Oh well. I'm ready for July minicamps.
And for Gronk to stop partying like he just found out he has 3 months to live.
What I wanted was Kap to run to the touchdown at the end. He has the ability and there seemed to be holes, as well as other times where he could have run but didn't. What we see on TV is one thing but maybe the Ravens just had our number.
What killed me is the times we had the 3rd down easy and then just botched it over and over. Kap threw for a good amount of yards but due to the Ravens D, it was only for one TD. The Ravens did everything right and had they been on fire all game, we would have been blown out by 20 points.
I think the power going out helped us as far as taking away their momentum but their dominance for more than half the game putting us back 22 points proved impossible to make up. In regular season play, there have been similar comebacks but we were doomed by not getting into form until into the 3rd quarter. Their defense was great at holding us when we got close and instead of us failing, they were actually succeeding. Where Kap couldn't get a pass off a lot in the first half was because they covered everything really well. Those performances don't seem to get the credit they deserve. I think I won't hear Ravens fans talking about how they almost let this one get away by being bad at stopping a late rally, but that in the end the Ravens won the game.
Our fault wasn't just in the 4th quarter, but really many on both sides making parts of this game very sloppy. They made fewer big mistakes though it was nice to see a gap where they didn't cover our wide receivers very well. Had we won, the pundits would talk about how the Ravens lost it on D not covering the 49ers receivers. The Ravens covered them just good enough for government work in the second half even though it wasn't as good as their first half coverage.
I expect to see the Ravens get into postseason next year. Again, congrats to them and a well deserved respect for a team many considered an also-ran.