@bringbackbrownie2 said:
"No team has scored more efficiently than the 49ers. San Francisco has produced a meager 1,815 yards of offense. But it has still managed to hang 167 points on the scoreboard. That's an incredible 10.87 Yards Per Point Scored. In other words, the 49ers are good for about one point with each first down.
Not only is that performance No. 1 here in 2011, it's on pace to approach the performance of the 2007 Patriots. That 16-0 New England team needed just 11.17 Yards Per Point Scored."
This is where you are drinking the koolaid comparing SF to the 2007 Patriots. The Patriots scored 95% of their pts from offense alone, while you are getting about half of your points off special teams and defensive turnovers. So it really is no where near 10.87 yards per pt scored considering much of your points aren't related to your offense. That means SF is playing very strong in all 3 phases of the game and very efficiently. But it also means you don't have as good of an offense as you think you do. There is no doubt that SF will make the playoffs, but they will come back down to earth before the season is over.
I predict SF finishes 10-6 winning the NFC West and having home field advantage in the first round as a 3 or 4 seed. I wouldn't be surprised if that is all you do. It's amazing you are thinking Super Bowl with a below average QB and no real WR threats (Davis is solid as a TE but thats it). Your defense is solid and so is your special teams, but SF is not an elite team..
Can you honestly say you've watched a 49er game this year? Or for the past couple years? First of all, Michael Crabtree is a threat for a wide reciever, and Ted Gin Jr. is also a threat with his speed. Second of all, Alex Smith is NOT below average. I don't care what you think about him, but this is false. Since his shoulder was broken, he has put quarterback ratings over 80 for 2 seasons, going into this year, with Mike Singletary who knows NOTHING about offense as his head coach, and Jimmy Raye, who is almost 70 and could possibly be the worse offensive coordinator ever with as long as a tenure as he has had.
You know nothing about the 49ers. You just think we are on a lucky streak because we were bad for so long. You fail to realize the talent our team has, and the horrible coaching that has plagued this team.
Think about it.
We were 6-10 last year, lost out first 6 games of the year. We head into this year with a brand new coach who has no track record in the NFL as a head coach. Theres the lock out, and the coach has VERY limited time to prepare his team for the season. What are the expectations? Bad. But how did we end up? 5-1, with one of the hardest schedules and only 1 game against a team in our division, which was an away game.
You know why this happened?
We have alot of talent noone knew about, and our QB is actually pretty decent. We have been victoms of horrible coaching for the last decade.