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Originally posted by NYniner85:
What I don't get is when both teams were healthy we won…everyone in here says well Seattle got better as the season went on, why couldn't SF have gotten better as the season went on with a fully healthly roster?

To be fair, Nick Emmanwori only played like 5 snaps in that first game before getting injured. That dude alone changes the entire game. I've never seen one player eliminate both Kittle and CMC when he was on them in the same game.

It's for sure a more competitive game if both teams are fully healthy, but I still think Seattle kicks the 49ers' ass.

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by NYniner85:
What I don't get is when both teams were healthy we won…everyone in here says well Seattle got better as the season went on, why couldn't SF have gotten better as the season went on with a fully healthly roster?

To be fair, Nick Emmanwori only played like 5 snaps in that first game before getting injured. That dude alone changes the entire game. I've never seen one player eliminate both Kittle and CMC when he was on them in the same game.

It's for sure a more competitive game if both teams are fully healthy, but I still think Seattle kicks the 49ers' ass.

We gotta find a safety like him. Dude is a monster. Totally changes the game.

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by NYniner85:
What I don't get is when both teams were healthy we won…everyone in here says well Seattle got better as the season went on, why couldn't SF have gotten better as the season went on with a fully healthly roster?

To be fair, Nick Emmanwori only played like 5 snaps in that first game before getting injured. That dude alone changes the entire game. I've never seen one player eliminate both Kittle and CMC when he was on them in the same game.

It's for sure a more competitive game if both teams are fully healthy, but I still think Seattle kicks the 49ers' ass.

Hard to believe a rookie safety, even one as great as Emmanwori would've been the key in week 1 of his rookie season. But let's not forget we also lost Kittle in that game and had a WR MASH unit even had rusty Jennings out for the game winning drive.

Now later in the year that's a different story. Kid was erasing a ton of potential gains and I don't think I've see him miss a tackle against us.

Hope Kyle finds ways to break through against him and the rest of Seattle moving forward.

Well Grant Cohn just offered BA 200K for an interview

I just want to go on record saying IF BA ends up in Washington, I'm going to be compelled to call conspiracy theory, that this was his plan along

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by NYniner85:
What I don't get is when both teams were healthy we won…everyone in here says well Seattle got better as the season went on, why couldn't SF have gotten better as the season went on with a fully healthly roster?

To be fair, Nick Emmanwori only played like 5 snaps in that first game before getting injured. That dude alone changes the entire game. I've never seen one player eliminate both Kittle and CMC when he was on them in the same game.

It's for sure a more competitive game if both teams are fully healthy, but I still think Seattle kicks the 49ers' ass.

Hard to believe a rookie safety, even one as great as Emmanwori would've been the key in week 1 of his rookie season. But let's not forget we also lost Kittle in that game and had a WR MASH unit even had rusty Jennings out for the game winning drive.

Now later in the year that's a different story. Kid was erasing a ton of potential gains and I don't think I've see him miss a tackle against us.

Hope Kyle finds ways to break through against him and the rest of Seattle moving forward.

This is why I think the win against Seattle meant so little so early in the season. Their talent was rapidly ascending throughout the season, coupled with a defensive scheme that proved to be a nightmare for just about everyone outside of LA. We got one over on them as their engines were just warming up, but I think we're in their rearview now in a big way.

Early season wins matter as results but say little about what teams are at the end of the season.

Originally posted by Since07:
Well Grant Cohn just offered BA 200K for an interview

The both can kiss my ass, free of charge

Originally posted by Montana:

Originally posted by Since07:
Well Grant Cohn just offered BA 200K for an interview

The both can kiss my ass, free of charge

Originally posted by VinculumJuris:

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by NYniner85:
What I don't get is when both teams were healthy we won…everyone in here says well Seattle got better as the season went on, why couldn't SF have gotten better as the season went on with a fully healthly roster?

To be fair, Nick Emmanwori only played like 5 snaps in that first game before getting injured. That dude alone changes the entire game. I've never seen one player eliminate both Kittle and CMC when he was on them in the same game.

It's for sure a more competitive game if both teams are fully healthy, but I still think Seattle kicks the 49ers' ass.

