Well, that was one of the craziest games I’ve ever seen. Saw a game years ago when it was Joe Montana vs Dan Fouts at the Stick years ago. Both teams went up and down the field all day. Defenses left gasping for air as 2 high-powered offenses had their way. San Diego had the ball last, and thus won 41-38. Fantastic game even if it wasn’t a Niner win.
Yesterday’s game? Even more wild. The difference being this game was a tale of 2 halfs. In the 1st half, the Niners played well, but wasted a bunch of scoring opportunities and still went into the locker room with a 17-3 lead. The 2nd half saw the Niners strike quick;y for 14 more points, then Tom Brady led a ferocious comeback a 31-3 deficit to tie the game late in the 4th quarter, only to lose in the end.
The 1st drive was an impressive march down the field in 6 plays, capped by a 24 yard strike to Randy Moss. The D played outstanding in the 1st half (1 first down, 113 yards for NE). Carlos Rogers picked Brady on a deep ball, and nearly scored, only to have Walker fumble away the opportunity. Next drive, on 4th and 10, Goldson took the snap on a fake punt for a 31 yard gain, only to see David (sayonara) Akers miss a 39 yard FG. Another turnover (a Bowman strip) deep in NE territory was followed by a botched snap (one of 5) on 4th and 1 from the NE 25. Kappy then led the Niners on 2 scoring drives to close out the half. A deep sideline route to Walker for a 34 yard score, and a 6 minute drive ending in a FG to close the half. A great job of keeping Brady on the sideline, but the Niners left at least 20 points off the board.
3rd quarter? The Niners came out very aggressive again, as Kappy took a deep shot to Moss that was picked off. He didn’t see the weak-side safety, and he took a real deep drop. The pass was short and easily picked. On the ensuing drive, Donte Whitner laid the wood on Steven Ridley, and the fumble was returned by Goldson to the 6. On another botched exchange by Goodwin and Kappy, Gore picked up the fumble and ran it in for a 24-7 lead. Aldon Smith (who was in Brady’s face all 1st half) intercepted a tipped pass, and Kappy took advantage on the next play, throwing a strike down the middle, splitting 2 defenders for a 27 yard Crabman TD. The route was on. 31-7.
Then it wasn’t. No gory details, but the Niners went into deep shell mode, and the offense went a little conservative. It took the Pats 4 drives (35 plays for 320 yards for NE compared to 10 plays/20 yards for the Niners) to tie the score. trhen came the biggest play of the game. LMJ, who had a good day spelling Gore, returned the ensuing kickoff 62 yards to the NE 38. It took one play, an allouit blitz by NE that Kappy read, and found his secondary reciever, Crabs, who stepped around the corner and YACed his was to the go-ahead TD. Even though the drive took tllittle time and gave the defense little rest, it really pumped up the team, and the defense did enough to slow the Brady onslaught. The Niners forced a turnover on downs as NE went for it on 4th and 1 on their own 12. A strange call as NE had 2 timeouts and the 2 minute warning. This led to a chip-shit FG. NE added a FG of their own as Delanie Walker recovered the onsides kick with little problem.
Say what you will about the NE comeback and stagnation of the offense for those 3 drives, this is a huge win for the Forty Niners. NE hadn’t lost a December game at home in years, and they were the hottest team in the league. The Niners overcame their own mistakes and the ferocious comeback by future Hall of Famer Tom Brady to win on the road in the freezing rain against the defending AFC champions. Kappy’s numbers look small when compared to Brady’s, but Tom Terrific threw 2 picks to one TD on 36 of 65 for a whopping 443 yards, as NE outgained SF 520 to 383. Kappy threw 4 TDs and 1 pick on 14 for 25, 216 yards.
Forty Niners Forever 
JETS, done!
Does he give us a better shot at the SB? Who can say positively? Does his inexperience outweigh his strength of arm and foot speed? Well, Harbaugh obviously liked Alex a great deal as a player and a person, invested a lot in him, so to fuck him over and make this move, I’d say he’d have to feel pretty fucking good about Kap or he doesn’t do that. And with his track record I’m not going to argue.
“Well, Harbaugh obviously liked Alex a great deal as a player and a person, invested a lot in him, so to fuck him over and make this move, I’d say he’d have to feel pretty fucking good about Kap or he doesn’t do that.” Yes, and if anyone who thinks that Harbaugh’s word is worth a nickel to anybody on the team, is seriously delusional. This isn’t just about replacing a player, it’s about a cruel charade and it’s NOT how things are done in any business. Not by men of honor. Even the pad pounding is rubbing it Smith’s face. And for what? Here’s where “man up” should apply. To go from “He’s the starting QB” to “oh, he’s one of our guys”: is chickenshit crapola. If you’re going to bench a man- be a man about it, Jimbo. As Kornheiser, I believe, said, Alex must want to choke that pencil neck dweeb.. well, I added the dweeb… abd I’ll tell you this- forget the support for Kap, the clubhouse is united crap- Alex would get a standing O. Jimbo’s creditabity is shot forever.
