The Game Prediction Thread - Week 17 - The Commanders vs. The Niners

[Est.1974]

52-17, reverse outcome from 20 years back.

[BurgundyBooger]

Hope they don't hold back:

 

49ers: 52

Snyder's Remnants: 10

[srtman04]

I hope they annihilate us this week.  I can't believe I'm actually saying something like that for the team I love.....but I truly believe it's for the best for long term success of this franchise.  

[88Comrade2000]

Sam is benched and Jacoby is starting. Jacoby is going to pull the upset.

[markmills67]

15 minutes ago, 88Comrade2000 said:

Sam is benched and Jacoby is starting. Jacoby is going to pull the upset.

Can't believe Harris hasn't stepped in and told Mr Useless (sorry Rivera), to bench our best players for the last 2 games. Which would guarantee a top 4 pick.

[Dan T.]

Commanders 74, Forty Niners 3.

[El Mexican]

2 hours ago, 88Comrade2000 said:

Sam is benched and Jacoby is starting. Jacoby is going to pull the upset.

Oh no RR really did it!

 

But don't fear my fellow masochists, if Brisset pulls the upset this will only cement Ron's inability to spot good talent.

He rolled the dice with Howell and turns out it was WRONG decision. 

 

How on Earth can you not see the other guy is better when QB is the most important spot on your team? HOW?

 

The season should have started out IN REVERSE: start Brisset until you get a good evaluation of his ceiling.

THEN hand over the reins to Howell. Otherwise it just looks like you've given up on your boy!

[Voice_of_Reason]

1 hour ago, markmills67 said:

Can't believe Harris hasn't stepped in and told Mr Useless (sorry Rivera), to bench our best players for the last 2 games. Which would guarantee a top 4 pick.

He can't.  He'd look like a meddling new owner.

 

And for whatever reason, Ron is still extremely well respected around the league.

 

This will be entirely shocking, but if there are really 10 head coaching gigs, it wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility he gets some interviews.  They'll throw all the bad stuff on Dan and say he got a bad shake.  

[CobraCommander]

3 hours ago, Voice_of_Reason said:

He can't.  He'd look like a meddling new owner.

 

And for whatever reason, Ron is still extremely well respected around the league.

 

This will be entirely shocking, but if there are really 10 head coaching gigs, it wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility he gets some interviews.  They'll throw all the bad stuff on Dan and say he got a bad shake.  

Doubt it. I can’t recall one HC that we moved on from that Snyder hired and got a HC gig in this league. Did he hire Marty Shotenheimer? 

[spjunkies]

I'm a SF fan this week.

 

49ers - 42

Whatever Ron puts on the field- 13

[Sacks 'n' Stuff]

7 minutes ago, CobraCommander said:

Did he hire Marty Shotenheimer? 

Yeah

[NoCalMike]

Well well well.....we find ourselves right back into being the "get right" opponent for a playoff bound team.  

 

49ers W....however they choose.

[CobraCommander]

4 hours ago, Sacks 'n' Stuff said:

Yeah

For one year. So he didn’t even have a chance to ruin his legacy or stop his career dead its tracks like he did with every other coach he hired. 

[HoggLife]

I was pretty spot on last week. I know the 49ers pretty well so I'm thinking :

 

S.F. 45

Washington 16

[ntotoro]

15 hours ago, CobraCommander said:

Doubt it. I can’t recall one HC that we moved on from that Snyder hired and got a HC gig in this league. Did he hire Marty Shotenheimer? 

 

Schott did take go 4-12, 12-4 & 14-2 in his first three years with the Chargers, post-Snyder. He was fired after that 14-2 season, IIRC. Rivera doesn't have even a whiff of that success with this team. He may be respected around the league, but he doesn't have results. Can't blame Snyder, either. Snyder was the only one who gave him a call post-Carolina and his on-field record has only been tainted ever since.

[GoDeep81]

Ugliness, horror and violence 

[skinsfan66]

The Snyder curse is gone, we hope. We got by the Jets and a little more luck with NE playing good D. Easy win for 49ers and with a little more luck this week from others this board will be nuts for the finale game of the season for the Team.

[Hdf561]

I’ll be at this game and I’m looking forward to seeing a fantastic football team…and the guys from Washington also. 
 

San Fran: 40

Commies: 13

 

Brisett hits them with a deep ball TD on the first drive and then San Francisco remembers they are them and the Commies are who they are and beat us so bad we recreate the meme from the Simpsons “Stop it he is dead already” 

 

 

[zCommander]

 

[skinsmania123]

On 12/27/2023 at 2:18 PM, El Mexican said:

Oh no RR really did it!

