Well, sort of. The ramifications of the gay-gate comments of Chris Culliver are still bouncing around the myriad studios of all the media present at this pig-trough of excessive coverage. But today thankfully, the teams can hunker down, lick their collective wounds over Callahan-gate, Antler-gate, and now swing-the-other-way-gate. I’m sure at some point in the near future Chris Culliver will be duct-taped to the goal post, or red-coded (you can’t handle the truth!) but in reality, this was a fairly big distraction. It even went to far as two of Culliver’s teammates (Ahmad Brooks and Issac Sopoaga) disavowing participating in the “It gets better” campaign. They said they thought it was an anti-bullying, not anti-gay bullying piece. The vid has been pulled from the video producer’s website, and the consternation swirls. So, yeah, I’m sure the locker room is very happy with young Chris as this shitstorm continues to swirl around the team. There’s talk of sending Culliver to a day with the New York Gay Football League to see that gays can play just as hard as their straight bretheren. Certaily this is a teachable moment for the idio . . . uh kid.
BUT, the talk is over. It is now time to batten down the hatches and work through the final preparations for Super Bowl XLVII. I’m starting to miss the talk of Kappy being invincible, Balt’s defense being impenetrable, Flacco’s unstoppable, and the Niner D immovable, or vice versa.
I think the NFL needs to do away with the extra week between the championship games and the Super Bowl. Too much time for too little payoff. The league went back and forth with this about 12 years ago, and I didn’t notice an appreciable difference. The 1st week is filled with nothing anyway. Might as well start the feeding frenzy the Monday after the Champ games. Less press access, and more regular practice during the week.
You just got to love it when Stinkblood makes up lies to prove a point. Just typical.
The worst part for you is that Kaep was right under your nose in Reno. LMAO!
It’s all good Bergs. You pick a score for the game? The winner gets a dinner for 2 with Spitty.
Phil, is the coconut express working today of all days?
Yeah we’re ready over here- so far
This game isn’t over but it’s almost over. When the 49ers go zone, the Ravens throw underneath. When the 49ers go man, Flacco goes up top. Best thing to do now is go zone and drop 8 into coverage and rush Aldon, McDonald and Smith. The deep ball is killing our man coverage. If we stay man, we have to have safety help over the top. The secondary is playing like crap. Our safeties are single handedly losing this game for us.
On offense, we can’t keep trying to get the edge with the run. The Ravens are awesome protecting the edge. Forget sweeps. La Micheal James fumbled with the 49ers trying to get the edge. Gore got stuffed repeatedly. If you want to run… run the ball up the gut. But let’s not run too much in the second half.
Regarding Kaep – he’s nervous, but I don’t see him being nervous in the second half. His balls are sailing because he’s forgetting his fundamentals. But where’s the deep ball? Where are the passes to Moss deep down the field that keep Ed Reed honest?
Forget the read option. Forget patience. Start throwing the ball down field on every play. Dump off to Gore if necessary.
I see a second half rebound, but we’ve dug ourselves a deep hole with a young qb. If there’s ever a time for the making of a legend, it’s now. I believe in Colin Kaepernick.