Well, those were some crazy ass games today. Alex Smith matches Andrew Luck TD for TD, throws no picks to Luck’s 3, and still KC loses 45-44 after Smith and Co built up a 38-10 lead minutes into the 2nd half. Philly and NO played a more defensive battle in the cold, and NO wins their historic first road playoff win hitting the game-winning FG as time ran out 26-24. Again, the winning QB was the one throwing picks as Foles had none, and Brees had 2. NO brought something they haven’t shown too much of, and that’s a strong run game. Something KC could have used, but lost early with Jamaal Charles leaving after the 1st series, and the backup RB Knile Davis also going out in the 3rd quarter.
The good news for me, besides the entertainment factor of these games was the fact that the refs were for the most part in the background. There were no blown calls, and there were no game-changing mistakes from the guys in the stripes.
So, here we go. We are the last playoff game, and I think this is another exciting nail-biter. However, I think we can wear down Green Bay’s banged up defense and win this going away. 31-20 in the cold cold cold is still my call.
Forty Niners Forever 
Going to be tough to pull this one out if they keep giving up the ball. Weather was better than expected and the only guys fumbling are the ones from Cinci. Maybe the last quarter in inclement weather will help.
The ginger just threw another terrible pick.
Dalton screwing himself into the ground.
Both Ds have kept the #1 receiver threats in check. I expected a lot more from Giovani today.
Marvin Lewis and Andy Dalton are losing to a SD team that shouldn’t even be playing today yet from the grace of some horrible officiating. Another L today would make Lewis 0-5 and Opie 0-3 in the playoffs respectively. Changes are needed, but won’t happen. Makeup your bed the same way each day and continue to fall out of it…
Yet SD is trying their damnedest to keep giving Cincy second chances…
WTF kind of call was that on 3rd and short?
If the Dalton gang can get the TD on this drive they can still make a game of it, unbelievably.
4th and 3 and Opie Taylor again overthrows his WR by 5 yds going for the home run. Strike three!
As Mike Krukow would say, grab some pine, meat!
Yep, and I think he had a shorter target open to convert, too. Not his day.
Revenge for 1981.
Ciny was 8-0 at home this yr during the regular season. The playoffs are a different animal, and the Bengal Tigers (Panthera Tigris Tigris) , with Marvin Lewis and Andy Dalton leading the charge couldn’t beat Siegfried and Roy.
So no one is taking the historic GB Packers as a home dog in the playoffs? I guess you all left that for me…OK, I think the cold will play a part, especially in the kicking game — missed PAT, block, muffed punt, etc…I expect to move the ball fairly well vs the suspect GB defense. However, I think Aaron Rodgers will make the difference. Second off the layoff (horse racing term) he’ll make us pay with Carlos Rogers out.
29-24 Pack
Now it’s time to get seriously hammered and medicated. Go Niners!
I was comment #49. Earl Cooper. Cooooop!
Lets hope we don’t see 3 runs and out
Nice move by Crabs
IMO, mix it up, don’t go run heavy, maybe 60/40 run.
I like the three endzone passes. You can still get the 3.
All that shit for 3 pts and we had to burn TWO time outs in the process.
Did we fire Jim Harbaugh yet?
Did we trade Crabtree yet?
I’d keep Crabtree > Harbaugh in a heartbeat.
Yeah, passing it in red zone is a bunch different than running it. These plays must work better than they look in practice. And just enough TOs left for a bad challenge.
Refs won’t call much today. Faster the game, faster they get warm.
Shoulda been a PI in the end zone, but the play shoulda never happened.
It was another delay of game that wasn’t called.
Up the ass on that non call. Just keep it even
Fangio and our D look like they were in GB’s offensive team meetings the entire week. Great calls and execution thus far across the board. Top notch. Top notch!
I was a little concerned that we would start slow and GB would get up on us early. Instead we look like the cold weather team out there on defense victimizing those warm weather pansies.
Floater…