This is the live blog for the third quarter of the 49ers Week 8 game in Arizona against the Cardinals. I’ll update this frequently with information and analysis from my living room in Oakland.
7:15 John Skelton completes back-to-back passes for a first down to start the drive, then he hands off for no gain. The Cardinlals need to abandon the run game.
7:20 Skelton completes a 27-yard pass to tight end Jeff King, who beat Aldon Smith on the play. The Cardinals go nowhere after that. They punt. Niners ball at their 20.
7:26 Alex Smith throws a 10-yard pass to a wide open Randy Moss on third and 10. Two Cardinals whiff on Moss, and he sprints 47 yards for a touchdown. 24-0 49ers. Earlier in the drive on a third-and-9, Smith threw a five yard pass to Michael Crabtree. William Gay whiffed and Crabtree ran 25 yards. The 49ers have made the Cardinals look like a dreadful team.
7:28 Jon Gruden just said the 49ers have gained more than 100 yards after the catch. The Cardinals defense has stopped Gore – he’s averaging just 3.6 yards per carry – but they can’t tackle anyone else.
7:40 The Cardinals offense abandons the run and passes their way down the field over the course of 14 plays. On fourth and 2 from the 10 yard line, Ken Whisenhunt concedes defeat and kicks a field goal. 24-3 Niners with 57 seconds left in the third quarter.
7:46 Gore gains 1 yard on first down. He’s gained just 55 yards on 16 carries.
7:47 Alex Smith takes a sack and loses 10 yards on Second and 9. Darnell Dockett beat Alex Boone up the middle.
7:49 Smith throws a quick pass to Crabtree in the flat. Peterson misses another tackle and Crabtree picks up 8 yards. They go three and out. C.J. Spillman tackles Peterson immediately on the punt and the Cardinals start their drive at the 37.
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Great First Half
Hell yeah
Aldon got beat
And that was certainly not Justin Smithesque hustle chasing the play…
That is the weakness of this defense. Putting Aldon in coverage.
Aldon can be beat. Need to work on that.
He should only be in coverage often enough to keep the offense guessing. The team’s best pass rusher shouldn’t be playing cornerback. How often did Haley drop?
His pants?
ROFL angusin – we don’t want to know
Great first half. Text book 49ers.
Note book – Alex Smith
Hope everyone on the East Coast are ok. It looks really ugly there.
thanks 49er42. this one is worse than Irene, hopefully everyone comes out ok.
Crabs having a heck of a nite
Damn Crabs killing them today.
who’s the guy impersonating Crabtree? ;-) nice RAC!
Nice RAC!
CRABTREE! Did you see Moss’s block late!
Nice YAC there for Crabs.
Crabtree is having a great game .
Crabtree is on fire today
Ted Ginn is the biggest wuss always running out of bounds. Crabtree is a beast tonight.
23welcher- stack that box son!
Hey Axel! Long time no miss!
Mosssssssssssss
now Moss lol
There it is!
Alex is killing these guys!!!
RM!! What a picture perfect pass from AS!!!
It was an 8 yard out Hofer! HILARIOUS~
Moss! Yeah baby! It’s a rout!!!
nice to see Moss and the passing game getting untracked.
Randy freaking Moss. Wow.
mass MOSS!!!!
Wheeeew. Don’t want to tackle Moss will kill you.
Baalke must get Dwayne Bowe! Pull the trigger Baalke. We have no receivers!
RANNNNDYYYYYYY!!!!!!!
Receivers turnig small gains into BIG plays witrh great blocking downfield and good deceisions by the receivers. Smith making good throws.
Jordo, is AS CRAPPING the bed??!!!
It SEEMS his finger has heeled eh??
Looks like Smith is the weak link tonight hey Neal?
Hofer 132 yards passing 100 yards of RAC. We’ll give the yardage to Smith though. He’s having a good game.
Sounds like a Jordanexcuse! Bbbwwwaaaahhhaaahhha!!
100+ yards in YAC tonight.
A good receiving corps can do that.
blah blah blah …finish your Mc Donalds boy ..
Man he is still really fast.
That was Moss’ome!!!
Smith doesn’t want to be outdone by Sergio Romo. :p
Now this offense is functioning the way I think a lot of us were envisioning. This is against a very good defense. Go Nines.
Absolutely Undercenter.
This is exactly what we thought we would be seeing when the Org went after MM and RM!
And AS is having a great night as well!
AS QB rating 157.8! I said he would have 232 yds. He’s only off by 9 yds!!!
You can thank the receivers for over 100 yards of RAC. They have all played very well.
It seems to me the elite QBs (see VCruz) help their QBs weekly with RAC!
It seems to me that elite QB’s (see ARodgers) help their WR’s with accurate passes.
Of course they do. Red herring argument.
What’s your point BigP, Alex isn’t playing lights out???
The 9er WRs are just doing what every top QB’s receiver do every week.
Upset AS is playing well? No surprise.
WCO = YAC!!!
Crabtree and Moss, RAC Monsters tonight!
Beautiful passes…right on the money!!!
Alex Smith is dialed in! Neal, he looks like the weak link tonight!
Buwjahahjahahahjaha!!!!!!!
AS isn’t 15/15. The fact that nobody this year has a completion % as good as AS in the first half with at least 15 attempts will be lost on the blog, or denied.
AS sucks!
His 1 Incompletion being a drop. Yep, AS SUCKS!
No way u an win with this offense against a defense that hasn’t allowed more than 21 points to anyone this year
Thats the Moss I was talking about when we signed him Grant! He still got it!
Looks like your prediction may come true Jack.
Alex is doing a great job of getting the ball to his play makers. And today the WR’s are turning small plays into massive gains. Lets go
Grant, you got the teams backward on the last graph. Niners are winning. :p
Another checkdown to moss. Damn alex sucks.
