Man, this has been quite the season. What is it about San Francisco sports teams this year? The Giants come out of nowhere to win 107 games??? The Warriors storm out to the best record in the NBA? And now we have the Jekyll and Hyde 49ers turning on the jets after staggering out of the gate. One game from the Super Bowl? These guys were DOA after getting waylaid by the Colt McCoy-led Arizona Cardinals and were at 3-5.
Sputtering offense, shoddy defense, mediocre special teams. The maddening crowd, including me, was calling for a quarterback change, and a coaching change at the end of the year. But internally, the team kept their cool. They didn’t fracture behind the obvious division that the Trey Lance signing could have caused. Or the offensive woes as the team struggled to score. Or the injuries. Or the shoddy defense and bad clock management. The Super Bowl and NFC West crown dreams vanished in a hurry.
Thankfully the Rams provided the springboard for our current run back in week 10 as we pounded them into submission with a 15 minute game-opening TD drive and a 31-10 shellacking.
Something I think we repeat tomorrow. The Rams are the Rams. They make plays, but they also make mistakes. They blew a 17 point lead against us and lost, and blew a 24 point lead against the Bucs and won. Matthew Stafford can be pressured into mistakes, and our defensive line has really ratcheted up the pressure. In the last Ram game, Ryans dialed up a few blitzes on some obvious passing downs and got sacks. And most importantly, Ambry Thomas was a full participant in practice, so no Dontae johnson in the slot. We will still need help with Cooper Kupp, but I feel much better with Ambry out there.
So, buckle up for a big day of football.
Don’t know why, but I’m feeling a rematch of Super Bowl XVI and XXXIII. KC’s defense will not slow down Cincy enough to win.
I’m ready. Nervous but ready. The Rams are desperate to win and break the streak and get back to the Super Bowl. It seems like they’ve been talking about it all week. This is going to be a tough game. I’m praying Garoppolo not only keeps the mistakes to a minimum, but throws a couple of TD passes in the process. He doesn’t have one in the playoffs and he’s long overdue for a good game. In other words, we need good Jimmy to show up.
I have no sense for this game, so I’m rolling with your confidence, Chuck. But I’ve no doubt it’ll be stressful as hell to watch.
Vivid Seats and their algorithm predicting that 65% of the fans in attendance tomorrow will be 49ers fans. That would be awesome.
Huge game. Should be a classic. Staying humble with this one.
DeeeeeeBo
DeeeeeeFense…
Get it DONE today 👍
I don’t see a rematch with the Bengals as Patrick Mahomes numbers in playoff games all at home are staggering!
W/L 7-1
Comp Pct 68.9
Pass Yds/ game 318.9
Pass TD/ Int 23-1 ( very impressive)
Rush TD 4
Huge task for a Bengals team in their 1st playoff championship game since the 80’s to overcome. Hoping for a good game and should be high scoring but Mahomes playoff experience ( 4 straight championship games) wins out over upstart Bengals
37-31
Ah, who will win this, over the last few games Kyle has really surprised me with his play calling. So unless he reverts back to conservative Kyle, the Niners should win this game! 20-17
Crazy game. Cincy should let KC score here.
Too bad Cincy didn’t get that fumble
Unreal. Cincy’s defense with 4 sacks.
Up to the coin flip.
Shit!
Wow. Gonna be a rematch for the ages. Part one off the plan has been reached..
Congrats to the Bengals. What a run they’re on. Helluva comeback.
I am glad Mahomes is gone.
Okay Gentlemen, Bang, bang Niner Gang. Let’s do this!
Oh hell yes!! Williams deflects it and Jimmy Ward picks it!! Stafford turning into Goff as the Niners come up with a bigtime turnover..
Rams draw first blood
Aiuk is having a good game
17 minutes to the Super Bowl. What a fucking year. They may just do it. Either that or give me a damned stroke.