I’ll tell you, the Rams defense is not very good. Slow their pass rush, and they can be had. Yeah, they killed us last time but we were moving up and down the field on them. With Mac Jones.
Their offense is out of this world, yeah, there’s no denying that, but the hope is that we can get some kind of health back on our defense to shore things up for these last few games and a close-your-eyes playoff run.
I guess we want the Seahawks to win? Win out and we own the tiebreaker with the Seahawks, but not the Rams. I don’t see the Cards beating LA, but maybe the Falcons find lightning in a bottle and win their game at home vs LA. So, LA would have to lose 2 out of these 3.
Doubt that will happen, but just watching McVay go for it 4 times in this game already makes me think the Rams just may very well trip over their dicks tonight.
So I guess it don’t really matter. If we win out we are the 5 seed. Or maybe the 1. Being the 5-6 seed gives us TB or Iggles. I don;t know. I just want to see a pass rush. This offense can win a Super Bowl.
Rams have 250 yards halfway thru the 1st half and are losing.
Forty Niners Forever 
Wow. That was a crazy game. GB gave it away 4 times in the 4th and OT.
Yeah Packers bumbling away a sure win with inexcusable turnovers up 10 points late and Totally Blowing an onside kick which never works anymore till tonight)which would of wrapped it up instead Romeo Doubs turned into Preston Riley and it was all down here from there..
3rd round pick and (future) starting LB Nick Martin went on IR today. Active for just 7 games, mostly on ST and a handful of D snaps.
The 9ers curse of the 3rd round continues.
Kawakami is taking the Colts to beat the Niners, he has got the last 9 games correct so let’s hope he’s wrong.
Colts starting LT is out and they already had lost their starting RT. They also have ruled their 2 starting CB out.
I find it hard to see how the Colts win this game, their big time run game has really slowed down, albeit against good defenses, and the have Philip (Methuselah) Rivers as their starting QB.
load the box, play close to the line of scrimmage and blitz very little. Take away his short yardage completions and slow down the run.
On O, take high percentage plays and go on long scoring drives which is what they have been doing, and win TOP.
IF their CBs are questionable, we should romp. Purdy killed Tenn and they are down their starting CBs. But that was with Pearsall. He was getting open all game. Fun to watch live as it was so obvious they couldn’t cover him.
Wow! Surprised Kawakami is going with the colts. Going to see if I can remove the paywall from the Merc and read this. Thanks for sharing . . .
The offense should be OK. I always worry about the defense. We’ve been playing the bend-don’t-break D and it SHOULD work vs Indy, but with no pressure on Rivers, he can still hit passes.
And there’s the time zone thing, but at least it isn’t a morning game.
All about the mistakes. Don’t make ’em and we should win handily. So that’s mainly on Purdy and int’s.
Always fun to see Dallas get smoked.
Never gets old.
HAHAHA . . . Fooled me initially 12th Man, as I assumed this would be a Mercury column. Nope. Found it via AI . . . https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/20/49ers-colts-nfc-playoff-predictions/
Anyway, I’m hoping Kawakami is WRONG. Lombardi has us on a path to win an almost easy game. See what’s what tomorrow.
By the by, did Kawakami quit (or get fired) from the Merc??? Seems like all his stuff is now from the Standard,
He left the Merc a while ago. Not sure when. I thought he was with the athletic.
Willie, it isn’t the Experience Hendrix museum anymore, it’s the Museum of Pop Culture, but there is a ton of Hendrix and Cobain stuff in there in the music part. Went there early this year w/my son. They have a Chris Cornell statue out front now.
I’m bummed I haven’t seen the Hendrix statue nearby.
With the Lions loss both the Bears and 49ers clinched playoff spots!!!
And for Kawacrapo hole he can stick his shit where the sun doesn’t shine!He’s been a freaking “TOOL” for years with no substance!Just get a dinner for 2 with the other TOOL Grant Cohn a perfect match together..
New thread is up!!