SAN FRANCISCO — This is the live blog for the third quarter of the 49ers Week 11 Monday night home game against the Chicago Bears. I’ll update this frequently with information and analysis from the press box.
7:12 The Bears have the ball to start the second half. Let’s see what adjustments, if any, Tice makes.
7:14 Big surprise – Tice makes zero adjustments. He calls runs on first and second down and a pass on third down. Aldon Smith sacks Campbell for the fourth time this game. The Bears punt. Niners ball at their 38 yard line. I’d be surprised if the Bears scored a single point in this game. It’s tough to take them seriously as a Super Bowl contender with this offensive line and this offensive coordinator.
7:20 On third and six from the Bears 10 yard line, here’s what happened: Kaepernick dropped back, but his first read over the middle wasn’t open. So he extended the play, allowed Crabtree to free himself in the back of the end zone, and hit the receiver for a beautiful touchdown. 27-0 Niners. Smith cannot ad-lib like that. He’s got to be the 49ers back up quarterback from here on out. He’s good, but he’s not a playmaker like Kaepernick.
7:30 The Bears drive into the 49ers territory, but after a holding penalty they face third and 19 from the 49ers 36. Campbell scrambles and gets planted into the ground from behind by Ahmad Brooks. Campbell fumbles and the ball bounces out of bounds. Campbell is shaken up and walking slowly off the field.
7:32 Harbaugh has to figure out how he wants to make the transition from Smith to Kaepernick. If Harbaugh doesn’t make the transition, he’s making a mistake.
7:33 The refs call a 10-yard penalty on the 49ers after the play. First and 10 for the Bears at the 49ers 27 yard line, and Campbell is back in the game.
7:36 On third and 7, Campbell takes a huge hit from Aldon Smith as he completes a 9-yard first down pass.
7:37 Where did this come from? Campbell escapes a Justin Smith sack, scrambles to the right and throws a perfect pass to Brandon Marshall in the end zone. Campbell threw it high and Culliver couldn’t reach it. Great pass and great catch. 27-7 Niners with 3:43 left in the third quarter. This game is still over.
7:45 On first down, Hunter gains 8 yards on a sweep to the left. On second down, Roman calls a brilliant play action shot play for Davis. Kaepernick throws it 70 yards and overthrows Davis by a step. On third and 2, Roman call Sprint Right Option. Kaepernick throws quickly to his primary receiver, Crabtree, who gains just one yard. Lee punts. Bears ball at their 16 yard line.
7:50 On third and three, Campbell overthrows Brandon Marshall on the left sideline and Dashon Goldson easily picks him off. 49ers ball at the Bears 37 with 11 seconds left in the quarter.
7:51 Kaepernick scrambles for five yards on first down and the third quarter ends.
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Please don’t go conservative.
Yep, I thought hardball got conservative on those last two drives. Let our young QB sling it!
I agree, our D needs to come out beasting again the second half.
We will get conservative in the 2nd half!
I hope not!!
Aldon Smith!!!!!
Sack four for Smith!
swim Aldon swim!!
I must have missed the news. When did the 49ers trade Alex Smith to the Bears?
LOL!
Classy to the end, eh.
Still ready to dump Kaep?
Cry? You have me mistaken for the haters. Those are the cats who stamp their feet and bawl when things don’t go their way.
This is great. I’m enjoying the hell out of this domination!
Kaep is looking much better this week. And it didn’t take him seven years!
Jason Campbell, on the other hand, looks like Smith.
having Chilo “blocking” for you goes a long way in making it look that way.
Ted Ginn had mad a couple of good catches on those bouncing punts. He is saving us a lot of yardage by not letting those go like most returners are taught.
Wow. Looks like the Niners D is really pi$$ed that the Bears D been getting all the media attention.
Get some Aldon!
CK has good command of this offense.
Agree 100 percent!
Great catch Mario!!
Great move Manningham!
Kap over 200 yards now!
I want to see another 14-21 points.
Speed kills!!!
Crabs!!!! There’s crabs!!!!!
