Don’t see much of a chance against Philly, unless there is constant pressure from the get-go, the 49ers force some early turnovers, and the are-we-not-so-sucky O line can figure out how to pass protect. And run block. These two teams have had some interesting games over the years. I read a wonderful thing in the paper in that before last week’s loss to the Giants, the Iggles hadn’t given up 4 TDs in the air since Joe Montana dropped 5 TDs on Philly in 1989. 4 of those TDs of course came in the 4th quarter. Then there was the beat-down that Philly laid on SF in 1994 (40-8?), where Young went ballistic when George Seifert pulled him out of the game. The players themselves said it was the turning point of the season, and the Niners won 10 in a row, and closed the season 13-1 and went on to win the Super Bowl.
Recent history hasn’t been so kind. In 2005, Tim Rattay was chased and harassed to the tune of a 42-3 beat-down. In 2006, the Eagles ruined one of Alex Smith’s best days when he went 27 for 46, 293 yards, and one TD en route to a 38-24 loss. The 2008 debacle was the death knell for Mike Nolan. Going into the 4th quarter with a 9 point lead, Gore at 98 yards on the ground, and possession of the ball, the Niners (and JT O’Fuckmeagain) fumbled and pick-sixed their way to a demoralizing 40-26 loss. Gore had 6 yards rushing on 3 attempts, with the LEAD. This prompted the Nolan firing a week later, and the throttling of the pass-happy Mike Martz by Mike Singletary. 2009? Well, a 3 pick day by Alex sealed that game, a 27-13 ho-hum loss. Last year’s game was another close-but-not-quite loss. Alex had his only 300 yard game in his career, going 25 for 39, and 309 yards. However, he skipped a screen pass off Gore for a pick, and gave Philly 6 points on a misguided attempt to salvage a broken play. He instead fumbled and Philly took it to the house. Another close comeback thwarted by the misfortunes of the Singletary-led 49ers.
I’m not expecting miracles. I am hoping for better line play, continued improvement by the secondary, and some consistent drives. If the Niners can keep it low-scoring, thaey have a chance. A track meet doesn’t bode well.
San Francisco 49ers Forever 
Hey! We tried a deep ball. Try another.
Naw, not conservative
Ho0rrible spot. That should be a first.
Hoooooo boy.
Fuck. Gave away too many plays there.
Davis with the whiff.
He’s the weak link now. Boone?
That’s Jason Babin’s third sack today.
I wonder who has him on their fantasy team?
I do. You stoopid mooks.
Good one Del
Game comes down to stopping Vick here.
Alex doesn’t cover well.
Shit. The Puppy Killer beat us on the hot read.
Is that last play a catch? I need another angle…
Yup. We are getting in Vick’s face, he’s just getting the ball out. I can’t believe we can’t tip these balls. He’s sidearm half the time.
That was fucking Madieu Williams again on the “coverage.”
This just in: he still sucks.
Reggie Smith dropped that INT. Pour beer on his head.
My fellow baseball fans will get that reference…
awwwwww reggie !
good ‘d’
Holy Crap. Thank you
That kicker should sleep with one eye open if he resides anywhere near Philadelphia.
Well, they are cetrtainly giving us our cgances.
One drive, baby.
Danny Noonan again!
Funny thing, I was begging the Niners to draft Henery in April.
I think that makes me qualified to win Jed’s next nation-wide search for a GM.
Another FG missed. Time to march on down for a score.
Slant, goddamn it.
Hunter. Get him in now.
Facemask . . .
Frank and VD! Eagle whining about a flag: Personal Foul
Eagles trying like hell to give us the game. Will we accept?
eoeoozzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
The Vikings just lost to the fucking Chefs to go to 0-4.
Their bald HC will be nixed tomorrow…
Tough tough tough, baby. See, that was 2 diown rterritory, so it’s a great call.
good ‘d’
score and go for two !
You got your Hunter chuck
Fuck yes.
Yeah, baby. Some tought shit up the middle from Gore.
WOW! Frank
gore !
we just gored the eagles !
i’m sticking with my pregame prediction !
