http://www.the49ersfootballauthentic.com/marquise-goodwin-jersey-authentic , miscues around him There’s plenty of blame to go around in the San Francisco 49ers’ loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. Most of which can get passed around in the defensive meetings (READ: Tackling). One person that shouldn’t shoulder any of this blame is C.J. Beathard. Until the last drive of the first half, C.J. Beathard hovered around a 70 percent completion percentage. He finished his day with a 298 yards, a 62.2 completion rate with two touchdowns to two interceptions and a gazillion hits/pressures. Beathard, for all intents and purposes didn’t look bad. At all. Now, he’s no Jimmy Garoppolo, but there’s not much more Beathard could do on Sunday. One of his interceptions was a egregious drop by Garrett Celek.If caught, it could have been a touchdown depending on how much drive Celek could mount on the ensuing hit. The other was a hit as he threw the ball in the face of a nasty blitz that wound up in a defensive lineman’s hands. If you want to argue the second one, go ahead, but both of those were not ill-advised throws. In fact, beyond those two, the passes Beathard threw were in windows and in places only his receivers could get them. Well, that is if they could catch it. One pass sailed over a defender in triple coverage into the hands of George Kittle, but the tight end couldn’t haul it in (Kittle more than made up for this blunder through the day). Another pass bounced off the hands of Pierre Gar莽on just as he got hit. Beathard did a solid job evading pressure, and sacks we would have seen in 2017 didn’t happen. But oh man Womens DeForest Buckner Jersey , did he still take a beating. 8 hits in the pocket, one sack. And we’re not even talking about plays nullified by penalties and hits taken on his scrambling adventures.The 49ers offensive line was decimated by injuries early, with left tackle Joe Staley going to the locker room from a knee injury, center Weston Richburg suffering an early injury he gutted through, and even rookie right tackle Mike McGlinchey getting off the field. No line is going to hold up with that kind of injury turnover, and no quarterback not named Russell Wilson is staying upright. As one might expect, the line was porous with Beathard getting the ball out quickly and getting pancaked once it was out of his hands. Many times this led to roughing the passer penalties on the Chargers, but those hits can slow down a quarterback, and one hit in the 4th quarter almost meant the end of Beathard’s day. While Beathard was getting clocked, and receivers weren’t catching the ball, Chargers running back Melvin Gordon shrugged off not one, not two, but three defenders for first downs (yes, this did in fact happen). He wasn’t the only one. There were some missed holding penalties for the Chargers offense to get going Youth Brock Coyle Jersey , but the 49ers defense continued to let the Chargers back into this game. Beathard managed to put up 20 points (not counting the seven spotted with the pick-six). What more do you need from him? And let’s not forget that brilliant 21-play, 72-yard drive. It ended in a field goal, but it didn’t end in an interception, did it?Sure, there were a few batted passes (the 4th quarter drives come to mind) but Beathard showed much improvement for his first start in 2018. Beyond improvement, Beathard’s own play didn’t cost the 49ers the game. The 49ers lost this game due to their injuries, offensive line issues, and defense—or lack thereof. There’s plenty of blame to go around for this—C.J. Beathard doesn’t deserve any of it. We’ve discussed the 49ers defensive improvements week over week. Each week they’ve met the challenge for the most part. There’s been some obvious lapses in crunch time, but all in all we see a unit playing together and growing. Versus the likes of Aaron Rodgers, Philip Rivers, and Kirk Cousins the defense stood tall. While the outcome of those games didn’t fall in our favor, there were some positives to take away. This week they face another challenge in rookie running back Saquon Barkley. Regardless of the Giants overall performance, Barkley is having an outstanding season. Currently he’s averaging a respectable 4.7 yards per carry, and 64.9 yards rushing per game behind one of the leagues worst offensive lines. PFF has them ranked 27th. Fred Warner and Malcolm Smith will be the matchup with Barkley in the passing game Womens Ahkello Witherspoon Jersey , where he’s even more dangerous. He’s got 71 targets this season and gaining an average of 8.7 yards a reception (ESPN.com). Fooch also brought a great stat to my attention, Football Outsiders ranks Barkley seventh in the NFL among pass catching backs, while our defense ranks 14th in defending running backs in the passing game. Kyle Shanahan was quoted in his Thursday presser as saying, This will be the key to the 49ers success on Monday night. In watching the tape Barkley makes the first guy miss a lot, it’s like clock work. He’s just got that wiggle that not many runners have. Last week, in my defensive piece, I touched on the improvement by the defense when it came to swarming to the ball. They’re going to need to continue to build on that trend. Let’s get into the film.Our first 3 clips come from Week 2 vs. the Dallas Cowboys. The Giants do a good job of creating deliberate swing passes for Barkley, but he’s also often times just a check down and he makes something out of nothing. Watch the first tackler in each clipSwing pass left.Swing pass RightFlat route during the blitz. Robert Saleh will need a solid coverage plan when he brings pressure.Week 5 vs. the Carolina Panthers Barkley had four catches for two touchdowns. Here’s one of those touchdowns from the red zone. The Panthers try a zone blitz concept, something we’ve seen Saleh use. They blitz the linebackers and try to cover Barkley with a defensive end. Barkley is by his man within a few steps, and then jumps into the end zone from about five yards out. It’s important that we get bodies to the ball. While Barkley can consistently move the chains with these check downs and swing passes, when given space and blockers he can turn a simple screen into a big play. Against Philadelphia in Week 6 he went off. Count the broken tackles on this highlight.Jimmie Ward has been great at free safety in my opinion. He will be vital in keeping big plays from happening. Keeping the ball in front of him and taking accurate angles will give the defense a chance to get off the field and limit scoring plays. In our next big play clip, both Eagles safeties are caught sleeping on the play, before they can even open their stride Barkley is gone.In our final clip, Barkley does his best Barry Sanders impression. Again Womens Solomon Thomas Jersey , the 49ers game plan this week should be all defenders to the ball. No loafing, no jogging, no “I thought you had him.” In space Barkley simply will not go down one on one.The 49ers have the personnel to compete. The Giants offense is more talented than their record lets on, but in the words of Bill Parcells, “You are what your record says you are.” Monday night will be a matchup two teams looking to meet their potential and overcome.Defensively, I’d consider marking Barkley early and force Eli Manning to win throwing the ball down the field. Short zones, and spying Barkley would be an effective plan. We have to trust Sherman to contain OBJ, varying help over the top. The rest of the defense needs to be keyed on Barkley in the flats. Pressure with the front four will have to get home. If we have to start to blitz and bring more bodies, that’s one less tackler, one less cover person in space. We will become susceptible to screens and draws, which is all the Giants want to do. If we can rattle Eli early, he will start to play just like Derek Carr last week, jittery and unconfident. Go Niners!