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…..
Forty Niners Forever 
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.