SAN FRANCISCO — This is the live blog for the first quarter of the 49ers Week 10 home game against the St. Louis Rams. I’ll update this frequently with information and analysis.
1:23 The Rams win the toss and defer. The 49ers will receive.
1:26 Ted Ginn Jr. returns the opening kickoff from the back of the end zone to the SF 20 yard line.
1:28 The 49ers go three-and-out on their opening drive. Frank Gore lost a yard on first down, Alex Smith held on to the ball too long and ran into a sack on second down, and on third and 13, Smith completed a screen to Gore, who gained a couple of yards. Andy Lee punts. The Rams will start their first drive at their 34 yard line.
1:33 The Rams drive down the field in six plays for a touchdown. Brian Quick knocked Culliver to the ground at the line of scrimmage and Goldson was late rotating to help on the 36-yard TD pass from Bradford. Steven Jackson set up that pass by running four times in a row for 23 yards and two first downs. 7-0 Rams with 9:38 in the first quarter.
1:45 Alex Smith converts a third-and-six throwing to a wide open Michael Crabtree. A few plays later on third and two, Greg Roman calls a Gore run up the middle on third and two, and he loses two yards. Terrible third down call by Roman. Rams ball at their 7 yard line. I’m betting they hand the ball off to Steven Jackson on first down.
1:47 Isaac Sopoaga is out and Ricky Jean Francois is in.
1:48 Steven Jackson just ran through a huge hole for a 7-yard touchdown run. 14-0 Rams. The 49ers look horrendous so far. The defense can’t stop the run or pressure Sam Bradford, and the offense has converted just one third down. Vic Fangio has Tarell Brown covering Amendola in the slot, perhaps because Rogers can’t cover him. But it doesn’t seem like Brown can cover Amendola, either. Brown gave up a 13-yard catch to Amendola one play before the touchdown. 1:47 left in the first quarter.
1:57 Ginn fumbles on the return by the 49ers recover at their 22 yard line. A lot of pressure on Greg Roman and the 49ers offense right now.
2:01 Vernon Davis catches a six-yard pass on third and six, and Gore follows that with a 11-yard run around the left end. He bounced off James Laurinaitis in the hole.
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Really don’t like Tim Ryan as an analyst. If the timing wasn’t screwed up I’d turn this off and listen on the radio.
I guess teams have noticed Harbaugh prefers to start on D. Every time the opponent has won the toss this year they’ve deferred.
One read and panic. Not exactly a great strategy.
Aww be fair Houston, he made two reads, then panicked
Still taking sacks!
I like the screen, but FG is not the RB he use to be for that play. Not elusive enough.
I tend to agree. Would like to see Kendall Hunter on that play call. Even so, the 9ers had 4 blockers and completely missed the only Ram in the area.
Pressure on Smith early. Watch and learn. Happy feet. Nervous Nelly. Feed the rock to the backs if you don’t want an ugly surprise, Harbaugh!
Yup, should have thrown it way, but Iupati didn’t sustain his blocking. Just let his guy go…
Lets go D!!
Rams are fired up. Dee has to step up!
Grant did you end up starting Jackson… good start for him so far
No, Richardson. Ha!
thats ok, i had Joe flacco on the bench
Freddie P! IN DA HOUSE!!!
Damn, I wanted the 9ers do draft BQuick!!
CC was burned.
Yeah, me too – Quick and a few other WRs could have been had instead of the bench warmer we got.
1st round always inactive!
Wow – defense is asleep. Ugh.
defense had better wake up…this is not the same old Rams..new coach..good quarterback…all-pro running back…good pass rush…and Amendola is back.
Can Alex lead a comeback?
Don’t think so…
Damn. Terrible start including that sack created by AS
Poor run on 1st down, held the ball too long on 2nd down, wrong RB for a screen on 3rd down. Does GR script his plays!!
Well, this is the formula for defeat. Lets see what Smith can do now.
