For someone who loves football, it really doesn't get much better than today. A ton of great games with playoff implications, the 49ers winning yet again and looking pretty good while doing it, it was just awesome.
Oh yeah, AND I BEAT KEV TO WIN THE FANTASY CHAMPIONSHIP BOO YA I BEAT YOU IN YOUR FACE KEVIN!!!!!
Ahem.
So looking at the 49ers' side of things, Frank getting 1,000 yards was not quite as impressive as him doing it last season, but still very awesome that he pulled it off in an injury-riddled year. The fact that Foster performed very well again against a pretty good D was another nice bonus. I'll have to watch the whole game through, but from what I was able to watch, Shaun Hill did very good, save for that pretty terrible interception.
I have to say, after hearing that Singletary got his much-deserved extension, I am really very excited for next year. I know a few of you are thinking that this is just the 49ers winning yet more late-season meaningless games, but unlike previous years, it really looked like the team was playing better. In the past, it just seemed like they were hanging on to win, whereas this year it really looked like they were the better team almost every week. Their ability to come back to win the Rams game really showed the difference between Nolan's teams and Sing's teams. There's no way Nolan's team wins that game.
So yeah, it seems like there's hope. Find a pass rusher, find a safety who can actually cause turnovers (anyone notice that the D got a little better when Roman and M. Lewis were out?), stop screwing around and give Shaun Hill the permanant job, and get ready for a 2009 division title run.
BTW, what do you all think about Mike Martz next season? There's no doubt that he massively improved the offense this season, but he also had some pretty terrible late-game play calls. I personally am leaning towards bringing him back just so the team doesn't have to learn yet another offense, but I actually trust the coach to make a good decision this time. Sing has shown some pretty decent judgement this season.
HAHAHAHAHAHA KEV HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Good times.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
A Conflict
Boy, do I love winz. You know how many winz us niner fans have had since we last saw our team in the playoffs? 30. In six seasons. 30 winz. That's pretty bad. 5 winz a year is pretty bad when you play 16 games.
So, with that in mind, it sure would be fun to just keep winning and see our team go 8-8 and finish with a non-losing season for the first time in 6 years, right? ....right? It's not exactly improbable when you look at the schedule and the way they've been playing lately.
But, there's the conflict. Not only are the playoff hopes for this team over, but each win is taking us further and further away from a nice high draft pick. Also, if the 9ers beat the Dolphins this week, that means that either Brett Favre or Bill Bellichick will be in the 2008 playoffs. Wouldn't it be fun if both those douchebags missed out?
Sooo...what do you root for? I love this team and the new direction it's headed in, but let's just say I won't be crushed if they lose this game. I really like the story of the Dolphins and always liked Chad Pennington. Seeing them beat out The Bretts and the Cheatriots for the playoffs would probably make me feel better than a few more (mostly) meaningless winz for our team.
Let's put it this way- if it turns out to be one of those last-team-to-have-the-ball-wins kind of games, and the Dolphins have the ball last, and their unknown kicker wins it for them....I won't be upset. That's actually a nice feeling to have before a football game- I'd love another east-coast victory (becuase then we'd have two wins over there when nobody else even has 1), but I'd also love the Phins to win their division.
Football is weird. Am I crazy for maybe sort of rooting for a close niner loss?
So, with that in mind, it sure would be fun to just keep winning and see our team go 8-8 and finish with a non-losing season for the first time in 6 years, right? ....right? It's not exactly improbable when you look at the schedule and the way they've been playing lately.
But, there's the conflict. Not only are the playoff hopes for this team over, but each win is taking us further and further away from a nice high draft pick. Also, if the 9ers beat the Dolphins this week, that means that either Brett Favre or Bill Bellichick will be in the 2008 playoffs. Wouldn't it be fun if both those douchebags missed out?
Sooo...what do you root for? I love this team and the new direction it's headed in, but let's just say I won't be crushed if they lose this game. I really like the story of the Dolphins and always liked Chad Pennington. Seeing them beat out The Bretts and the Cheatriots for the playoffs would probably make me feel better than a few more (mostly) meaningless winz for our team.
