Close, but no seegar. For the second straight week, the 49ers wracked up a moral victory. And also lost their fourth game in a row. Last week, the defense was respectable and the offense stunk. This week the offense actually…
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Giants 30, 49ers 27
Tagged with: Anquan Boldin, Carlos Hyde, Colin Kaepernick, Kenneth Acker, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Dumping Ground
It was a nation wide dump on Colin Kaepernick week. It’s gotten so bad, even your faithful steely-eyed scribbler has begun to feel sorry for the poor kid. If he stinks it up again in New York next Sunday night,…
Tagged with: Brandon Thomas, Colin Kaepernick, Erik Pears, Joe Looney, Jordan Devey, Marcus Martin, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Trent Baalke
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
49ers 16, Giants 10
It was fun watching other teams lose Sunday. The Seahawks got beat by the Chiefs, the Eagles creamed by the Packers, and the Rams wiped out Denver. It was not much fun watching the 49ers win. In fact, somewhere late…
Tagged with: Chris Borland, Eli Manning, Frank Gore, Justin Smith, Michael Crabtree, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Trap Game Warning
Most of us thought we’d be talking this week about a 4-5 team whose playoff chances were dangling by their last flimsy thread, needing to win out to get into the postseason. I might have led off this piece by…
Tagged with: Aaron Lynch, Ahmad Brooks, Aldon Smith, Eli Manning, Jerry Reese, New York Giants, Odell Beckham, Phil Simms, San Francisco 49ers, Trent Baalke
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
Gut Check Game
Thursday night’s game is looking like the most crucial 49er game of the year. A Seahawks loss would give them an 0-3 division mark, probably handing the 49ers any tie breaker scenarios at season’s end. On the other hand, if…
Tagged with: Greg Roman, Jim Harbaugh, New York Giants, Pete Carroll, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Vic Fangio
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
Stinker on the Green
That was butt ugly, folks. Is it too soon to panic? The 49ers lost to the Giants 26-3, but it could have been a lot worse if the Giants hadn’t laughed their way through the fourth quarter. The game started…
Tagged with: Aldon Smith, Alex Boone, Alex Smith, Colin Kaepernick, David Akers, Greg Roman, Jim Harbaugh, Joe Staley, Justin Smith, Leonard Davis, New York Giants, Randy Moss, San Francisco 49ers, Vic Fangio
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
RIP 2011
Welcome to the San Francisco 49ers’ 2012 Offseason! There’s nothing happening. Yet. But at least the pretenders are finally off the stage. Nice game Sunday, but the best game of the postseason was Saints vs Niners. Either one of those…
The Future, The Past, The Guillotine
The 2012 Offseason is now open for business and the wonderful players on the 2011 49er team are no longer Our Boys, but our chess pawns. Sorry, guys. It’s a cruel business. Unless you’re a star, which we wish you…
Tagged with: Aaron Rodgers, Alex Smith, Ben Roethlisberger, Eli Manning, Jim Harbaugh, Jimmy Raye, Kyle Williams, Mike Singletary, Moran Norris, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Tom Brady
Posted in Mindless Drivel
Posted in Mindless Drivel
Coping Machinationisms
I’m trying to feel lousy about the 49ers losing the NFC Championship game, but it isn’t working. I feel bad, certainly. But not lousy. If I was a Packers fan or a Saints fan, I would feel lousy. Those two…
End of the Line
The 49ers stunning turnaround year blew a tire on the final turn and just that suddenly the life whizzed out of the 2011 season. The Giants moved along to the Super Bowl the same way they did in 1990 —…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Hochuli, Justin Smith, Kyle Williams, Michael Crabtree, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Vernon Davis
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
Prove It Or Lose It
The last time the 49ers were in an NFC Title Game was 1998, against the Atlanta Falcons. The previous week, the team had finally beaten their nemesis, Brett Farve and the Packers, and hopes were high that another SB title…
Tagged with: Atlanta Falcons, Brett Farve, Garrison Hearst, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Steve Young
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
Any Which Way But Lose
It’s Wednesday, which signals an end to the gloating and basking period and a return to fretting over the next game, which just happens to be the NFC Championship Game. One win away from a trip to Super Bowl number…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Delanie Walker, Dwight Clark, Joe Montana, John Madden, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Steve Young, Terrell Owens, Tim Tebow, Tom Coughlin, Troy Aikman, Vernon Davis
Posted in Waltzing Matilda
Posted in Waltzing Matilda
Heaven Can Wait
Old adages die hard. Over the weekend, the two most potent offenses in the NFC were sent packing by the two best defensive teams. In the AFC, the best defense is left to face the best offense, which only got…
Tagged with: Aaron Rodgers, Alex Smith, Drew Brees, Eli Manning, Green Bay Packers, Jimmy Graham, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers
Posted in Lunatic Ravings
Posted in Lunatic Ravings
Dancing With The Stars
This year’s NFC final four is a true national tournament. We’ve got the Giants representing the East, Green Bay the North, New Orleans the South, and San Francisco the West. Groovy. A perfect symmetry. And late Saturday afternoon, the 49er…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Drew Brees, Drew Pearson, Eli Manning, Eric Wright, Green Bay Packers, Joe Montana, John Brodie, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Tim Tebow
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
Mission Accomplished
Things got a bit sweaty in the fourth quarter Sunday, but the 49ers limped out of St. Louis with a 34-27 victory, securing the number two seed in the playoffs, and the much needed week off that goes with this…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Atlanta Falcons, Carson Palmer, Eli Manning, Hue Jackson, Jim Harbaugh, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, Oakland Raiders, San Francisco 49ers, St. Louis Rams, Steve Young, Tony Romo
Posted in Post Game Spread
Posted in Post Game Spread
One Last Hurdle
It would be ironic if the 49ers won the two hard games of this closing three game playoff push and then lost the easy game. And there are words a bit stronger and more pithy than “ironic” that could come…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Brett Farve, Dallas Cowboys, Frank Ryan, Green Bay Packers, Joe Montana, Johnny Unitas, Michael Vick, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, St. Louis Rams, Tom Brady
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
The Homestretch
Monday Night’s game in the Superdome just about guaranteed that the 49ers will not be letting up in the month of December. Nobody, even the Packers, wants to end up in New Orleans during the playoffs. If the 49ers can…
The Crying Game
NY Giants head coach Tom Coughlin mentioned after Sunday’s loss to the San Francisco 49ers that he thought his team was in control of the game and he was shocked that they lost. After pouring over the tape of the…
Tagged with: Anthony Davis, Bill Parcells, Bill Walsh, Jim Harbaugh, Mike Ditka, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Tom Coughlin
Posted in Vulcan Mind Probes
Posted in Vulcan Mind Probes
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
Elite Meet
Sunday’s 49ers opponent, the NY Giants, are on a bit of a roll. They have won three straight games. A squeaker at home over Buffalo, another home squeaker versus Miami, and a road squeaker over the Patriots. Perhaps they should…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Eli Manning, Joe Buck, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Troy Aikman
Posted in Game Previews
Posted in Game Previews
Base Camp Established
At the halfway point of the 2011 NFL season, Hell has frozen over, the sun now rises in the west, and the San Francisco 49ers sit atop the NFC West standings. Shit, Martha, have I died and gone to Heaven?…
Tagged with: Alex Smith, Eli Manning, New England Patriots, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Tom Brady
Posted in Vacant Observations
Posted in Vacant Observations