What's Your Confidence Level For Frank Gore?

plus, a relatively soft schedule. That should lead to games being won in the first 3 quarters. I’m expecting the team to run a lot more in the 4th quarter than it has recently since they will hopefully be playing out in front and not from behind. I do expect Coffee/Dixon to get some of those late game carries, but I still see Gore getting a decent amount of chances late in games, much more so than in the past.

Voted very high. I’m expecting another huge season from Gore on an overall much improved offense.

sorry meant 2 say ‘’likes 2 vote high’‘lol,i got ’’myself mixed up’’lol boy this is some ‘’drop dead’‘.But 4 real i voted ’’high again’’cuzz i had 2 take in effect of ’’inuries’’.But i’m more excited 2 see whats behind frank gore(no pun intended) thats what really i’m looking forward 2 n now we say training camp starts ‘’in a matter of weeks n pre-season is right ’’behind that’’.

Ít all starts with the oline and that I have high expectations for so that means all areas of offense should improve on what they started last year. I think Gore will have 1300 yards

Sure it’d be cool if we could brag about how awesome our RB is, but there is a huge difference between this year and 2006, he have more weapons. In 2006 Gore needed those numbers for the teams sake, we had no recievers, Vernon wasnt any good, he was our only good running back, and Alex wasnt as good. This year we have 2 sure fire recievers in Vernon and Crabtree, maybe 3 with Morgan, Alex has a lot of potencial, and we have at least 1 more running back Im comfortable carrying the ball in Coffee. I do feel Gore will break 1000 yards again, but he doesnt need 1500 or 1600, in fact I would be upset if he got more than 300 carries simply because we have more playmakers now.

Lets look at the facts. Gore rushed for 1,120 yards last year behind an offensive line filled with practice squad rejects in key positions. He never really got any “HOLES” from the offensive line to run through. In fact, Gore has become one of the best reverse field broken play yardage gainers ever! The play would be set to go left, But Gore would know that the left side would do nothing but stalemate against the defense, so he used those few seconds the offensive line gave him to look for cutback lanes and defensive lapses by players not filling their lanes. Then he would make one cut and GO. To the tune of 1,120 yards. Now try to imagine Gore being provided REAL HOLES to run through. The Earth Movers the Niners drafted have been ingrained since Pop Warner to fire off the ball and create holes for the running back. IMAGINE Gore getting into the secondary untouched? He can make his one cut on a safety or a LB and be GONE! I see that adding 2-400 yards to his last year total. This very well might be Gore’s finest year. We know the Rookie Offensive Linemen can run block. Pass Blocking will come at a later date. So the emphasis in camp will have to be run blocking followed by intense pass blocking training to help the youngsters mesh with the other linemen. The youngsters will feel a sense of success if they can spring Gore for big yards. That is why I voted VERY HIGH confidence, because 1) I see the Niners running more this season, 2) I see the Niners offensive line forced to focus early on run blocking, and 3) Gore with HOLES = Yards! I think that Dixon will be better than people think this year, and Coffee will be much improved over last year where he suffered from the lack of holes by the offensive line. But the Lions share of carries will still be done by our workhorse Gore. Lets hope this year he doesn’t suffer his yearly ankle problem until at least game 8, to give the young offensive linemen time to improve their pass blocking skills. Now I’m not saying the Niners wont pass the ball early in the season, I’m just saying that the rookie linemen will be more comfortable in running plays early in the season. They will still pass the ball, and Smith will have to be much improved over his recent seasons. He has too many weapons and a running game that teams will have to honor. There should be open receivers who can catch the ball available to receive passes if Smith will throw them. I am really pulling for Smith this season. This really is it for him. He has been a semi bust to this point. He will probably never be the great QB you would expect from a 1st overall pick. But he may become a viable QB until the Niners can draft and groom a replacement. Smith has the ability and the weapons to succeed this year. The problem rests between his ears, and if he can overcome that problem, he will be a Good QB on a playoff team.

Because now we have a legit receiver who is going to get his fair share of chances to make plays. Gore and VD won’t have to be the entire offense anymore. He still gets his usual 1000+ and around 8-10 TD’s but I don’t think he will get as high as his 2006 season. We do have some really high hopes for our OLine and deservedly so but let’s not forget that we will most likely be playing 2 rookies on that line and talented as they may be they still have never seen NFL caliber Dlinemen before outside of practice.