Originally posted by RichnSanRamon:
In 2000-2003 the Niners were 10th, 3rd, FIRST, and 10th in the NFL in 3rd down conversion percentage. ...but they were all deeply flawed teams that flamed out in the playoffs in 02-03.
Since then we've seen even more deeply flawed teams that ranked 27th, 32nd, 26th, 32nd, 20th, and 30th in 3rd down offense. This year, 2009, was the worst since 2005. In 2005 the historically bad Niners converted only 24% of 3rd downs. This year -- only 30%.
How the heck did the Niners go 8-8?
we went 8-8 because we dominated our division.