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Dec 15, 2009 at 2:10 PM
- ninerfan4life
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If the saints or colts would have came in with there B+ or A- game and played the niners the way they played last night they they would have lost. WOW just shows you how close the niners are from being a playoff contender.
Dec 15, 2009 at 2:12 PM
- Thorhawk
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Originally posted by ninerfan4life:
If the saints or colts would have came in with there B+ or A- game and played the niners the way they played last night they they would have lost. WOW just shows you how close the niners are from being a playoff contender.
I think every loss besides the Falcons game has been close.
Dec 15, 2009 at 2:14 PM
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That's nice to hear. Although playoff hopes are slim, this win made it bitter/sweet (as Spike said it in an interview). We've had too many close losses this season.
Although it would've been nice to defeat the Colts, I'm still glad we swept the Cards this season.
Although it would've been nice to defeat the Colts, I'm still glad we swept the Cards this season.
Dec 15, 2009 at 2:21 PM
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Originally posted by Thorhawk:Originally posted by ninerfan4life:
If the saints or colts would have came in with there B+ or A- game and played the niners the way they played last night they they would have lost. WOW just shows you how close the niners are from being a playoff contender.
I think every loss besides the Falcons game has been close.
6 of the 7 losses were by 7 points or less (Min, Indy, Ten, Hou, Sea, GB)
4 of those have been by 4 points or less (Min, Indy, Hou, Sea)
That is a very big indicator of exactly where your team is. In seasons past if the team was 6-7, half of those losses would have been by 10 or more. This team is very close and if learning to close out games is the largest obstacle then that speaks volumes for the positive outlook of the team.
Dec 15, 2009 at 3:13 PM
- jesserdumas2
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Thats a bold statement by a national sportswriter. I hope he's right.
Dec 15, 2009 at 4:28 PM
- tohara3
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Originally posted by mcbaes72:
That's nice to hear. Although playoff hopes are slim, this win made it bitter/sweet (as Spike said it in an interview). We've had too many close losses this season.
Although it would've been nice to defeat the Colts, I'm still glad we swept the Cards this season.
Agree, this team is not far away.
Dec 15, 2009 at 4:54 PM
- PTulini
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Did anyone also hear Jay Mariotti's comments? He said he believes if Alex Smith and Michael Crabtree were starting with this 49ers team at Week 1, that this would be a playoff team.
Dec 15, 2009 at 6:20 PM
- matt49er
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Originally posted by reasonable1:Originally posted by Thorhawk:Originally posted by ninerfan4life:
If the saints or colts would have came in with there B+ or A- game and played the niners the way they played last night they they would have lost. WOW just shows you how close the niners are from being a playoff contender.
I think every loss besides the Falcons game has been close.
6 of the 7 losses were by 7 points or less (Min, Indy, Ten, Hou, Sea, GB)
4 of those have been by 4 points or less (Min, Indy, Hou, Sea)
That is a very big indicator of exactly where your team is. In seasons past if the team was 6-7, half of those losses would have been by 10 or more. This team is very close and if learning to close out games is the largest obstacle then that speaks volumes for the positive outlook of the team.
this
Dec 15, 2009 at 7:01 PM
- sincalfaithful
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we're like rocky balboa in movie 1..we can keep it close and go the distance but can't finish
Dec 15, 2009 at 7:11 PM
- SnakePlissken
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Originally posted by sincalfaithful:
we're like rocky balboa in movie 1..we can keep it close and go the distance but can't finish
Oh man I know... and because of that I lost 5 bucks to somebody for betting on Rocky... f**kin' 'draw' my ass.
Dec 15, 2009 at 7:15 PM
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Originally posted by SnakePlissken:Originally posted by sincalfaithful:
we're like rocky balboa in movie 1..we can keep it close and go the distance but can't finish
Oh man I know... and because of that I lost 5 bucks to somebody for betting on Rocky... f**kin' 'draw' my ass.
This week we have the big red machine(Drago) vs Philly (balboa)
Dec 15, 2009 at 7:26 PM
- PTulini
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Dec 15, 2009 at 7:37 PM
- YungAce
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Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:Originally posted by SnakePlissken:Originally posted by sincalfaithful:
we're like rocky balboa in movie 1..we can keep it close and go the distance but can't finish
Oh man I know... and because of that I lost 5 bucks to somebody for betting on Rocky... f**kin' 'draw' my ass.
This week we have the big red machine(Drago) vs Philly (balboa)
we just faced the big red machine. this is more like apollo.
Dec 15, 2009 at 9:15 PM
- 84SheepDog
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Originally posted by ninerfan4life:
If the saints or colts would have came in with there B+ or A- game and played the niners the way they played last night they they would have lost. WOW just shows you how close the niners are from being a playoff contender.
I wanna know who he picks for the Niner/Eagle game next week. Back up that statement, Bob!
Dec 15, 2009 at 9:30 PM
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Originally posted by PTulini:
Did anyone also hear Jay Mariotti's comments? He said he believes if Alex Smith and Michael Crabtree were starting with this 49ers team at Week 1, that this would be a playoff team.
I think that's a stupid thing to say. I hope he lost points for that one.
It's so easy to say that right before the end of the season. What if Smith became ineffective in the natural (not spread) formations? Then, Shaun Hill would be starting, and Smith would be done in SF.
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