#We are at the crossroads song upgrade#
Matthew Stafford was not really much of an upgrade over Jared Goff.The Rams should not have gone all-in by signing Beckham and trading for Von Miller, because such tactics often backfire.The Rams were insta-distracted by Odell Beckham.It's time now to explore all the Laziest Explanations for the Rams' Pre-Bye Slump. Los Angeles Rams at Green Bay Packers, Sunday, 4:25 p.m. So who do you trust? Jimmy Garoppolo or Kirk Cousins? The slow-and-steady tortoise or the slower-and-steadier tortoise? The team built for endless drives or the team built for endless wild-card appearances? We're going against our most primal instincts and leaning toward the Vikings: Justin Jefferson and Adam Thielen give them a way to gain yardage in longer-than-6-yard chunks, and winning games like this each year is precisely what they are designed to do. Perhaps the Vikings' luck is also inching back toward even. The Vikings may also be better than their record or reputation, though they needed a few fortuitous bounces and timely penalties to defeat the Packers. It's safe to say the 49ers would be at least 6-4 given reasonable fumble luck, and central tendency may be starting to play its hand.
The Colts lost two fumbles but also retrieved two of their own in the Bomb Cyclone game. The Cardinals fumbled twice in the first half of their 17-10 Week 5 win but recovered them both at one point, punter Andy Lee fumbled a snap, recovered it, and drilled a 56-yarder to pin the 49ers deep. The Seahawks fumbled twice in the first quarter of their Week 4 win over the 49ers but recovered both of them. Opponents fumbled 17 times against the 49ers entering that game but only lost three of them. The exciting development for the 49ers in Week 11 wasn't the 20-play drive, it was the fumble that the Jaguars lost on the first play of their next possession. Executing 15 snaps to generate points increases the probability of failure. The 49ers average a respectable 5.9 yards per offensive play (eighth in the NFL), but they shouldn't strive to gain exactly 5.9 yards on every play. And they settled for a field goal, of course. They nearly fumbled the ball away when they reached the red zone. The 49ers needed two defensive penalties to sustain their 20-play marathon against the Jaguars. But they aren't really efficient, nor are they a sign that an offense is flawlessly dominating in the trenches. They're ideal for nursing a fourth-quarter lead. Umpteen-play drives are aesthetically pleasing to high school coaches and us old boomers with fond memories of late-1970s tactics. 49ers games are prog-rock double albums: you never know when the 12-minute, six-part anthem is coming, but it's probably coming. They grinded out a 16-play drive against the Eagles and a 13-play hike against the Packers. They opened the Rams upset with an 18-play, 88-yard, 11-minute opus for a touchdown. The 49ers opened their victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 11 with a 20-play, 77-yard, 13-minute field goal drive. If any team could execute the Infinite Treadmill Drive, it would be the 49ers under Kyle Shanahan and Jimmy Garoppolo. The first quarter melts away, then the game, then the season, then all traces of human society, but the team neither surrenders the ball, nor scores, nor leaves the middle of the field. Ideally, the three plays would be two rushes between the tackles and a sack, allowing the clock to run as much as possible. The Infinite Treadmill drive would start at midfield and consist of three plays netting a total of -5 yards, then a holding penalty on third down granting the team a first down right where they started. Minnesota Vikings at San Francisco 49ers, Sunday, 4:25 p.m. This is the sort of thing you end up thinking about while watching the San Francisco 49ers. NFL Week 12 - It's theoretically possible for a football team to execute an infinite drive on which they score zero points and net zero yards.
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