Baltimore went out to San Francisco looking for their first road win of the season. After dominating the first half, but only managing two field goals, they hung on for a 9-7 victory. Breakdown: This game was once again closer than it should have been. The 49ers had just 38 total net yards, one first down, and no net passing yards in the first half. The Ravens held the battle in time of possession. Once again, though, the team struggled in the redzone. There, where they went 0-2, McNair appeared to freeze up. He rushed his throws, failing to exploit man-to-man coverage when given the chance. The Ravens' offense had 198 total net yards in the first half, yet could manage just two field goals. Yes, it is wise to end every series with a kick--an extra point, a field goal or a punt. However, an NFL quarterback is paid to make difficult throws, whether it be splitting two defenders, dropping a pass behind a linebacker and in front of a safety, or giving your receivers a chance to make a play in man-to-man coverage downfield. McNair tried to go deep three times in this game, once resulting in a questionable pass interference call. The other two times he was wildly off the mark, too cautious with his passes. In one instance, he had Williams on a deep post pattern with the defender three steps in front of the receiver. McNair had plenty of time in the pocket and chose to "chicken out", deciding to throw the ball out of the endzone. On the play, the safety had vacated the middle and the linebackers had taken short drops. All McNair had to do was take a little "mustard" off of the throw and allow Williams to come back for the pass. At the very least, he should have given him a chance. In another instance, McNair had Williams deep down the left sideline, three steps in front of the defender. Once again, the safety on that side was in another area and, instead of throwing the ball in the field of play where Williams had a real chance to make the catch, McNair chose to throw it out of bounds. There were several other occurrences when the defense was in man-to-man coverage, where the receiver had position and McNair had time. Unfortunately, he only chose to check down to other receivers, making the "safe" pass. Fans might want to jump on the playcalling; however, if the quarterback is unwilling to challenge man-to-man coverage downfield, the playcalling is not the issue. This team could realistically be undefeated right now, if the offense could simply find the endzone. In every game that McNair has started this season, he has moved the team quite well "between the twenties," but has locked onto receivers in the endzone, failing to finish off drives. Either McNair regains his courage to throw downfield, or a change at the position is warranted. This team cannot continue to struggle in the redzone, or dink-and-dunk its way down the field, only to settle for field goals. Defensively, this was almost a perfect game. Outside of two plays, they simply imposed their will against a lesser opponent, controlling the line of scrimmage. Some will place blame on Chris McAlister for the 23-yard touchdown to Arnaz Battle; however, McAlister had perfect position, turned the receiver to the middle--where he was supposed to have help. Scott failed to get a deep enough drop to clog the passing lane, though, to possibly prevent the perfectly placed pass. Derrick Martin was simply beat by a faster man one play earlier, on the 42-yard strike to set up the score. Players are paid to make exceptional plays, and the 49ers did (twice)--unlike the Ravens' offense. More on the site-