San Francisco 49ers – Jimmy G is not invincible
Everybody knew that Jimmy Garoppolo couldn’t stay undefeated forever, but with this statement I refer more to the fact that a good gameplan and the players to execute it can give the young signal-caller trouble. His completion-percentage of 45 percent and the fact he went three for eight on third downs are especially underwhelming when you consider some of the genius offensive scheming by Kyle Shanahan. Garoppolo’s job was made much easier being given easy dumpoffs off bootlegs, clever play-designs that included fake pick-plays and wide open crossing routes off misdirection. Of his three interceptions he overthrew one of his receivers, who fell down on a curl route, put a slant above the pads and he basically ended the game by trying to force the ball down the seam against triple-coverage. I still like him a lot going forward, which I described in my analysis of him once he signed his big contract, but this was a wakeup call.
Seattle Seahawks – Germain Ifedi can not hang in there
Von Miller had himself a day versus those Seahawks. He recorded three sacks, four hurries and two forced fumbles. The Broncos knew what they were doing however, because most of those numbers came rushing off the left end versus Germain Ifedi. Von had single-digit rushes against Duane Brown, who was holding his own, but he just killed the Hawks right tackle. One sack came off a stunt with the tight-end chipping him and his second fumble happened a couple of yards downfield when Miller simply took it away from Chris Carson. But Back to Ifedi – I know it’s a very tough assignment because Von still is the premiere edge rusher in the NFL, but that was an embarrassing showing and it’s not like Sunday was the first time we’ve seen that from Ifedi. He has been one of the worst starting offensive linemen in the league since he was drafted in 2015. He constantly overextended and leaned outside his frame, putting himself into horrible positions on Sunday.