This is like a trip down memory lane what with us playing Dallas and now Green Bay in the playoffs. Both these teams were our nemeses at different times in our distant past, and our recent. Aaron Rodgers sure knows who we are as we are 3-0 against him in our last 3 playoff tilts. Colin Kaepernick got the first two wins in 2012 and 2013 running all over the GB defense, and Jimmy G spent most of the 2019 win handing the ball off to Raheem Mostert.
A strategy that may not be a bad idea after seeing that 4th quarter yesterday. Unlike the Rams game, where Jimmy actually did well, he: a) missed a wide open Brandon Aiyuk for what would have been a 40 yard gain, b) threw an absolute choke job of a pick later in the 4th quarter, and c) didn’t let Trent Williams get set on the 4th and 1 sneak that would have, again, sealed the win.
Instead we got to see Mike McCarthy pull a stupid running play with 14 seconds left. This was nearly outdone by Ryans ludicrously stupid defense in not protecting the sidelines when Dallas got the ball with 32 seconds left. Ryans played this defense like he should have way back in the Green Bay game he blew. In not protecting the sidelines, Dallas was able to stop the clock on every throw. Once we moved the safeties and corners to the sides, Dak ran up the middle.
This could have worked for one more Dallas play if: a) Dak had slid earlier, b) the Cowboys let the ref spot the ball, and c) didn’t get in the ref’s way as he DID try to spot the ball.
All in all a bizarre ending to what was a great game by the Niners. Our propensity to let teams back into games is pretty fucking annoying, and this one would have been an epic disaster to lose.
More annoying to me is as the game was nearing the end, Shanahan was playing the game like he was behind 6, not ahead by 6. Throwing on 1st down is great early in the game when team expect us to run. Throwing late in the 4th quarter when protecting a lead is not so good when Jimmy is unraveling before your eyes. The shit pass to Kittle was luckily so shitty that the subsequent fumble didn’t count.
Fuck! But I am not here to bury Jimmy but to praise him. Not really. Fuck, I don’t know. Just play a clean game next week. OK?
Real funny thing is, I thought with everyone getting healthy, Josh Norman wouldn’t be able to fuck anything up, but lo and behold, Norman was the gunner assigned to block the outside guy, CJ Goodwin on the fake punt. As Norman ran away from him, their punter completed a 16 yard pass to Goodwin. Derp! Even more luckily, that didn’t result in a TD. Christ. I’m too old for this shit. I sure miss the days when we just steamrolled through the playoffs.
Forty Niners Forever 
Of all the venues in this round, playing a night game at Lambeau in the middle of January has to be the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. WTF are they thinking.
2013 was a night game.
Well the Packers organization replaced the whole field back in 2018 and they have heated coils under the turf so maybe that will help make the field more playable. Yeah it’s going to be one mother fucking cold game, swirling winds, hopefully no snow flurries, but for sure it won’t turn into the 1967 ICE BOWL game between GB/Dallas still the standard imo of alltime horrible conditions..
They had hot water pipes under the field even then that they didn’t bother to turn on.
Oooops
I think every homefield does something to help the home team. I know we used to do it at Candlestick. IIRC we used to keep the infield dirt a little wet so Wills would be slowed a little.
So how many of you could sit on the sidelines for 3+ hours in 12 degree weather
Well about the only good thing would be your beer never gets warm, personally I wouldn’t last more than 20 mins. Stay home warm, see every play and replay
I doubt we will see much red in the stands. But, it would probably make for a very rememberful(not a word) game.
Funny thing is is I ALMOST went to the Monday night game in Denver where Ray Wersching was nearly pelted by a a snowball and missed the winning kick. I was living in Snowmass, and the drive would have been 7 hours. Had a place to stay for the night, but the tickets fell through at the last minute and I didn’t want to drive all the way out there to scalp.
looks like we are gonna lose Peters to the Giants. They have asked for a 2nd interview for their GM job. That is not good for us.
Looks like a good possibility we lose Peters to the Giants for their GM job. Pretty sure he orchestrated much of our drafts since 2017.
High round picks or low round picks? He’s been all over the place.
Not sure who his picks were. But I bet they weren’t Solomon, or Foster. Those are Lynch’s. And also pretty sure Pettis was Shanny’s as was Williams. Between Peters and Mchew(sp) they were the ones teaching Lynch how to do it.
I know Peters was the one who was pushing for Deebo.
New thread is up.