Ironic - Willis' whiff on Jimmy Graham's 66 yard td might have helped us win the

Shemp · 2012-01-15T07:32:46-08:00

Think about this. If the Saints had scored on a bunch of time consuming 10 yard completions with some time sucking runs mixed in on that drive instead of on a 66 yard strik (ver plausible), we wouldn't have had enough time on the clock to come back and win it. When Willis whiffed early in the drive and Graham went 66 yards for the TD, I immediately said "at least we have enough time to come back and win it." It reminds me of when the Seahawks were in the SB and the opponent (the Saints? Who was it?) was trying to score a TD for the lead with a small amount of time left. Holmgren made the call to let them score right away, so he'd have enough time on the clock to try and secure the game (didn't work of course, but this was the Seahawks, and we are the Niners). We didn't consciously let them score on us, but I'm damn glad that they did it so quickly if they had to. It is very possible that Willis' whiff on Graham is what put us in the position to win the game.

Jan 15, 2012 at 7:35 AM

49ersalldaway126
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willis didnt whiff
whitner did

but im that was a perfect pas willis couldnt do anythign

as soon as he caught that and strated running i wanted him to get a TD we needed as much time as possible

Jan 15, 2012 at 7:38 AM

blizzuntz
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When Alex scored on that run , in my mind on Madden I would have kneeled on the 2 yard line and not scored right away to waste clock .

Jan 15, 2012 at 8:12 AM

49Fever
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i think Carlos could have made a tackle on the legs inside the 5 but he wisely let him score

Jan 15, 2012 at 8:18 AM

Shemp
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Originally posted by 49Fever:
i think Carlos could have made a tackle on the legs inside the 5 but he wisely let him score

He was trying to get him down, but Graham was doing a behind the back stiff arm and wouldn't let him grab his body. It was pretty incredible actually. I'm just glad they scored so quickly. It saved the game for us I think, very ironic.

Jan 15, 2012 at 8:18 AM

CUZO49
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i agree

Jan 15, 2012 at 8:20 AM

Dr_Bill_Walsh
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Eric Wright's horsecollar on Drew Pearson just might have helped us win the '81 NFC title game, just saying.....

Jan 15, 2012 at 8:26 AM

AXEGRINDER
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Willis could not have had better coverage on Graham. The pass was placed perfectly where only Graham could get it. You take back that "whiff" bs.

Nah but I thought the same thing........plenty of time. This is where Smith tells the world to stfu.

Jan 15, 2012 at 8:41 AM

pdizo916
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Rogers could've made the tackle-a very difficult one to make, but he could've made it. I'm glad that he let him score so we had a chance to score.

Jan 15, 2012 at 8:45 AM

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It did look like Rogers decided to let him score. I also was yelling at the t.v. to let him score as soon as Graham broke free. At worst, we would be down a FG, and we needed as much time as possible since we only had one timeout.

Jan 15, 2012 at 8:49 AM

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Bunch of "what if"s" in this game, but really, who gives a s**t, we won right?

Jan 15, 2012 at 8:51 AM

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Originally posted by HoneyBadger49er:
Bunch of "what if"s" in this game, but really, who gives a s**t, we won right?

This. Everything played out perfectly.

Jan 15, 2012 at 9:58 AM

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Shemp
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Originally posted by HoneyBadger49er:
Bunch of "what if"s" in this game, but really, who gives a s**t, we won right?

Let's just shut down niner talk then, we shouldn't be discussing anything since we won.

Jan 15, 2012 at 9:59 AM

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LaMattsBlue
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Ya. Willis didn't whiff. Perfect back shoulder throw. Whitner went for the ball when he should have gone for the knockout.

Jan 15, 2012 at 10:03 AM

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Willis had great coverage on both TDs. Both time perfect throws to one of the biggest TEs in the game. Not much you can do. Im not dogging on Whitner as i thought he had a great game and i know he was going for the INT, but he was the one who whiffed on that.