SAN FRANCISCO – The 49ers destroyed the Chicago Bears 32-7 Monday night. Here are the grades for the 49ers defense and special teams.
Defensive line: A. They held the Bears rushing attack to just 3 yards per carry. Justin Smith got consistent pressure on the quarterback for the first time this season. Ray McDonald tackled Chilo Rachal in the end zone for a safety.
Linebackers: A. NaVorro Bowman had a huge bounce-back game, recording 12 tackles. Patrick Willis also played very well, finishing with 7 tackles and two passes defensed. The outside linebackers – Ahmad Brooks and Aldon Smith – played even better. Brooks got constant pressure on Jason Campbell, and Aldon Smith finished 5.5 sacks and two forced fumbles. The Bears pathetic offensive line absolutely could not block the 49ers pass rush.
Secondary: A. Dashon Goldson intercepted a pass and knocked another one away. Tarell Brown also broke up a pass. The cornerbacks gave up just eight total catches to the Bears wide receivers. Chris Culliver gave up a touchdown to Brandon Marshall – Culliver couldn’t quite jump high enough to knock the pass away. Tough to fault him on that play.
Special teams: A. David Akers made all three of his field goal attempts. Andy Lee pinned all four of his punts inside the Bears 20 yardline. And the coverage team bottled up one of the most dangerous returners of all time – Devin Hester.
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The Defense was so good it scared the Bear Defense.
PW showed up after taking the day off last Sunday. He looked awesome returning to form.
Dominant. Dominant. Dominant. When I grow up I want to be Aldon Smith.
Have to drop the special teams to a B just because Blake Costanzo stifled the 49ers returns.
I really miss that guy.
Aldon, Aldon, Aldon. Now there’s an AS we should treasure.
Grant, what about Blake Costanzo, did he do anything for the losing team? You were all over the 49ers a few weeks back, just saying.
Yeah, Pete, he made at least one good ST tackle, and I think he was involved in a couple others. But the thing about Costanzo is, he fires up the guys around him. Really good player, really big loss for us.
Sure is easy to say that today!
Aldon is looking at that sack record
Aldon is looking at MVP!
That ticky-tack pushing penalty against Aldon Smith cost the 49ers defense a shut out. Heck, the 49ers D beat the bears 2-0. A great game from the California Condor.
I’d drop the d/special teams grade to A- due to the fact Ginn seems to have forgotten how to kneel in the endzone on kickoffs. 22 yard returns aren’t great when you’re bringing them out from 7 yards deep. How about sitting Ginn and dressing Jacobs?
Defense A+++. That was as dominant a game from them as we’ve seen in the last two seasons.
They sure played like they were plenty PO’ed at all the props Chi’s D had been getting lately.