One of my favorite lines from the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Anyhow, remember the thrilling days of yesteryear, when the Niners were coming off 2 resounding division wins, they were 6-2, 1st place in the NFC West, and there was a clear cut starting quarterback on the 49ers? You know, 16 days ago? Well, on that fateful day 16 days ago, the 49ers played the hapless St. Louis Rams. A team that was 3-5 and stumbling around pretty aimlessly under 1st year head coach Jeff Fisher.
Most everyone figured a crushing defeat for the Rams, but a funny thing happened on the way to the victory party. Steven Jackson ran the ball down the Niners throat. Jerry Amendola caught a ton of balls for a ton of yards, and with some stupid decisions on both sides, plus a few missed FGs, the game ended in a tie. And, Alex Smith was knocked out of the game in the 2nd quarter after sustaining a concussion. Colin Kaepernick did well enough down the stretch of that game to win it, and also made a play which could have lost it. Fisher made some very dumb calls, but all in all, it felt like a loss for the Forty Niners, given the circumstances.
Fast forward to the present, and the Niners know now that the Rams, for all their faults and growing pains, aren’t a pushover. Jackson shredded the Niners defense early, and the D missed more tackles in that game than in all the rest of the other games combined. Bradford had way too much time, and Amendola torched Carlos Rogers all day. I heard Fangio this morning stress tackling and say if their effort is the same as the previous game, the results will be similar. I don’t see that happening.
Offensively, both QBs did well vs the Rams. The run game gained steam going along, and both QBs made some good throws. We should know by tomorrow who gets the call. Other than that, KW is out, and also it looks like Kendall Hunter is also lost for the remainder of the season. Jewel Hampton, an undrafted RB, has been promoted from the practice squad to take Hunter’s place. The Niners are going with 52 guys for now, but I’m sure someone else will be added shortly.
BREAKING NEWS: NaVorro Bowman has been signed to a 5 years, $48.5 million extension through the 2018 season.
Forty Niners Forever 
I still can’t get over the irony that through this weird-ass 7 year journey we’ve taken as Niner fans with Smith and all the ups and downs and injuries and coaching changes……that it’s when he’s playing the best football of his career, a top 7 QB without question, that he gets his job taken away from him. I know he’s lost it before and their have been other qb’s, but he’s never lost it like this, being healthy and at the top of his game…….
As I said yesterday, I hope Smith stays ready. I could easily see Kap getting hurt and Smith coming in to save the day and lead us to a SB win. This could EASILY happen. Why? Because it’s the NFL and players get hurt all the time. And this story has been too weird and bizarre to just end with JH saying “Kap’s the starter from here on out…”
The final chapter of this saga has yet to be written………
Yeah, it’s a trip isn’t it? Smith was playing some good ball this year. Steve Young was on Mr T this afternoon and laid it out pretty well. Smith had the most yards from scrimmage, best completion percentage and some other stats That are best in 49 history THIS year. Think about that for a min. Montana, Young…Smith??
I think CK will be good. Will he be better than Smith? We’ll find out I guess. At the end of the day I want the team to do well but to me Harbaugh fucked Smith over and people should stop pretending that isn’t the case.
And perhaps you missed this from the Bronco traning camp earlir this year.
:”ENGLEWOOD, CO— Speaking to reporters from Broncos training camp, quarterback Peyton Manning confirmed Thursday that the exciting new Manning era in Denver will be immortalized with the breaking of his neck. “It might not be this season, it might not even be next season, but at some point during my time as a Denver Bronco, my neck will splinter into pieces,” said the four-time MVP, adding that after multiple surgeries and a spinal fusion to repair significant nerve damage, his neck was “practically waiting to be snapped in half.” “You’re all going to watch it happen, too. It will be disgusting and incredibly, incredibly painful, and you’ll probably see a million replays of it afterward. There’s a really good chance it will be a compound fracture and the bones will be bent at a 90-degree angle and jutting out of my throat.”
Sorry, Twin. I know you are butt-hurt over the Alex benching, but really. Poor taste.
Tak to the Onion, dude.
That was the onion? Nevermind. They are in poor taste.
The Onion is INSANE.
But it’s pretty damned funny when the Iranians or Chinese reprint their articles as fact. Gullibility can be entertaining.
The Oilers already tried that. I watched the game. Two straight late hit roughing penalties trying to break his neck.
Ask Wade Phillips how he feels about giving up 5 TD passes in little over a quarter (2 called back by penalty).
Don’t piss off a wild animal. They will kill you.
Texans, LOL.
Flav, the Onion is a comedy newspaper. Kinda like Fiox News.
None of that is real.
Yeah, Falcons are o-ver-rate-ed.
Alex Smith? Never has so much been written, blogged about, turmoiled over, or angsted upon than young Sir Alex. Through all the bullshit with injuries, Nolan, then Singletary, and now Harbaugh, he’s got to be wondering, why me? Granted, he’s richer than God, but he hasn’t had the easiest of times in his NFL career. If this is the end, I wish him well. That being said, he seems to be caught in some kind of vortex that doesn’t allow him to part ways with the team that drafted him.
I mean, what happens if Cappy gets hurt and Smith leads the team to a Super Bowl win?
Do you still gp wioth Cappy next year? Based on what just happened, I wouldn’t be too surprised if that exact thing came to pass.
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New thread is up. I’m out of town this weekend . . .
Play nice.