I don't see that happening. I don't think Seattle is as dominating as they were last year, but I do think they're a superior team to SF at the moment.
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I don't see that happening. I don't think Seattle is as dominating as they were last year, but I do think they're a superior team to SF at the moment.
If not SF, I am OK with the Cardinals winning one. Even though I don't fear them like the Seahawks during the last few years and Rams back in the day of Warner (and other good teams before that), I should fear the Cardinals. They could become a perennial headache to the 49ers in the NFC West for a long time and by then I will hate them.
First we are Seattle's bitch and then now Arizona??But it's been 20 years since SF won so it feels like any SF Super Bowl win is the first one, but at least since the new stadium and new QB. I would hate to see this current group of talented 49ers go through their careers without a Super Bowl win. It's hard to come so close so often and come up short as that futility always happened to other teams.
With nearly 350 yards and most of the 4th left, Stafford (and Lions) are on fire this afternoon. With all due respect to Rodgers and Green Bay in the NFC, it could be a race between Lions if today is an indication of their rise and the hot Eagles and Cowboys with probably great game coming up next.
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The zebras really went after the Seahawks secondary. Some of those holding calls were pretty dubious. One in particular that irked me was Cliff Avril briefly grabbed Frank Gore before pursuing Kap: he was grabbing Gore because he thought Gore might be on a running play, carrying the ball, but let him go as soon as he realized Kap still had the ball. Take a move like that away, how is a lineman supposed to play D? It is hard enough as it is.
But we saw a bit more of the good old-fashioned BeastMode this evening, and a primo pick by #25 to bury the Niners last prayer. Seattle is on the rise again, open up the hate spigots, folks.
And SF is 3-3 in their shiny new digs, maybe they need to move back up to Candlestick, Santa Clara is not panning out for them so far.
But we saw a bit more of the good old-fashioned BeastMode this evening, and a primo pick by #25 to bury the Niners last prayer. Seattle is on the rise again, open up the hate spigots, folks.
And SF is 3-3 in their shiny new digs, maybe they need to move back up to Candlestick, Santa Clara is not panning out for them so far.
If not SF, I am OK with the Cardinals winning one. Even though I don't fear them like the Seahawks during the last few years and Rams back in the day of Warner (and other good teams before that), I should fear the Cardinals. They could become a perennial headache to the 49ers in the NFC West for a long time and by then I will hate them.
But it's been 20 years since SF won so it feels like any SF Super Bowl win is the first one, but at least since the new stadium and new QB. I would hate to see this current group of talented 49ers go through their careers without a Super Bowl win. It's hard to come so close so often and come up short as that futility always happened to other teams.
With nearly 350 yards and most of the 4th left, Stafford (and Lions) are on fire this afternoon. With all due respect to Rodgers and Green Bay in the NFC, it could be a race between Lions if today is an indication of their rise and the hot Eagles and Cowboys with probably great game coming up next.
the Niners winning one again would be great. but that opportunity was two SBs ago... Kap had his chance. He, imho, got off his game and let it slip out of his fingers. the Niners simply aren't that good now. I'm not saying in the near future they won't be back again, but not this season.
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I've always liked him! i'm very happy for him too! to bad it is the eagles.
I hate them.
But I am rooting for Sanchez to do well... I thought for sure Romo and crew would handle them.
Another question has been answered: are the cowboys that good? no, the cowboys early success was a red herring. they beat teams that simply weren't that good.
Its a small price to pay considering that these new stringent holding rules stemmed from the seahawks bragging about holding on most plays because the "refs can't call them all"
Yeah? They beat the Seahawks, in the Clink no less, that was a feat. Maybe the have just gone into a late-season hook-slide.
The Hawks were in the middle of that "locker room" problem and to compound things they had 5-6 starters injured.
It appears ( over the past two games ) those problems and injuries are in the past.
We will see when they play in Philly next week.
Seattle has the hardest schedule over the last 6 games of the regular season in the NFL.
Arizona at home---W
49'ers on the road----W
Philly on the road----??
San Francisco at home-----?
Arizona on the road------???
St. Louis at home----??
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Winning solves a lot of problems and with the Seahawks losing some games, chinks in their armor started showing up.
On the other hand, I consider San Francisco more dysfunctional thanks to their head coach. I'm not surprised with SF losing, and I think that team is in more turmoil then Seattle ever was. I fully expect Harbaugh to leave the team at the end of the season.
Ya I think the writing is on the wall and on Twitter too.
