These are the times that try men’s souls. Or some shit. The season comes down to these two upcoming road games. The Big Easy and the Big Sleazy. Come out of this with a split, and there’s a possibility that we are still hanging on to that 6th playoff spot. N’Alwins has never been an easy team to play with their firepower and all, and its even more daunting playing them in their dome. Offensively, they are pretty damn good. Their offense is scoring better than anyone not named Denver. Drew Brees is lighting things up per usual, but the new wrinkle is the running game behind 29 year old journeyman Pierre Thomas and young Mark Ingram. NO Dropped a 245 yard rushing performance on the Cowboys last week. They have weathered the Gregg Williams/Sean Payton deal and are now thriving under Rob Ryan’s newly installed 3-4 defense.
The Niners? Well, we’ve (and everyone under the sun) has dissected, detailed, and debated the current failings of this offense. No need to flog the equine any more than previously done.
This is a huge game for the morale of this team and this young QB. A win would right the ship and hopefully propel them into the playoffs as the WC team no one wants to play. Lose this game, and it may start a slide right out of the playoffs.
Forty Niners Forever 
Well atleast Howie Long saw Ahmad Brooks play like all of us except those jackass refs.
Clearly not helmet to helmet.
He was disappointed on the call, and said so, which would have sealed the victory .
And so another full week of “who’s fault is it” is launched. Roman? Kaep? The WRs? I don’t f*cking know. But what is beyond doubt, is our offense really sucks right now. Pathetic.
Well, closer than I thought. Defense is playing well, with the occasional hiccup. Offense is the problem. And, I’m not sure why Brad Seely is considered a great special teams guy. You can’t win a playoff game, or even get there, with no passing offense. How many years do we have to say that same thing. This defense gives SF a window to win championships. If it had even a mediocre offense, the team is in the hunt for a SB birth again…
It was only close because of Saint turnovers and uncharacteristic bad decisions by Brees.
Our offense did nothing to feel good about.
Damn. The game turns on some random plays. Gore drops the pass with 40 yards of clear sailing. Bowman called for the most asinine penalty in the history of football. Taking a sack on 1st down on the 20, thus killing the last drive. Osgood committing the most stupid penalty in the history of the NFL. Galling to me was seeing the first pass play where Baldwin and VD are running the same route, thus dragging 4 DBs into the picture. These passing plays make no sense. They took away the run, and we had a little success passing. But once again the defense was forced to make all the plays
BLEEP!
A horse designed by committee is a camel. The offense is a bits and pieces offense, it’s not cohesive. I think it may be a simple as they don’t have a single vision OC. They have the running plays guy, the wide receivers guy, the QB guy and Harbs all creating the O plays Roman, Chryst, Morton and Harbaugh.
Very interest perspective, I agree with you
Yep.. Post made a lot of sense. The truth hurts sometimes..
Every team has position coaches. The problem is the OC. He cannot adjust to different looks. Kappy plays a part in this by not getting through his progressions, but ha can learn and he can also be put in better situations to succeed. Again though, they make enough plays to win this game
True every team has position coaches Chuck, but they contribute under an overarching OC and his scheme. By all accounts the Niners operate as a collective.
Personally, I thought the running game was more terrible. Stop running Gore outside and stop sticking in Hunter or James and handing them the ball for that one play and expecting them to break the game open. An established run game would have helped CK7 today.
We went into the Saints’ stadium and held Drew Brees to a single TD and the team to less than 24 points. “Hitner” controlled Graham very well, too. The thing we didn’t do was finish. Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy. So simple even Singletary saw it. (Cheap shot. I like Singletary, only not as a head coach)
Dennis, you act like we had a shot at signing Manning. I wish you would shut the fuck up about it.
It was Manning’s choice. Get it? Manning’s call. Manning. Peyton Manning picked where he went. Not Harbaugh. Not Wizzenhut. Not anyone else in the running. Manning made the call to go to Denver.
What part of this won’t get through your head?
