But they still should have enough firepower to score more often than they did in New England.
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But he didn’t do a hell of a lot to win the game, either. Despite the doubts, San Francisco looked decent in their first game of the season against the Minnesota Vikings, where they easily won by a wide margin at Levi Stadium; 20-3.
“You saw him stepping up and not retreating or trying to escape immediately”, Bowen said. “So, we’ve got to be way better at that”. Then again, he did little in the preseason or training camp to demand playing more than three snaps or to be given the ball.
Even if the 49ers switch things up and try to have Kaepernick test out the Steelers’ suspect secondary, Carlos Hyde surely will have a say in his encore from a 168-yard, two-touchdown debut.
I will also be looking out for Dri Archer, who played just three snaps on offense, all of them coming on the final drive, and none of them resulting in a target.
There are a few things that the Niners must achieve if they wish to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The way Jim Tomsula sees it, he inherited a fully loaded quarterback when accepting the 49ers job in January.
“Something, obviously, I’ve been preparing for and the outcome was devastating”. “For whatever reason. Maybe it was better scouting or whatever, but I had always felt that”. Kaepernick had a fourth-down touchdown scramble overturned by an officials’ replay review.
“If you look at them on defense, I thought the story of the game was their ability to minimize Adrian Peterson on first-and-10, oftentimes, doing so, in two-high safety defenses”.
Jordan Berry, who was working at McDonald’s in Australia a year ago to save money to pursue his National Football League dream, ended the game with three punts for the Steelers with his longest travelling 62-yards. I have a hunch they will surprise some people and cover.
Here was a major difference as well: Last week the 49ers blitzed the Vikings with aplomb – a head-spinning 35 percent of their defensive snaps.
Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers have become more of an offensive team, being less about the hard-nosed defense.
The Steelers coach would probably rather focus on the 49ers, who the Steelers play at Heinz Field on Sunday. He’ll have plenty of family on hand, and while I think he’ll be plenty focused on football, it is still a cool story for the Pennsylvania native. It marks the first early game on the schedule, with four more still to go on the schedule. Hayne has already earned a name for himself; his outstanding performance while competing for a roster spot caught the eyes of his coaches.
“The amount of yards we had, as opposed to the amount of points, it did not add up”, Steelers guard Ramon Foster said. We have a guy that is a very talented athlete.
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The 49ers aren’t saying if he’s still their punt returner, but no one isdown on Australian rookie Jarryd Hayne, including 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