Oh Yea!
Thank God, we have a brand new QB in San Francisco!!!!
CK to Crabs! Like the sound of that!
:-)
He is so freaking good, he can look at 3 or 4 receivers.
I just heard Alex.say to Kaep, wish I could that.
Good coaching. CK is throwin on first down. And 3 step drop quick throws.
Playing within the system
Alex is still the starter. We just got more confident at the backup poisition
Beautiful TD throw to crab.
Sounds like Hofer.
You wanna bet tinsel??
Bet with you?
I will bet you that if Alex is healthy he starts against the Saints. Loser never returns 23hater?
Man up 23j?
Told you so…..
In all honesty Alex would have been sacked four times by now
Alex is not the starter. If he was playing it would be something like 10-3. Open your eyes and see the future…
Smith would have thrown that ball away. or took a sack
True Steel!
What a difference a quarterback makes.
So, does Harbaugh bring back Wally Pipp next week?
Funny how Roman’s passing attack is explosive all of a sudden…
WOW! That TD to Crabs was pretty…
7 to 15 connection! Never a doubt! Lol
What a fighter! The rest of the team is feeding off his enthusiasm. Love Alex as a person and of Chacter and integrity but #7 needs to be the QB of this team!
Um…well…golly…hmmmmmm…
COLIN KAEPERNICK! Starting quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers.
You watch, Harbs will say Alex is “struggling to recover” or something like that and CK7 will start next week. Prediction: Alex will only see the field again this season if he gets hurt.
The TD pass to Crabs showed me CK7 has learned how to throw an accurate, touch pass.
Hope you are right.
Peyton who
Think Crabs, Davis and Moss and Williams like Kaep?
EXACTLY!!!
If Smith were playing he’d be 15 of 17 for 2oo yards, 2 TD’s and the niners would be up 28 nothing. CK looks good, glad he’s there. But some of you guys are getting giddy like a bunch of girls around the big new man on campus.
Yeah right
Thats not true.. Smith migh be 15 for 17 but 11e is 10-05 yds and the scor
Meant to say 10- 0. Smith is accurate but not explosive. These bls in the air is great. if u havnt been watching, a big percentage of smiths yds are yards after the catch. mario has done it once tonight. this air attack is 90 CK7
Alex needs to “work through something” for the rest of the year.
Hilarious!! Very nice Rebel!!
Kaep looks like a pretty good pocket passer to me!
Yep!
I like. Alex, but Colin looks very impressive.
the offense is much more dynamic with Kap. I think it will be hard to sit him.
Rogers!
Damn Kaep!
Call the cops DS and Hofer are jumping off the Golden Gate.
Kinda like you guys during the Buffalo game. You survived. They will too.
How about that avatar pic?
Niners! #1!
Gotta problem with that?
Lol. They’re no where to be seen
Neal,
To be fair to BS, he hasn’t been on here during games. However, Hofer is going to get run over if he doesn’t get off of that bridge! And he’s got poor BS with him.
Alex will start next week.
Lets not get carried away now. He is having a good game.
Matt Flynn, Matt Cassel,Kevin Kolb. Alex will remain the starter.
NFL protocol dictates that Alex will remain the starter, probably. But we can all see what is happening here. Alex Smith’s days are numbered as the starter in Niner Land.
No doubts he looks great
This is getting ugly I love it.
Good stuff eh undercenter! Good performance all around tonight so far.
Hofer- Kaep passed the test vs #5 ranked defense! The future looks bright!
Campbell soup is down!!
Where are the Smithers
You mean the Niner fans?
Present.
Here
Been here whole game. Niners looking good.
Prime – You are a true fan, you didn’t disappear when Kaep played well.
Crabs,
He may as well have. He’s added nothing but sour grapes to the blog tonight. That’s the norm for him. He’s a sad case. He’s miserable tonight. Still flying Smith’s flag. For what???
Cause I have not seen enough to say otherwise 23 clown. When have you ever not brought hate to the blog?
