As the 2012 season winds down, the 49ers aren’t exactly right where they want to be. The offense has been a little spotty at times, and the defense, minus Justin Smith, is struggling pretty badly. Special teams are a shambles, and the coaching staff was pretty badlyt schooled in that loss to Seattle. They are dealing with a lot of injuries, including the recently concussed Vernon Davis, Mario Manningham, and the still -healing KW and Kendall Hunter.
In other words, the injury bug couldn’t hit the team as a worse possible time. Even still, the team has a shot to secure a bye with a win over AZ, and a GB loss to Minn. Both eminently possible. Or they could fall as low as the 5th seed if the Niners lose, Sea wins, and a bunch of other weird shot happens. Sea has a shot at that bye week. How important is the bye? Well, let’s see how the team gets through the AZ game before dealing with that. More injuries to key players would likely kill their playoff run, but a week off to healthy up would do wonders to the team’s chances. More than likely, the Niners would be facing Chicago or Minn if they play the 1st weekend, or Atl if they get the bye.
AZ comes to town looking like a team that got beaten, robbed, and left for dead in a ditch on the side of the road. They beat NE on the road, and took care of biz early to go 4-0 out of the gate. Since then? 1-10. Ouch. They are in the midst of a QB merry-go-round, and their offensive line is flat terrible at pass protection. Their run game is stalled, and Larry Fitzgerald, an otherwise top 3 WR in the league, is wasting away as the QB du jour throws shit 10′ over his head, or down near his feet. Should Alex Smith hit the market, this is his likely landing spot. Granted, he’d be dodging LBs as he tries to throw, but if AZ can build a decent enough line around him, he and the team would be solid contenders in the NFC West next year.
Forty Niners Forever 
Damn it, AJ.
haha, now we see why AJ doesn’t play. That was hilarious.
Ah, now we see why Jenkins has been benched
Well, Jerry Rice dropped a lot of passes his rookie year. So, Jenkins dropping one right in his hands is a good sign…
Optimist
We may be in trouble here. Their run game looks better than ours, and Hoyer looks better than Kap so far.
JimBO has no answers and the O is playing like shit- running, passing. It’s what we feared but Kap is morphing into Alex with less accuracy
“If I Had a Hammer,” the first nail hit on the head would had Jimbo laid out. Fuck him.
I may have been too optimistic in my Az 13-10 prediction.
Their running is opening things up for their passing. Our run game is just as ineffective as our passing.
How do you guys feel about a Wild Card game?
Total yards, first quarter: 129 for AZ, 15 for us.
Bears will exact their revenge at the Stick.
And AZ 6 first downs, SF none.
Every run play run by the Cardinals (as I type this) has been run to the left, Justin Smith’s spot. Think we miss ’em?
A. Brooks with the great TFL. Stop ’em!
We need to get something going here, quickly.
Our 4th drive is good so far
Delanie Fucking Walker dropped the ball. Can you believe it?
Fucking asshole.
Delanie Walker has the worst fucking hands of any player I’ve ever seen. he drops fucking EVERYTHING
He couldn’t catch the clap in a Thai whorehouse.
Az does have a decent defense
Either no one is open, or Kaepernick is afraid to pull the trigger – hard to tell on TV.
Well, that’s why we drafted James, at least.
More LMJ
More LMJAMES please
LMJ is really really good
Nice slant there to Crabs.