Weather is 33º at game time, with winds out of the SW at 8-10 MPH.
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A strange season is getting progressively stranger as the weeks go on. The 6-4 49ers are currently on the outside of the playoff picture looking in. Mainly due to the fact that the Indianapolis Colts feasted upon the ‘elite’ NFC West teams (Seattle and SF) and got blasted to kingdom come by the ‘also-rans’ of the West (AZ and StL) to the tune of 78-19.
Carolina showed its guts by squeaking out a win in Fin-land behind the legs of Cam Newton. He was beaten, battered, and bettered all day, but scored late TD to win it. Much like Tennessee over the Raiders. Oaktown had a chance to insert themselves into the playoff picture (!), but couldn’t finish off the woeful Titans and Ryan Fitzpatrick (and his friend Patrick Fitzmichael), giving up a TD with 18 seconds left.
Green Bay’s playoff hopes were dented by a tie in frigid Wisconsin, as the Packers inexplicably kept trying to ride the Scott Tolzein Experience to a victory. After his debacle last week, why they put him in over Flynn yesterday has to be seriously qiestioned. I thought they’d put Flynn in at the easdrliest opportunity. Ooops. As it was, he led the Pack to a late tie, but that was it. GB and Minn traded FGs in OT and that was it.
Which brings us to tonight’s game. Win, and we are back in the 6th spot due to our previous win over AZ. Lose, and the team may not recover from the fallout. Lose, and we are effectively 2 games behind AZ, as they own the tiebreaker with SF due to their wins over Indy and Carol. Although if the last game of the year comes down to AZ vs SF for the last playoff spot, even if SF is a game behind, we would win the tiebreaker should the Niners in that game, due to sweeping them. Of course the flip side is true. We come into that last game one up on AZ and lose, SF is out. All those other teams (Chi, GB, Det, Philly, StL) will be beating each other up, so the likeliest of scenarios is the 6th seed comes out of the West. No one said this would be easy, but I certainly didn’t think it would be this hard.
In some good news, Michael Crabtree is a game-time decision. I thought the activation of Mario Manningham would help the offense, but he’s been slowed by knee issues and general shitty play calling. Frankly, I wouldn’t play Crabtree tonight. It’s going to be cold and miserable so it isn’t a good scenario to get his first taste of action.
Forty Niners Forever 
Phil, it pains me to have to pick RG Knee to win, but you sure in the hell know I can’t pick our team to win.
31-27 Native Americans. People who know me know that was a bigger racial slur then calling ’em Redskins. 😛
Go Niners!
LOL okay. Lets see who da genious is dis week Denny
All the ESPN wonks are picking the Niners to win. OK…
Just hope we don’t let Garcon loose trying to stop the run.
WR MM makes a 1st down catch? oohh yeah
1st down Gore up the middle.
2nd down pass.
Rinse and repeat. Oh scheist.
The Niners are headed for 10-6 or 11-5 and a 6 seed. KC is headed for 12-4 or 13-3 and a 5 seed. If that is how it works out and I’m confident that it will, both QB’s deserve great credit. As far as tonight, it’s a night that CK should bust out. No score prediction. But a Niners win, and——they’d better.
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Well it started out well, then went down hill.
this turf is atrocious. slippin’ and sliddin’ already. Might as well be the old Candlestick quagmire.
Yep. D playing well tho
The D has brought their lunch pails to this MNF affair. Let’s hope the O reciprocates.
James saved bad field position there
A pass on 1st? First down? OK, Gore up the middle on 1st. Oh scheisi.
Why stick with something that worked.
Just garbage play calling again. Fuck.
We went hurry-up on that 3rd dn then Kap decided to check or slow it down at the line to allow WAS to adjust. No bueno.
That was the second series where they got a first down with a pass, second series where they immediately go back to the run!! why do a run next?? Stick to the passing till you need the run!
Well neither of these teams deserve to be in the playoffs, half way through the first quarter and neither team has crossed the 50 yard line!!
RG3 looks like shit. Worse than Kap. How about a fucking play on O for fuckssake.
LMJ lookin’ damned good.
Gore on 1st. Pass on 2nd. Yawn.
RG Knee not only looks like shit, but he looks uninterested. And the ‘Skins gave the Rams a king’s ransom for that apathetic POS.
They miss Delanie, 2 WR as TEnds.