Niners Nation - 49ers vs. Rams: Injury News, Analysis, Recaps"We're the San Francisco 49ers, we can do whatever we want."https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47865/ninersnation_f.png2012-11-13T06:01:12-08:00http://www.ninersnation.com/rss/stream/33951432012-11-13T06:01:12-08:002012-11-13T06:01:12-08:0049ers snap count vs. Rams: What does it reveal?
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<p>We break down the 49ers snap count for their Week 10 matchup against the St. Louis Rams.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.ninersnation.com/">49ers</a> marathon game with the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/st-louis-rams">St. Louis Rams</a> ended up with some pretty sizable numbers in the snap count. The special teams had a season high 33 snaps and the defense also had a season high of 83 plays. This is no surprise, but still crazy to consider the sheer volume involved.</p>
<p>The team went with a bit more balanced defense this week, going back and forth quite a bit between the base defense and extra defensive backs. In previous weeks there has been some discussion about Ricky Jean Francois eventually moving past Isaac Sopoaga on the depth chart, but Ice was back taking the big portion of snaps at nose tackle.</p>
<p>Chris Culliver ended up getting in on 54% of the snaps, while Tarell Brown and Carlos Rogers each had 100% of the snaps. Rogers seems to be struggling at times out there and it leaves me wondering if we'll start to see Culliver rotated in further and further. I'm not holding my breath to see that anytime soon, but it is something to pay attention to as the season wears on.</p>
<p>The 49ers went with fewer of the third tight end and extra offensive lineman heavy formations. Tight end Garrett Celek did not make an appearance on offense. Leonard Davis had one offensive snap, but it was only to replace Mike Iupati when the left guard got hurt on one play.</p>
<p>You can read through the entire Gamebook <a href="http://nflgsis.com/2012/Reg/10/55647/Gamebook.pdf" target="_blank">HERE (PDF)</a>.</p>
<p>Offense had 66 total plays.</p>
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<p><b># of Plays</b></p>
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<p><b>Name</b></p>
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<p>66 (100%)</p>
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<p><span>Joe Staley</span>, <span>Alex Boone</span>, Anthony Davis, , <span>Jonathan Goodwin</span>, <span>Vernon Davis</span></p>
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<p>65 (98%)</p>
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<td valign="top" width="529">
<p><span>Mike Iupati</span></p>
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<p>54 (82%)</p>
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<p><span>Frank Gore</span></p>
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<p>50 (76%)</p>
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<td valign="top" width="529">
<p><span>Michael Crabtree</span></p>
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<p>43 (65%)</p>
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<td valign="top" width="529">
<p><span>Colin Kaepernick</span></p>
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<p>38 (58%)</p>
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<td valign="top" width="529">
<p><span>Mario Manningham</span></p>
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<p>30 (45%)</p>
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<p>Kyle Williams</p>
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<p>27 (41%)</p>
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<td valign="top" width="529">
<p><span>Bruce Miller</span>, <span>Delanie Walker</span></p>
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<p>24 (36%)</p>
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<p><span>Randy Moss</span></p>
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<p>23 (35%)</p>
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<p>Alex Smith</p>
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<p>11 (17%)</p>
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<p><span>Kendall Hunter</span></p>
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<p>2 (3%)</p>
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<p><span>Ted Ginn Jr.</span></p>
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<p>1 (2%)</p>
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<p><span>Will Tukuafu</span>, <span>Leonard Davis</span></p>
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<p><br>Defense had 83 total plays.</p>
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<p><b># of Plays</b></p>
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<p><b>Name</b></p>
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<p>83 (100%)</p>
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<p><span>Tarell Brown</span>, <span>Donte Whitner</span>, <span>Carlos Rogers</span></p>
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<p>82 (99%)</p>
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<p><span>Dashon Goldson</span>, <span>Aldon Smith</span>, <span>Ahmad Brooks</span></p>
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<p>81 (98%)</p>
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<td valign="top" width="529">
<p><span>NaVorro Bowman</span></p>
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<p>80 (96%)</p>
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<td valign="top" width="529">
<p><span>Patrick Willis</span></p>
