The Rams once again showed theirs: fake tough personified. Big talkers and cheap-shotters who come up short on the field. They want so desperately to be a part of the big bad boys in the NFC West, but they simply are not. Even Arizona is tougher than they are at this point. They have certainly performed better than I would have thought a team captained by Kellen Clemens could, but they have a long ways to go before they are on the 49ers' level.
Nice, if expected win for the squad. Obviously we shouldn't take any win for granted, especially after the last 2 weeks. It's nice to see them holding serve against the bad teams on the schedule. If they do nothing more than that, they will make the playoffs without issue. If they step it up, they still have an outside shot at the division (go Saints...ugh. Kill me now for having to root for them). A New Orleans win tomorrow and a 49ers win next week puts them 1 down with 3 to go, and Seattle would have the tiebreak. Obviously a very outside shot, but a man can dream. Nothing would please me more than that group of cheaters collapsing and receiving their just desserts.
I couldn't bring myself to write anything after the Panthers or Saints games, because I was too angry to form coherent thought. That Saints game was a complete traveshamockery. The 49ers made the play to win it, and the refs forced them to make another one, which they could not. Completely ridiculous ending to that one. As for the Panthers, they appear to be a legitimately tough team. That was a good win for them, but wow the 49ers really should have had it. That was hard to watch. Definite 07 flashbacks were happening.
With the addition of Crabtree, the offense is once again a legitimate NFL unit, and if Patton is able to contribute even a very very small amount, the offense will be vastly improved over the last quarter of the season. This is finally the group we were expecting all season, a group with sufficient weapons to force a defense to cover the entire field, which should open things up for the read option and multiple-look running attack again. Very encouraging sign today, though obviously the offense is still not clicking on all cylinders.
Big big game next week, they need to win against at least one good team this year. Seattle's cheating is starting to catch up with them in the form of multiple suspensions, so that game is very winnable. Should be a fun one.
