Rattay looked just as bad as he always has. The run game was whack as fuck. Frank Gore should easily be the premiere back. Barlow lacks explosiveness and never hits the right holes. The offensive line looked good at times and very bad at other times. The receiving core is quite dangerous.... Battle stepped up, Lloyd has always been good, I only saw one catch by Jonnie Morton but he is a threat nonetheless. It'll be interesting to see what happens when Eric Johnson gets in the mix as he is a very good receiving Tight End.
The defense on the other hand was raw.... 3 sacks by Bryant Young, 2.5 by Julian Peterson, and 7 sacks overall. The secondary looked great until later in the game, which is understandable because the fuckin offense had them out there for so damn long they had to be exhausted. Nolan runs the 3-4 very effectively. Not a whole lot of flaws on the 49ers Defense, which is what won them this game by the way.
The special teams looked great as well. Otis (Fred) Amey had a sick ass 75-yard punt return for a TD. They came up with good field position most of the time.
Overall the Niners looked a hell of a lot better than I was expecting. Mike Nolan is exactly what the franchise needed. The team is very disciplined and functions well as a unit, which was his intention. Although they will probably lose next week to Philly, I think the team is not a bad team at all.