An 8 yard out is not a checkdown.
It’s also not a 47 yard TD. That was all Moss.
Give some credit to the rookie db who fell on his bum.
Yea. Moss threw the pass and caught it, then scored a td. U da man!!!
Thanks guys for all of that. I’m missing the game here in VA. Unfortunately Sandy is f*cking $hit up.
Jp, thoughts and prayers go out to you and all those effected by sandy. Be safe bud.
Definitely AES.
JP, she’s hit New York now, she wants to be called Saundra now. :p stay safe!
Was it me that said there would be a lot of YAC tonight? Wheeew
Kudos man.
Defense is AMAZING!
Too much time there D.
Trade deadline moved to Thursday. Let’s trade alex for….
Dwayne Bowe. The Chiefs might be that desperate. CK7, Crabs, Manningham, Moss and Bowe? With this running game and defense? Oh man.
Clem, I agree. Trade CK for DBowe! JK LOL
A pair of Giants club seats 1 row behind the plate for 2013 including the Playoff pckage! Pull the trigger!
JP stay safe.
Need a pick here.
Or a stop.
Power went out right after Moss’ td.
Sorry to hear that man. Any way you can watch the game online?
Ha ha. At least u got to see it. I’m just listening to NFL mobile
Thanks 49er42. Hanging in there. Fam safe that’s all that matters.
Yes power came back on!
4th and 2, goldson stuck roberts
Skelton could be a good QB if he had a better O-line.
No Skeltexcuses man.
Dude is getting killed back there. He’s got some nice accuracy just needs to stay upright.
Come on D.
Grant – Gore averaging just 3.6 yards per carry – but they can’t tackle anyone else.
You mean they can’t stop Alex Smith
That wasn’t a first down.
I agree. spot was off by 2 yds
Hold that zero Defense!
lets get a pick
Those of you wishing for Kaepernick might get your wish tonight!
Come on D
Defense is running out of steam.
Only 1 target to Davis! Come on Roman! Use your best weapon! LoL!!!
Why don’t you write about it on your blog!
Buwhahahahahaha!!!!!!!
But he blocked for the MC and RM RAC. Still a value – 10 still pictures to prove that point. LOL
It’s ok Hofer. Your DS imitation was better than any knock you can send my way. Priceless!!!
Fitz Just keeps hitting his head. He needs to sit this one out. Hes a warrior though!
Stack that crap all over the field tonight, where’s the weak link?
Buwhahahahahaha!!!!!!
The banished Hypocrite is back, too early axelwelchyprimer.
Pass rush still a problem.
yep, it’s killing my fantasy football too…..I need turnovers and sacks..
Hah! Me too!
At least they only got a FG
Will AZ let Fitzgerald stay in the game after a second head thump?
JP: Glad the family is safe much more important than a football game even the Niners.
I’d rather see the Cardinals with zero points, but I’ll take an antacid and deal with the field goal allowed.
Dear Trent Baalke, I will have a signed petition on your desk by Wednesay with over 50,000 49er faithful signatures demanding an immediate trade attemt for Dwayne Bowe. It’s obvious to the entire football world that we have no receivers. That two-time Biltetnikoff award winner Crabtree is worthless. He’s just lucky sometimes.
Sincerely,
C15
CK for DBowe?? JK :LOL
+1 more Crabs.
That one was NOT on Smith. They’ve gotten conservative. I don’t like that.
Alex.can take a sack, thats for sure! He’s the best at something in the NFL.
You are truly an idiot…
IP,
You are a flunky loser sissy.
That wasn’t on Smith that time.
he wanted to keep his completion % high
To to block the mouth Dockett better than that.
Hey Dockett, next time you feel like posing take a look a the scoreboard.
Loser.
He channeled his inner Cam Newton there.
Throw the ball away. Is it really that hard?
It is for Smith. If he’s not carful, he is going to get hurt. He doesn’t have to take those hits. Unreal.
He didn’t have time there to do so.
Me likey Goldson!!!
Goldson Ronnie Lotted him! Wow!
PAY GOLDSON! He is a BEAST!!!!!!
Agreed!
Goldson is an ALL- PRO this year! No DOUBT!!
wooooow lick!!
That’s a back breaker right there. Need to know where Goldson is at.
What a hit!! He got knocked out
Goldson,
Hardest legal hit I’ve seen in the NFL this year!
That hit just secured Goldson a multi year high end contract next year, Guarenteed. If not by the Niners, then someone else.
These guys are just unloading on the Cardinals! Ronnie Lott is grinning ear to ear right now.
Yeah, no pass rush…
Nobody made this prediction: the Cardinals will have more injuries than points in the game.
lol
Midwest,
Classic!
AS 157.9 QG rating …WOW ..
QB
Harbaugh should be Coach of the Century.
If there’s a such thing as a beautiful sack, then Aldon Smith just performed it.
Loved his post-celebration too. It’s outta there!
Sackmaster Smith!!
LOL usually I hate your comments but that was funny, you have to admit though Smith is having a much better game than the last 2 weeks.
If AS was a boxer, you can say he takes a great punch. !!
Take the sack AS ….keep the rating intact.
Two sacks allowed by the OL now.
Alex is taking a fair amount of punishment. up 24-3, i’d vote that Kaep go in to get some work. while I strongly feel Gore is the MVP, Alex is worth keeping healthy.
Agreed.
Andy Leeeeee, MVP!!!! The special teams are special again!
Spill on aisle four…
Brad Seely seems to have fixed the kick coverage issues, eh?
Might be time for the backups. The starters are looking tired.
Two offsides by the D. What’s up?!
Another one out of the park by Aldon Smith!
Everybody has gone right for the Niners tonight. Just the way it should always be.