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<p>78 (94%)</p>
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<td valign="top" width="529">
<p><span>Ray McDonald</span></p>
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<p>76 (92%)</p>
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<td valign="top" width="529">
<p><span>Justin Smith</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="109">
<p>45 (54%)</p>
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<td valign="top" width="529">
<p><span>Chris Culliver</span></p>
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<p>33 (40%)</p>
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<td valign="top" width="529">
<p><span>Isaac Sopoaga</span></p>
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<p>13 (16%)</p>
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<p><span>Ricky Jean Francois</span></p>
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<p>5 (6%)</p>
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<p><span>Perrish Cox</span>, Demarcus Dobbs</p>
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<p>1 (1%)</p>
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<p><span>Clark Haggans</span>, <span>C.J. Spillman</span></p>
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<p><br>Here is the special teams breakdown for the entire team</p>
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<p><b>Name</b></p>
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<p>33 (100%)</p>
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<p><span>Demarcus Dobbs</span></p>
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<p>23 (70%)</p>
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<p>C.J. Spillman, Anthony Dixon, <span>Tavares Gooden</span>, <span>Larry Grant</span>, Bruce Miller</p>
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<p>22 (67%)</p>
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<p><span>Tramaine Brock</span>, <span>Darcel McBath</span></p>
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<p>12 (36%)</p>
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<p>Will Tukuafu</p>
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<p>11 (33%)</p>
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<p>Ted Ginn Jr., Dashon Goldson, Perrish Cox, <span>Brian Jennings</span>, <span>Andy Lee</span>, <span>David Akers</span></p>
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<p>8 (24%)</p>
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<td valign="top" width="529">
<p><span>Garrett Celek</span>, <span>Daniel Kilgore</span>, Delanie Walker, Chris Culliver</p>
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<p>6 (18%)</p>
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<td valign="top" width="529">
<p>NaVorro Bowman</p>
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<p>5 (15%)</p>
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<td valign="top" width="529">
<p>Joe Staley, Alex Boone, Anthony Davis, Mike Iupati, Leonard Davis, Tarell Brown, Aldon Smith, Ahmad Brooks, Patrick Willis, Ray McDonald, Ricky Jean Francois</p>
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https://www.ninersnation.com/2012/11/13/3637958/49ers-snap-count-vs-st-louis-ramsDavid Fucillo2012-11-11T18:10:22-08:002012-11-11T18:10:22-08:00What the hell am I supposed to feel right now?
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<p>We take a look at the confusion of a tie and how we're supposed to feel.</p> <p>I was "fortunate" enough to get a chance to attend the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.ninersnation.com/">49ers</a>-<a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/st-louis-rams">Rams</a> game today, observing from the press box. I say fortunate with quotation marks because I don't really how much I could have enjoyed what we all just observed. After the game, Jim Harbaugh was asked about how he felt about a tie and he said he really didn't know how he felt.</p>
<p>A tie is better than a loss but worse than a win. That's fairly logical. However, given that the 49ers had no business winning this game, I can understand the conflicting feelings. You could argue in some sense a tie was a gift, and in another sense, they blew a lot of opportunities. It is just a confused, muddled feeling. I am sure some people are very clear on how they feel, and others like me who are just wondering what the hell just happened.</p>
<p>Whatever the case, the 49ers are 6-2-1 and still in first place in the NFC West. They lost half a game to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.fieldgulls.com/">Seahawks</a>, which of course sucks. But they didn't lose the full game, so I guess there's that. As I said, I just don't know what the [site decorum] to think right now. Maybe a night's sleep will help.</p>
<p>All I know is I can root for the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.battleredblog.com/">Texans</a> tonight.</p>
https://www.ninersnation.com/2012/11/11/3633454/49ers-rams-tie-jim-harbaugh-feelingsDavid Fucillo2012-11-11T17:16:12-08:002012-11-11T17:16:12-08:0049ers, Rams end in 24-24 tie game
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<p>The San Francisco 49ers played a horrible game, and came away with ... a tie against the St. Louis Rams on Sunday, after a scoreless overtime period.</p> <p>Your benevolent dictator, Fooch, is at the game, so I've got the postgame recap/thread for ya'll. I didn't watch a good portion of the game as I just got paid for the first time in three months and was putting together furniture all day. What I did see, I didn't like ... not one bit. I wrote some notes, and then I wrote a good portion of this as I watched the final couple drives so it gets pretty long-winded. If you want it short and sweet: you wasted four hours of your life watching a meaningless tie game. Congrats.</p>