Bullshit. Utter bullshit. You have no idea how this went down in the locker room. Don’t pretend to know anything, Twin, Alex can be as pissed as he wants. Or not. In the end, it was Harbaugh’s call to make. Yeah, it could blow up in jis face. But as of now, it’s working.
All your whining about how bad they are winning is very reminiscent of how Smioth used to catch shit for his wins.
Fuck off, weasel.
Agree, that sums it up for me
Gropo’s
Of course it does. It’s sad but true that there are people here who think that fucking a guy over is how it’s done.
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When Spitblood’s the voice of reason, y’all are fucked. I deleted 20 odd posts.
I’ll keep going if you’d like.
I’d rather not, so shut the fuck up.
Did you fuck up your time stamp? Geez, you want help, Chuckles?
No I deleted Flav’s and 12th’s internet pissing match. You know that deleting stuff fucks up the time stamp.
Or you forgot, I suppose..
You have to know how to do it so you DON’T fuck up the time stamp. I taught Flavor how to do that and he told the rest of you.
Pissing match? I didn’t have a problem with Flavor?
It wasn’t you. it was RT, Flavor and Fear. I’m trying to put this under 12’s 11:31, Chuckles fucked the time stamp.
Ah ok, just wanted to be sure what I wrote wasn’t miscostrued, carry on.
Isn’t Alex Smith holding a clipboard? Is he healthy?
Chuckles asked me to welcome you back, Spit. Now don’t be a stranger, y’all hear?
Sorry 12th, I meant RTF.
RTF, I know Flav isn’t racist. Trust me, I do. He was making a joke on earlier comments.
Dumb joke? Sure. But let it go.
Twin, based on recent posts, you are the one in line to be banned.
Twin, I’m not going to waste my time picking and choosing posts to alter.
New thread is up.
When you welcome back Spit, THAT’S fucked.
Let it go, Twin IT was 3 years ago.
What was?
Your internet pissing match with Spit.
Dude, you’re getting forgetful.
3 years? You’re getting dementia.
I didn’t welcome him back, jackoff. He sneaks in every few months.
Right. You were never happier than when Spit and Puddinghead ruled. Disagree with a coaches decision? Call out to your jackals. A physical threat, a racist comment? No prob with THAT. Look, you didn’t even back me with RT when he called me a liar about my cancers and you KNOW it’s true. I’ll never forgive you for that, it was truly chicken shit. As I’ve said before, I’m truly sorry that I ever talked about it, originally I was soliciting funds for the Vietnamese, who have never been compensated for what we did to them. (Not solicting through me but directly to a desiugnated bank in Vietnam, a fund set up for that purpose). But anyway, I’m sorry I ever brought it up. But I would never have thought you’d let it stay out there that I would lie about such a thing. Good luck to you
Here is the game plan against the Seattle Seahawks, Chuck. Tell me on Monday if I was wrong.
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Why would you delete what I posted, Chuck? You have fan1 and his idiot sycophant hurling ‘dumbfucks’ and ‘racists’ at anyone who doesn’t share their stupid opinion and you won’t allow a response? Maybe you are Skeebers at that. Grow a pair and smack down the instigators if you don’t want the flame wars.
Because you are an asshole. Good enough.
If that was true I’d never have to read your shit here again. No I’m sure there’s more to it than that. Lots of assholes ’round here.
Flavor, RT, and Fear were the combatants on that one.
Where were you? Fanning the flames of the firestorm you lit. At least pretend to be man enough to say so.
I didn;t have shit to to do that 3-way idiocy. It wasn’t possible to know what any of you were even talking about.. “Bobby”? Racist? You all sounded like crackheads.
No, you were the first one with the racist and birther shit. You always are. Your sycophant was just repeating it like a deranged parrot. You can feed Chuck all the shit you want. It doesn’t fly so easy with most people.
Why are you running away from what you believe, Fear? Stand up for your beliefs.
I’m always ready to stand up for my beliefs. Those attributed to me by your libelous insults, not likely. Maybe you should deal with that since Chuck refuses to muzzle you.
“THAT is the end of the discussion, my friends.”
Promise?
LMAO. If only….
Liar, Twinnie now that hurt. Cancer didn’t but your words did.
Misconstrued.
