[RedAlice]

You are all good Stranger.

I’ll just PM you the info to paste into the original post beneath your comments.

A couple times this season I asked a poster to make the commentary part instead of me with no response - now I know who wants to. Noted.

[snackdaddy]

It’s a weird spot for McVay. Do you rest the core guys or do you try to win and lock the no.3 seed?

I would love to knock them down a notch. But the prudent thing to do would be to rest some key players that might be aching with some nagging pains.

[Stranger]

I’ll just PM you the info to paste into the original post beneath your comments.

okie dokie

[RedAlice]

okie dokie

Hacksaw took care of it. Now on we go to discussing the game.

I gotta say tho, reading some of the Niner fan comments does make me really want to win this week. Tho certainly not at the cost of an injury with Playoffs being much more important. Winning the SB is the biggest statement to make.

Here's a beauty -

Going up against the NFC West placeholders, we'll rightfully take our spot back next season when daddy Shanahan makes baby McVay his b***h for the next several years. The 49ers tradition of completely and utterly owning the Rams since 1981 will continue

[Hacksaw]

I gotta say tho, reading some of the Niner fan comments does make me really want to win this week.

Here's a beauty -

Going up against the NFC West placeholders, we'll rightfully take our spot back next season when daddy Shanahan makes baby McVay his b***h for the next several years. The 49ers tradition of completely and utterly owning the Rams since 1981 will continue

BULLETIN BOARD :

Suddenly the Hags fans are seeming way more rational and palatable.. Good grief!

Their run of five Super Bowl wins in 14 seasons (1981–1994) solidified them as one of the all-time NFL teams. The 49ers made the playoffs in 1995 and again in 1996, being eliminated by the Green Bay Packers both times in the Divisional Round.
They won it again in the Harbaugh era along with a couple of 11+ win seasons.

I can see where, to them, we are inferior after not seeing the playoffs for 14 years. They naturally assume they belong on top.
It's a bit to soon to tell if they will rise with up us though. Lynch, Shannahan and Garappolo make for a nice sounding foundation, but let's see what they do before getting all excited. JG isn't the next Montana. And I doubt folks will confuse Shanny with Walsh. Heck, if they don't cook the books again it might even be a level playing field.

They must not forget that the curse of Georgia has been lifted from our team and we are no longer playing in the midwest. We have one of the wealthiest owners in one of the largest sports markets with a potent young team and head coach who might be the MVC. This thing we have isn't a fluke.

[Stranger]

Hacksaw took care of it. Now on we go to discussing the game.

I gotta say tho, reading some of the Niner fan comments does make me really want to win this week. Tho certainly not at the cost of an injury with Playoffs being much more important. Winning the SB is the biggest statement to make.

Here's a beauty -

Going up against the NFC West placeholders, we'll rightfully take our spot back next season when daddy Shanahan makes baby McVay his b***h for the next several years. The 49ers tradition of completely and utterly owning the Rams since 1981 will continue

The Playoffs start this Sunday. Let's see who makes who his "b***h"

Oh, and thanks @hacksaw

[Hacksaw]

And yes, they are already comparing JGQ to Brady.

Jimmy Gentleman's Quarterly? lol

[RedAlice]

It's gotta also have some value that tape is just now becoming available on JGQ and Shannny together on offense. I expect teams will know them better next year.

Or, maybe even next week.

[ramsman34]

Guess that Sf poster was sleeping during he GSOT years eh.

POUND THE WHINERS THIS WEEKEND -with whomever we put in uniform. Might be even more fun to beat them with Mannion and Brown, lol.

[Hacksaw]

49ers’ Kyle Shanahan offers analysis of Jared Goff’s breakout season and other Rams
By David Bonilla

The Los Angeles Rams have lost just four games this season and own the top-ranked scoring offense in the NFL. They are also the opponent the 49ers will face to close out the 2017 season. San Francisco is on a hot-streak of its own, having won four-straight with quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo at the helm of the offense and five of it's last six. The 49ers are red-hot heading into their season finale and a Week 3 matchup between the two teams at Levi's Stadium was a nail-biter.

On Tuesday, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan spoke with the media via a conference call and offered some analysis of the team's next opponent.

Quarterback Jared Goff

Last season, there was some debate whether or not Rams quarterback Jared Goff was worthy of the top-overall pick in 2016. This season, there is no debate. Goff has excelled under new head coach Sean McVay and thrown for 3,804 yards and 28 touchdowns compared to just seven interceptions through 15 starts within his offense.


"I think they've gotten [Goff] a little more balanced attack where they're doing very good running the ball, they're doing very good passing the ball," Shanahan said. "You've got to defend a lot of different people and stop a lot of different guys that can make plays. They started out good that way early this year, and he's just gotten more confidence as it's gone, as you see in a lot of these guys.

"But, the way they've started out this year, I think, helped give him a little bit of boost. Each week he's gotten better from that, and you can tell he's just playing with a lot of confidence. He's not hesitant to let it rip. He knows when to be aggressive. He knows when not to force it too.

"He's doing a much better job giving them some bigger plays, eliminating the turnovers, and really getting the ball into some of his playmaker's hands and letting them do a lot of the work."

Running back Todd Gurley

Rams running back Todd Gurley has returned to form after a down 2016 season. He leads the league in rushing with 1,305 yards, has 13 rushing touchdowns, six touchdown receptions, and is a legitimate candidate for league MVP.

"[Gurley is] as big a challenge that there is for anyone," Shanahan said. "I thought he was one of the better guys I've ever studied coming out of college. He looked that way his first year, definitely. I know he had a little setback last year. But, this year he looks like that exact same guy.

"He's physical enough to run you over. He's a big guy, but he's got track-type speed, and he's very smooth at getting in the right holes. He's a very natural runner to where he always goes to the gap that people are out of position, and when he hits it, he so naturally can hit it at full speed that if guys aren't closing, what could normally be a six-yard run for someone else, for him, it's an 80-yard run, and he's to the house fast."

Defensive tackle Aaron Donald

On the defensive side of the football, the 49ers will have to find a way to stop Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald, who ranks ninth in the NFL with 11 sacks. Shanahan was asked how he plans to prepare his offense against someone of Donald's talent.

"Well, it's tough," Shanahan answered. "You've got to try to game plan it as much as you can. When you are an inside player, it's not the easiest to always help him and stuff unless you want to put your tight ends on some guys that are very tough to block by themselves also. So, he's going to have his. That's why he's one of the better players in the league.

"You've just got to make sure when he does, that you don't turn the ball over and you can find a way to counter him with a few plays that take advantage of the stuff he does best. But, he's a good player. You've got to understand that.

"He's going to have some good plays in the game. You've just got to make sure he doesn't completely change and dominate that game with turnovers."