Coming down to the wire here. There’s a lot on the line for both sides. Seattle has little chance to win the West, but they are fighting for their playoff lives. If Seattle IS to win the West, they need this game plus help. If the Niners want to get the 1st week bye, THEY need this game. Green Bay is playing the Tennessee Tuxedos, so they will most assuredly go to 11-4. Seattle has some depth problems in the defensive backfield. CBs Thurmond and Trufant are questionable, No decision has been down regarding Richard Sherman, so he’s apparently cleared to play, but Brandon Browner is still serving his suspension. I’m sure Jim Harbaugh knows this, so I see the Niners opening up early on the deep passing attack again.
The Niners D of course has to worry about Marshawn Lynch and Russell Wilson. I think the defense come out of the nickel they played a lot of last week. The Niners need to focus on Lynch more than they had to with NE. Lynch is a beast, and he looks to tear the Niners up if they go light on the line. But Wilson brings a big run threat as well as his passing game. They use the read option, and have been slowly running it more and more. So who decides this game? The crowd? The weather? The coaches? Turnovers?
Yeah, could be all of the above. This will be the 6th nationally televised game for the Niners, and they are a gaudy 5-0 so far. There’s a shitload of talk regarding the freshman class of quarterback who are tearing up the league. From Griffin to Luck to Wilson, they are gathering all the press. Colin Kaepernick. For all he did in his few chances, there’s not a hell of a lot of notice about him, other than his tattoos and how he got the starting job. A few out there are taking notice, but as of now, he’s still pretty much under the radar. Frankly, that works in the Niners favor, but in the end it doesn’t really mean much.
Seattle’s a young team making waves, but I think the Niners are the stronger team, and they will prevail. Also, I’m gone all day, so play nice…..
San Francisco 49ers Forever 
Seattle has more motivation to win. If Justin Smith plays, he’ll be subpar. If he doesn’t play, that really hurts. Seattle 24 – SF 21…
Okay Chuck we will be good boys and play nice. Niners should win if they bring their “A” game. Defense is again the key.
Yep should be a good one. Gotta perdiction fer us Nip? I’ll update before the kickoff.
Nip Chuck n I like ya more than any dogs FWIW…
Nipper goes away and what happens? Alex gets benched.
All hail the great and powerful Nip!
Woof!
Smith is out today, yes Del, both of them.
Aldon is the last Smith standing.
RJF and co need to step up today. The Niners hould move Aldon around more. Try to get some mismatches.
I’m out til late . . . 2 tough roadies, but the Niners are the better team here.
And Carroll is Harbaugh’s bitch for one more season. 5-1 so far, and 3-0 min the pros.
Dez Bryant came to play today. I think Sean Payton is seeing openings in Philly and SD and thinking – “Cha-CHING!!! Thanks Goodell for suspending me. Lurey will pay me big money and the Eagles didn’t lose draft choices.” Goodell might have to create some stipulations regarding Payton’s return. No Justin Smith means Lynch has a big day. Other guys gotta pickup the slack. Hope RJF, Turk and Ian are up for the challenge. Lynch is the toughest runner in the NFL. He might not be the best, or the most athletic, but he’s the toughest.
Stephen Jackson still packs a tough run as well Spit.
Put those 2 in the same back field and “Unleash Hell”!!!
Well if Cowboy is not good to go(breaking his streak at 185 gms) no reason to play him next week as well,in a meanigless game against a Patsy team Arizona.Get those dammgumit spurs sharpened up for the.Playoffs. It must be killing Justin though,(with such an awesome streak,especially being a DL,which is 10 times harder to stay healthy then BarberDB,or Fletcher LB) .
I don’t know….. linebacker might be harder. Fletcher’s streak is amazing.
Love ’em or hate ’em, but Favre’s streak of 321 (including playoffs) consecutive games is pretty goddamn impressive. I think Brett came out of retirement 322 times.
Will it please stop raining cats and dogs so I can make a trek up the street to my liquor store?
Now Rogers and the Pack are just showing off. Can’t slip up tonight or GB will get the 2 seed.
Dennis, at least you don’t have to shovel the cats and dogs or keep them off your satellite dish.
No, but I did use the umbrella given to me by The Humane Society that says, “It’s raining cats and dogs” painted with cats and dogs on it. Might not look like the most manliest umbrella, but it’s for a good cause.
Mission accomplished: I captured the enemies vodka bottle, arrested it and brought it back to HQ for interrogation. If need be, I’ll torture the sucker.
The only thing that would make your umbrella gayer is if it had Freddy Mercury sliding down rainbows on it.