The 49ers Owner tweeted this right after that game..A very bad omen.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11948560/jed-york-san-francisco-49ers-loss-not-acceptable
Okay. Here we sit, five weeks from the end of the season, and my Cleveland Browns -- the ones so bad their stadium is nicknamed the Factory of Sadness -- are sitting at 7-4, essentially tied with Baltimore, Cincy and Pittsburgh for the division lead and contending for at least a wild card spot in the playoffs. We're drafting well (for a change); we've finally found a decent, if not elite, quarterback; and the games are actually fun to watch.
I keep waiting for somebody to slap me and wake me up.
Oh, and to add to the surrealism, the team we're playing Sunday, the Bills, is fairly decent too.
Then there's the NFC South. Hey Atlanta, NO, Carolina and Tampa Bay...we are open to leasing out our Factory of Sadness slogan to your entire division. I don't think we're gonna need it anymore.
I keep waiting for somebody to slap me and wake me up.
Oh, and to add to the surrealism, the team we're playing Sunday, the Bills, is fairly decent too.
Then there's the NFC South. Hey Atlanta, NO, Carolina and Tampa Bay...we are open to leasing out our Factory of Sadness slogan to your entire division. I don't think we're gonna need it anymore.
Two things happened. First it showed Niners are not prime time this season for postseason and I agree with pachyderm. Is it that bad for SF? I dunno, but:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/27/s...-pressure-of-postseason-elimination.html?_r=0
Secondly, it shows that the Seahawks still have IT and can possibly go all the way again. They aren't as scary as last year but neither is their former Super Bowl opponent Denver. If Seattle could shut down Kap that way and close off the running backs, I don't see why they wouldn't be able to do the same thing to Peyton Manning again in a big game rematch. Yeah, it would be close if it's those two again, and not 43-8, but still a victory over Denver by a TD or field goal.
Sometimes the D stuff is not as flashy as a QB throwing tons of yards, but Seattle was on point and would have been able to stop anybody the way they covered the 49ers.
It's early to say, but I think 49ers and turmoil (if that even plays in as a factor) may make this a season that San Francisco misses the postseason. This sucks in so many ways.
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Probably not, though. No team has repeated, winning or losing, since NE in SBs 38 & 39. In the last nine SBs, the average time for each team to get back to the big game has been over 15 years (including 3 first-timers, which kind of runs up the average). There has only ever been one back-to-back SB rematch, about 20 years ago the loser fared badly in both games.
Super Bowl 38 is a long, long time ago and George W Bush was president and in his first term. I guess the last repeat performance was that long ago.
What could greatly help Peyton's postseason history and put it up there with his stellar regular season play (pretty much unmatched) would be to win another Super Bowl. But not only that but win big against Seattle, the team that destroyed him. Of all the AFC teams I would like to shut up Richard Sherman and his squad would be the Broncos.
But what would be as great is if a #6 seed AFC playoff team, a low on the radar Dolphins or Bills, comes along and takes Seattle down in the upcoming Super Bowl. Anything can happen and if Seattle gets there, I will be so a fan of the AFC opposing team.
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Yeah, I saw that, and thought it was odd, that the owner tweeted that. Not a good sign, I think the relationship between the coach and front office has turned toxic and he'll be not return. From what I've read, he has few fans in the club house as well.
When you win, those issues are glossed over, but when you struggle, it seems to be magnified. I saw a news story about Harbaugh, where he's only stayed in any one place 3 to 4 years. The time seems right for him to move on to his next engagement.
Loving the Browns... I think Hoyer might be elite or close to it in another season or two.
I think the top 3 in the nfc are GB, SEA, PHI...
and PHI are a distant 3rd compared to GB & SEA.
IMHO...
Part of that opinion will be resolved in about a week as the 'Hawks visit the city of brotherly love.
There's such an expectation over here to win again in San Francisco and the fans have no patience for repeat visits to the postseason without a Super Bowl win.
It may be OK for some teams just to get to postseason first and then come up empty somewhere therein, but SF expects a real run at the trophy at the very least, not stupid meltdowns as seen in the last three years. It's OK for a better team to beat us, but it's not OK to beat yourself as can be argued with the 49ers in 2011, 2012, and 2013 seasons.
We certainly have not played to our potential these three seasons given what gifts we had on the team. Past teams with Montana, Young, or Garcia and various smart coaches at helm squeezed every inch out of their players and got as far as possible given the circumstances without any hint of squandering, unlike the recent 49ers teams under Harbaugh.
I thought he showed potential for that earlier in the season, and still want to believe that. But in the games in which the opposing teams pressured him, he's looked nervous and thrown picks -- three of them last week. He's promising to steel himself, and this week will be a real test, against Buffalo.
Still, he's better than Mr. Deer-in-the-Headlights, Brandon Weeden.