The quest for 6 starts today in the final opening day at the venerable crumbledone, AKA Candlestick Park. Funny, I remember the opening season at the Stick back in 1971. It was an astroturf monstrosity back then, which was akin to playing on the concrete in the parking lot. Players routinely broke legs and separated shoulders on that field, and I seem to remember Jim Lash shattering both his elbows in his short and ill-fated time with the 49ers. The Joe Thomas legacy, shitty as it is can only praised for putting the natural grass back into the Stick. To supposedly ease the stress on a fading OJ Simpsons knees. Simpson did little as a Niner, but at least he got the carpet out . . .
Anyhow, will the 2013 season be the lucky one for these Niners? Lots of people think so, but the word out of Vegas is that the Broncos are the odds-on favorites to win it all. At least that’s what the numbers were a couple days ago. Crazy. I think if the Niners had faced Denver last year instead of Balt it wouldn’t have been close. Sour grapes? Maybe, but the future is now. The Niners play 4 playoff teams in their first 5 games, and the 5th team is one they couldn’t quite figure out in the Rams. The early sledding is rough, and game one is against a team that was embarrassed badly by the Niners in the playoffs. The Packers. I hate to be overconfident, but I think we should win this one fairly handily. The Pack has geeked and overgeeked themselves silly for months over the read-option. Green Bay head coach Mike McCarthy sent his entire staff to visit with Kevin Sumlin’s staff at Texas A&M to learn the read-option. I think we may use it, but not much at all. I think Roman and Harbaugh expect the Packers to overreact to the read-option, and will shadow Kappy. Either with an LB or a safety. Maybe they’ll even switch them up. The Niners can exploit this throwing behind the linebackers and getting behind the shadow over the middle. A good spot for VD and VM.
Forty Niners Forever 
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Hey, FLA! Did you forget Ronnie Lott’s phone #?
Who loves ya, baby? Dr. Who. That’s who.
Great stand. I’ll say it again. This game is being won on the LOS.
It’s not rocket science. I can tell ya about that shit.
defense !!!
Defense??? I’ll say it again, OL!!! OL!!! OL!!!
There’s a joke there, but give me a break. I’ve been drinking since 8:30 this morning.
It’ll come in a minute. 😛
damm we need a stop and a score here
Harbaugh has the deer in the headlights look.
Felt like our D ran out of gas on that last drive. Lacy consistently taking flight, we stated grounded.
And it’s fu king embarrassing to hear all those GB fans. Nice job fake Niner season ticket holders. “FAITHFUL” my ass
I could have sworn the Niners had a defense!! At this point I have not seen any D by the Niners! Where are the Niners sacks??
g o r eeeeeeeeeee !!!!
g o r eeeeeeeeeeee !!!
Nice one spillman!!!
nnamdi
c’mon frank
One more First down and this game is over!
Game over!!
try hunter
Jesus, Boldin, have a day baby
400 +yards Kap,Boldin 13 catches,balls out 4 th down call priceless!!!!!!!!
What a time to finally get to Rodgers!!! Beautiful
What a game!
Gargle mayonnaise Clay Matthews, you fuck
Yeah I know the refs “blew the call”, but there was some karma. Mathews clearly follows up his talk my laying one into our most important player OB and Staley backs up his QB (as he should) just by getting in his face and saying who-the-fuck-cares. Not quite the same, and I get the rules, blah blah blah, but the ensuing TD was sweet as it gets. Matthews is a punk.
Well, so it was 34-28 – close enough – it wasn’t “27-24 or 34-31” as I predicted but it was “a thriller and a tossup” as I predicted. Good start to the season – great game.
Just got free Kamakaze shot from a Packer fan,who’s actually a buddy of mine,life is good!!!
Niners Rock!!!