That what I have printed on my checks.
Lol, killing me here guys.
Hope to join you here for the game but it’s Christmas Eve and the internet is gonna be a joke today.
BTW Merry Christmas everybody!
Merry Christmas Phil! I have to submit my guess at tonight’s final score. OK, our first meeting was pretty ugly resulting in a 13-6 W for the good guys. My first inclination was to figure another low-scoring affair, but we have a different QB at the helm now. Thank Christ! I was going to say 15-13 Seattle, but I’ll add 10 to each side and say 25-23 Pugent Sound. Frank Gore will be our Star of Bethlehem, but our special teams, and in particular, Ted Ginn Jr., will lead to How Seattle Stole the 49ers’ Christmas.
You too, Phil. What time is the Sunday Night game there, noon-thirty Monday?
BTW, I thought the Niners would be the favorite in the game when I posted my crystal ball prediction, being the dog means even easier money.
NF the game is going to be played at 9:20am Monday morning- Christmas Eve already here.
BTW Niners look to be a 1 point favorite as we approach da game. Cheers
OK Phil, I knew that. I had you figured for a Yukon time plus 16. For some reason I began my figuration with an 8:20PM start time instead of 5:20PM. I guess I was stuck in the crystal ball thing at the end of the game. Which we win, did I tell you?
We’ll have to do a good job of turning Lynch inside and keeping the blockers off Willis. If we can stay in our base defense we’ll have Sopoaga to plug the middle and keep the double-teams off RJF. Might even play Sopoaga at DT in the nickel front.
I worry more about keeping pressure on the passer and Goodwin getting the ball to Kaep and making his line calls. And Kaep being able to run the offense with all the noise.
Nothing….. and I mean nothing makes me happier than the Saints beating the Cowboys. Nothing.
And No Fear, I’m right there with you….. Rake duct taped to the broom to sweep the snow off the dish. I told the little lady if she can’t find me, I’m out back…… with a broken neck.
Ha, the Sunday Ticket isn’t worth a shit without a 12′ broom. If I wasn’t so cheap I guess I’d buy one of those dish heaters.
The Giants’ secondary is NOT the same as last year. And without Tuck, the Giants are in a for fight today with the Ravens who are without Lewis and Suggs. I just think this game comes down to QB. Flacco? Please. I’d put money on Manning.
You best be rooting for the black birds. We don’t want to see the Giants in the playoffs again. Styles make fights. And we don’t matchup with the G-Men at all. We step in the ring with NYG and instantly become Chuck Wepner. We get beat and bloodied to a pulp.
Oh, I’m definitely rooting for the Ravens….. don’t you worry. The Ravens could at least beat the hell out of the Patriots in the playoffs and leave the Patriots beat up going into the Super Bowl. And you’re right, we don’t match up well with the Giants. But I’m still a huge Eli Manning fan. Kid gets no respect.
BTW, Happy Festivus everybody! Go take that aluminum pole and get creative.
Consolidating final scoring perdictions, Niners vs Seahawks: Gentlemen the fortune telling window is now open for our Niners VS Seahawks weekly tilt. Step right this way and lay ‘em down. Whaddaya see in that crystal ball?
RT: 37-26 Niners. This one is in the loudest Dome in the league, grudge match between those two guys. Should be a great test for Kappy, and don’t you go telling me the next day Alex would have done any better. I don’t (expletives deleted again) care. It will be a harder game than the Pats one. But the Niners 37-26.
Phil: 31-24 Niners. Kap is gonna rally these guys to pull out a tough win and the D will be ready. Hopefully JimBO doesn’t go too conservative on O or Vader on D. Enough with the injuries already though I expected more this year. Thankfully we’ve been deep enough…
Irish Kevin: 34 – 13 Niners. …like I said for NE i thought the Niners would lose badly, and for this game it should be an easy win. I was wrong about the NE game so hopefully I am right about this game. Anyway this should be a game the Niners win hands down. But I was wrongo about the NE game last week, ha ha
Grumpy Guy: 28-17, 49ers. Until Pete the Cheat shows he can beat Harbaugh, you have to say he can’t.
