We’re past the midseason mark and still have some football left. It’s time to look at all the 49ers units and discuss what we like and don’t like out of them for 2018. There’s been a lot of detrimental things for the San Francisco 49ers’ 2018 season San Francisco 49ers T-Shirts , special teams play has not been one of them. Yes, the group has surrendered a big run or two, but they mostly have done their job pinning the opposing team back on punts, making the right decisions on running things out, and not sacrificing devastating plays. D.J. Reed has shown his wheels, though coughed up a crucial fumble a few weeks later. Regardless of the latter https://www.49ersfanshop.com/hats , he averages 30.12 yards per return, putting him in the upper half of returners—not bad for a rookie. The special teams have taken a slight regression and a hit with the loss of Raheem Mostert for the season due to a broken arm he suffered against the Oakland Raiders. While Mostert has been making a name for himself as a running back, he is invaluable on the team as a special teams gunner. His absence was felt against the New York Giants on Monday Night as they managed to break out a few nice returns, setting up good field position. Kicker Robbie Gould continues to be great, missing only one extra point (in a year where the league’s kickers seem to have caught a bug on this) and not missing a single field goal. That is a bright spot for this team as a whole. Note: there is a field goal attempt that was botched, but due to Gould never ‘kicking’ the ball San Francisco 49ers Hoodie , it doesn’t register as a miss. Unfortunately, punter Bradley Pinion, while not horrible, has been quiet. In 2018, Pinion averages 44.6 yards/punt, putting him at 21st against other punters. Pinion’s punting has been satisfactory. Football Outsiders ranks the 49ers 26th in punting. He did win special teams player of the week in Week 9 https://www.49ersfanshop.com/Steve-Young-Jersey , but it was against the Oakland Raiders. Special teams is one of those units where if you aren’t talking about them, they are doing their job and the 49ers special teams fits that description. While they are not world beaters in their kicking/punting units, they are at least not giving up a majority of blown plays. Their field goal units are doing their job as well given only one field goal that worked against them. What are your impressions of the special teams at midseason? The 11-2 49ers host the 4-9 Falcons on Sunday, in what will be the only “easy” game among San Francisco’s final six of the season.And it’s those “easy” games that can be a trap. 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan knows it.“You want to address it, but it’s been very easy for me,” Shanahan told reporters on Friday. “The way these guys have looked on tape these last five weeks Nick Mullens Color Rush Jersey , how hard they’ve played, the coaches that they have, the players that they have, and then when you turn on the tape and watch how hard they’ve been going, it hasn’t been hard at all for me to tell the guys. As soon as they saw the tape they could see that.“These guys have won three out of their last five games. They beat a very good team in New Orleans. It wasn’t a close game, they beat them with ease. Beat Carolina last week by a lot. It’s not just luck. You turn on the tape and you can see why. Everyone knows the names that they have over there http://www.49erscheapstore.com/nick-bosa-jersey-cheap , the team is playing at a very high level right now.”The 49ers have provided no reason to think that they won’t be able to pivot to preparing for playing a team like the Falcons after running the Packers-Ravens-Saints gauntlet and before ending the season with games against the Rams and Seahawks. Besides, to the extent that Shanahan needs a little extra motivation, he’s surely aware of the flak he took from the Falcons for the playcalling at the end of the 28-3 Super Bowl LI debacle.So the 49ers, who still have everything they’ve been playing for in front of them as the postseason appoaches, should be fine for the one late-season game that won’t be one of their toughest games of the year.