TD by Gore. Rob you da genius, lol
now we need to hit vick and use rogers vs. jackson ,
The old Walsh- the second half passing set up the run. Hold on and this is a HUGE win. Go with 3 man rush and Vick will kill us..
Right that was West Coast
The Bengals beat the Bills. Come back to reality, Buffalo.
101 yards for Frank
They need to keep the prressure MAX presure. No underneath shit. Live by the blitz, die by the blitz.
The Rams just fell to 0-4. Brutal early schedule has done them in.
Fucking Brooks jumps offside — again.
Epic.
smith !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and dashon
FUMBLE!!!
The dream fuck ups.
Har har, love it
How does Smith catch Maclin? Unreal play.
Right, amazing
Justin Smith is Berger’s fav Niner. He always drafts him on his fantasy team.
Right again, my friend.
Sweet! Don’t drink too much Bergs, LOL
First fucking down by Gore, oh yeah
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I have no idea why I watched the 2nd half of this game. I was gonna go on a run. What an unbelievable game.
Epic sez chuck, yep
J Smith with the play of the game there . . .
And just falling on the fumble was big. How many times have we seen a guy try to scoop it up?
Great team play in 2nd half
can we run out bthe clock !
WE WIN!!!!!!
I’ll drink to that! (later, it’s 4:30 AM)
Fucking yes!!
You’re going to be pretty busy smoking pole for the rest of the day, Wet Brain. But you’re used to it
Super proud of this team. Harbaugh. Smith. “other” smith. The goddamn team. Great game.
Not gonna stay up; I’ll catch your comments later you Faithful Fans.
Nite…
Wow, a HUUUUUUUGE win by the Niners. Gutty as hell. Game balls for everyone.
Smith wins a hard-fought game on the road. he nutted up big time in the 2nd half. Probably his best stretch of football ever. This is a good sign for Harbaugh. With all the mistakes and problems, they still managed a win.
The key was staying on the east coast last week.
Yep true dat
Smith 21-33 291 YDS 2 TD 0 INT 112.1 Rating
Gore 15-127
And what a brilliant play by Justin…. awesome win..
You da man, Phil. I suppose if I was somehwere in the hinterlands, I’d be watching, too.
My last link with the good old USA
Cheers
Monday morning there. You gotta work?
You work at hut, right?
Lol, naw I’m a screw around retired guy. Just axe skeebs, haharhar.
Forty Fucking Niners!
Lucky bastard. Giid fior you. How did you happen upon the Phillipeans? Once my son’s out of HS, we’re looking for someplace to go. However, I don’t think it’ll be as dramatic as the far east. Somehwere near the beach, though. San Luis Obisbo is nice.
Well my Dad worked over here after WWII and I was born here; went to Calif when he retired in 1966 and came back when I retired 2008.
SLO is pretty nice. I was living / working in Mendocino county prior to moving here, too col;d for the beach!
What is SOOOOOO good about this is this is the kind of game that Singletary lost.
This is the kind of game that Nolan lost. They would go home lick their wounds and say, “we lost but we put up a hell of a fight” and basically call it a moral victory.
By hook or by crook, they got it done.
Fuck, yeah, baby.
I’d hate to ascribe too much to this win, but really, down 20 in the 2nd half on the road, and they win? That hasn’t happened since the Seifert era.
How ’bout them chokin’ Cowboys???!!!
They coughed it up to Deeeetroit?
Wow, a great day for football.
I didn’t have too much trouble doing my “job” today, but thanks for your concern, NoFear..
Orton throws a pick 6 vs GB! Even better!!
Barley, congrats on kicking my ass this week in our FF league.
You were Secretariat today. I was Mr. Ed.
Well, Phil, you are the blogger of the game. Game ball for you . . .
I mean, I waited until noon to crack that first beer. Tipping it at 4:00 am is noteworthy.
Too excited to sleep but still on the coffee don’t get me wrong. I’ll bust out the rum later today and go to bed before 10 tonight. The wife’s laughing at me sez “You’ll never get to sleep!”
Bloggers of the game are those of us who called the win, Chuckles..
No, they’re not.
