NGT: 49ers fire their DC after the Super Bowl

[shadowspinner0]

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1757858426942627991

There aren't DC openings available

[Giant Obsession]

I'd have fired him too.

Imagine not being able to stifle Patrick Mahones in the 4th quarter and overtime.

Could not even accomplish that simple assignment.

Another great reason I hate the Niners.

[madbadger]

Too bad this didn't happen a couple weeks ago before we hired Bowen. Not that I think that Bowen can't be a really good coordinator it's just that he's an unknown. Wilks is an excellent coordinator who is being scapegoated to protect the golden child head coach.

[uconnjack8]

I'd have fired him too.

Imagine not being able to stifle Patrick Mahones in the 4th quarter and overtime.

Could not even accomplish that simple assignment.

Another great reason I hate the Niners.

Thought you were serious at first.

Gave up 3 FGs and one TD in regulation and they fired the D coordinator.

[nb587]

Too bad this didn't happen a couple weeks ago before we hired Bowen. Not that I think that Bowen can't be a really good coordinator it's just that he's an unknown. Wilks is an excellent coordinator who is being scapegoated to protect the golden child head coach.

Bowen trained under some very sharp defensive guys.  He's 37 and has a few years of experience.   Not sure how the process worked which resulted in his hiring but I think we got a good young talented DC.

[madbadger]

Bowen trained under some very sharp defensive guys.  He's 37 and has a few years of experience.   Not sure how the process worked which resulted in his hiring but I think we got a good young talented DC.

One is a proven commodity the other isn't. Hope Bowen turns out to be the right call but I'd feel more confident with Wilks calling the defense heading into next year.

[Ed Vette]

I'd take Wilks and never look back. How stupid was this...

[kingm56]

One is a proven commodity the other isn't. Hope Bowen turns out to be the right call but I'd feel more confident with Wilks calling the defense heading into next year.

Why? Because he was lucky enough to inherit 5x AP/PB players and manage not screw things up?  What about his time with Az or Carolina, where he literally directed some of the NFLs worst defenses?  As he's now been fired 4x, the data suggests he's only a good coach when half his unit consist of AP players.  This reminds me of fans bemoaning the loss of Wink, forgetting that he produced a bottom 5 defense...

A coach is as good as their talent; if the Giants can acquire some, we'll be just fine. On the flip side, Wilks will probably struggle, as he's unlikely to find a team as flush with def talent as SF.

[Ed Vette]

On the other side, they did give up almost 26 points a game this year.

[MightyGiants]

https://x.com/pleonardnydn/status/1757864417960591674?s=46&t=1vcQIN8GqF5J2oLdxEVEJQ

[nb587]

One is a proven commodity the other isn't. Hope Bowen turns out to be the right call but I'd feel more confident with Wilks calling the defense heading into next year.

Bowen has a few years experience as a DC.  The Giants were criticized by many fir allegedly missing their top 2 choices for DC, neither of whom had any experience at the position.  We have a guy with a few years under his belt but young enough to grow

[madbadger]

https://x.com/pleonardnydn/status/1757864417960591674?s=46&t=1vcQIN8GqF5J2oLdxEVEJQ

And yet they held one of the best offensive teams in the league to 19 points in regulation despite playing on a short field several times.

[shadowspinner0]

And yet they held one of the best offensive teams in the league to 19 points in regulation despite playing on a short field several times.

So did the Ravens. The Chiefs were not the 2018-2019 version. They had Mahomes-Kelce-and a whole lot of "which one of you is gonna step up today". 

[uconnjack8]

So did the Ravens. The Chiefs were not the 2018-2019 version. They had Mahomes-Kelce-and a whole lot of "which one of you is gonna step up today". 

The Ravens were the best defense in the league.  What did KC score the 2 previous weeks? 

[MightyGiants]

And yet they held one of the best offensive teams in the league to 19 points in regulation despite playing on a short field several times.

The Chiefs were not one of the best offenses at least by the metric you picked (points scored)

In the regular season, the Chiefs were 15th averaging 21.8 points per game

In the postseason they were 8 out of 14 with 23.8 points per game