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| Garcia Pounded November 12 2002 By Bryan Hersh of 49ers Paradise THIS CONTENT IS COPYWRITED, REDISTRIBUTION OF IT (including copy/pasting it to a message board, forum or bbs) IS PROHIBITED AND COULD RESULT IN LEGAL ACTIONS - feel free to quote up to 1 paragraph providing a source link to http://www.49ersparadise.cjb.net is included Jeff Garcia took a pounding this past week in facing the Chiefs. Eric Heitmann was a large culprit, but it was all around miscues by the offensive line that prevented Garcia from being anywhere near his best. Garcia was hit often despite throwing many short yardage passes. The 49ers entered the game averaging just one sack per game, but against the Chiefs the 49ers gave up three sacks. Jeff Garcia was thrown violently into the ground a few other times as he released the ball, and took a nasty hit when throwing a block for Terrell Owens. The offensive line and the coaching staff need to do a better job of protecting the quarterback. He’s clearly the player on this team that lets them click, and winning without him would be very difficult.
Garcia has just recently gained confidence in his line to go through his progressions without rushing. Against the Chiefs he didn’t have that luxury, and I certainly hope he doesn’t fall back to early season form where he was not patient with his progressions.
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