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What I got wrong/right about the 2018 Season




So every year or at least the 2 or 3 I post a "prediction". Last year my prediction was pretty expansive. So MANY more ways to be wrong.

What I got Wrong: Jimmy getting hurt:

Let's just jump into this. This alone basically ruined most of my predictions. The whole thing was predicated on the Jimmy effect from 2017, that now seems extremely long ago.

What I got Right: The Cowboys making the playoffs

My playoff predictions weren't bad at all. I had the Cowboys winning the NFC East and many thought that was crazy. I also had teams like the Texans. Felt pretty confident there, I liked the Chiefs but underestimated how good Mahomes would be in that division.

What I got Wrong: The Bears and a few others

I mean I missed more than I got right. Having the Niners in the playoffs screwed things up, But I got the Rams in as the top seed, Patriots on the other side. Liked the Chargers. But I missed on a bunch of teams.

What I got Right: All our wins

All 4 wins, I predicted, including Seattle in Seattle. All of the losses I predicted were losses. So I'm pretty cool with that. I knew the Raiders, Broncos, and Lions would be not good. And I knew we'd beat Seattle at least 1 time. Shanahan does well against that scheme.

What I got wrong: The record

So to go along with everything. Once Jimmy went down and Beathard played like Beathard (He's very bad) The Niners pretty much were done for the season. I do think had Mullens played against the Chargers, Packers, and Both Cardinals games we would have won half of those.

What I got right: Jeff Wilson

I saw some tape on Wilson and knew he'd end up better than Morris. So I thought it was likley he'd get some snaps. never thought it would be because there were soooooooo much of injuries.

What I got wrong: Attaucho

I mean I thought he would get snaps in an edge group that that horrendous. Like Dakota Watson, Cash Marsh, Blair, This ended up being our worst group. And I knew that. But I also thought someone like Attauchou could make the roster? Blair beat him out. And then stunk. Attauchou actually played better than all 3 of those guys. So talent evaluation was lacking there...

What I got right: The Pass Rush would struggle

The Pass Rush was actually middle of the road. I thought though the talent level would be scary and the moments where we needed a sack or a rush, or an errant pass, we never got one. Obviously the front office agreed with me. Now I will say this. I thought the biggest issue wasn't the starting base 4. Armstead Thomas Buckner and Mitchell or Blair is fine, the issue is there's no SPEED guy. I thought that would be Attauchou or possibly Pita. But Dee Ford is the best Speed pass rusher in the NFL. in a Wide 9, used in passing situations he's gonna make magic happen, when healthy.

What I got wrong: The Secondary would be bad

The Secondary was ACTUALLY the problem on Defense. People say a lot but PFF scores and game tape point it out. Colbert was horrendous then hurt, Ward was better but still bad, still hurt, Tartt was meh, then Hurt, The Best most consistent Safety we had was Antone Exum, who is like back up lvl. he also got hurt. NOT TO MENTION How bad everyone not named Sherman was at corner. And I don't think we did nearly enough to fix this. Next Week my predictions for next season.

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