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Who impressed/who depressed (game 1)


TheSpecialJuan

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IMPRESSED 

+ Jonathan Stewart - stat line is less than impressive but he wore down the 49ers defense late and picked up some valuable 1st downs. 

+ Michael Palardy - 51.7 average on 3 punts with a long of 58. We absolutely made the right decision to go with this young punter. 

+ Russell Shepard - After not doing anything in pre-season, looked like a playmaker and a very solid slot WR option for us.

+ Kawann Short - Absolutely destroyed the interior of the 9ers O-line and provided consistent pressure up the middle. 

DEPRESSED

+ Cam - It was expected Cam would be rusty but he looked awful in the 1st half. Give him credit for finishing 6/6 in the 2nd half. 

+ Run defense in the 1st quarter - Hyde started 4/40 yards before Panthers D made their adjustments. 

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I'd also add Kurt Coleman. He was laying the wood and cleaning up the mess from the few runs that they gashed us with.

Offensive line kept Cam alive, which is pretty impressive after watching last year.

Graham Gano goes to the impressed list too, considering he didn't miss any field goals or extra points.

Mike Shula/Ken Dorsey takes a spot in the depressed column for how long it takes to call plays in and causing wasted timeouts.

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5 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Slightly surprised Curtis Samuel didn't play on offense today. 

He played and I recall a third down he was wide open but Cam forced to Benji it went off his hands and we punted but his route running looked good he had big time separation something different for us lol.

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The entire D looked rock solid (although it was against what is basically an expansion franchise in the 49ers). Luke looked great and was all over the place, Star and KK were disruptive up front and the ends were getting great pressure. Kurt Coleman also tackles like a grown ass man.

Offense looked slow and rusty, but I did like what I saw out of McCaffrey. The fumble isn't ideal, but the long third down run to keep the FG drive alive at the end of the first half was a big time play. 

Cam looked rusty. Time will tell, there.

I also really liked what I saw out of Russell Shepard 

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