattimore play?
17. Oh, yes, and three more things.
18, 19, 20. THE DEFENSE EFFING STUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by: Wade 

The problem was, is and it seems will always be the secondary.

Tramon is finished, he is at PI in every single play, he can't cover he just gambles the INT and he has bad hands.
Hayward can't tackle.
MD Jennings is a complete joke.
Burnett is not as good as we all think he is.

Shields is a good CB and I like Chris Banjo but we don't have fantastic depth or any of that crap.

Originally Posted by: luigis 

The secondary definitely struggled, which still blows my mind considering it was supposed to be one of our positions of strength.

- I disagree about Tramon. I think he is playing pretty well, and just not getting any breaks.
- Hayward's tackling is a concern. Ugh. Hopefully his hamstring is alright though.
- M.D. took some bad angles. Definitely getting old.
- And I think Burnett just had a bad day. Everybody has them every now and then, and this one was rough. He struggled setting the edge in run support, got juked badly several times, got lost deep a couple of times, and broke up a Tramon Williams interception.

Man I hope these guys look A LOT better against NY next week.

Originally Posted by: StoicFire 

Wade, were you saying Raji returned to being bigtime? Or Raji's inconsistency returned bigtime?

I thought he stunk the whole game, especially that last drive when we knew the Eagles would run, and literally every play Raji was getting pushed around like he weighed half as much.

Originally Posted by: texaspackerbacker