Game Day – Playoff Edition

Be still my heart. Coming down to the wire here. The Niners, looking to keep the quest for 6 alive, have looked unbeatable and unwatchable like clockwork. Every 3 weeks they lay a fresh turd after coing up roses for 2 weeks. Inconsistency is their only constant. The D has been dominating until it hasn’t. The offense has been record-breaking and TV-breaking. The run game is here and gone.  The passing game remains an enigma no matter who is behind center.

Green Bay on the other hand seems to be riding the wave of solid football, going 10-2 in their last 12 games after a 2-3 start.  They appear to be peaking at the right time despite their loss to Minn on the road to knock them out of the 2 seed. Aaron Rodgers is Aaron Rodgers. Outlandish numbers (4,295 / 39 / 8), and some of his throws last weekend were flat crazy. Throwing lasers on the run for 35 yards, the usual. They even seems to have discovered a diamond in the parking lot with the addition of RB DuJuan Harris.

Still, GB has a defense that really isn’t all that impressive. They give up yards in the air and  they give up yards on the ground. Their WRs are banged up, and they give up a lot of sacks. The Niners at least got the break they needed. They were pretty gassed after that marathon NE game, and staggered down the stretch. The effectiveness of Justin Smith remains a question, and the run game is something that needs to get going early to provide a lift to the play-action passing game.

But still and all, I like the Niners chances. I think the Niners can get to Rodgers with their base pass rush. Disguise a blitz here and there to force a turnover or 2.  I think the offense should be able to get the job done vs Green Bay’s D.

 

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516 Responses to Game Day – Playoff Edition

  1. phil fan's avatar philippinefan says:

    Chuck’s da genius now = 15 pt spread and he called fer 17.

    Fuckin’ dumbass zebras

  2. bigflavor's avatar Flavor says:

    I’m not a mayweather guy, though I have uploaded IRS tickets to my blog before.
    When it comes to sports betting, I’m a $50-100 dollar guy, maybe $200 if I’m really confident.
    I will say this, I did not bet $1500 dollars….

    • Grumpy Guy's avatar Grumpy Guy says:

      Crazy, Dude, but I’m glad it worked out for you.

      • bigflavor's avatar Flavor says:

        Thanks Grump, I don’t know why I did it, I totally checked myself as a gambler before I did it but I did it.i learned a long time ago that only dumb asses try to make their living gambling. But it’s totally possible to have a job and make money gambling. I’m old and wise now, I have learned this. 🙂

    • bigflavor's avatar Flavor says:

      But it was very very close

  3. Grumpy Guy's avatar Grumpy Guy says:

    Holy shit… they kicked it right at Delanie Walker. Thank Dog he held on. He’s hated enough as it is.

    • bigflavor's avatar Flavor says:

      At least he got hit in the head on the tackle. Fuck him, I’m with you, and he will lose us a game this year if allowed too

  4. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    Why in the world is Delanie Walker on the hands team?

  5. Nipper's avatar Nipper says:

    VICTORY!

  6. bigflavor's avatar Flavor says:

    Yeah, the Harbaugh boys are dumb fucks. Kill en both right?
    Um…er….
    We’re down to 4….

  7. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    There will never be another 49er fan who questions Jim Harbaugh’s decision to go with Colin Kaepnerick. Never again. Nevermore.

    • bigflavor's avatar Flavor says:

      Ain’t it the truth? There is no plausible argument.
      And that’s coming from an Alex smith fan and a guy who questioned the move from the start, and repeatedly after.
      Hey, I’m wrong all the time in life I love admitting that. The most successful people in the world can do that. Cue the stubborn bitches as they start refuting that!
      Fantastic playoff win. Beyond that word, I’ll get back to you when I find a better descriptive.
      Nice try Rodgers, you got beat down with a loss much like your boy Brees experienced last year.

      • Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

        Being wrong and trying is huge in life. Amazing game by the 49ers. The rest of the NFL is now on notice: The 49ers have so many tools that defenses now must to defend and really… they can’t. The only thing the 49ers’ offense is missing is a second tight end. This offense is amazing, and next year it will be the best offense in the NFL. And Grump’s is right….. Kaep is already lookin’ right square at Canton (if he can stay healthy).

        Seattle will be a huge test, but at least Seattle will be coming to San Francisco.

  8. Grumpy Guy's avatar Grumpy Guy says:

    I predicted a Harbaugh Bowl this Spring. Thought when Lewis went down after Suggs they might be done. But they are a tough team. They came within a FG fuckup of beating the Bradys last year. I think they might just get over the top this time, assuming NE beats Houston.

    As for us: BRING ME the FUCKING HEAD of PETE THE CHEAT.

