Last year, the 49ers split their first two games and then embarked on an improbable eight game winning streak. This year, the team has been unable to win so much as three games in a row. Beginning Sunday, they’ll have…
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Must Win Times
Tagged with: Arizona Cardinals, Colin Kaepernick, Derek Anderson, Ken Whisenhunt, Kevin Kolb, Kurt Warner, Matt Leinart, San Francisco 49ers
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
Landslide Victory
The 49ers crushed the Arizona Cardinals 24-3 on Monday night, sending the team and its fans into the Bye week on a very happy note. As they say in the Life Duhs Anonymous meetings, two weeks of savoring always trumps…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Arizona Cardinals, Dashon Goldson, Delanie Walker, Early Doucet, Greg Roman, Jim Harbaugh, Michael Crabtree, Patrick Peterson, Randy Moss, San Francisco 49ers, Vic Fangio
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Razing Arizona
Three years and one universe ago, Kurt Warner was the Arizona Cardinals’ quarterback, they were the reigning NFC West champions who had been narrowly defeated in the 2008 Super Bowl, Shaun Hill was the 49ers’ QB, Mike Singletary was beginning…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Arizona Cardinals, Colin Kaepernick, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Schwartz, Kurt Warner, Mike Singletary, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Shaun Hill
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
Semester Break
The 49ers zoomed into sole possesion of first place in the NFC West Sunday by lounging pool side while watching Arizona get stuffed by Minnesota. Next Monday night, the team will get to stuff Arizona themselves. Meanwhile, Seattle CB Richard…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Arizona Cardinals, Cam Newton, Jay Cutler, Jim Harbaugh, Pete Carroll, RGIII, Richard Sherman, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams, Tony Romo
Posted in The Usual Suspects
Posted in The Usual Suspects
49ers Put Out the Cat
The San Francisco 49ers opened the game by forcing a Detroit 3 and out punt, then rolled down the field in four plays for a touchdown, and it looked like the game would be a rout. From that time on,…
Tagged with: Aaron Rodgers, Alex Smith, Arizona Cardinals, Bruce Miller, Christian Ponder, Delanie Walker, Detroit Lions, Drew Brees, Jay Cutler, Mario Manningham, Matt Stafford, Michael Crabtree, Michael Vick, RGIII, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis, Tom Brady, Tony Romo, Vernon Davis
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
NFL 2012 Is Up & Running
Ah, a real game. That was fun. I’d have been happy to see either team lose, and unhappy to see either team win. But the Giants have the first loss of the 2012 season and I’ll leave it to the…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Arizona Cardinals, Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Tony Romo
Posted in Around the League
Posted in Around the League
Mild, Mild West
Thanks in large part to the resurgent 49ers, the NFC West lost its distinction last year as the worst Division in the NFL. Thanks in large part to the catastrophic collapse of the Colts, the AFC South assumed that dunce…
Tagged with: Andrew Luck, Arizona Cardinals, Bill Belichick, Bill Walsh, Charlie Whitehurst, Jeff Fisher, Jim Harbaugh, Ken Whisenhunt, Kevin Kolb, Kurt Warner, Larry Fitzgerald, Matt Leinhart, Mike Nolan, Pete Carroll, Robert Griffin III, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams
Posted in FOS Speculation
Posted in FOS Speculation
Is That All There Is?
Christmas is coming, so I thought I’d mention it. Back to football. The loss to Arizona was disheartening and unneccesary, but shit happens. Ultimately, the 49ers are going to start the playoffs at home, whether that’s in the first round…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Arizona Cardinals, Green Bay Packers, Jim Harbaugh, New Orleans Saints, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers
Posted in Vacant Observations
Posted in Vacant Observations
Failed Opportunities
It’s been a magical season for the 49ers. And for the fans. But Sunday’s loss to the Cardinals all but ended any delusions of making a Super Bowl run this year. That journey now would require a ticket from the…
Tagged with: Arizona Cardinals, John Skelton, Michael Crabtree, San Francisco 49ers, Ted Ginn
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Red Bird Road Kill
The newly crowned 2011 NFC West Division champion San Francisco 49ers will be jaunting down to Phoenix this weekend to wipe the two game winning streak off the faces of the Arizona Cardinals. Since having their hides peeled at Candlestick…
Tagged with: Arizona Cardinals, Beanie Wells, Darnell Dockett, John Skelton, Kevin Kolb, San Francisco 49ers, Tony Romo, Vernon Davis
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
44:16 – 15:44
The Arizona Cardinals splattered against the San Francisco 49ers’ windshield Sunday and were scraped off the field with their guts squashed out all over the place. Get the Windex, please. And call the entomology coroner. The 49ers played Sunday’s game…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Arizona Cardinals, Braylon Edwards, Jim Harbaugh, Kyle Williams, Michael Crabtree, San Francisco 49ers
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
A Scoop of Vanilla
The 49er bar was set pretty low when the 2011 season began. For the past few years, the goal was simply to win the NFC West. To draft and recruit players who could beat Seattle, Arizona, and St. Louis. To…
Tagged with: Aldon Smith, Alex Smithy, Arizona Cardinals, Jim Harbaugh, John Skelton, Josh McDaniels, Pete Carroll, Sam Bradford, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams, Steve Spagnuolo
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
Division Divide
At the mid point of the 2011 NFL season, the 49ers have turned the NFC West race into a laugher. A division infamous for nail-biting, down to the wire drama among dog-poo teams abruptly has no drama whatsoever and half…
Tagged with: Arizona Cardinals, Jim Harbaugh, Ken Whisenhunt, Kevin Kolb, New York Giants, Pete Carroll, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams, Steve Spagnuolo
Posted in Waltzing Matilda
Posted in Waltzing Matilda
The Crow Cafe
Okay, back to reality. There’s eleven more games to play this season. The injury to Josh Morgan is a pointed reminder how quickly sweet can turn sour in the NFL. Still, looking at the QB rankings after five weeks of…
Tagged with: Aaron Rogers, Alex Smith, Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions, Josh Morgan, Mike Nolan, Mike Singletary, Sam Bradford, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams, Tim Tebow
Posted in Waltzing Matilda
Posted in Waltzing Matilda
Two Steps Forward & …. ???
When the season began, 49er fans had fairly low expectations for the team’s success this year. The focus was mainly on seeing an improved offense and a team that looked better and better as the year played out. St. Louis…
Tagged with: Arizona Cardinals, Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams, Tampa Bay Bucs
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
Impure Thoughts
The 49ers have not compiled a 4-1 record to start a season since 2002. It took three straight wins to compile that 2002 record and it will take the same to achieve it now. 2002 was the last year the…
Cardinals Improve Draft Status
The Arizona Cardinals resoundingly laid claim to being the worse team in the NFL Monday night, letting the inept San Francisco 49ers grind them into the sand for four straight quarters of toad ugly football. Well, ugly for us Card…
Tagged with: 49ers, Arizona Cardinals, Bill Bidwill, Dan Williams, Kurt Warner
Posted in Monday Morning Quarterback
Posted in Monday Morning Quarterback
Back on Top in June
Last week’s effort to focus on what might go wrong this coming season was a drag. I mean, anything can go wrong. What’s the point in worrying about it now? I am not going to finish this meal. Here, dog,…