This is the live blog for the third quarter of the 49ers Week 13 game against the Rams in St. Louis. I’ll update this frequently with information and analysis from my living room.
11:35 The 49ers get the ball first. They start at their 20 yard line.
11:37 Kaepernick scrambles for six yards on first down, Gore gains one yard on second down, and on third and three, Kaepernick fires to Crabtree, but Crabtree doesn’t turn his head quickly enough, so the pass falls incomplete. The 49ers go three and out and punt. The Rams take over at their 22 yard line.
11:39 Greg Roman is getting outcoached by Jeff Roman. It seems Fisher knows Romans tendencies. The Rams look ready for everything Roman calls.
11:45 The Rams drive down to the 49ers’ 36, and on third and nine Bradford dumps it off to Jackson, who breaks a Goldson tackle and picks up 22 yards.
11:48 On third and 8 from the 11, Bradford targets Rogers in the slot, and hits Pettis for a 7 yard gain. The Rams want to go for it on fourth and 1 from the 4. They call timeout.
11:51 Bradford throws it up to Pettis in the end zone and Tarell Brown knocks the pass away. Great play. 49ers take over on down at their four yard line.
11:56 Greg Roman calls two boring runs up the middle on first and second down and go backward. On third down, Kaepernick bails out Roman by throwing a 14-yard dart to Manningham to convert. Next play, Roman calls a play action pass and the Rams see it coming. They blitz, the O-line doesn’t pick it up, Kaepernick scrambles away and tries to throw the ball away from the end zone, but the pass doesn’t make it back to the line of scrimmage. Safety 7-2. Mike Perreira says the refs made the incorrect call – it should not have been a safety. Either way, it’s Rams ball.
12:01 Aldon Smith is flagged for a holding on the first play, but the 49ers force the Rams to go three-and-out after that. The Rams pin the punt at the 1 yard line.
12:07 Kaepernick gets the 49ers out of their own end zone with two beautiful passes to Crabtree – the first for 10 yards on a slant, the second for 22 yards on a an out route. Kaepernick had to put touch on the long out because there was a defender in front of Crabtree. Two big throws to end the third quarter.
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Ill take 6.
Jeff Fisher is a much better defensive coordinator/head coach then Greg Roman. Time to get in the game Jim, as you had said that Roman calls all the plays, he is clueless in St. Louis
Outta sync is what you get with change.
whats up with Crabtree and his alligator arms?
Target Manningham, not Crabs. Crabs is lost today.
lol.
AAAAAAAAAAAAND, Rib’s amazing, blood-curdling butthurt continues.
Bad decision there. Crabs was doubled inside. I saw a receiver wide open on the edge.
I’m so glad AS isn’t in there. His boring consistency. Getting more than 7 points in a half you spend the whole time on the Rams side. That isn’t acceptable.
Poor BS, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AND ALL THAT IS HOLY, HIS ANUS is BLEEDING!…
:)
Offense is mighty boring. Looking elementary. Kaep looks absolutely lost out there right now. O line certainly not helping.
No more surprise element or unknown with Kap. Fisher putting together a masterful defensive game plan. I said all week, Fisher will have a good game plan and he has rattled CK.
I’m a 49er fan before all else, but I’ll admit I was very skeptical about the switch to Kaep. Thus far, the offense is not a bit more impressive than it was with Smith. Kaep has extended plays, but it hasn’t led to much.
I’m increasingly skeptical after that first half/first drive of the second, for the following reason: The kid needs time to grow, and we don’t have time for Kaep to go through growing pains right now! We’re in the middle of a playoff run, trying to get the division, home field advantage, at least the number two seed. Would REALLY appreciate a defensive score right now.
Might be ok as long as the defense continues holding the Rams tonopoints. Offense looks flat.
IF we lose this game, do we go back to Smith who has a proven record, or do we risk throwing away a possible Superbowl appearance?
Smith is done. What the hell could he possibly provide us in this game that Kaep does not? More sacks?
How ’bout a better job at the line of scrimmage?
“Show me that smile again.. Don’t waste another minute…..” Theme song from the show, Growing Pains…
The D gonna have to keep it going!!
Defense starting to loosen up. Kaep needs to lead us on a drive next possession.
I wish the niners would have been more creative in this game. I was hoping we would have James out there and maybe they would try some no huddle- read option- oregon type stuff. They could still try some no huddle-
Yep. Wide open receiver missed and no mention that the ball was probably thrown too hard with no touch. I like CK and I’m rooting for him, but this ‘CK can do no wrong’ coverage means I’m going to switch for some objective analysis.