Rob: 31- 27 Niners
unca_chuck: 27-13 Niners. The D doesn’t falter. The defense won’t let Wilson get away with shit. I see a game plan similar to what they did vs NE. Come out aggressive. Try to get up early, and force turnovers in the bad weather. The big hope for me is that Kappy and Goodwin have figured out the center/QB exchange problems which plagued the Niners, to the tune of 4 botched snaps (but no turnovers), in the New England rain. They cannot keep making mistakes like that and expecting to win games.
barleyfreak: 27-20, Seattle. Yeah, I’m the glass half full guy, I guess. SEA is on role — playing much better offensively than the 6 points we gave up to them in October. Wilson will play much better and our D will still show a slight winded hangover from the 2nd half of the NE game.
winder: 27-13 Niners. Fuck Petey and the Seafucks
12th man: I’m in for 21-17 Niners handing the Squawks their first home loss of the season, couldn’t come at a better time!
NoFear49er: 24-20 Niners. I don’t think our defense collapsed against the Pats. Actually I think they held up remarkably well against Belichick’s plan to wear us out with a second half no-huddle attack. But that makes me question what shape our D will be in this week and especially if they’re without Justin. We destroyed their run defense last meeting and that may be our best option this week, as theirs should be Lynch. Fairly low-scoring battle with Akers getting back his mojo and Kaep making the difference. Niners 24-20. Bet on the Niners to cover and the over. Easy money.
Flavor: 31-21 Seattle. I don’t see us winning this game—ANOTHER road game, this is their super bowl, and we might be a little flat coming off the NE win. Plus, I think J-Smith not playing is going to be big (and I don’t think he’s playing).
Harbaugh is annoying as fuck not ever disclosing player injuries. WTF is wrong with his elbow? That has to be top secret information? Lame….
Seattle 31 Niners 21
Spitblood: 31-24 Niners. I tend to agree with Flavor about this being a second tough road game. Look at New England. They played two tough opponents back to back, on a short week and they didn’t play their best ball against the 49ers. The schedule is a factor for the 49ers right now. However, (and it’s a big however), Harbaugh rallied the troops last year down the stretch to clinch the second seed long after the Niners cliched the NFC West. This is clearly a different team, but I think Harbaugh and his players rise to the challenge once again this year. The last game against the Seahawks was a low scoring affair, but I see this game having more scoring. Even if Smith starts, I think guys like Ian, Will T., and RJF get significant playing time in the middle. If that’s the case, Lynch will go over 100 yards and the Seahawks will score three touchdowns and a field goal. Kaep needs to be able to put some points up to compensate for Smith not playing a full game, or not playing at his normal high level. It’ll be interesting to see how Smith’s injury affects Aldon’s play. Niners win, 31-24.
Alleykat: 28-16 Niners!!!..Shit their will be no “Letdown” by the Niners. I bet as kids, JH would have taken little Petey’s lunch money everyday,and throwin a Few “Wedgies” as well and tossing him in a dumpster. Seachickens have played Shit teams most of the year,and was given a gift win at home by the “SCAB”infected crew of dog-shit refs. SeaUrchins only dream of being in our class of a great football team. Matter of fact,the only “Dream” Pete Carroll has is “Nightmares of Jim Harbaugh” beating his pathetic Ass everytime they meet, and taking his ice cream money and “Wedgies&Dumpsters!!!!
There ya go from our peerless pigskin prognosticators in our weekly crystal ball contest.
Phil, please add my 3:04 prognostication to your list.
Del Mar: 25-23 Seattle. OK, our first meeting was pretty ugly resulting in a 13-6 W for the good guys. My first inclination was to figure another low-scoring affair, but we have a different QB at the helm now. Thank Christ! I was going to say 15-13 Seattle, but I’ll add 10 to each side and say 25-23 Pugent Sound. Frank Gore will be our Star of Bethlehem, but our special teams, and in particular, Ted Ginn Jr., will lead to How Seattle Stole the 49ers’ Christmas.
Got it Del, you just squeeked in as I also posted at 3:04. Grinch
snarkk: 24-21 Seattle. Seattle has more motivation to win. If Justin Smith plays, he’ll be subpar. If he doesn’t play, that really hurts. Seattle 24 – SF 21…
Somehow I missed snarkk’s call above. That drops our average spread to a 5.76 pt Niner win
Just another Ho-Ho-Ho-Hum 300+ yds and 3 TDs for Peyton Manning today.
For those still keeping score, that makes 34 TDs with 11 INTs for a +23. Alex Smith has 13 TDs with 5 INTs for a +8. Not to mention, HE’S SITTING ON THE BENCH!!!
In the spirit of Christmas and all things holy. Did we sign Peyton Manning yet?
Seems like there was some talk of his neck or something being a concern. Anyway, I’m happy with the way things finally turned out here without him.