Let's put it this way- if it turns out to be one of those last-team-to-have-the-ball-wins kind of games, and the Dolphins have the ball last, and their unknown kicker wins it for them....I won't be upset. That's actually a nice feeling to have before a football game- I'd love another east-coast victory (becuase then we'd have two wins over there when nobody else even has 1), but I'd also love the Phins to win their division.
Football is weird. Am I crazy for maybe sort of rooting for a close niner loss?
Monday, December 8, 2008
Exorcising the Demon
BRETT FAVRE CAN SUCK IT!!!!
Do I care that it took him being 47 for us to finally beat him in a home game during the season? No, because that game ROCKED.
The 49ers did something in that game that I have literally never seen them do in all my 4 years of following them closely- they actually looked like the better team when playing against a squad with more talent. They beat the best person who's ever even thought about thinking about playing QB. The humanitarian football jesus himself.
When they had a key 3rd and goal, they didn't do what Mike Nolan would have done- run it into the pile and taken the 3 points; they came out with a 25-step drop and a beautiful fade playcall to the big WR on the team for an absolutely nut-kicking TD. THAT is the effect that a new coach has on a team. Is there any way in that Nolan would let that play be run?
Then, as the game was running down in the 4th, the 49ers- without their all star RB- ran the clock down. Like an NFL team would do! They didn't throw it, they didn't run it into a pile, they were very efficient and by the time they had to give the ball back to the Jets, there was only enough time left for Brett Fav-rah to throw a nice little game-icing INT to our own ageless wonder. THEN, they put a big, fat exclamation point on their victory by putting his stupid ass on the turf TWICE. That's what I call finishing right there.
All in all, these last few weeks give us hope for the future. If the 49ers don't re-sign Mr. Singletary after the effect he's had on this group, you will be looking at one pretty angry fan here. If you try to tell me that it's just a coincidence that this team looks so good now, I'm sorry, but I'll have to call you an idiot. The only difference between this team now and this team earlier is the QB and the head coach.
Shaun Hill, Jason Hill, and Mike Singletary- me thinks these will be the 3 major benefits of us having to sit through this season. It looks like those are 3 key foundation pieces that actually belong on an NFL team. Just find a pass rusher already!
Do I care that it took him being 47 for us to finally beat him in a home game during the season? No, because that game ROCKED.
The 49ers did something in that game that I have literally never seen them do in all my 4 years of following them closely- they actually looked like the better team when playing against a squad with more talent. They beat the best person who's ever even thought about thinking about playing QB. The humanitarian football jesus himself.
When they had a key 3rd and goal, they didn't do what Mike Nolan would have done- run it into the pile and taken the 3 points; they came out with a 25-step drop and a beautiful fade playcall to the big WR on the team for an absolutely nut-kicking TD. THAT is the effect that a new coach has on a team. Is there any way in that Nolan would let that play be run?
Then, as the game was running down in the 4th, the 49ers- without their all star RB- ran the clock down. Like an NFL team would do! They didn't throw it, they didn't run it into a pile, they were very efficient and by the time they had to give the ball back to the Jets, there was only enough time left for Brett Fav-rah to throw a nice little game-icing INT to our own ageless wonder. THEN, they put a big, fat exclamation point on their victory by putting his stupid ass on the turf TWICE. That's what I call finishing right there.
All in all, these last few weeks give us hope for the future. If the 49ers don't re-sign Mr. Singletary after the effect he's had on this group, you will be looking at one pretty angry fan here. If you try to tell me that it's just a coincidence that this team looks so good now, I'm sorry, but I'll have to call you an idiot. The only difference between this team now and this team earlier is the QB and the head coach.
Shaun Hill, Jason Hill, and Mike Singletary- me thinks these will be the 3 major benefits of us having to sit through this season. It looks like those are 3 key foundation pieces that actually belong on an NFL team. Just find a pass rusher already!
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