The 49ers believe that as a veteran, Webster can bounce back from his first performance, but the performance was certainly surprising. All off-season all reports from the 49ers were that Webster was on top of his game. To say the least, giving up 142 yards in one half of football, is certainly not what the 49ers had in mind.

There are however a number of contributing factors that may have played a role in Webster’s rusty performance. It begins with a nagging injury that kept Webster out of most of the later part of training camp. As a result, he didn’t have as much time to fine tune his game before the season.

Another factor could have been an extremely slippery field. While the whole team had to adjust to this factor, it is possible that Webster, who relies on his speed and quickness to play the cornerback position, was affected more than players like Ahmed Plummer who have a little more size and strength.