Hard to believe a rookie safety, even one as great as Emmanwori would've been the key in week 1 of his rookie season. But let's not forget we also lost Kittle in that game and had a WR MASH unit even had rusty Jennings out for the game winning drive.

Now later in the year that's a different story. Kid was erasing a ton of potential gains and I don't think I've see him miss a tackle against us.

Hope Kyle finds ways to break through against him and the rest of Seattle moving forward.

This is why I think the win against Seattle meant so little so early in the season. Their talent was rapidly ascending throughout the season, coupled with a defensive scheme that proved to be a nightmare for just about everyone outside of LA. We got one over on them as their engines were just warming up, but I think we're in their rearview now in a big way.

Yet they barely beat us in a short week 17 with an even worse team than what we had in week 1

Surprised to see no BA ice cream pic posted here

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:
Surprised to see no BA ice cream pic posted here

Furlow hasn't posted in a whlle.

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by VinculumJuris:

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by NYniner85:
What I don't get is when both teams were healthy we won…everyone in here says well Seattle got better as the season went on, why couldn't SF have gotten better as the season went on with a fully healthly roster?

To be fair, Nick Emmanwori only played like 5 snaps in that first game before getting injured. That dude alone changes the entire game. I've never seen one player eliminate both Kittle and CMC when he was on them in the same game.

It's for sure a more competitive game if both teams are fully healthy, but I still think Seattle kicks the 49ers' ass.

Hard to believe a rookie safety, even one as great as Emmanwori would've been the key in week 1 of his rookie season. But let's not forget we also lost Kittle in that game and had a WR MASH unit even had rusty Jennings out for the game winning drive.

Now later in the year that's a different story. Kid was erasing a ton of potential gains and I don't think I've see him miss a tackle against us.

Hope Kyle finds ways to break through against him and the rest of Seattle moving forward.

This is why I think the win against Seattle meant so little so early in the season. Their talent was rapidly ascending throughout the season, coupled with a defensive scheme that proved to be a nightmare for just about everyone outside of LA. We got one over on them as their engines were just warming up, but I think we're in their rearview now in a big way.

Yet they barely beat us in a short week 17 with an even worse team than what we had in week 1

Barely beat us? We scored 3 points. At home. With the number 1 seed on the line.

Do you just ignore that the divisional round happened while trying to frame the week 18 game as a near win? We scored 9 points against them in the two most recent games combined.

Originally posted by VinculumJuris:
This is why I think the win against Seattle meant so little so early in the season. Their talent was rapidly ascending throughout the season, coupled with a defensive scheme that proved to be a nightmare for just about everyone outside of LA. We got one over on them as their engines were just warming up, but I think we're in their rearview now in a big way.

Why couldn't have SF gotten better as the season went on (if everyone stayed healthy)?

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by VinculumJuris:
This is why I think the win against Seattle meant so little so early in the season. Their talent was rapidly ascending throughout the season, coupled with a defensive scheme that proved to be a nightmare for just about everyone outside of LA. We got one over on them as their engines were just warming up, but I think we're in their rearview now in a big way.

Why couldn't have SF gotten better as the season went on (if everyone stayed healthy)?

Two factors in my mind:

1 - Seattle's young talent proved to be legit and ramped on a crazy trajectory. Though some of our young talent went down with injury, I do not see them having the same upside that Seattle's proved to have even if healthy all season. SF might have gotten better overall with young players, but I have a very hard time believing the team would have climbed as much as Seattle did because that just doesn't happen that often. Meanwhile, the core is aging (especially on offense).

Edit: I see it as unlikely that our young talent would have sufficiently ramped to keep pace with Seattle, even if the vets had stayed healthy. More likely in my mind is we have a couple of keepers who can turn into good depth or average starters but no game changers. All of it is speculative, including your hope that SF would have gotten materially better had everyone stayed healthy. I just see the likely outcome leaning in an unfavorable direction for us.

2 - New head coach whose program is clearly formidable. It took him one season to lay the groundwork, and we saw the fruits of that maturing throughout this past season. I'm a Shanahan fan and think he did a great job last season but do not think his program is gaining steam.