I agree james
Couldn’t be that Fischer knows Kap’s tendencies. No, gotta be inside Roman’s head!
/bias
That was close
Great tackle Goldson!
They need to get CK going on bootlegs and roll outs. Interested to see what Jack will find on downfield coverages in his film study.
Can’t expect the defense to play fantastic all game. We need a drive soon on offense. Give the guys a break!
why?was’nt that the only Reason Alex ever won a game…because of the great defense?
Get off your blocks Bowman.
Hold em to a fg
Starting to look like the last game vs rams. Niners have lost initiative
Can we please go with the other hot hand now? This hand has frozen.
Doesnt he get 8 yrs to prove himself? ;-)
Lol
I agree that Smith’s had his chances, but be honest with yourself: Smith has had exactly one and half years with competent coaching and a reasonable supporting cast.
A 2-14 team has that luxury. This team? Not so much.
Not switching hands dude. Get a girlfriend!
Yea but that “other hand” whole body is frozen on the sideline ms. smither.
We can’t let Alex play today DS..we would run out of kleenex for Jordan,Neal,and Fourth&Alex
If the Rams score here, the offense is going to have to step up quick.
No question. If we hold the rams to a field goal and put 7 more on the board we can gain some momentum and lean on them with the lead till they wear down in the second half.
Play of the game. Come on DDDD!!!
Hlold em
OK D get tough big play
Lmao!!! Bs makes an apperence to slam ck. we’d be shut out if Smith was playing. Balee dat!
Yep
Shut out cause Smith would have handed it off differently?
Fisher going for it cause he knows 49er offense is struggling?
Like you are with the QB change!:( bwahahaha!
Rams will kick the field goal after the timeout. Thru are about to get STONED on 4th if they don’t. Lets go DDDD!
Wrong!
YEA!
Nice stand!!!!
That’s my DDDD!!!
Big play!!!
Rams shoulda done a fake FG attempt instead.
Phuck Yeah D!!
A tough rivalry game. Who wants it more.
Alright D!
Gore Time.
All right TB great paly
Defense bailing out the offense
Way to conservative.
Go CK – another record setting drive!
They’re protecting Kaep too much backed up near the end zone. Turn him loose, take a chance, see what you got!
And there you see the beauty of Kaepernick. Alex doesn’t make this throw, ever.
Sweet!
Fisher has got this team playing hard. Peep the crowd noise. They are fired up man!
Laser show, back on schedule!
That is what I am talking about
G ro is toooooooooo conservative!! he’s killing this offense.
That was dumb.
great just great!!!!! this offense sucks right now.
O-line is garbage today.
Can my boy Brown get some love here now?
Terrible.
This is why experience matters.
Mike Solari poor coaching this week. O-line not prepared for multiple looks.
Good calls ref
Bad play Kap. Can’t ride with you on that one. Gotta get rid of the ball.
Wow horrible horrible play by Kaep there. Runs 15 yards back. Talk about opening up the playbook. This offense is absolutely pathetic today. Kaep showing his inexperience.
That was the argument!
Gore missed his block
Krap.
Alex Smith would not have made such a foolish rookie mistake.
Snooze
+1. Thats where the trade-off is.
And it was the right call by the refs, Kap should not have run that far back, he could have thrown it away outside of the end zone or taken the sack and no points would be on the board for STL. Killer after the big 3rd down conversion.
He Ed…. Wrong! It was a bad call. Think!!!
Interesting that Kaep is having a bad game but there seems to be no move to insert the Precious.
I guess the coaches prefer a bad Kaep over Alex.
That was not IG. The line of scrimmage was crossed where the ball landed. The out of bounds doesn’t matter.
Still, a bad play by Kaep.
Bad calls ref
Another bull*hit call
We got jobbed on the call because coach didn’t know the rule.
You can put this on CK.
Jeff Fisher is outcoaching JH and GR.
Again.
Can’t put this on CK.
Lets go DDDD!
Roman is killing this offense. !!!!11I hate this guy!!!!!! way overated!!
Help.
Lot of excuses. Sometimes you just take the sack. Alot of the excuses used for Kap today were once used for Alex and the Kap Supporters lambasted the Smith Supporters for it.
I said that and my post got deleted I think!