I love watching Tom Brady play quarterback. If he was in the movie “Swingers,” Vince Vaughn would tell him…
“You’re so money and you don’t even know it!” Tom Brady is money.
And I love his new haircut. A certain 2-time CY winner from the Giants should take notice.
After another gag job by Pizza Boy, and you’re now on Brady’s pole.
Wet Brain is a little busy on his knees the rest of the day.
His call: 38-17 Eagles. Total troll now, as on the Flap.
The Pat’s defense is offensive.
Nice play on words right there if I do say so myself. 😛
Hey, anyone else watching that new Playboy show on TV? The writing isn’t the best, but I’ll be goddamn if that bunny played by Amanda Heard ain’t a looker. I’m not partial to blondes myself, but in her case, I’ll make an exception. And another…and another…and another…
Blaine Gabbert’s completion % today was just 38%?
You know why? He needs a goddamn haircut.
How bout them Lions at 4-0!?!??!?n They don’t play the Pack until Thanksgiving Day. I’ll have an extra side of stuffing and candied yams for that barn burner.
Happy Thanksgiving. And while I’m at it, Merry Christmas.
Bloggers of the Game: Twin and Rob
Players of the Game: Alex, Frank, Justin
Wrongo Bongo Bloggers of the Game: Chuck and Wet Brain
Whiner of the day? Mike.
Excuse-maker of ther day? Mike again.
Read the last sentence of my thread.
Rob bailed at 11:36.
I called the comeback at 11:39.
No soup for you!!!
Whiner? Winner, pal. 24-23 ain’t low scoring,dippy. Smith out duels a dude with 400+ yards passing- that’s a track meet, skippy..
Anyway, I was a little rough on Romo. Turns out he was playingwith a punctured brain- he was leaking marinara sauce…
I think it would be poetic if we played the Cowboys in the playoffs this year.
Alex Smith vs Tony Romo. I one guy is Randall “Tex” Cobb, the other is Larry Holmes.
You do the math.
No news here, but Seattle is beyond god awful. They need to pack up their shit and go away. I still can’t believe Pete has all his eggs in Tavaris Jackson’s basket. That’s one Easter Egg you’re gonna need to scramble…
Hey, guess what? We’re 3-1.
I just like saying that.
You’re full of shit. Smith made his second turnover or the YEAR when the ball squirted out of his hand, and you and Chuckles are calling him a coward. Listen bitch- don’t annoy me. You guys are dead wrtong all game long and you give ME shit? Fuck off- and be quiet doing it.
I called the win BEFORE the game, Chucklefuck- and you were trying to be sarcastic- get behind Wet Brain and wait your turn..
Bullshit. Philly could have easily scored another 13 points. The Niners left 6 out there.
In today’s NFL. 24-23 isn’t a high scoring game.
It was easy to predict the game before it started.
It took a real genuis to call it down 20-3 at the half.
What a scumbag-you were attempting sarcasm. You didn’t call shit. Easy to call before the game? Then why didn’t you, f\uckwad?
Hey, I’m going for an MRI this week. I’ll let you know if it reveals a 7-11 Slurpee in my noggin.
I love mixing the cola and cherry flavors for a Slurpee at 7-ll. Good stuff, Maynard.
As usual, Mike has to make it all about himself rather than about anything actually happening on the field.
Great, gutty win by the team. One of pretty big implications, seeing as it was on the road against a very tough team. Will this be a turning point? We’ll see, but Smith can’t put the ball on the turf like that.That being said, Smith was money in the 2nd half comeback. His best performance as a Niner, given the situation . Still, a hell of a defensive performace, even though Vick threw for 400+ yards (513 total). J Smith’s backside pursuit, and causing the fumble was key. Philly was terrible with the football and in the end it was their demise.
Might as well give the game ball to Ronnie Brown for his inexplicable lateral on the 2 yard line. It was the worst play of the game. Philly game away 13 points on their lengthy drives. The Niners gave away 7.
You wanna compare QBs putting it on the ground? What a dumb fuck comment. Back in line.
At least acknowledge mistakes when they happen twinklepuff. This isn’t about last week, or the previous games. It’s about Smith dropping the ball without getting hit.
