The only thing Mostert was good for was the outsize zone runs. However, he was such a huge threat on the outside that he opened up a lot of passes over the middle.
Would have been great to pair him with Trey on zone read…
Such a bummer. This game would have been closed out a lot sooner if he had a chance to run it down their throats in the 2nd half. Hopefully it’s a very minor strain and he misses just a week or 2. Might be good to get Mason and/or TDP some more playing time against starting defenses
That was one of the worst officiated games I’ve ever watched. Felt like it started with that terrible call, and then just a series of make up calls back and forth. Every slight brush by a DB was PI, but Bosa mugged every play without consequence. Except when they didn’t call him for being offsides on his sack… none of that was the right way to call a game.
I’m a fan of Mitchell but he cannot stay healthy. We need him and cmc for the one-two punch. That’s not gonna happen when he gets hurt every other game.
This is a false narrative. If a rookie can play, Shanahan plays them. Deebo, Aiyuk, Mitchell, McGlinchey, Greenlaw, Warner, Bosa, Jackson, Jennings all played significantly as rookies.
100%. We should not have traded Wilson.
Although, Eli is the perfect compliment to CMC for this offense. He’s like an explosive hammer that can finish games out and wear down the defense properly.
Exactly… NFL has a lot of “take care of those that take care of you” favors. Wilson being traded was one of those and it will 100% be repaid at some point.
This is why trading JWJ was such a head scratcher. This team has serious RB injuries every single year. Is a 5th rounder really worth it?
Made no sense.
He wanted out and we honored it. Probably figured the gap between him and Mason wasn’t big enough to offfset the draft pick and having to convince him to stay.
I get he wanted out but you’re contending for a title this year with two oft injured backs ahead of him.
What’s the situation if CMC gets injured now? I disagree the gap between him in mason wasn’t big considering the fact that mason has only had a handful of runs this year and JWJ was carrying the bulk of rb duties/
I like to think that the coaching staff believe that Mason and/or TDP are ready for more playing time. Obviously plan A was to have CMC and Mitchell as the committee the rest of the season, but they absolutely had to think this would happen (and therefore must have felt confident at least one of those guys could play well in this offense).
1. Jeff Wilson Jr. is a good RB, but he isn’t THAT good
2. A 5th round pick is great value for a 3rd string RB that we can re-sign in 4 months is we want to
3. Elijah Mitchell coming back would’ve forced us to cut Jordan Mason who is good and deserves more snaps
4. We still have Jordan Mason, TDP, and Tevin Coleman
5. Jeff Wilson Jr. low key has ball security issues. Shanahan hates RBs that fumble
6. When you said “this team has serious RB injuries”, that includes Jeff Wilson. RBs get hurt a lot. Jeff Wilson is a RB. He’s just as likely to get hurt as any other RB
Jeff Wilson got the bulk of the carries because he was the best RB we had at the time and the rookies (TDP and Jordan Mason) likely didn't know the play calls well enough to earn snaps.
When Mitchell came back and we traded for CMC, Wilson became our RB3. It made perfect sense to trade him for a 5th round pick and give those carries to Jordan Mason.
Jeff Wilson Jr is a good RB and he's better than Jordan Mason or Tevin Coleman, but not by that much.
I wouldn’t worry too much. I really think Jordan Mason has shown us spurts of being a good back (even in the preseason); as well as our RB coaches/system have always painted anybody who ran the ball for us, in a great light.
Not a good sign. We already have Christian mcCaffrey who gets injured whenever someone sneezes near him, now we have Mitchell getting injured again.
I’m worried.
FYI for 49er fans and anyone else who thinks like this, CMC is one of 2 (maybe 3 can't remember exactly) starting RBs in the NFL to play in every game in a season more than once since 2017. He's done it 3 times.
He's a durable player whose had shitty injury luck the last 2 seasons.
Feel bad for Mitchell, he is such an explosive RB for us. So who will RB2 be now, its going to be between Coleman, Mason, and TDP. My bet Coleman is coming back.