  9. 12th man's avatar 12th man says:

    Forty fuckin Niners baby!!!

  10. bigflavor's avatar Flavor says:

    Harbaugh said a lot tonight with that “we’ll talk more later when the cameras are gone” comment.
    People think Harbaugh is an ass, a back stabber and that may hold truth.
    But he’s all about the team, not individuals and he clearly doesn’t give a fuck about public opinion (as the QB switch and to a lesser degree Akers-keep moves show.)
    But you bitches have railed on Harbaugh on and off all year.
    How many are now gonna stand up and say, “I was wrong, Jim Harbaugh knows more than me.”
    Come on, show how flexible you are. See you in the NFC championship game next week….

    • bigflavor's avatar Flavor says:

      I am loving watching yet another press conference of an “elite” QB who went down. Again.
      I missed Manning’s tonight. Watched the niner game instead. Hope the numbness of his hands is a short term problem. Ha, I loved those dove tail pussy throw. Maybe his pussy ass shuda had a hand warmer inside those glove. Very manly look, by the way 🙂

      • bigflavor's avatar Flavor says:

        And don’t sweat my grammer, I’m drunk but not too drunk to recognize it. And I’m so happy about this niner dominant win, a Rodgers loss, a Ravens win and a Peyton Manning loss (meekly and weekly I might add).
        Factor the over I gave out openly and the nice scratch I made and I’m celebrating all night baby….

      • DieHardNinerFaithfulSince2011's avatar shaman138 says:

        “Have wr signed Peyton yet?”

  11. DieHardNinerFaithfulSince2011's avatar shaman138 says:

    Just have one thing to say about Kap……WOW. Very impressive.

    Hey Dennis ……have we signef Peyton yet? Broncos suck!!!!”

    • bigflavor's avatar Flavor says:

      He runs in a way that’s BETTER than Randall Cunningham. I can’t remember be QB who accelerates like he does. And his strides are the length of giraffes.
      And I will say it one more, time, I called for him running the ball more, repeatedly, starting about 5 weeks ago. If I get bored tomorrow I’ll re-post them.
      When you’re Colin Kapernick, FUCK the pocket. The pocket is your bitch. Hang out there if the 40 yard pass isn’t there. Otherwise, drop a 40 yard run on their asses.

  12. winder's avatar winder says:

    What a great fucking game. When we get fully healthy again the sky is the limit. Good to be a Niner fan

  13. Grumpy Guy's avatar Grumpy Guy says:

    A year ago, in our final game, our offense could only muster one third down conversion in 13 tries.

    Tonight? 8 for 13 – 62%.

    We also dominated time of possession, 38:01 to 21:59.

    And a shout out to Joe Staley – who has not always been my favorite player. Tonight, obviously in tremendous pain, he held Bruce Matthews to one sack. And with the other guys on the line, pushed the Packers all over the field in the 4th quarter. Hell of a job.

  14. Irish Kevin's avatar Irish Kevin says:

    Uh, I don’t want to rain on anyone ones parade, and yes Kaep did some amazing things, but…Alex got us this far last year. So let’s not get too high on this. The Niners still have one more game to even get to the SB. Let’s not forget all of us thought the Niners were going to the SB last year. And this year the Niners might have to go to Atlanta. I will enjoy this but I want to go to the SB.

    • bigflavor's avatar Flavor says:

      Kev, I’m a big Alex Smith guy but I’m not too dumb too admit when I’m wrong. And you know this, the few times I’ve been wrong I’ve fessed up in spades……
      But only a fool could miss the dominant performance of Kap tonight and wish instead that Alex Smith had been the QB instead.
      Don’t be that dude.
      Only a stubborn idiiot would hold on to that……..
      Appreciate the moment and the fact that you were wrong for wanting Smith to stay as the QB
      I did it. Go ahead, it feels good.
      Admit it….

      • Irish Kevin's avatar Irish Kevin says:

        Flav, I am not advocating for Alex to be the QB, what I said was Alex got the Niners to this the NFC championship last year, and then the Niners lost. There is no doubt that Colin was the right pick but the Niners are not in the SB yet

    • Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

      Don’t worry You aren’t raining on anyone’s parade. Forget the Alex Smith offense that’s limited. This offense with Kaep can honestly do anything. You want to run the ball? We got Gore. You want to go spread? We got Kaep, James and Crabtree. You want to pull and trap and go play action? We got Harbaugh and Roman. Jaws was right. Harbaugh was holding a couple of aces up his sleeve. This team just unveiled an offense the likes of which we hadn’t seen this regular season. The offense is amazing and it’s not like anything else the NFL has ever seen.

