49ers (Moss sighting)

[Calzone Lord]

They look like a top old school football team.

I watched a couple of great defensive performances today. Cleveland was awesome and the 49ers played excellent defense as well.

I was disappointed that Moss only played about 25% of the snaps. He made the best of them, catching all 4 targets for 47 yards and a TD.

It looks like they want to use him mainly as a redzone WR.

He came in a couple of times in what looked like an otherwise Goaline formation where he was the only WR on the field. Pretty clever use of him because he keeps the safety out of the box -- and they ran outside behind him almost everytime because of his great run blocking skills in terms of clearing out and shield blocking.

Other than redzone and in a lone WR goaline type formation, he got rotated in for an occasional 2 or 3 snap sequences when they'd get around mid field.

If he wanted a big new contract, the smart move was to go play for the Saints with Drew Brees, in a dome, getting in shootout after shootout and putting up legit stats. Sadly, this is going to be a boring year, but in this limited role he will help the 49ers a lot ... and that team simply doesn't need any help. It's the best defensive unit a team with Moss has ever had. It's also by far the best running game a team with Moss has ever had.

Should be a championship year for the 49ers. Beating the Packers in GB was a good start.