by David Zizmor

SANTA CLARA–In Monday night’s game the San Francisco 49ers Carlos Hyde was the key guy, when former running back Frank Gore left because of free agency and ended up better off with the Indianapolis Colts. A lot of people were wondering what was going on with the Niners letting Gore go as Gore is the Niners all time rusher.

Gore was a also a fan favorite, and is an all around good guy whose been around the team through thick and thin. It did hurt the fans because they just loved Gore. He’s one of those guys if your a 49ers fan your always going to remember Gore and losing him was tough. If you watched the Niners last season and it wasn’t a great season a couple times Gore got ten or 11 touches in the game Gore looked good.

He didn’t get enough carries to make a huge impression and all eyes focused on Gore, Hyde was pretty good last year there was a reason he was considered the top running back in last year’s draft and why the Niners took him in the second round. Now he is the full time running back for the Colts.

Gore is a starter he’s the bell tower as they would say, Gore why is reason why the Niners felt comfortable letting him lead off and obviously the salary was an issue as well. Hyde’s talent is unquestionable and this guy looked fantastic on Monday night. You saw every little bit of talent that he had on display.

Hyde is big, he is tough, and he’s very, very fast. His running was decisive and you would see that on the replays. Hyde would kind of start out very patiently. He would see his hole open up in the offensive line and make a quick cut and boom through the hole. That’s something that Gore used to do three, four, five years ago when Gore had more traction in his legs.

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