“It sucks”, Reynolds said “Because you hate to be the guy that didn’t execute or caused the play not to be successful”. “We just didn’t finish it”.
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And why they should beg our attention over the final quarter of the 2015 season.
But over the previous year and a half, Gabbert has grown as a pocket passer, and more importantly, as a pressure navigator.
While player evaluation will be important, this is no different than at other times in the first season of this coaching regime. “That’s not going to change moving forward”.
Chicago (5-6) has had an up-and-down season with no consistency whatsoever.
The San Francisco offense has not produced outlandish statistics this season, but they were able to do just enough to produce a win. “We faced a little bit of adversity at first, but I think we’re on schedule”. “This game’s only fun when you win”. When you know that it’s us against the entire stadium, that kind of gives you that extra juice.
As demoralizing as that was, defensive end Jarvis Jenkins insisted there is still plenty of motivation.
The San Francisco 49ers quarterback finished the game with 196 passing yards, one touchdown and no interceptions. “So minimizing the big plays”. Gabbert has lead San Francisco to a 1-2 record as their starting quarterback, but he has two straight losses to division rivals against the Seattle Seahawks and the Arizona Cardinals. He ended up with 84 yards rushing and 39 receiving to go with a touchdown run. The problem is both might not be around to see how good those units can get with more time as they could be favorites to land head coaching jobs elsewhere. “We got it corrected on the sideline and we were off and rolling”.
Robbie Gould missed two field goals on his 34th birthday. One of two missed kicks from Gould on the day. In one, a player picked him up and danced about while others looked on. Add in the 71-yard touchdown pass, and his performance was pretty clutch, if you are inclined to use that word, of course.
The Bears saw it firsthand, especially on the game-tying drive. Like Goldman, Young showed off his explosiveness throughout the afternoon, and he used his hands well to get opposing offensive linemen off balance.
The 49ers are clearly in rebuilding mode at 3-8 on the year, and it’s hard to imagine that they will keep Kaepernick given the amount of money he is due.
It’s something they can shoot for now, while talent analysis goes on and several goals are sought.
“Obviously that’s the ultimate goal, to get to the dance”, Long said. Gosh, we’re in every game. “These last four games are definitely going to be a test of character for the whole team”.
Jay Cutler wasn’t as sharp as in recent weeks, throwing a costly pick-six in the first quarter, his third of the season. They don’t care how they win. That fact certainly wasn’t lost on Cutler. Bears TE Martellus Bennett was helped off the field with an apparent leg injury in the third quarter but returned to the game. It’s a great job when you hit a game victor, but when you miss a potential game victor, you become the scapegoat.
GOING DEEP: With his winning grab, Smith now has three touchdowns of 70 yards or more this season. However, never even making it back into the locker room, Cutler re-entered the game on the team’s very next drive.
Operating with mostly the same supporting cast, Gabbert is now 1-1 on the road, with the 49ers on the short end in those games by just a 49-39 count.
-Even though he caught only four passes on 12 targets, Alshon Jeffery had 85 yards and made some big plays for the struggling Bears’ offense.
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Ward owed a thank-you to teammate NaVorro Bowman, who diagnosed the play at the line of scrimmage after Cutler called an audible. This doesn’t look like the guy that threw 27 touchdowns and 27 interceptions in 27 starts in Jacksonville. They were 0-5 away from home.