We do not, I repeat: do NOT want to face Peyton Manning in the Super Bowl. As it stands now, DEN and NE stand to be the 2 and 3 seeds respectively in the AFC. It’ll be a goddamn crying shame that Brady and Manning will face off in the divisional round and not the AFC Championship. Shit. Tom vs Peyton is a Super Bowl matchup in its own right. That’s quarterbacking at its best. Set your DVR and get your popcorn ready for that game. It’s a doozy.
Coulda been the pain was in Irsay’s wallet rather than in Manning’s neck
Looks like the Bears found a team they could beat.
Merry Christmas fellow bloggers and if thats politically incorrect…tough shit!
And that’s one of the things I like best about it!
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas, movie house! Merry Christmas, Emporium! Merry Christmas, you wonderful old Building and Loan! Hey! Merry Christmas, Mr. Potter!
Oh and one more thing, Tony Romo hahahahahhahahahahah!
The spread for today’s game ranges from -10 (Flavor) to +21 (Irish). Chuck has a 14 pt. Niner win as does Winder. RT, Grumpy and Alleykat are in the 11-12 pt win column. The rest of us 7 pt win or less. The average spread is a 6.36 pt Niner win
The Vegas spread now stands at SEA – 2 1/2 O/U 41. A shitload of money has come down on Seattle since the Justin Smith injury was announced. That’s some major respect for the Cowboy.
The public loved NE last week. We all know how that one worked out…
bye bye dallas !
@12thman, I was at Starbucks this morning and the women who gave me my coffee said Merry Christmas, I thanked her for not saying Happy Holidays!! This Holiday is Christmas!! So say it Merry Christmas!! None of this PC Bullshit! America has lots of “Holidays”. Tell me which one you are celebrating!
Now, to all you my 49er friends out here, MERRY CHRISTMAS to you And your families. Hope all of you get what you want!! Besides a Niner win in the SB!! Ha ha
Kev, I’m right behind ya with the response. Merry Christmas and Go Niners!
As it should be Kevin!
Green Bay punished the Titans today. Niners need to win out to get home field in a playoff game. Do NOT want to play GBay at Labeau…
WE can beat green bay in green bay ! the important thing about getting the 2nd seed is the first rd. bye imo !
We already did beat ’em earlier, sure, but it’s tough to beat a good team at their house twice in a season…
c’mon niners ! win me this division tonight !
Luck engineered his 7th game winning, 4th quarter drive today. Colts in playoffs.
Sheez, next year, the kid might even know what he’s doing. How ’bout a Kap vs. Luck SB? That would be very interesting…
DEL it’s GAMETIME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let’s tear that little bastard Russell Wilson’s fuckin’ head off!!!!!!!
– PC King
Merry Christmas to all you knuckleheads!!!
And Snarkk..Merry Christmas to you and Mrs Snarkk & the Snarkketts as well.
Back at ya, Kat…
Lets do this Kaep
Damn. I like the deep throw on the first play. “Missed it by that much.”
And now we go 3 and out. the 12th man is already winning…
Jesus H. Christ. 15 yd. PF to boot. SEA starting off w/ great FP…
SF special teams screwing up, yet again…
That didn’t take long.
Well, it’s starting well, don’t ya think?…
Ha ha, of course
Is it too earlie to say it is early
It the “Easy Button” Jesus H. Christ.
We’re missing the Cowboy already. Our right side of the line got bulldozed on that Lynch TD. Could be a long night…
One of my favorite Christmas duets…
12th Man already cost us a TO. Unacceptable.
Homey don’t play this in the playoffs.
I know it’s VERY early, but SEA looks a step faster on the field, and a step quicker in the old noggin.
Its early
Early or not, the Niners look and play like they’re fake.
Kap looked confused before the third down snap. Did not like what he saw, probably did not know what to do or take another time out.
If J Smith is this critical to our defense, he’s not making enough coin…
He’s not making enough coin.
So, did we ever figure out what exactly is wrong with J Smith?…
Harbaugh’s not saying
Merry fucking Christmas with the juggle catch. But Carlos Rodgers was beat like a redheaded stepchild. Speaking of redheads, I like the new Wendy’s girl. Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-fuck.
Carlos beat again. Not his night. Thus far…
Pathetic. Just Mary the Virgin Mother pathetic.
Enough of it being early.
Much more of this early, and it’s too late…
Outgained so far on offense, 121 yards to 17.
Better stop the bleeding or this could get ugly in their stadium.
Don’t abandon the run. Mix and match, make it happen…
Tweet from Eric Branch: #49ers defense in past 40 minutes, 34 seconds (most without Justin Smith): 45 points, 32 first downs, 528 yards.
Ya think we miss the Cowboy?