 

But don't fear my fellow masochists, if Brisset pulls the upset this will only cement Ron's inability to spot good talent.

He rolled the dice with Howell and turns out it was WRONG decision. 

 

How on Earth can you not see the other guy is better when QB is the most important spot on your team? HOW?

 

The season should have started out IN REVERSE: start Brisset until you get a good evaluation of his ceiling.

THEN hand over the reins to Howell. Otherwise it just looks like you've given up on your boy!

No. Brissett is a career backup, and he has made a lot of money like Fitz used to do going from team to team. It was not wrong to start Howell.  He earned it in pre-season and played well in the beginning of the season. So, it was not a "roll of the dice."  Yes, Sam made boneheaded mistakes, and I am not excusing that, but he was forced to throw 64% of the time behind an anemic O line and no variation in the schemes being run.  There was nothing in the game planning of EB that focused on balance.  EB IMO demonstrated inflexibility, and a determination to keep the same plan even when it faltered.  I noticed the calls changed when Jacoby came in last week, and I thought, that was what Sam needed. There was balance between passing and the run, short to intermediate passing....a different look.  

 

BUT I do not believe that San Francisco will lose this game, mainly because of our secondary.  The only thing that keeps this close is perhaps Purdy playing poorly again. 

[ExoDus84]

Gonna be the crowning jewel of Ron's tenure here. A real capper to a stellar run.

 

49ers: 38

Tuddy's: 9

 

Bold prediction: Chase Young almost gets a sack. Almost.

[Renegade7]

On 12/26/2023 at 10:22 PM, CovingtonCommander said:

The niners will be coming off a short week and traveling 3000 miles to DC. If Brissett starts this will be closer than people think.

 

49ers 38

Commanders 24

 

Wishful thinking.

 

49ers are also on a mission to keep their 1st round bye...Ravens are probably the best team in the NFL right now, put the whole NFC in its place.

 

Only thing I'm more sure of getting right on our dysfunction is Young getting zero sacks against us. In context, he doesn't need to.

 

[El Mexican]

9 hours ago, skinsmania123 said:

No. Brissett is a career backup, and he has made a lot of money like Fitz used to do going from team to team. It was not wrong to start Howell.  He earned it in pre-season and played well in the beginning of the season. So, it was not a "roll of the dice."  Yes, Sam made boneheaded mistakes, and I am not excusing that, but he was forced to throw 64% of the time behind an anemic O line and no variation in the schemes being run.  There was nothing in the game planning of EB that focused on balance.  EB IMO demonstrated inflexibility, and a determination to keep the same plan even when it faltered.  I noticed the calls changed when Jacoby came in last week, and I thought, that was what Sam needed. There was balance between passing and the run, short to intermediate passing....a different look.  

 

BUT I do not believe that San Francisco will lose this game, mainly because of our secondary.  The only thing that keeps this close is perhaps Purdy playing poorly again. 

 

I can't stand behind that logic, bro.

 

Everyone knew the Oline was not our strong point coming into the season.

Why force Howell to throw 40+ passes a game and expose our weakest unit? To see what he can do in extreme circumstances? Makes no sense whatsoever.

 

Brisset has looked BETTER than Howell.

One can only imagine how the season would have panned out if he took the job instead of Howell.

 

 

[Spearfeather]

San Francisco  - 41

Washington.     - 14

 

Closest score:

 

                       Week 1: Hdf561 

 

                       Week 2: Skinsfan1311 

 

                       Week 3: Riggo-toni 

 

                       Week 4: Csup

 

                       Week 5: Riggo-toni 

 

                       Week 6: Csup

 

                       Week 7:88Comrade2000

 

                       Week 8: Spearfeather 

 

                       Week 9: Est.1974, Catatonic, GOSKINS_08,DazedSkinsfan

 

                       Week 10: SkinsFTW             

 

                      Week 11: skins island connection 

 

                       Week 12: Redd, Mongo23, Redwards 

 

                       Week 13: woodpecker, Rex Tomb

 

                       Week 15: Commander202

 

                       Week 16: Burgundy Booger

 

 

 

Edited December 30, 2023 by Spearfeather

[Csup]

On 12/27/2023 at 12:05 PM, 88Comrade2000 said:

Sam is benched and Jacoby is starting. Jacoby is going to pull the upset.

I hope Jacoby plays defense too