Originally posted by PatrickWillisHOF:
We had the opporunity to beat the World Champion Saints in front of the entire country, and it would have been the biggest victory since the Wild Card victory against the Giants back in 2002. Do you realize what that win would have meant for our organization!? That would have showed the players what they are capable of doing, and that is very important to a team who has not had any significant victories since 2002! It is very frustrating to see a team have the opporunity to take the NEXT STEP and start beating good NFL teams, but instead fail at the opporunity because of foolish mistakes like turn-overs. THIS GAME IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST A WEEK 2 LOSS; it would have been a turning point for the 49ers organization.
Not necessarily. They could have won this one, and still go into Arrowhead and lay an egg.
Here's the deal...good teams win the games they are supposed to win. They do this consistently. Great teams win the games they are supposed to win, plus the big games against big time teams. We weren't supposed to win last nights game, because we aren't a great team yet. If we had won, it would have been a bonus and nothing more...it wouldn't have changed the fact we are not winning the games that we should be winning.
Bottom line, good teams don't lay eggs against inferior teams like we did last week, that was a game we were supposed to win, and there is no way in hell a team becomes a good team without winning those type of games week in and week out. You don't throw away opportunities to win on the road in a hostile environment against an inferior opponent. They had that opportunity, and they blew it, threw the damn thing right out the window, you have to win those type of games, those are the games you are supposed to win if you are worth a s**t. They should have dominated that team last week, and they did not...that speaks and motivates a hell of a lot more about were this teams stands than any one potential win over a great team like the Saints.
[ Edited by Blitz on Sep 21, 2010 at 08:19:16 ]