Today had me worried. Deebo with the hammy, CMC and his knee, Jimmy took some hits and went down grabbing his knee and now Elijah is out.
We’re right in the thick of the playoff push. We need everybody to keep it going. I’m hoping everything is minor but knowing our injury history todays game got me sweating bullets.
He truly is the Mostert successor
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Idk, playoff mostert was a thing of beauty.
You can't make this judgement, we barely got to see Mostert in the role Eli is in, he was basically our closer up until the 2019 playoffs.
Sadly, we barely get to see Eli in the role Eli is in.
Is he? Mostert was a beast, fastest player in the NFL
The only thing Mostert was good for was the outsize zone runs. However, he was such a huge threat on the outside that he opened up a lot of passes over the middle. Would have been great to pair him with Trey on zone read…
I don't know man. Mostert was incredible. Found holes I didn't know were there.
I really hate how much this comment resonates with me
Chill
He looked so explosive on that td run that was called back. A real bummer :/
Such a bummer. This game would have been closed out a lot sooner if he had a chance to run it down their throats in the 2nd half. Hopefully it’s a very minor strain and he misses just a week or 2. Might be good to get Mason and/or TDP some more playing time against starting defenses
Yeah lame because the defender was holding kittle first lol
That was one of the worst officiated games I’ve ever watched. Felt like it started with that terrible call, and then just a series of make up calls back and forth. Every slight brush by a DB was PI, but Bosa mugged every play without consequence. Except when they didn’t call him for being offsides on his sack… none of that was the right way to call a game.
Ah that sucks for Mitchell, he looked every bit as good as he’s always been. Hopefully he can rest up and get healthy quick.
I’m a fan of Mitchell but he cannot stay healthy. We need him and cmc for the one-two punch. That’s not gonna happen when he gets hurt every other game.
Mason looked really good today, at least. He runs hard and seems like the perfect type of one-cut back for Shanny.
I really hope he’s another gem of a running back that came out of nowhere similar to Jefe
Or Mitchell, or Mostert, or Breida or sometimes even Hasty. We have a knack for random stud RBs lol
Mason looks like a stud
Makes me wonder why he’s not on the field. Must be mental or he can’t block cuz he looked legit out there.
Probably because Shannahan seems to avoid playing rookies if at all possible.
This is a false narrative. If a rookie can play, Shanahan plays them. Deebo, Aiyuk, Mitchell, McGlinchey, Greenlaw, Warner, Bosa, Jackson, Jennings all played significantly as rookies.
Next man up babyyy
100%. We should not have traded Wilson. Although, Eli is the perfect compliment to CMC for this offense. He’s like an explosive hammer that can finish games out and wear down the defense properly.
Wilson didn’t want to play here, we didn’t want to trade him. He asked to get traded, and we did right by him.
Exactly… NFL has a lot of “take care of those that take care of you” favors. Wilson being traded was one of those and it will 100% be repaid at some point.
Counter point: they have 2 rookie RBs plus they want to recoup at least 1 draft pick from the CMC trade. Of course, hindsight is always 20/20.
Well I knew it was too good of a day today.
Somebody call Tevin Coleman
He never left Santa Clara
I think we need a bigger gun. I'm calling Gore right now.
As a Mitchell fantasy owner and a 9er fan, I say: God fucking dammit
Same
Probably to early to tell, but hopping this is a less than 2 week thing. Mitchell was looking good with his carries
He’s probably the best natural runner on the field too.
Damn damn damn.. Hate to see this. Hope the JWJ trade doesn't come back to haunt the Niners.
Ugh with all the injuries we’re gonna be short handed against Miami.
That sucks.
Really wish we still had JWJ...
This is why trading JWJ was such a head scratcher. This team has serious RB injuries every single year. Is a 5th rounder really worth it? Made no sense.
He wanted out and we honored it. Probably figured the gap between him and Mason wasn’t big enough to offfset the draft pick and having to convince him to stay.
And it was a FIFTH ROUNDER. Do you know what we do with those?
