Greg Roman wants the San Francisco 49ers' offense to be more fluid in Week 4.

The 49ers gave Frank Gore just one carry in the entire second half.

“With what [the Cardinals] were doing going into the game, I mean, they were selling out, like, full, waving-the-flag selling out to stop the run,” Roman said Thursday. “You always want to get Frank involved, but again, you’ve got to kind of weigh how much, when and how. And then you’ve got to factor in everything that you think is going to happen and then everything that is actually happening.” 

The 49ers had a 14-6 lead at halftime.

“So, you got to be fluid with it,” Roman continued. “I think, for example last week, we had a plan that was different than the one we utilized early in the game and the other plan was working pretty good. So, shoot, we’re not getting to that other plan. And that’s pretty much every week, to be honest with you.” 

The Minnesota Vikings want to make sure they get more touches for Cordarrelle Patterson than they have over the first three weeks.

“We need to continue to find balance,” Norv Turner said, via the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “When everyone talks about balance, they think it’s run and pass. It’s balance in terms of getting all of our players involved. In my experience when they’re going good, they take someone away or concentrate on someone to give someone else the opportunity. Cordarrelle is a different situation he was a year ago. He’s growing and teams are matching with him and they’re concentrating on him. We’ve got to continue to work ways to get him the ball.”

Demaryius Thomas has started slow during his first three games of the 2014 season.

"I know I can be better, I know I can play better, I know I can do things better than I've done them so far,'' Thomas said just before the Broncos adjourned for their bye weekend. "I haven't done the things I know I can do.''

Thomas has just 48, 62 and 31 yards in the first three games.

He has one touchdown catch, and what he called "the thing I have to fix'' is the most glaring number of all: his dropped-pass total. Thomas has already dropped four passes this season.

Thomas dropped just five balls in all of 2013.

"I just haven't been consistent, and it bothers me,'' Thomas said. "I think about it, I keep practicing hard, doing the things I need to do. I want to make it right.''

LeSean McCoy has just 175 yards on 60 rushes this season after finishing 2013 with 1,607 yards and citing a goal of 2,000 before the season started.

"I don't think I'm struggling at all," McCoy told CSNPhilly.com. "I don't know what you mean by that. I don't think I'm struggling, at all. So I don't know what you mean by that." 

"I think it's different how they're playing us this year," Chip Kelly told reporters. "We've seen different looks in terms of the three games we've played this year compared to last year. I think LeSean's doing everything possible. Again, if that's how you're going to do it, and we're going to end up with 30-whatever points a game and continue to be productive on the offensive side of the ball, it's ultimately that. But also you're down four linemen that you had that were running in front of him last year, too. So I think sometimes when we're running the play, there is a lot better push at the point of attack, and that doesn't have anything to do with the running back from that standpoint. It's kind of what it is right now."

Jim Harbaugh and Greg Roman competed against Chip Kelly while they were in the Pac-12 and again in the NFL, but they shared ideas after the former two were hired by the San Francisco 49ers.

The 49ers host the Philadelphia Eagles this Sunday.

“(They’re) two guys I have great respect for,” said Kelly, the former Oregon coach, in a conference call Wednesday morning with Bay Area reporters.

“Greg has come up to visit when I was at Oregon and when they went to the 49ers. Obviously, when he was at Stanford and I was at Oregon, we didn’t share any notes on anything. But when they got to the League, Greg came up once and visited with us. And we shared ideas. And I had an opportunity during an open date when I was at Oregon in-season (2012) to go down and visit with those guys. Two guys I have great, great respect for -- two really good football coaches.”

The 49ers are using more wide receivers this season.

“They’re a little bit more exotic than they were even at Stanford,” Kelly said. “I think maybe because they have more time with their players, and they got smart players on the offensive side of the ball. I’ve had a lot of respect for Jimmy and Greg Roman going against them because they can scheme up the run game as good as anyone I’ve ever seen.”

Le'Veon Bell leads all NFL players with 461 yards from scrimmage through the first three weeks of the season.

"Let me just say this: Right now, I would take Le'Veon Bell over any running back in the league," NFL Media's LaDainian Tomlinson said on Tuesday's edition of NFL Total Access. "... He can do it all, people. He can run inside, he has the speed to turn the corner, he can catch the football, he's versatile, he's athletic. I love Le'Veon Bell."

Adrian Peterson is on the exempt list as he faces child abuse charges, while LeSean McCoy and Jamaal Charles have yet to regain their 2013 form.

In two games, Drew Stanton is 32 of 62 (51.6%), with two touchdowns and no picks, a rating of 83.5.

More importantly, the Arizona Cardinals have won both games as they defeated the New York Giants on the road in Week 2 and the San Francisco 49ers at home in Week 3.

Stanton is yet another quarterback that Bruce Arians has seemingly gotten the most out of under his tutulage.

“My stats stink, and I don’t care," said Stanton. "Stats mean nothing to me—wins do. I love Bruce’s offensive philosophy. He wants to push the ball downfield. That fits me. The numbers aren’t going to be great. But when you’re around this league long enough as a backup, this is the life you have. You never know when the chance is going to come, and you’ve just got to be ready to play well when it’s your time.”

The Miami Dolphins are unsure if they will continue starting Ryan Tannehill at quarterback.

“We’ll decide our game plan before we leave to play Oakland,” Philbin replied, via Andrew Abramson of the Palm Beach Post.

Tannehill was the No. 8 overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft by Jeff Ireland, who is no longer with the Dolphins.

Matt Moore is Miami's backup quarterback.

Eli Manning completed 75 percent of his passes in the New York Giants' Week 3 win over the Houston Texans.

Before the season, the Giants said it may be possible for Manning to complete 70 percent of his passes.

The Giants hired Ben McAdoo as offensive coordinator to run a version of the West Coast offense.

“That’s something we’ve been talking about,’’ said Manning. “Offensively, we had to score some points, get a lead and put a little pressure on the opposing team, see if we could get them take some mistakes. And that’s exactly what happened. That’s the way it’s supposed to go.

“Last week we made some steps to get better and this week was even stronger.’’

“He made some outstanding run check downs in [the] green zone that let drives stay alive,’’ Tom Coughlin said. “He played very, very well. He plays a very solid, outstanding mental game and he did that [Sunday]. There is no question as we go, we’re getting better at it. The ball is coming out quicker, people are making the right adjustments. There is still more to be done. We’ve got more to do. It’s good to see the progress, though.’’

Russell Wilson has had a negative rating in the first three games of the 2014 season, according to Pro Football Focus' grading system. Wilson appears to be hitting a slumb similar to the end of last season, though the raw stats have been impressive.

Wilson had an impressive passer rating of 99.9 in Week 3, but he's also thrown the ball into coverage with far more regularity than he did in his first two seasons.

Wilson was bailed out on one pass in the second quarter due to offensive pass interference and he misread the coverage during his interception.