Friday, September 2, 2011

Baby Steps Towards the Regular Season

Who was that guy?
You know what? That was a pretty good performance by the 49ers in their exhibition finale win over the Chargers.

For one night, Alex Smith and the starting offensive unit were cohesive, crisp and effective. Aside from giving up one big play, the first-team defense played well, too.

Was this a glimpse of what's to come, or an abberation against a decent team that sat many of their own starters? Regardless, it's nice to end the preseason with a little bit of momentum.

Well done, 49ers. Thanks for giving us something positive as you head towards the season-opener against Seattle.

1 comment:

  1. Unfortunately for the York Niners, the last pre-season game is the one you can take the least from. The only thing we learned was that Alex is capable of completing a few short dink dunk passes with no passrush playing a vanilla defense. If this had been a regular season game, they would have stacked the box against Smith and made him deal with pressure.

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