Well, sheeeeeeeeeeeeeit. I was all ready to go all sportswriter on you and write about how amazing it would be for the 49ers to travel the road they traveled in 1998, but this time righting history and making up for that travesty of a loss in the Georgia Dome. But then Mike Nolan's defense happened and the Seahawks screwed that all up. The chance to avenge that stupid Sunday night loss will have to suffice.
What an epic collapse that was. If you needed the Atlanta franchise summed up in one game, that was it. So perfect that it was Mike Nolan's defense that fell victim. That's exactly what we saw for years here, and any team that was stupid enough to have him on their HC list hopefully learned a lesson from this. That is a completely unacceptable way to lose a playoff game.
OHHHHH HEY THERE MATT RYAN!!!!!!!!! HOLY SHYTEBALLS! YES!!!!!!
I was writing this as Russell Wilson was being his annoying, dickish self and leading the game-winning TD drive. Then Matt Ryan. Wow. What an incredible game.
So, how about the whole 1998 parallel thing? I'm all for that. Frank Gore needs to not break his leg this time, and we should be golden. Atlanta looked like a bunch of keystone cops today, if Seattle had even competent coaching in the 1st half, they would have won fairly easily. The 49ers have much more than competent coaching. Atlanta are the Packers only worse. That is the kind of team the 49ers were built to beat. In fact, every team remaining in the playoffs are teams the 49ers are built to beat. I feel really really good about this.
