HighlandHawk
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We got beat by the 49ers.. They outplayed us when it counted right at the end and deserved that win. That might be hard for some of us to swallow but it's the truth.
The refs didn't job us out the win. The game was called fairly. Some calls were missed (see the fumble) but we also got away with a LOT of passing interference. Whitners 'taunting' penalty was about as weak a taunt as you could get. There was nothing in that game to say the refs were out to get us. If we live by the sword we'll die by it. We push the boundaries and we are given the benefit of the doubt in a lot of cases for play in the secondary.
On that note.. the penalties that were called were all valid if sometimes a bit '50/50' but you play the game to win, you don't rely on the refs making every call your way. Either way our play didn't match up and it was fairly poorly played by the offense all game.
We didn't make plays when it counted. We pretty much struggled against a very good defense all game, run blocking was poor and bad decisions by Wilson when throwing and Lynch when running (he took some bad cuts). The 1st and 25 drive was abysmally played. Wilson going for his check down on 3rd and 23? Urgh...
Bevell called a decent game, no issues with it.
We were simply outplayed, by a team that played cleaner and performed better overall.
Lets not throw the toys out the pram and try and pretend that it's anyone elses fault other than our own for losing this match. It's one game, it probably means very little in the final standings and next week it's time to focus on cleaning up for the playoffs as we won't be able to hold teams as much when giving them easy yardage throughout.
The refs didn't job us out the win. The game was called fairly. Some calls were missed (see the fumble) but we also got away with a LOT of passing interference. Whitners 'taunting' penalty was about as weak a taunt as you could get. There was nothing in that game to say the refs were out to get us. If we live by the sword we'll die by it. We push the boundaries and we are given the benefit of the doubt in a lot of cases for play in the secondary.
On that note.. the penalties that were called were all valid if sometimes a bit '50/50' but you play the game to win, you don't rely on the refs making every call your way. Either way our play didn't match up and it was fairly poorly played by the offense all game.
We didn't make plays when it counted. We pretty much struggled against a very good defense all game, run blocking was poor and bad decisions by Wilson when throwing and Lynch when running (he took some bad cuts). The 1st and 25 drive was abysmally played. Wilson going for his check down on 3rd and 23? Urgh...
Bevell called a decent game, no issues with it.
We were simply outplayed, by a team that played cleaner and performed better overall.
Lets not throw the toys out the pram and try and pretend that it's anyone elses fault other than our own for losing this match. It's one game, it probably means very little in the final standings and next week it's time to focus on cleaning up for the playoffs as we won't be able to hold teams as much when giving them easy yardage throughout.