The more things change, the more they stay the same. From 1970 to now, the 49ers and Cowboys have met 8 times in the playoffs. Six of them NFC Championship games.
- 1970 NFC Championship Game – Cowboys 17-10
- 1971 NFC Championship Game – Cowboys 14-3
- 1972 NFC Divisional playoffs – Cowboys 30-28 (fuuuuck)
- 1981 NFC Championship Game – 49ers 28 -27 (huzzzzzzah!!)
- 1992 NFC Championship Game – Cowboys 30-20
- 1993 NFC Championship Game – Cowboys 26-17
- 1994 NFC Championship Game – 49ers 38-28
- 2021 NFC Wild Card playoffs – 49ers 23-17
- 2022 NFC Divisional playoffs – ?????
Dallas holds a 5-3 advantage, but the 49ers have won the last 2 meetings. Sure, the gap is 17 seasons, but 2-0 is 2-0. Dallas even holds a one game lead overall at 19-18-1. So, time to even this shit up.
I think Dallas is pretty much a paper tiger, but they do have, at times, a pretty solid pass rush. They don’t get a lot of sacks, but they do get sustained pressure most of the time. But this is the same team we played on the road last year, and took to the woodshed. With Jimmy G at the helm.
So, if the Niners can pay a clean game I think we take this one as well. As usual, Dallas has a ton of play-makers. Pollard and Elliott had 1,800 yards between them, CeeDee Lamb has ~1,400 yard receiving, Micah Parsons has 13.5 sacks, and DeRon Bland has 5 picks.
Which leaves Dak Prescott. He’s had a season of injuries and inconsistency. He missed 5 games with a thumb injury and still threw a league-high 15 picks to go with 23 TDs. Still and all, Prescott looked pretty sharp last night. And if not for the FOUR missed extra points, the game would have been further out of reach.
Keep the pressure up, and Dak makes mistakes. You can say that about most, but it is especially true with Prescott. The weather should be fine by Sunday. Bring it on.
Here’s the playoff schedule. From the first game to the last . . .
Saturday, Jan. 21
- (4) Jaguars at (1) Chiefs (-8.5), 1:30 pm (NBC) – Chiefs kick off their playoffs with what could be a closer game than I originally thought. Lawrence is playing pretty well, even though he came out throwing picks up the wazoo. They’ll prolly cover but not win. KC on to the AFCCG. Especially if Lawrence goes off on another interception-fest.
- (6) Giants at (1) Eagles (-7.5), 5:15 pm (Fox) – Like the Niners and Seattle, Philly looks to beat the Giants 3x. I don’t know. The Giants, and Daniel Jones, especially, looked pretty good last weekend. Philly is in for a tough game. I think the Giants pull off the upset.
Sunday, Jan. 22
- (3) Bengals at (2) Bills (-5), 12:00 noon (CBS) – The rematch of the game that never was. The Damar Hamlin recovery has been fantastic, and the Bills have been through the wringer with it, but this is now gonna be the shootout that everyone thinks it will be. I think the Bills prevail, but I’m not nearly as confident as I was before the Bills struggled mightily against a depleted Dolphins team that made a boatload of mistakes early and should have been buried by the half.
- (5) Cowboys at (2) 49ers (-4), 3:30 pm (Fox) – Here we are again. The Niners played these guys a year ago yesterday, and beat them as Dallas called a QB draw on with 14 seconds left without any timeouts, and couldn’t spike the ball in time to run another play from our 23. Oooops. Don;t think it will be as close this time. Niners win going away.
Forty Niners Forever 
Are the 49ers turning out to be the king of minority hirings then getting real nice draft comp picks when they leave? McDaniel,Saleh,Carthon,the dude with the Commanders( forget his name for GM? are somewhere upstairs) now DeMeco Ryans( please wait a year🙏)does help a depleted draft barrel..
? Why is Joe Montana wearing the number 19 next to Bill Walsh? I thought he only wore #19 with the Chiefs..
I think he got it in his first camp before he actually played in a preseason game.
I really believe HC searching should only be allowed the day after the SB.Guys like Ryans,Quinn,Moore and many others especially playoff teams should have all their FOCUS on game planning they’re next opponent then being distracted by 1-2 interviews during the playoff week.Thoughts?
I thought those were already the rules. Maybe I am forgetting what tampering means.
That applies to players, not coaches.
The only women I talk to need my credit card number first. 49er fans can only dream of rooting for a team with as much class and integrity as the Cowboys. There’s a reason we’re called Americas Team. It’s because Dallas earns wins and doesn’t need help from the refs like the Niners did against Seattle. They couldn’t even beat the Cowboys in the 1990s without Deion Sanders!
TMI, pal.
Yep, been doing more hookers and crack with Michael Irvin? Funny shit, fucktard.
Prepare to suck down some cow pies, mr. in-cell.
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