Especially on the road and in the division . . . but I think half the crowd that showed up were Niner fans. Or Giants fans left over from the playoff game the day before. In a game that saw a horrible 1st half punctuated by the longest TD in the last 14 years, the 49ers muscled their way past the hapless Rams in what should have been a blow out, but turned into a tense little ending. After spotting St. Loo 14 points in the 1st quarter, and VMcD fumbling away a great play, the Niners struck on an 80 yard bomb to Brandon Lloyd with 25 seconds in the half. Funny thing is, the last 49er to catch an 80 yard TD? Brandon Lloyd in 2005. Realistically though, the Niners could have been down big by then, if not for a very odd PI call on St. Louis.
After the half, the Niners took control and scored two more TDs, one on another jaw-dropping pass where Kaepernick rolled left and spotted Anquan Boldin dragging across the back of the end zone. He flicked the ball, with perfect touch, over the LB defending, and hit Boldin in the back of the end zone. Later in the 3rd quarter, Kappy hit Michael Crabtree on a post/corner/post move that tied up the DB for an easy pitch-and-catch 35 yard TD. After this, Jim Harbaugh seemed to fall asleep and let the Rams inch back into the game. It wasn’t sealed until Dontae Johnson, in for in injured Jimmie Ward, picked off Austin Davis for a pick 6.
Forty Niners Forever 
There are two ways to deal with altitude (I live at 4600′ but before that 6800′ for several years):
1) Show up two weeks early; your body will adjust.
2) Fly in, play, fly out. Your body will suffer as the game goes on, but survive for one game.
The worst thing you can do is fly in a couple days early. That’s not enough time for blood vessels to expand, but enough time for your body to shift into auto-adjust mode. IOW, that’s the stage you suffer from oxygen deprivation, like jet lag.
Don’t look now, but the Brownies are 6-2. Their next three opponents have 1 win. Between them.
47% of Peyton’s passes this year from snap to throw were 2 seconds or less – ESPN. Gotta play tight and get him on the other 53%. Or else.
I tell ya, I’d play this like so. Play nickel and dare Denver to run. Bring most everyone up close. Keep the safeties mid-deep, but crowd the WRs and TEs at the point of attack. Jam at the line and disrupt the pass-catchers coming off the line. Got to hope we can get a good push up the middle. Get Peyton moving laterally and he’s toast.
The Giants are now 7-1 this postseason. What a time to get hot! We’re just one Bumgarner gem away from an all wildcard World Series.
7-2 but yeah, they are rolling, KC looks tough though. The Giants don’t do well against teams that run. Best way to deal with that is not let them get on base,
Blanco proved he’s as useless in the field as he is leading off. But hey, at least he hit the easy grounder the Cards first basemen blew the throw to home on.
Blanco’s fine for what he is. A 4th outfielder.
Got to love the NFL. They find ‘no evidence’ of Colin Kaepernick using a racial slur, so they cut his fine in half. Why not rescind it entirely?
Because that would make the NFL poobahs look inept, like they are…
He looks guilty…….that’s got to be the reason.
The one big thing, among smaller ones, I don’t understand is why Harbaugh doesn’t finish off these wins against lesser teams. Put them away, fer kreissakes. Why let them hang around thinking they have a shot, and you have to rely on your D through the 4th quarter to seal the deal? It’s like Giants games — torture, except it doesn’t have to be. Get some damn TDs instead of running the ball up the gut at the goal line — use some creativity, if there’s any still there. It’s as if Harbaugh can’t enjoy a game unless it comes down to the 2 minute warning; a blowout win must be avoided at all costs…
Memo to Snarkk……..Harbaugh does it his way.
Yeah, exactly. What really pisses me off is we could have lost Stevie Johnson to injury when he got nailed recovering the onsides kick.
Chuck pissed off? Nah ….it can’t be.
Better to be pissed off than pissed on. Unless you are a fan of that . . .
New thread is up.