<p>St. Louis came out and marched for a pair of touchdowns while the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.ninersnation.com/">49ers</a> defense woke up from a comatose state. Mistakes were made on both sides of the ball, and starting quarterback Alex Smith went down with a concussion early in the second quarter and did not return.</p>
<p>From there, it was <span>Colin Kaepernick</span> time and ... there was something of a rough start. He missed a lot of passes and generally looked like he was panicking, but he ended up coming to life near the end of the third and the start of the fourth. It helps that <span>Frank Gore</span> is really awesome, too.</p>
<p>Kaepernick ended up rushing for a touchdown that ... may not have been a touchdown if you really look at it, but there wasn't nearly enough evidence to overturn it. Then, the 49ers forced a fumble on the ensuing kickoff and Gore scored on a quick touchdown to give San Francisco the 21-17 lead with about nine minutes to play.</p>
<p>Of course, the Rams converted <i>another</i> fake punt from deep in their own territory and managed to drive all the way down the field and score a touchdown. The 49ers' defense was just unprepared and came out flat for that drive.</p>
<p>San Francisco came back out on offense, picked up some nice yardage, and then Kaepernick threw a 2-yard pass for some reason. Thankfully, the Rams had to take an injury timeout, and Kaepernick made another decent run for a first down, and then hit Kyle Williams for another one. Frank Gore then picked up 9 yards and the 49ers were in field goal range. They then went to Kendall Hunter, who neglected to go out of bounds to San Francisco burned their last timeout with 11 seconds to go from the 15-yard line.</p>
<p>They then decided to take a shot at the end zone and Kaepernick missed Kyle Williams ... which was good, because it was likely he wouldn't have got out of bounds. So it was a 33-yard field goal and David Akers made it without issue, making the game a tie at 24-24.</p>
<p>Rams received to start overtime and the 49ers got stupid lucky. There was about to be an 80+ yard pass, but it was brought back due to a penalty, that appeared to be personnel related. It was illegal formation by the looks of it. So the Rams had to punt. That was scary.</p>
<p>San Francisco came out, Michael Crabtree made a big catch for a first down, Kaepernick ran some more, and they got into field goal range. Akers came out for a 41-yard attempt ... and he missed it. So that happened.</p>
<p>St. Louis came back out, and the 49ers defense, once again, looked terrible. They picked up a few first downs, got into field goal range (they ran the ball a bunch and were successful). They ended up with a 53-yard field goal attempt and it was good ... wait no, it was a delay of game. So now it's a 58-yard attempt. And he missed it.</p>
<p>THEY DON'T WANT ME TO EVER STOP WRITING</p>
<p>San Francisco gets the ball near midfield, and Kaepernick doesn't throw to a wide open player in the flat with a lot of room to run. Instead, he prefers to run it himself, picking up 2 yards. So yay on that one. Then, he gets sacked, and the 49ers punt it. The Rams come out again, Sam Bradford throws a terrible pass, but they get a nice call from the refs on defensive holding.</p>
<p>Bradford falls down in front of Aldon Smith, and the Rams receivers ... walk back to the line of scrimmage. They clock it with five seconds left, well out of field goal range on a 3rd and 18. Then they get a delay of game, and ... well, this one is over. 24-24 tie game.</p>
<p>Anyway, general recap aside, here's some random notes and stuff I made when I <i>was</i> watching the game.</p>
<p><b>BECAUSE WHY NOT - </b>It's just like this team to go out and lose to a team like the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/st-louis-rams">St. Louis Rams</a>. They are not a good football team, and they went out and walked all over us in the first quarter. And then, in the third quarter, they started to do it again. Hooray. The final score is inconsequential, if San Francisco played that way against a better team, they'd have been down by four touchdowns, not two.</p>
<p><b>KAEPERNACTION IS ... NOT GOOD? - </b>Kaepernick is <i>so bad</i> looking down the field. It's almost like he's going through the motions when he looks as though he's got his eyes downfield. He missed <span>Vernon Davis</span> multiple times, and didn't even see Kyle Williams running open for a touchdown that, as the commentary team noted, would have been good from 1,000 yards. Obviously, we can't expect him to come into the game and exercise all of the fundamentals you expect from a starter, but man, he needs to take a step back and let it slow down for him.</p>
<p><b>WHAT RUSH DEFENSE? - </b>Steven Jackson has been bad this year. I know he's our rival and all of that, but the stats back it up. With the ball in his hands, he has not been a good running back. Maybe it's the rivalry that changed him, but he started out great today and played like the guy we've known him as for years. The rush defense had an awful lot to do with that, though. Guys were missing tackles, tripping and falling all over themselves and generally ... being not good.</p>