We’re going to need to get a turnover or two tonight…
Frank,I said get a turnover, not GIVE one…
Great grab, Vernon. Keep this drive marching…
Seahawks are for real, folks.
This game looks like a big time battle…
Looks like we prepared for shit. Somebody needs to light a fire under the CBs, too.
WTF is it with these TOs and the play calls getting in? Is Sing back in charge? This cannot continue to happen…
And we’re forced to burn our 2nd TO. 12th Man 16, 49ers 0.
And now a delay of game. This shit is uncalled for.
Fire Harbaugh! Sign Peyton Manning.
Super throw and catch/first down to Crabby. Wow, Crabby has turned into a good receiver with Kap…
Crabtree came to play but Kaep is having a hard time getting in rhythm
BS call there, even though it favored the Niners.
How can a hard, clean hit not on the head be a penalty? If that is a penalty, then this isn’t football anymore…
It’s not.
The NFL has completely transformed into the NVL. National Vagina League.
That hit on Vernon was clean and hard. Goodell has turned this great game into a travesty. Fuck him and his player safety crap.
HIT SOMEBODY!!!
I wish I could see any of this and even the audio is out so I’m following on the NFL site for game info- and here for the entertainment value…
I knew we should have gone for six. Shit!
Wow.
The special teams has sucked this year, but now it has imploded…
Wow nice TD Brown
NFL.com posted T Brown recovered for a Niner TD–uuughhh
Are you fucking kidding me? i told ya our STs would be our demise.
Need I say more?
We had that coming after the VD phantom PF call.
Hello 3 seed and hosting the Bears in the WC round.
That’s as good as a bye.
This getting ugly, butt ugly fast!! The Niners look flat and unprepared!
Seems like the Niners did not come to play.
Seattle blew up the mid line blocking, the kick had no chance.
Not Akers; fault. That was just a total breakdown…
Wow. Great Christmas light display on that house. Nicely done.
Not enough houses decorate like they used to. The Christmas spirit has dissipated.
It’s our seasson long pattern = 2 wins and then a stinker
The Niners did not prepare for the crowd noise at all
Doesn’t look like it..
At this rate, Seattle will put 50 on the Niners. The defense has to come up with a series stop or a turnover…
The Niners need to go to the no huddle to take the crowd out of this!!
Our first round bye is slipping away here. We may find ourselves in Wisconsin for a game if we get that far.
SHIT. Regroup.
there it is
Fuck yeah!!! Willis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tremendous play by Willis.
Nice INT by Willis
Well, there’s the needed turnover.
Got to convert this into a TD to stop the bleeding…
Or not.
It looks like Roman took the week off. There’s no excuse for us to be surprised by the Seahawks.
Gore 5 carries, ten yards. 49ers are not going to win that way.
And this concussion BS is another thing that chaps my hide.
If you can see I’m holding up two fingers, you’re good to go.
I’m sick of this shit.
Wow, Seattle defense is just owning the Niner offense. This is embarrassing. Somebody said they need to go no huddle. Makes sense to me. Status quo isn’t working…
Pussy football by Harbaugh. First and goal on the ten after the Wilis INT and Harbaugh doesn’t even run routes into the endzone. And get Delanie Fuckin’ Walker out of the game. That guy sucks…. he’s always sucked. And he won’t stop sucking. I hate that guy. Great, he’s a utility guy… whatever. Harbaugh has a qb with an arm and he’s calling pussy, underneath routes for Kaep. Alex Smith isn’t the qb anymore, Harbaugh. Didn’t you get the memo?
VD is out for the night – concussion. We’re going to see a lot of Delanie. Time to start drinking.
Another ST breakdown and Wilson gets great field position to begin again.
Have I mentioned that our STs stink on ice?
Jesus H. Christ away in a manger nowhere to sleep…
Dang. Now VD is outta the game with a concussion.
Again, the Niners special teams with a horseshit coverage effort. What the hell has happened this year? Something’s obviously been missing all season from ST play…
Damn! RJF can’t shed a blocker to save his ass.
Brown hurt. This is just getting better and better.
cmon guys one more stop
Time for Alex
Unless he can cover their WRs, stop Lynch, and block for FGs, he is isn’t going to help.
You know Pete Carroll is smelling blood…
Dumb penalty by Culliver.
Jeese, home field getting the calls!!
This is not going well!! At all!!
We’re getting spanked in all facets tonight. Offense, defense, ST.
BLEEP!
BLEEP…..BLEEP…..
This is the way I thought the NE game would go!!
bullshit
Everyone moving slow. Check the water.
Lucky we got past the shut out I guess.