(12-26-2017, 09:48 PM)JackCity Wrote: The defense was bad and Blake wasn't good enough to compensate. Both deserve blame. He's still our Achilles heel despite an awesome December stretch. He's still "Blake".

It was a 19-23 score, with 2 minutes left in the 3rd quarter when our Defense choked away this victory. We had them backed up at their own 14 yard line. Very first play went for 2 yards, but Jack gave them a free 15 yards because of a stupid taunting penalty. 1st and 10 at their own 31, instead of 2nd and 8 at their own 16.

Two plays later, they're at their own 45 and Ngakoue gives them another free 15 yards on a stupid unsportsmanlike penalty. Gave them the ball at our 40 yard line. 2 idiotic penalties that completely switched the field for them, when the game was still well in hand and we had them backed up at their own 14 to start the fun.

That drive ended with them scoring a TD and put them up 30-19. They ate up 6:30 minutes of game time and it's a completely different game at that point, than when they were only up 23-19. Blake had only thrown 1 INT at this point, his other two followed after this drive. That complete melt down by the Defense on this drive cost us this game.

edit: actually he did have 2 INT at that point, the 2nd one happened a drive or two before the above drive I'm talking about here, but that was a great play by the Defender of the 49ers.

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