<p><b>BUT GORE IS BETTER - </b>I wrote, prior to the game, that Gore has outlasted his running back rival, Jackson. He has the longevity, and in 2012, he's a much, much better running back. There are times when Gore looks a little slow, but there's other times when he looks better than ever. I love watching him just run into guys and come out of the collision running at a full clip.</p>
<p><b>DARN - </b>Pretty sure Kaepernick was out for that rushing touchdown BUT, I will say that the call was correct, in that there was not enough evidence to overturn it. Thankful for the bad angle. Thanks NFL!</p>
<p><b>OH, CULLY - </b>Chris Culliver has not been very good this season. He can lock down some seriously big plays and he's very fast, but he got beat constantly during this game. He was tripping and falling over himself. I'm a big fan of this guy but he makes too many silly mistakes.</p>
<p><b>LOL REFS - </b>God, they were horrible. On both sides.</p>
<p><b><i>We were going to have a Sunday Night Football thread, but let's just use this, OK? OK.</i></b></p>
https://www.ninersnation.com/2012/11/11/3632346/49ers-vs-rams-final-score-alex-smith-concussion-colin-kaepernickJames Brady2012-11-11T15:40:23-08:002012-11-11T15:40:23-08:0049ers-Rams fourth quarter thread
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<p>We provide an open thread for the fourth quarter of 49ers-Rams.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.ninersnation.com/">49ers</a> enter the fourth quarter trailing the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/st-louis-rams">St. Louis Rams</a> 17-7. The Rams were driving down the field thanks to some big plays and some bigger penalties, but the 49ers defense stiffened up inside their 10. The 49ers start the fourth quarter with the ball and looking to make something, anything happen. <span>Colin Kaepernick</span> came in for Alex Smith after Smith suffered a concussion. Thus far CK hasn't been able to do much of anything. Let's hope that changes in the fourth quarter.</p>
https://www.ninersnation.com/2012/11/11/3632750/49ers-vs-rams-fourth-quarter-open-threadDavid Fucillo2012-11-11T15:03:21-08:002012-11-11T15:03:21-08:0049ers third quarter, Colin Kaepernick thread
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<p>We provide an open thread for discussion of the third quarter of 49ers-Rams</p> <p>Well, this game got a whole lot more interesting rather quickly. Alex Smith was knocked out of the game with a concussion after taking a big hit from <span>Jo-Lonn Dunbar</span>. <span>Colin Kaepernick</span> has taken over at quarterback and will captain the ship the rest of the way.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.ninersnation.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">49ers</a> trail 14-7 entering the second half and will need to step up in the second half. The defense struggled on the Rams first two drives, but stiffened up after that and kept the Rams from doing any more damage. The Rams start the second half with the ball, so we'll see if the defense can take over this thing.</p>
<p><b>GO NINERS!</b></p>
https://www.ninersnation.com/2012/11/11/3632700/49ers-vs-rams-third-quarter-kaepernick-threadDavid Fucillo2012-11-11T14:39:05-08:002012-11-11T14:39:05-08:00Alex Smith suffers concussion vs. Rams
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<p>In a big turn of events, QB <span>Colin Kaepernick</span> has entered the game in place of Alex Smith. On the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.ninersnation.com/">49ers</a> touchdown-scoring drive, Alex Smith took a couple big hits, including an instance where he dove/slid shoulder-first and took a big hit from <span>Jo-Lonn Dunbar</span>. We now have confirmation that Alex Smith has suffered a concussion and is out for the rest of the game.</p>
<p>The trainers were talking with Smith, including the team's concussion expert before he left the game for the locker room. The announcers confirmed the concussion, which means Colin Kaepernick is the 49ers quarterback the rest of the game. Kaepernick came in for his first drive and was unable to do much to move the offense. Kaepernick picked up ten yards on an early scramble, but a holding penalty a couple plays later cost the team a first down and they had to punt.</p>
<p>The 49ers trail 14-7 and will look for some kind of life from Kaepernick to get things going.</p>
https://www.ninersnation.com/2012/11/11/3632556/colin-kaepernick-replaces-alex-smith-49ers-vs-ramsDavid Fucillo2012-11-11T14:03:48-08:002012-11-11T14:03:48-08:0049ers-Rams second quarter thread
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<p>Second quarter game thread for 49ers-Rams in Week 10.</p> <p>Well, this is not quite what everybody had in mind. The <a href="https://www.ninersnation.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">49ers</a> are trailing 14-0 and completely sleep-walking through this game. The <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/st-louis-rams" class="sbn-auto-link">Rams</a> defense has had no trouble containing the 49ers offense, and the Rams offense is absolutely rolling over the 49ers defense.</p>
<p>The Rams scored their first touchdown on a Bradford pass to <span>Brian Quick</span>, on a play that saw <span>Chris Culliver</span> fall down. The Rams added their second touchdown on a seven yard run by Steven Jackson. That play capped off a seven play, 93-yard drive. The Rams are dominating, although the 49ers did get a pair of first downs to close the first quarter. It's not pretty quite yet, but hopefully the 49ers can build on it moving forward.</p>
<p><b>GO NINERS!</b></p>
https://www.ninersnation.com/2012/11/11/3632152/49ers-vs-rams-second-quarter-open-threadDavid Fucillo