San Francisco 49ers Report Card: Team Lays Goose Egg-Receives Detention

November 22, 2010   ·   Blaine Spence   ·   Jump to comments

Let me first just say that I  thought the team executed a brilliant game plan to protect their temporary kicker, Shane Andrus.
(Insert rim-shot)
The brilliant performance of Troy Smith in the last two games had to come to and end, but who thought it would come to a screeching halt?
This game doesn't deserve a report card, so let's just call the whole thing an F and give the entire team and coaching staff detention.
An unimaginative offensive plan, combined with a lack of inspiration or urgency, doomed the 49ers to it's first home shut-out (21-0) since 1977.
The offensive line, who I defended last week, was particularly bad as Troy Smith was sacked six times and the team failed to get a run game going against the second worst run defense in the league.
Frank Gore was only able to gain 23 yards on 12 carries as the coaching staff gave up on the run game early.
Troy Smith actually out gained Gore with 45 rush yards of his own; of course he was runni...

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