The best thing about Kaep is Crabtree’s emergence. Crabtree had two amazing touchdowns. His first one was an absolute laser from Kaep that split the safeties. Gruden clocked Kaep’s pass at 60 mph and talked about Kaep being recruited by the Cubs. But lost in the throw was Crabtree’s amazing grab in traffic, over the middle. Just catching that ball is hard to do, but Crabs caught in traffic, over the middle. Another, lesser receiver,would get alligator arms. Then, to ice the game, Kaep called an audible and quickly threw to Crabtree so Crabs could be in position to beat his man. To set Crabs up with a chance to beat his man with a throw underneath, Kaep had to identify the “casino blitz,” then quickly set his feet and throw a low laser to Crabs. If Kaep was any slower in his identification, setting his feet or didn’t have enough mustard on the throw, Crabtree’s defender would have had more time to get up on Crabtree and tackle him. Smith couldn’t have made the throw earlier to split the Patriot safeties, and Smith couldn’t have identified the “casino blitz,” and made a quick enough throw to Crabtree to enable Crabs to ditch his defender. Right now, Kaep is getting the attention, and rightly so. But people are going to start seeing that Crabtree has some game, and if things keep progressing between Kaep and Crabtree, Crabtree could become a legitimate number one receiver. Crabtree has hands and moves and his route running is superb.
And that’s why Kaep is so important to the 49ers. Instead of holding receivers back like Kaep’s predecessor, Kaep delivers the ball quicker and more accurately and that allows his receivers to be in better positions to make plays. This is why, like Walsh once said, “The qb is the catalyst for the team.” The qb’s ability greatly affects his wide receivers’ productivity. If the qb can put the ball on the money, scramble, or whatever to make things happen, the offense will score. Remember “intangibles?” Walsh used to always talk about them. Kaep clearly has the intangibles. Smith has a clipboard, and rightly so. I look for further Moss, Manningham and Crabtree statistical improvement. Vernon Davis is kind of a mystery. But I believe the drop off is because the rest of the league knows how the 49ers like to use Vernon and they take that away. But if Kaep can keep hitting deeper throws to outside receivers, eventually the safeties will have to stay closer to the sidelines. It’s just a matter of time before Vernon starts seeing his receiving numbers improve as well.
Harbaugh is also doing something smart with Kaep, giving Kaep run options to help take some pressure off. Personally, I hate the run option because I want Kaep to be forced to sit in the pocket, only running when it’s absolutely necessary. But look at the Patriots’ game. Harbaugh did call the read option, but almost every time Kaep handed the ball off to Gore because Belicheck’s defense is smart. His ends didn’t crash and made the middle linebackers tackle Gore. So, in a sense, the ends took away the read option and Kaep still played great. To me, that must means the read option isn’t necessary unless the ends are always crashing. The read option now becomes a curve ball in the dirt on an 0-2 count. If Kaep always hands the ball off to the RB on the read option, it keeps the DE or OLB honest. Kaep and Harbaugh need to continue to just have Kaep hand the ball off no matter what for a while. Why? If Kaep runs the ball, there’s a chance he could get hurt, and despite much already being made of Kaep’s running ability, you don’t want your qb running a lot. Ask Andy Reid. Ask Mike Vick what area code he’s currently living in. If Kaep gets hurt, Smith isn’t winning the Super Bowl. So the read option has to be a bluff for the rest of the season. Then teams will start crashing their DEs again and If, in the playoffs, a team like the Packers or Falcons does this the QB run is worth it. But not for the rest of the season – not against the ‘Hawks and Cardinals. Even though we just saw Russell Wilson run the read option well on Sunday, I doubt the Niner / Seahawk game will display much read option with the qb keeping the ball. Both Russell and Kaep are too valuable. Was it any coincidence Kaep only ran once against the Patriots? You don’t win football games against GOOD teams with your qb running all over Christmas. You win against good teams with your qb staying in the pocket and throwing dimes. That’s the future of Harbaugh and Kaep, and that future, despite some denying it, is already here. Kaep only ran once, and he’s already making Crabtree a better receiver.
Isn’t Alex Smith an NFL backup? Why bless my soul … he is. And now, once again, after years of torture (but not the good kind of SF Giants’ torture), the 49ers have a real qb. Thank Jehovah.
OMG. It’s really back.
Despite your proclivity to piss people off on the blogs, you really can make some excellent points. I especially agree with the “running qb” part, in that, I don’t want my qb to run, unless it’s to escape pressure or take what a D gives (hole up the middle, etc.) I’m a broken record on this subject, but I want our qb to beat them with his arm. CK is blazing fast and there will be times when he gets substantial yardage on non designed plays, but the more JH dials up (designed) the greater chance of injury. Injury bad. Healthy good.
I have also been greatly impressed with his movement in the pocket, with eyes downfield. It was, alas, one of Alex’s biggest faults. And if he continues to improve in other areas, pre-snap reads (he already goes through his progressions pretty fast), then the temptation to use his legs more than his arms should be kept at bay. And BTW, I SINCERELY hope that the coaching staff is drilling into him that he better slide before — getting drilled.
