Do we beat SF if Amini was healthy?

[Mr. Scot]

Secondary lost is that game. We would have dominated the first half and 2nd half would have played out as well

 

I might not put it that strongly, but they hurt us for sure.

 

We've been living all year off the notion that pass rush could make up for mediocre corners, but that kind of defense falters against a good OL.

 

[Peppers90 NC]

i cant honestly say he is worth 14 points, most skill players aren't even worth that.

[pstall]

So many close plays in this game excluding the horrendous calls.

A dropped pick 6. Ball goes thru a defenders hands on 3rd. What Cam got just a tad outside on his run to goal line? Steve gets hurt.

But I totally agree once Mitchell went out the coverage changed dramatically. He stays in I say we gut it out and win.

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[CRA]

I might not put it that strongly, but they hurt us for sure.

We've been living all year off the notion that pass rush could make up for mediocre corners, but that kind of defense falters against a good OL.

I think in the loss....people forget how good Cam looked in the first half. SF needed half time to figure it out.

That was our chance. Thanks to the secondary....instead of being up we were down. Gave SF gifts.

[pstall]

The 3 and out to start the 2nd half didnt help.

Didnt the Panthers only have 4 pos in the 2nd half? That's huge.

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[CRA]

The 3 and out to start the 2nd half didnt help.

Didnt the Panthers only have 4 pos in the 2nd half? That's huge.

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That 8 minute drive with no points was the end of the game IMO. Can't kill most of a quarter and get nothing for it. That drive actually flipped and was a big gain for SF

[d-dave]

I hope that Amini is as good as we're hoping he is.  What is that called?  Where the expectation of another is based on the ineptness of their predecessor?

 

I thought that all the preseason Buzz about Amini was that he's getting it, and was looking to be a high quality OL.  I hope that is the case.  I hope....hope....hope!

[carolina-chuck]

NO! Cmon Zod.  What kind of thought is this?

 

 

Now, maybe we do beat SF if Muhammad and Gamble was still on the team.

[CatMan72]

If ifs and buts were candy and nuts... 

 

BUT, Gross and several others have said Amini is by far the strongest OL we have - so it's reasonable to assume he would have been able to generate more push. 

[Growl]

Lol at anybody trying to pin this loss on the Defense (same predictable posters as well)

You don't win games in this league by scoring 10 points. You don't even come close to winning playoff games in this league by scoring 10 points.

24 points is a more than reasonable bar that should be reached with the stakes this high. The defense did it's job.

Shula slowing the game down when we are down two scores is what ultimately killed us.

Shula's fault.

I understand the last remaining bastion of his defenders will blindly defend him in the hills and in the streets, in the mountains and in the oceans, in the skies and on the ground, but the coaching staff trying to grind down the game when we were down two scores *is* what ultimately made the game unwinnable.

[rippadonn]

No, because the line was set and the fix was in. We had no chance and everybody told us before hand. We came out hot on offense and defense and the officials shut us down while allowing the visiting team to do anything and everything illegal they could muster. Calls and no calls it was very one sided. It wasnt a competition it was a coronation. Maybe JR and Gettlemagic will figure out which ref or crime boss to pay off next season.

We could have had Gamble, Amini, Otah or whoever, Vegas didn't care. NFL is entertainment not reality. The stage was set. The story was written before the first snap.

[mav1234]

In the first half, he probably would have had us going to halftime with a lead.

 

Not convinced he would have made a damn bit of difference in the 2nd half.

[Cpt slay a ho]

we beat them if the refs get there head out of there ass, that was one goaline stop i don't think it effected the game as much as the refs

[Guild]

Would Amini somehow have prevented the NFL from getting exactly what it wanted?  I doubt Amini can do anything when the outcome is predetermined.