Ouch! First drives for both sides of the ball are a really bad indicators. They stuffed our Offense and made swiss cheese out of our Defense. Time to regroup and in a hurry.
They need to not panic and establish the run.
Grant is cully still the best cb in te NFL ? Lmao nice call
Dang! Alex needs to play better defense. This sucks!
Ok bad start
need to step it up now no relaxing out on the field.the Rams can play.
We can’t afford to get down too much in this game. We have the 28th ranked pass offense in the league. We are not built to try to come from too far behind.
calm down,it’s only 7-0
Lets go Niners
Defense must have been tired from that offensive 3 and out.
Flat after bye week.
Its way early to worry!!
Love how Ginn always ends up back-pedaling on his returns. What a winner!!!
Defense is still on a bye.
Defense is slow and rusty, can’t rely on our offense to win this game
Wilson just did a great job of taking a sack, heh.
Kaeperkeeper!
Nice throw, Bum!
I hate bye weeks
C’mon Roman – the run is working. Stick with it.
Off dem shoetops!
Gore gots nada today!
Smith is way off today. 5 feet over the WR head on 2nd down and then a poor pass to Crabs. At least he caught it.
Rams are stacking the box on 1st down and leaving the WR with single coverage. If an NFL team can’t expose that defense with the pass game then something is very very wrong.
The pass to crabs was in the face of heavy pressure, to the right read. It wasn’t perfect, but it was a good play. Perspective, man….
Angus, are you watching the same game I’m watching? Smith had no one at all in his face. The rush was behind him and to the left. Smith had a clear shot to Crabs but his footwork was horrendous. He hopped and didn’t align his feet to his target. There wasn’t a Ram within 3 yards of Smith. It was a horrible throw caused by terrible footwork not by pressure in his face. Record the game and go back and look at it.
Strike that. It wasn’t a horrible throw. It was a poor throw caused by terrible footwork.
That may have been my bad. I’m watching a choppy feed on a small computer….
I’m more concerned about the d right now…good grief!
Watched Cal try the same strategy last night vs Oregon. As a result Cal slow down the Ducks run game but Marcus Mariota threw 6 touchdowns. Alex needs to step up.
Culliver finally paid for his inability to play it tough on the line. That didn’t happen the last dew weeks.
This line is built to run
Gore sucks
Gore does not sucked, our line sucks at the moment.
GR, do you think the rams knew the 9ers were going to run??
Ok defense hang tuff
Andy Lee is still the offensive MVP. Wicked punt.
What the hell kind of play calling is this garbage? Oh, that’s right, the kind that’s limited when the D gets pressure on a fragile QB!
Do you think they will add the no huddle wrinkle if still flat after the half? let me answer…NOPE!!
Why can’t we call a Checkdown from Smith right there. That’s his strength!
All we needed was two yards and two yard passes are Alex’s strength.
The team looks asleep so far…smh…is B jacobs ever going to play?
“Terrible third down call by Roman. Rams ball at their 7 yard line.”
Grant, exactly right! Not on the QB it’s what GR knows…COMFORT ZONE!!
So far our lines are getting beat badly.
3 negative plays on offense so far. Can’t get bullied like that
This looks like a replay of the Vikings game. The team is asleep. I’m getting nervous.
Run D is bad so far
No pass rush and can’t stop their run!!
Bowman was way out of position on the previous play
Team is flat they will be okay
I like your optimism!!
wake up!!!
Saved by a flag?
Will GR adjust his game plan?
Why? There’s no need.
These mistakes are correctable. I expect the D to be OK
Really? Did you see that TD just now. This is on JH!!!
It may be too late now
This drive will set the tone for Niners the rest of the game.
Down 2 scores, game over!
Our SB-caliber defense not looking so SB-caliber so far.
How about the SB caliber QB?
Isn’t he supposed to be riding on the back of the defense? Now he’s going to have to bail them out. We’ll see.
That would be a nice for s change
Nope. Down 14-0 now. Game is pretty much over.
The HC needs to make sure they don’t come out flat. May be a day to start drinking early.
