Last week: 7 (+1)

Record: 5-2

San Francisco would be lower if there were more good teams this year. I don’t trust Alex Smith and apparently neither does his coaching staff right now because all he’s doing is checking down. I also don’t expect this running game to continue to average 5.9 yards per carry because, you know, no one does that. That being said, if they were in the AFC, they’d probably be the 2^nd best team in there. It’s not a very good conference. Unfortunately, since they’re in the NFC, we rule them out to be this year’s team to goes from a 1^st round bye to out of the playoffs.

Studs

RB Frank Gore: Rushed for 131 yards (42 after contact) on 16 carries, 2 broken tackles, caught 5 passes for 51 yards on 5 attempts

LG Mike Iupati: Did not allow a pressure on 27 pass block snaps, run blocked for 9 yards on 2 attempts

C Jonathan Goodwin: Did not allow a pressure on 27 pass block snaps, run blocked for 98 yards on 8 attempts

RG Alex Boone: Did not allow a pressure on 27 pass block snaps, run blocked for 16 yards on 2 attempts

CB Carlos Rogers: Allowed 2 catches for 5 yards on 3 attempts, 3 solo tackles, 1 assist, 1 stop

CB Chris Culliver: Allowed 2 catches for 13 yards on 6 attempts, 2 pass deflections, 2 solo tackles

K David Akers: 4 kickoffs, 4 touchbacks, 74.5 yards per kickoff, 20.0 opponent’s average starting distance, 2/2 FG (28, 38)

P Andy Lee: 5 punts for 228 yards, 4 inside 20, 2 returns for 5 yards, 44.6 net yards per punt

Duds

QB Alex Smith: 14 of 23 for 140 yards, 1 touchdown, and 1 interception, 1 hit as thrown, 2 throw aways, 66.0 adjusted QB rating, pressured on 5 of 26 drop backs (2 sacks, 0-3, 2 throw aways, 1 hit as thrown)

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