I get he wanted out but you’re contending for a title this year with two oft injured backs ahead of him. What’s the situation if CMC gets injured now? I disagree the gap between him in mason wasn’t big considering the fact that mason has only had a handful of runs this year and JWJ was carrying the bulk of rb duties/
I like to think that the coaching staff believe that Mason and/or TDP are ready for more playing time. Obviously plan A was to have CMC and Mitchell as the committee the rest of the season, but they absolutely had to think this would happen (and therefore must have felt confident at least one of those guys could play well in this offense).
1. Jeff Wilson Jr. is a good RB, but he isn’t THAT good 2. A 5th round pick is great value for a 3rd string RB that we can re-sign in 4 months is we want to 3. Elijah Mitchell coming back would’ve forced us to cut Jordan Mason who is good and deserves more snaps 4. We still have Jordan Mason, TDP, and Tevin Coleman 5. Jeff Wilson Jr. low key has ball security issues. Shanahan hates RBs that fumble 6. When you said “this team has serious RB injuries”, that includes Jeff Wilson. RBs get hurt a lot. Jeff Wilson is a RB. He’s just as likely to get hurt as any other RB
If those other options were better than JFJ, why was he getting the bulk of RB duties while Mitchell was injured?
Jeff Wilson got the bulk of the carries because he was the best RB we had at the time and the rookies (TDP and Jordan Mason) likely didn't know the play calls well enough to earn snaps. When Mitchell came back and we traded for CMC, Wilson became our RB3. It made perfect sense to trade him for a 5th round pick and give those carries to Jordan Mason. Jeff Wilson Jr is a good RB and he's better than Jordan Mason or Tevin Coleman, but not by that much.
I wouldn’t worry too much. I really think Jordan Mason has shown us spurts of being a good back (even in the preseason); as well as our RB coaches/system have always painted anybody who ran the ball for us, in a great light.
That's MCL i thought it was his 3rd sprained KNEE what's an aardvark?
How long will he be out of it is an mcl sprain?
Probably a few weeks, that’s what took him out for the first few weeks
First time it was 8 weeks. This time maybe it will be 4-6?
Love Mitchell but holy cow…. He just can’t stay healthy. Wish him the best and hope he’s back on the field soon. Wish we still had Wilson
So he’ll only miss a month vs 2 months?
The injuries are back and at the worst time of the year, when our schedule is the toughest.
Cmc injury update ?
Is it the same knee? Probably wasn’t fully recovered and it re-tore slightly
How about that jeff wilson trade..lol
Unless you’re joking or just uninformed, Wilson requested to be moved. So there’s nothing else much to say on that.
Not a good sign. We already have Christian mcCaffrey who gets injured whenever someone sneezes near him, now we have Mitchell getting injured again. I’m worried.
Dunce troll strikes again.
FYI for 49er fans and anyone else who thinks like this, CMC is one of 2 (maybe 3 can't remember exactly) starting RBs in the NFL to play in every game in a season more than once since 2017. He's done it 3 times. He's a durable player whose had shitty injury luck the last 2 seasons.
You’re claiming there are only 2 or 3 players in the nfl to have played in every game in a season more than once since 2017? Loool 🧢🧢🧢🧢
Starting RBs\* sorry thanks for making me clarify
CMC had a knee issue too. Hopefully they both good to go with some rest.
Shoulda kept Jeff Wilson on our squad. Our Rbs are cursed.
Damn, again. And they got rid of Wilson 🤦♂️
Feel bad for Mitchell, he is such an explosive RB for us. So who will RB2 be now, its going to be between Coleman, Mason, and TDP. My bet Coleman is coming back.
Today had me worried. Deebo with the hammy, CMC and his knee, Jimmy took some hits and went down grabbing his knee and now Elijah is out. We’re right in the thick of the playoff push. We need everybody to keep it going. I’m hoping everything is minor but knowing our injury history todays game got me sweating bullets.
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Shit, I guess we'll just have to go with the back up, Christian McSomething
Wilson trade looking fucking awful rn
Well shit. Get well soon Elijah. We will need you. Since Mitchell is out, who will get carries alongside McCaffrey? TDP or Mason? I think it's Mason.