      • bigflavor's avatar Flavor says:

        all true. But I still must say, the key to it was Kap running with abandon after sitting in the pocket like a dumbass for 2 months.
        This was an obvious offensive game plan move. Maybe the fact that they waited till the playoffs to unveil it is the concept that was beyond me, I was a fool to ever *get* it.
        But I got this shit.
        And there’s about 30 posts of mine back there that called for this 5 weeks ago…..
        But fuck it, Harbaugh is much smarter than me and those words bring me so much joy tonight!

      • Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

        Flavor – it’s risk / reward. Kaep can’t run as much in the regular season. Look at RGIII. You get injured, your team probably won’t win the Super Bowl. Harbaugh intentionally didn’t run Kaep. It was intentional I tell ya.

      • 12th man's avatar 12th man says:

        Flav I have to say you are one of the few guys blogging whit sincere humility, I truly admire that. In the end it’s all about our team but many place their ego in front of that. Hats off to you bro.

      • bigflavor's avatar Flavor says:

        12– I appreciate that. And when you’re not posting like a d-bag I find you to be a very balanced blogger. And that last sentence is a 🙂 and the truth.
        Rock on my man, we got 2 wins to go before glory. Again.

    • 12th man's avatar 12th man says:

      give it a fucking rest Kev, last year is not a god damn thing to do with this year, I don’t want to hear another fucking word about Alex Smith, Kap out played anything Smith has ever done in his 8th start ever. Fuck what more do you Smithers need to see?

  15. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    Great players tonight: Obviously Kaep with all his running COMBINED with excellent passing. And the “excellent passing,” is important. Gore took care of the power runs and held the ball – breaking one nice run into the secondary. Staley played hurt and we can all only hope that Staley’s injury isn’t too serious. (but I did see him laughing and smiling after the game). Randy Moss opened up the running game with some key catches early on. Vernon made a great catch. Patrick Willis was all over Aaron Rogers. Fangio called an amazing game, never going conservative. This was Greg Roman’s finest hour. Tarrel Brown had two nice picks even though I thought his second one was incorrectly called PI. Alex Smith did a great job holding his clipboard (good boy). Justin Smith sucked it up and played like a warrior. Aldon stripped Aaron. Spillman picked up a huge special teams fumble. I’d give the game ball to Kaep, but there are so many candidates for game ball. Great night to be a 49er fan!

    • bigflavor's avatar Flavor says:

      100% agree. But I will argue the J-Smith comment a bit. He had, I think, one tackle where the RB ran right into him. He did get 4 credited tackles, I’m assuming those other 3 were the same run-right-at-you’s.
      It all worked out, but Smith was nothing more than a borderline road block tonight.

      • winder's avatar winder says:

        Yeah but he was still getting double-teamed on occasion. He’s a true warrior and one that we need desperately

      • Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

        Justin did fine. He wasn’t his normal dominant self, but he did push the pocket better than anyone else on our team. I watched him exclusively and while Justin didn’t get the sacks, Justin did push the pocket quiet a bit and made Rogers run. That’s important. I think Justin pushed the pocket more than Ricky would have.

  16. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Hooo dee fucking hoo~~!!!! Just like I thought. It was closer than I thought in the beginning, but it ended up that the Niners beat the fuck out of the Pack. The key was sending theWRs on deeper routes to clear out the underneath so Ka[[y had lanes to run. They showed the play for the early TD, and when Kappy went back to pass, the left side was WIDE OPEN. No one near him and he got his TD.

    Didn’t get to post tonight, had some friends over, and I’ll read this stuff tomorrow, but mother fuckinn’ A, that was an epic win. Like a lot of people, I wasn’;t down with Smith looing his job from the injury, but as we sit now, I like our fucking shit no matter who’s next. Atl on the road would be a breeze. Seattle at home? Bring it on. We are the shit right now.

  17. Spitblood's avatar Spitblood says:

    Just watched one replay where Justin Smith did look truly ineffective.

  18. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    J Smith did what he needed to do. And that’s occupy space and use up the left side. We didn’t get a shit load of sacks, but we did get near enough Rodgers to fuck him up. Smith at whatever he’s at now (80%?) is better than RJF. It was good to see him rotating in and out occasionally though.

    Staley had a flat great game against Matthews. He neutralized him with some kind of stinger going on. Never heard his name all night.

  19. unca_chuck's avatar unca_chuck says:

    Yeah, once the Niners got the 2 TD lead, they didn’t go soft shell turtle mode like they did vs NE. That by iteslf was worth EVERYTHING.

  20. Rab's avatar Rab says:

    I must be mistaken, but i thought they have been running the spread option since early in the season, even when Alex was QB, they would bring in Forrest Gump for a run.

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