I agree, Barley. I don’t want to see Kaep run the ball once for the rest of the regular season. Harbaugh and Kaep should keep Kaep handing the ball off to the running back on the read option for the next two weeks. QB run in the playoffs if you’re down or it’s a close game. But don’t run in the regular season when you have a playoff spot wrapped up. I like the 49ers’ chances with Kaep and a wildcard spot better than I like the 49ers’ chances with Smith and the second seed. We saw how that worked out last year. The 49ers need to protect Kaep at all cost for the next two games. Seattle will be looking to take Kaep’s head off if he keeps the ball on the read option next weekend. And thanks for the compliment. I don’t think I’ll be pissing people off as much anymore with Smith holding a clipboard. Those who are still hanging onto Smith as the 49er starter are just showing how wrong they’ve been for a long, long time. It’s sad really. Protect Kaep at all costs. Kaep’s health is more important than the second seed. I’d rather lose to the Seahawks and have Kaep healthy then beat the ‘Hawks and have Kaep injured. PROTECT KAEP!!!!
All the crackheads are back. It’s just what you wanted for Christmas, Chuckles.
And now, for the next installment in our eternal tale, As The Quarterback Turns, Part Seventeen Thousand, five hundred and eighty-two. We join our show in progress….
“F-bomb!”
“Racist swine!”
*Insert Obma joke*
“BIgger F-bomb!”
“Drippings!”
*Grumpy makes popcorn.
“”Nuclear F-bomb!”
And so it goes…
LMFAO..Grumpy so true..As Alex slowly roast on the Rotissiere (like the one you see in the window at Harry’s Hofbrau) as Kappy is seen opening the little door and adding more sauce to Alex’s over cooked done carcas.
ha ha, this stuff should be on TV. I am thinking Ed Asner can play twin. Charlie Sheen is spit, Tom Berenger will play Chuck,
I will get to the rest of you clowns later
Sorry 12th. i meant RTF.
RTF, I know Flav isn’t racist. Trust me, I do. he was making a joke. Much like Roberto Clemente, early in his career, was called Bob by the press. Roberto being too ethnic I suppose.
I call him Bobby Griffin for one reason: I think his self-given nickname is dumb and overused by the media. In their Bowl Game last year vs Washington the announcers couldn’t go 10 seconds, literally, without saying “RG3”. It’s an annoying, self centered nickname.
So me calling him Bobby Griffin is my little protest of his over-the-top nickname. It’s no big deal and it has nothing to do with racism or stereotypes or anything else.
In life you are defended by your enemies. My enemies are Alex Smith lovers……. and I’m okay with that. Smith’s legacy is that of a good guy who bridged the gap from terrible football from Nolan into the golden Harbaugh years. Smith will now move on next year and play for the Jets, Cardinals (if there is a Jesus), and he’ll start for a while then move to the bench where he may never see the field as a starter again. I think even though Smith is young he’ll probably be out of the league in five years. However, guys like David Carr and Jason Campbell are still in the league so you never know about the life of an NFL backup.
People will say, “Naw, Smith will play until he’s 40 in the NFL as a backup.” But Smith’s career was resurrected by Harbaugh. Know Harbaugh, know success. No Harbaugh, no success. If Smith goes to the Chief and Romeo’s inevitable replacement (someone like Bruce Arians (sp?)), can’t do for Smith what Harbaugh did, Smith will hit the pine quickly…. then it’s a hard, uphill battle for Smith to get another starting job in the NFL. After last year’s great season, Smith didn’t even get an offer from the Miami Dolphins when Smith was available in free agency.
What’s lost in all of this dumpfest on Smith is that Smith is an excellent human being. “Top notch! Top Notch!” But unfortunately, being humanitarian of the year doesn’t get the groceries delivered on game day. Smith’s legacy: A good man who got paid very well to be the 49er bridge from Nolan era uncertainty to Harbaugh dominance. Nothing wrong with that except for the sixty years he took off my life playing horrible football.
Why are we talking about banning? Is that really deserved Chuck? Twin is monotone about Alex but does that surprise anyone? Speaking for myself he makes me smile with his stuff. I like all the posters here, except for the obvious fraud. Got a bit out of hand with a couple of guys trying to out un-racist each other based on calling RGIII Bobby. Didn’t really get why that should spark a race debate but you handled it.
Just my 2c today.
Need a new thread stat!
I will use the Movie Barbershop quote and change a few things
Wait, hold on here. Is this aBlogg? Is this a Blogg? If we can’t talk straight on a blogg, then where can we talk straight? We can’t talk straight nowhere else. You know, this ain’t nothin’ but healthy conversation, that’s all.