According to NFL historians, no team has rushed for 300 yards and passed for 300 yards in the same game. Until yesterday. The SF 49ers completely obliterated the Buffalo Bills of Buffalo. To the tune of 621 yards of total offense. 310 through the air, and 311 on the ground. Alex Smith accounted for 303 of the 310 yards on 18 of 24 passsing, 3 TDs, a healthy 12.6 yards per completion, and a near-perfect 156.2 QBR (99.2 if you prefer the ESPN version). Some other numbers:
- Crabtree 6 catches for 113 yards (1 TD)
- VD 5 – 106 (1 TD)
- KW 2 – 50
- Manningham 4 – 26 (1 TD)
- Gore 14 rushes for 106 yards
- Hunter 11 – 81
- Smith 3 – 49
- Cappy 4 – 39
- Dixon 4 – 21
Crazier still is the Niners left about 21 points and 150 yards on the field due to early penalties and Cappy’s fumble on the 12 yard line. What should have been a 34-3 halftime lead was merely a 17-3 lead. Still, the offense came out better in the 2nd half and went through the Bills ‘defense’ like a hot knife through butter.
Plain and simple, this was the best this team has looked since the Steve Young era. Gone were the overthrows of the Jet and Minnesota games. Pass protection was flawless, as Smith had time to hit open recievers downfield for big gains. The run game was effortless as the line opened up big holes again and again. Defensively, the Niners only got one sack (a great blindside hit on Fitzpatrick by Ahmad Brooks), but Fitz was never comfortable in the pocket all day, and CJ Spiller was rendered pointless as he had nowhere to go. Culliver showed again how fast he’s become a damn good corner by picking off an underthrown pass by Fitz on the 5 yard line. Patrick Willis and the LBs played another flawless game, and Willis got a nice strip on a completion to Bill TE Scott Chandler.
Bring on the next NY team!!
Forty Niners Forever 
Love Steve Young talking crap about the media East Coast Bias. Texans win and we get 20 mins of the Jets after the game. Priceless.
Steve Young “is that what 2-3 gets you?”
Missed that. But typical of ESPN.
Just checked the NLF Total QB rating and low and behold Alex Smith is on top of that list too. Wow, how’d that happen? And what must be wrong with THAT list to allow for such a shocking and unexpected outcome?
someone may have already posted this but here’s a list of all time NFL Total QBR games. He made #5. That list only covers games for the last 5 years, but still.
Flavor, here are some more stats to go with that amazing #1 QBR, Smith has completed 94-of-137 passes for 1,087 yards, and his respective rankings in those categories are 22nd (completions), 26th (attempts) and 21st (yards). He was tremendous against the Bills, no doubt, I’m looking forward to the Giants game this week.
dude we have a balanced team. We run the ball. If you can’t figure out that more running = less pass completions/attempts/yards then you are beyond help
Hah hah . . . Smith even got a 99.2 (out of 100) from whatever the new ESPN QBR thingie is.
Crazy. He likely won’t stay #1, but he’s well on his way to being top 5. Sacks ARE better than INTs.
New thread is up . . .