Are you fucking dense? Yes we DID have a great chance of signing Peyton Manning. IF, IF, IF Jimbo would have made Manning the Top Dog. Jimbo would not acquiesce to Manning. Bo Schembechler Jr. had to retain his 3 yds. and a cloud of dust mentality.
Jim Harbaugh is a goddamn stubborn fool. HE, Jim Harbaugh, would not relinquish the reigns to Manning. Our loss. The results speak for themselves…
Did we fire Harbaugh yet?
No, you moron. We had none chance. If Peyton was interested in coming to the Niners he would have actually COME to Santa Clara. Get it? Of course not.
Its hard to run against 9 in the box. Which is what we faced all day. Their DBs did not honor our WRs all day. As usual. We didn’t throw one deep pass. If you never show it, no one has to defend it. Elementary. Everything is pinched in toward the middle and clogged up.
The Niners one good drive, I counted 4 1st down runs to the right with Gore. They got a total of 4 yards. Play action is a myth. I think I saw one in the 4th quarter.
Bullshit
Right. I saw at least 15 plays where NO had 9 in the box. And we ran into it.
If the Denver refs had been in N’awlins, the Niners would have won. The Saints secondary was pulling lots of crap all game that is being called tonight (on both sides).
No matter. Insert foot, shoot it off. Again. Two weeks in a row.
Watch out for the Giants vis a vis slot #6. They’re playing superior ball right now.
Bear in mind RT they were playing GB. Who was their QB today?
Did they suit up a QB?
Really, I was thinking in terms of the last month after that 0-6 start.
Peyton Manning has been the best player, let alone QB, in the NFL since his return.
Of that, there can be no question.
Period. End. Of. Sentence.
Who cares? He’ll fail in the playoffs. Again. Then what?
Dennis, Manning has been to the playoffs 11 times, and won 1 SB. That’s like going to the prom with the Prom Queen and having some guy take her from you!!
With the Aints fumbled punt and the Breese touch pass INT, SF was lucky the score was as close as it was allowing them to have a chance at the end. I saw this game as the Aints nearly beating themselves rather than SF stepping up and beating them.
The problem with that was the Niners had a 6 point lead and had forced the fumble on Brees. Shoulda woulda coulda but really, you can’t hit the QB in the head, or below the knees. The chest is off limits now?
Fuck it. Ludicrous call that lost the game. They might as well outlaw sacking the QB.
My feelings exactly.. There was NO *NO FUCKING REASON* to call that textbook sack a penalty. For shame, NFL..
Got to giver Kappy props for chasing down the DB on the pick and somewhat forcing the fumble out of the end zone.
Timeout called in the first minute of the game.
Two (two!) clearly failing challenges shortly thereafter.
With the ball under 2 minutes to go in the first half, Kap had no timeouts! Who’da thunk it?
Kap had a poor game, but a fish rots from blunders like this.
Yeah, I heard after the game that Mangina called those red flag plays.
Horrible. Yeah, we had a chance to at least kick an FG at the half with a couple TOs.
Let’s face it the Niners need better backup WRs than what they have, just because your starter goes down does not mean the drop off should be this bad!! And it is clear that we do not have a pass catching back. Other wise they would be using him better. Gore may be a great RB, but he is no Rodger Craig, or emmit Smith for that matter.
LMJ fits that bill, put him in the slot sometimes, it’s not like Williams or now Manningham are doing much there anyway. Play LMJ 15/20 snaps a game in various roles.
Use someone please!!!
But using LMJ on 3rd and 2 was a joke of a call.. That’s on Roman..
ITSET, NFC wildcard round:
Panthers @ Eagles
Niners @ Lions
Who would’ve even dreamed of that scenario at season’s start?
Again, I’m taking liberties, but we’re fucked…
Houston Hello!
We’re going to have our ass handed to us.Right down the middle.
Any fellow Catholics? Genuflect, hello!
Can we just put the Broncos and Seahawks in the SB and get on with it…
Sorry. The motherfucking truth hurts sometimes. Hurts like like a motherfucker.