Crabs, give Kap his due. It’s a tough decision now for JH. I personally did not see a huge difference in that Alex loses his job. I could care less. The only thing I have ever cared about was wins.
23j- Prime gets it, it’s fair to want more than 1 full game to be convinced. He was here, he’s got balls and I respect that. He’s a Niner fan first.
Alex will not start next week. You can bank on that…
The Bears D does not look very good.
Yeah, the Bears have a serious defense. But Jim took the blinkers off of the offense and Colin is making passes Alex cannot make, plus he reads faster and reacts in a heartbeat.
You guys don’t know Harbaugh very well. If Smith is cleared he will start next week.
Not so fast. The experiment is over
bs officiating!!
it IS odd that the most vehement Smith defenders seem to vanish on days like this…are they Niner fans, or Alex fans?
Maybe they are glued to the set :)
Which is where I’m going back to. Too much typing, not enough watching.
We’ve always known they were Alex Smith fans. That’s why I named them Smithers! Watch at seasons end when Smith is gone. The blog will be a much more peaceful place. The lightning rod will be gone.
lol! they seem curiously active during other games…
but youre right…enjoy the game, Ribico!
Hold them to 3 defense!!!
Nice play Marshall!
Proves the Smithers are only Smith fans
I’m actually happy they scored. That means our offense won’t shut it down now.
I want to see Kap go over 300 yards!
Domingo, he will if Chicago continues to score.
bad officiating gave them that TD!!
That was a gift to Las Vegas. the penalty was 101 percent bogus…
I can’t even explain it!! There is no blocking in the back on that!!
And it’s screwing my fantasy!
stupid officiating
That was a BS call that gave Chicago a 2nd chance
Hated to see us lose Costanzo. Harbaugh didn’t like him though!
Need a TD drive.
No Grant, the game isn’t over yet.
Stupid Zebras, Where is the Lions to thin out the Heard?
Damn Kap, you had em son!!!
Too bad Kap can’t throw the deep ball……….
shy again……how many times have we heard that??
Nice logo Hofer, kinda soft though! Are those balloons or a little kite. That’s cute!
Gotta get to the marker CRABS!!
Captain checkdown shoulda thrown it past the marker there, eh Jordo?
Yep.
Great coverage!!!! Wow!!
No question Alex is better on the long ball!
lol, yeah ok
Montana, what long ball? Are you kidding me?
block in the back!!! where are the refs now?
Kaep looked like Smith on that last play
See ya in Jacksonville Alex lmao
Wonder when I can order my Kap jersey?
Yesterday!
Need a 3 and out.
let’s go D!!
Nice…
game almost seems anti-climatic
am sure there a lot of creamed panties in niner fan land
Pay Goldson!!
yes!!pay the man.
Big Niner,
We will be able to pay him next year. We’ll just give him that money Alex Smith thought he was getting! Lol.
Perfect
down goes cambell!
Kap is having a ball. Campbell……. Not so much!
Cambell soup!!
Gorgeous pass
Delanie be trippin… smith would have taken a sack
Catch the ball Delaney!
Great bullit off of 1 foot. smith cant do that
Kick the field goal! 3 touchdown lead! Delaney couldn’t catch Smiths passes, no way in hell he’s gonna catch Kaps.
Akers, come on man. Was that really good??
Hofer – C’mon man, get over it. Kaep scored 30 points on 5th ranked D.
Crabs,
It’s been rumored that Hofer has jumped off of the Golden Gate Bridge. He was rumored to be with BS. Thank goodness that BS had his alien powers and caught Hofers fall and flew him to safety. They were both last seen at San Francisco general hospital, with BS’s expertise, trying to invent a helmet to prevent concussions. They ae considering the installation of a pillow top mattress to get their hero back on the field and keep him concussion free! The only problem they are having in that the helmet weighs 145 pounds with the excess padding!!
Kaep makes a great throw every drive. DELANEY dropped a Td
I was waiting for Chilo to get Aflac. He’s very good at that!
A flag I meant!
Patrick Willis is a MAN!