Pros and Cons after the 49ers game.
I was pretty happy overall with this game. The 49ers are an elite team and they played well against them. They really played better this week than last week despite the loss and I think they looked much improved.
The OL was better despite Fuaga being out and I think the running game looked good. They did get stuffed a few times, but they also got some really nice chunk plays in the run game. I think Penning was likely very improved, but I really want to see all of his snaps isolated on the OL so I can have a better idea of what he did, but my sense was that he was much better.
But the most positive thing is that the starting defense is looking really good even without Lattimore and Adebo on the field. And the defense looks deep particularly at LB and at DB. The pass rush also looks great with Young and Breese.
There are still issues at Safety opposite Tyrann but I thought Will Harris stepped up a Safety and had a good game. The backup OL was still bad in pass protection but hopefully most of those guys never start. Not a lot of answers at WR behind Olave and Shaheed, but Bub Means had two nice catches and Perry looks to be improving. But, nobody has yet stepped up to really take the #3 WR job.
On the bad side, Foskey still continues to do nothing and Holker sprained his ankle in pre-game and Kook-Aid and Boyd left the game. Hopefully we can get healthy in the next 3 weeks.