Or maybe the “excuses” have some merit, Kaepernick hasn’t been great today but the playcalling has been lacking, wrs have dropped balls, and the pass-blocking has been hit or miss. Maybe this team isn’t perfection outside of the qb position as people have been saying all year?
Same thing could be said for lots of games with Smith.
right you are…
Wow again. Bad call. So shut it haters
Freakin refs don’t know the rules!!!!!
Comment of the year Jordan
Its a good thing our QB ran 20 yards back to avoid that sack, oh wait No its not. Im sure AS would ahve taken the 3 yrd loss and not tried to use his superior legs
Can’t argue with that. Would have only been a 6-7 yard loss on Alex. Still, I like what I see from the kid.
Good thing the D came to play
Watch the fake!!!!!!
No more safeties, please…
Adam
That is why AS says it is ok to take a sack. Before the endzone. No Safety. No points given up.
This game is as I’ve feared. Thank God for our D/ST saving CK’s led offense. An awful lot of checkdowns and pressures.
Stop being a hater DS. Your man crushed would of been sacked at least 6 times this game.
At least 100 times. That’s the first half alone.
just stop Neal…watch your savior CK..looks good huh?
Hey, bad play by CK. can’t argue that. Still, I fail to see how an Alex led offense is somehow torching the Rams right now.
CK made the right play- had the refs called it correctly there is no sack, no points and 2nd down.
What a kick! Niners backed up on the 1 yrd line this is going to be tough.
Throw on first down.
The Offense has to man up and make plays. Clearly CK is not having a good day. They need to pick it up for him.
If you want to be the bully, you better bully up.
Another safety coming?
Flag
Great starting field position. lets see how quick a learner CK is and if he’s more carefull in this part of the field
Refs are killing us
O line killing us!
Hard for the O-line NOT to hold in this situation…Rams are shooting the gaps, really hitting it.
Sweet
Huh, seems like it takes to win. Who’d have thunk it.
Nice.
Good catch crabs!!!
And another beautiful play made by Kaep backed up.
Nice CK that was very nice
Good coverage too!
Flag again
Penalties!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Finally MC! Nice catch
Keep hating on Kap
Nobody is “hating” on Kaep, as near as I can tell. There’s a skepticism that some people hold because, especially on this blog, an irrational dislike of Alex Smith led many people to criticize his every move and claim that Kaep was the answer. So far this game, against a coach who planned for Kaep and a good D, he’s been little better than Smith – if not worse.
What a freakin pass!!!
Sick pass 23J!!
What a throw.
What’s up with the play calling? Nothing down field, the Rams are pressing the line, come on Roman put the hot dog down!!!
Nice throw there.
MC…….Nice catch 22 yards and talkin smack to big-mouth Rams CB’s.
Great touch , Kap!
AS would never of made that throw in a million years, what I mean is that he would not even try.
Two million years.
3 million years..
Agree with Moose johnson, Kap is making some nice throws on this drive
They’re going to have to live by Kaep. Gore is getting nothing right now. O-line with no push in the running game.
No rhythm, no balance, no explosive plays, conservative play calling because they have no faith in the QB, very concerning.
When you idiots say Smith can’t make that throw, that’s an ignorant comment!
2 weeks in a row offense in complete discombobilation!
No faith in the QB? You are talking about the one sitting on the bench, right?
Crabtree is fired up! Nice play
Nice pitch and catch
And yet another pew pew laser from Kaep on the slant. Defense is playing off worrying about Kaep’s big play extending ability.
O-line FINALLY starting to give Kap time to throw.
I’m loving these bang bang slants with the howitzer under center.
Looked like a designed draw
Ha throw the slant every play? Why not?!?
Missed Moss. Wide open!
With the way the D has played today that should be ballgame.
Is this the type of Offense we envisioned for a deep playoff run? Once teams get enough time to study it, its no longer innovative. I have confidence in Kap, because he has more promise than other “dual threat” QBs.
Agreed
I don’t understand what Romans calling, thank God for that D and special teams.
Gore averaging 2.5 yards per carry today. O-line is getting schooled in the running game.
The Cowboy!!
How do keep getting manhandled by Jackson 3rd downs?
Same as last game where S. Jackson seems to have room to run after the catch on 3rd down. Too much open space underneath for him.
This game may come down to a turnover.
None yet right? The Rams were the ones who almost strip sacked Kap last time so hopefully the O line will keep their blocking strong
Jackson is looking all pro today against our D
woops