FLAT!!
Yep, just like the Viking game. I’m worried now.
So how far behind do we need to be before we get to see kaepernick?
Does he play D?
You can’t be serious
Can he play Defence?
Let’s see what AS can do.
Let’s see what GR can do?!
Lets see what our defense can do!
Looks like they’re beating us at our own game…smh
no panic, just stick with the game plan
Wow!
We are playing poorly on both offense and defense.
This could be a very bad situation.
Down by 14! Let’s see if this team has heart and can come back.
Wow – the defense looks out of sync. The offense needs a long drive to give the defense a chance to regroup.
Wow! Getting ‘punked’ by the freakin’ Rams.
Wake up guys, wake up!
Alex is elite. He will abandon the Checkdown and throw 2 picks today. The defense has to bear down. Gave up their game average in 2 drives. Elite Alex to the rescue!
Viking game here we go again. Clueless in San Francisco. The Rams want to win and we have checked out.
Terrible play calling on offense and the defense is getting gashed big time. This one could be over early.
The first two series of plays were all on GR. I think FG is a wonderful run between the tackle RB, but a screen? He’s no longer elusive or as quick! That’s for KH!!
DSL your little boy 25 got ruined by Amendola. Lets see your little girl 11 make this a game now…
Our defense sucks!
I haven’t seen the defense look this bad since Nolan was here. I expect this sort of game from the offense; from the D it’s inexcusable.
Fangio should start benching some starters to wake them up. Put in some of the young guys and maybe inject some energy.
It looks like he’s already benched Sopoaga.
Grant, when flat coming off bye week, it’s on the HC.
The defense shouldn’t get a pass for this sloppiness.
Need Alex to drive us down the field for a TD.
If they abandon the running game they have no shot. Establish the run first, then work play action off of it.
We got a weak azz offensive gameplan. Teams put the ball up down by 14. Will we?
yes, if we were playing *our* D today!!
Total team ‘stink-out’ from top to bottom at the moment.
Looking past the Rams to the Bears game is proving to be a nightmare.
Let’s Go!!
Roman is predictable, if we don’t establish the run we will lose. Let’s see if we just pass it now.
Geez Alex my man dont take hits like that
AS isn’t too bright taking those hits!!
Yikes, Smith seems to take those stupid hits a little too often.
Its fine, he’s a big boy and he needs those Pops to wake up… Maybe thats whats been wrong so far. Somebody go hit the Defense like that!
Smith is not as smart on the field as we think? He’s lucky to survive the shots he takes.
Frank Gore was angry on that one, time to set the tone.
wow, great poise by alex on the throw after getting absolutely crushed on the previous play. that look Painful
Go go Gore. We need him to carry the team today.
pound the ball
The 9ers are getting a can of Whoop A$$ handed to them…. Lets see if they open up a KEG and give it back!
They play 4 quarters right? Plenty of time. Stick to the plan on offense, and start hustling on defense. 9ers are still going to win this game.
Yup
This OL can’t pass block today
that looked like generous spot that VD got on that reception
Run. The. Ball. Crimeny.
1 need a drive for a TD.
2 Alex is a tough sob hope this gets the team going, but don’t do it again.
3 Can we block?
Clocks ticking
Apparently the refs had a bye week too.
What kind of spot was that?
There you GO!!!! C’MON! Stick with the GAMEPLAN!
The offense is starting to wake up. Let’s hope the defense is drinking Red Bull on the sideline.
Alex cannot do that…..Can he?
Nice run Crabtree! Hot damn!
All right Alex!
Wide open, nice block MC TD!
Glad Roman is sticking to the run. Crabs is the real deal and now our defense can’t play soft.
Not bad for a WR who can’t get open or have YAC.
Sorry, couldn’t resist (lol).
Alex did his job…Can the defense step up?
Culliver is not having a good game!
Kapper!
and “Kapper” does nothing…there you go Smith haters
Wow! Kap didn’t see williams wide open What on earth was he looking at?
thinking about running first..