Other QBs face pressure, unblocked guys, and the like. They tuck the ball away and take the hit. Smith lost his grip before he got hit. I guess that should have been rules a forward pass. Bad decisions should be ignored, apparently.
Alex played a near flawless 2nd half. Even I was impressed.
Fuck you.
Waaaaaaahh!
Twin can’t take it even when Del compliments Alex? This must run deeper than I thought
Two turnovers this year, Yeah,, he just has to stop doing that shit. Denny called it-fucking mook.
I thought they’d lose. And the team is even a little ahead of schedule of jelling and responding to the teachings of Master Harbaugh. I said week 6. Dennis, you’ll have fired him 46 times by then.
Chuckles- you and Wet Brain were wrong . About Smiith AND the game. Try to “man” up.
Anyone worried about manning up on a blog? Really, twinklepuff?
Twinfan, night and day halves for Smith. He looked pretty bad until we were forced to play or die. A lucky bounce fumble and a couple of missed FGs didn’t hurt either.
Good to see we had the fortitude to play hard for the win after getting beat up in the first half. We made a real football game of it.
Smith deserves credit today. He finished like a pro.
Blow me. I called the comeback. You have to be a fucking whiner. The Niners won despite the 7 points Smith gave Philly.
I guess fumbles aren’t the fault of the ball carriers. It’s those mean guys trying to tackle them, twinklepuff.
I said the Niners could win if they kept it close and low-scoring. They did. You can worry about your gay-ass ‘calls’ all you want. Bully for you, fuckwad. That and $5.00 gets you a quaalude.
I’m so glad you guys banned Spitblood to raise the level of decorum here. Way to go.
LOL.
Decent half of football for Alex. Keep it up and we might just finish over .500 yet. Good game by the defense to dig in and keep it close in the second half. Tremendous game running and receiving by Hunter.
The Eagles made so many mistakes in the 2nd half – the difference between today and the last seven years is, we took what was offered, and made them pay, ON THE ROAD, against a decent team.
Huge game.
Someone has to replace him, Grump. Might as well be Twinklepuff.
Naw it just gives the rest of us a chance to blow smoke
Shit, the Cards are leading the Giants by 3. I penciled in a W for the G-Men.
Silly me.
Fucking Vince Wilfork with his 2nd INT this yr off of Jason Campbell.
That fat fuck makes Prince Fielder look like Iman.
Tom Brady is the best. It’s not even a discussion.
Frank had 127 yds today, and he was our “backup.”
The Philly fans are gonna be asking for ropes and foot stools.
“Hang ‘Em High,” Clint.
Who had the Bungles beating the Bills today?
That’s what I thought. Not I said the cat.
NFL rates QBs for the *game*. After today Smith will move into the top 10- ahead of Wet Brain’s boys. His 2 turnovers are probably least in the NFL, I’ll check later. Chuckles didn’t call shit -yeah, he called a 20 point comeback while simultaneously trashing the QB who would have to lead it- sure. You fucks are a hoot- Grumpy calls Smith’s second half “decent”..
I’m whining? That’s hilarious- I’m CROWING, you dumb cocksucker. Making a huge fucking deal of ONE turnover is fucking stupid. Romo had three just today, idiot. Brady had 4 last week. The problem with all of you is not having the grace to admit you’ve been wrong so far this year.
Waaaaaaaaaaaaah! keep it up skippy.
You think the Philly fans are bemoaning Ronnie Brown’s turnover?
You called it? You called it the year before, and the year before, and the year before. You called 10-6 the last few years.
You act like it means something, skippy.
You’re a fucking liar, too.
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We have Chuckles with they won in spite of Smith, NoFear with he was lucky, GG with his huge second half was “decent”… truly pathetic. I put “man” in quotes for a reason, Chucklette..this was a huge win and it was led by Smith. Period. And in case you morons haven’t paid attention- many of Joe’s or Elway’s or anybody else’s comeback wins were after they’d played less than well earlier. Including the “Catch” game when Joe turned it over a few times before the great drive..Here’s your best course of action: just be truthful- it was a great win led by ALEX SMITH. And get used to it.