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signman · 2011-12-29T12:20:14-08:00

At what point of this season did you first realize that the 49ers were a real playoff/SB contender? Mine has to be the Giants game, I was worried much like Atlanta did in 2009 that the Giants COULD come in and wreak us. They were on a roll and would have loved to be the team that exposed us...The Niners proved they could play with the big boys that day and that's when it hit me we have a very good team. I think the comeback in Philadelphia was the turning point for this franchise and last week when they lost the lead and the records on that depressing turn of events but still got the win was the sign that the 49ers are here to stay for awhile. The Steeler game was just pure joy

Dec 29, 2011 at 1:10 PM

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Happs
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Originally posted by SoTx9R:
It was a combination of the three east coast games we played starting with the bengals, then the eagles and lions. All three tough games away, when those teams had good records and were playing good football. Coming out with three Wins I knew it was going to be a different year for the Niners.

I think this best sums it up for me.

Dec 29, 2011 at 1:12 PM

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When Alex and Justin Smith won the Eagles game.

I always thought they were the best team in the division, based on talent. But when Alex did that on the road, in an early game, with that deficit... I knew this team had a chance to be special. Superbowl special.

Dec 29, 2011 at 1:15 PM

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I agree with all of the above; the Eagles game signified A LOT of things. -We were coming off of a rough/uneventful road win against a growing Bengals squad, walking into Philly with all odds against us, never having won a game there in practically a decade (nearly never having won a game period against the eagles in a decade, itself)...

And then we do it... we stage one of the biggest single-season comebacks since probably 1980 against the Saints... and the moment Justin Smith knocked that ball out of Jeremy Maclin's arm... I was in tears... I knew things were gonna change... I knew things were different this time...

Dec 29, 2011 at 1:26 PM

#19

SundayTicket
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Originally posted by susweel:

Originally posted by Godsleftsock:
Eagles game was a turning point

this

Because previous niner teams would have folded.

i felt like i was folding at half time haha. after we won the eagles game i picked my wins/losses for the season

Dec 29, 2011 at 1:27 PM

#20

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Originally posted by 9erfanAUS:
After we beat the Eagles, I thought we could win the division.

After we beat the Lions, I thought we could be a NFC contender.

ding ding ding

Dec 29, 2011 at 1:28 PM

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VA49er
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Philly.

Dec 29, 2011 at 2:12 PM

#22

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A lot of people say that they beat a bad Eagles team in a comeback. That may be so but every team's turning point is different. It may not be necessarily against a good team but that can't dismissed the comeback itself. I remember the '81 team had one of the biggest come back against the Saints AKA the Aints. Or the '94 team after being annihilated by the Eagles at home. Being down 14-0 against the Lions in their dome, with Steve Young crawling out up from a sack. The team came back to win that game and never look back.

For the fans including myself it would be the Giants game. But for the players it was earlier in the Eagles game.

Dec 29, 2011 at 3:21 PM

#23

Humboldt9er
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i made this predicition after week 1 vs the seachickens. i have the post to prove it.

Dec 29, 2011 at 3:23 PM

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Originally posted by ChazBoner:
when we beat detroit.

this

Dec 29, 2011 at 3:43 PM

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Originally posted by OregonDuckNiner:
Originally posted by 9erfanAUS:
After we beat the Eagles, I thought we could win the division.

After we beat the Lions, I thought we could be a NFC contender.

ding ding ding

Yup Giants game confirmed my beliefs

Dec 29, 2011 at 3:46 PM

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fastforward
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Originally posted by ChazBoner:
when we beat detroit.

That's the one. When the 49ers beat the Eagles, I thought that luck might be on their side, but the game in Detroit confirmed that they were for real, and Smith could definitely come from behind to win consistently.

Dec 29, 2011 at 3:51 PM

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Playoff contender - When we beat the eagles. Any of the Nolan and Singletary teams would have folded.

SB contender - When we beat the Giants. They were hot coming off a win against the patriots, and we won with the
nation watching.

Dec 29, 2011 at 3:51 PM

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I thought they were for real after the Lions game, but a SB contender? I had to wait until the Giants game to know for sure they are a true contender.

Dec 29, 2011 at 3:52 PM

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Originally posted by fastforward:

Originally posted by ChazBoner:
when we beat detroit.

That's the one. When the 49ers beat the Eagles, I thought that luck might be on their side, but the game in Detroit confirmed that they were for real, and Smith could definitely come from behind to win consistently.

And that was also Detroits coming out party... they win and they are solidified as the next great team on the rise. We lose, we had a good excuse, good lions team, crazy loud stadium, east coast time zone.. etc. But they went in and beat the lions at what was supposedly the strongest aspect of their team, the D-line. Keeping CJ on lock from the end zone was also impressive. This team just went about their business and won a game that would have been a blow out in previous years.

Dec 29, 2011 at 4:11 PM

#30

verb1der
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I swear the day Jim Harbaugh signed, I straight up said "CHAMPIONSHIP!"

no one payed attention to me.