Denver @ San Francisco – 2nd Half Live Post

8:12 – Game over, final score (not that it matters) 17-13 Denver.  All of 3 points in the second half.   How about Selvin Young carrying the rock to finish the game… wonder what happened to Andre Hall, who never saw the field… I’ll post the AP release in a minute, as well as my own take in a few…

7:57 – What?! Did I hear that right? Mike Shanahan told Rod Smith not to come back last year? Juicy tidbit there…

7:52 – It’s nearly a 2:1 ration among runs to passes. 29 rushes, 15 pass attempts so far. Through the first half there were only 5 pass attempts, so at least the coaches are letting the balls fly a bit more now.

7:40 – With the fair catch, the 49ers take over the starting field position battle. They are now up by about 4 tenths of a yard. Just in case you were wondering, because I’m obsessing over this, if you can’t tell. Remember that this stat takes into account so much more than Special Teams – interceptions have an obvious effect, and field position at the time of a punt will influence the stat easily as well.

7:26 – Took my eyes off the game for the past few minutes to update the Average starting field position. Broncos 35.4. Niners 32.9.

7:24 – Steve Cargile finds himself in the right place at the right time again for an end zone pick. Nice job.

7:17 – Nice freaking stop by Crowder there. Got right past his lineman and made the tackle for loss against the RB. Could be my defensive MVP of the game…

7:15 – I’m probably paying too much attention to Crowder. I find myself focusing on him every single play. He shows good burst off the line then seems to shut down as he makes contact with the offensive lineman.

And what’s with the ESPN interview/game split screen? It’s like 20% interviewee’s head, 35% actual game, and 45% weird orange filler. LET ME WATCH MY GAME!

7:12 – At least our Special Teams aren’t giving up a lot of big plays, either. After further research, it appears that first half monster punt was actually the work of Paul Ernster, who is ahead of Sauerbrun in net yards. I’ll keep you posted on Special Teams stuff…

7:07 – The protection Ramsey is getting is encouraging, for what it’s worth. By the way, I’ve lost track of the average starting field position game… sorry, I was really looking forward to focusing on that tonight. Nice reverse by Brian Clark.

7:05 – That’s the second long bomb from Patrick Ramsey to Domenik Hixon, and the second one where we barely dodged the interception bullet.

Ashley Lelie getting denied tasted oh so sweet.

Back and better than ever.