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Season 1 - Week 4 [v ATL]

Posted on September 17, 2010 at 11:39 AM.

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A heartbreaking loss in OT drops the Niner's to a 2-2 record after a promising 2-0 start. It was a close game with San Fran always playing catch up, before tying the game deep in the 4th quarter to force OT, and even the San Fran had a chance to win the game in normal time but Nedney dragged his kicked wide with time expiring.

In the 4th quarter i decided to switch Alex and Troy Smith around in order to get some dynamism from Troy and it payed off when he scrambled, bought time and found a streaking Ted Ginn for the game tying TD. A word about Ginn, he absolutely owned the slot again today gaining an unbelievable 255 yards from 4 rec for an average of 63.2 yards per catch, not to mention 3TDs. Westbrook did fairly well too gaining 96 yards on 17 attempt for an average of 5.6, while the rookie Anthony Dixon picked up 45 yards on 9 attempts.

Looking at Atlanta, Matt Ryan was dominant through the air, going 16/29 for 365 yards, 2TDs and a passer rating of 94.4, the 1st QB not to get at least 100 against us. That was down to the 2 picks he threw to Nate Clements, one of which Clements took to the house! Roddy White was Ryan's favourite target picking up 225 yards and a 1TD of 6 receptions.

However the real reason we lost today was because of one man: Micahel Turner, who was an absolute beast out there picking up 219 yards on just 24 attempts for an unbelievable average of 9.1 yards per carry, not to mention 3TDs.

Next Week

SF Injuries:
Takeo Spikes - MLB - [Broken Collarbone (4 weeks)]
Frank Gore - HB - [Broken Hand (8 weeks)]

PHI Injuries:
Akeem Jordan - OLB - [Dislocated Kneecap (1 week)]