Holy Carp

That was a close game. Yes, I mean the 49ers - Saints Game on Monday Night football, of course. An amazing drive by Alex Smith just when I'd given up all hope on him, capped by a tenuous but legit (goal line cameras and booth reviews can't be wrong, right?) 2-point conversion to tie it all up, before the 'Aints ended it with a (mostly) blocked field goal that bounced back in? Wut...
Still processing everything. Our defense was AMAZING. Our offense was AMAZING. Just not all at once, and that, dear friends, is how you lose a football game. And what was up with that snap/safety on the first drive? ehhhhh, sigh :/

Just because I was feeling peckish and had some time to kill (work tomorrow, eh), I went around www.sbnation.com to see what people were saying.

Cardinals Fans: Can disregard their random comment stream of consciousness as absolute trash. It's not even worthwhile to summarize...all I can say is they're pretty deluded for a fan-base pinning their hopes and dreams on Derek Anderson.
Seahawks Fans: Wow, this team's unveiling some hate on the 9ers in a surprising way considering how badly they beat us last week and how I always thought we had more of a friendly rivalry with them than anything. I guess suppressing a massive inferiority complex and their jealousy over the media attention the 49ers got this summer is finally rearing it's ugly head. Rowr!
Rams Fans: They're in awe of the 9ers! And Alex Smith! It's so cute. Don't worry Rams fans, in a coupla years Bradford's gonna be pretty amazing too. I want to ruffle their collective heads and give them an "aw shucks" grin.
Falcons Fans: Got a bit more respect from them, mostly due to their hate of the Saints though. Highlights from the comments section, "Smith is a white Michael Vick".
Colts Fans:Seemed to harbor some animosity towards the Saints...Comment Highlights, "[49ers] left too much time. Peyton could set up 10 FG's with 1:19 left on the clock and 2 TO's"..."Just goes to show Brees relies heavily on FG's for someone considered a star QB, like others *cough brady cough*"
Cowboys Fans: Incoherent, inane ramblings..

League-wide consensus-es:

Patrick Willis is a BEAST
Alex Smith is wonderful/aweful
GOOOOREEEE!!!

Well, alright then

by Colleen

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I'm just going to go ahead and get this out of the way right now. Jets vs. 49ers in Super Bowl XLV. 49ers take it, 31 - 10, kicking off the start of their '10s dynasty - fittingly, in Cowboys Stadium.

This gives us the entire season to bash Rex Ryan; so let's get started on that, eh.

A Free Review of the Free Agency, To Date

 by Colleen

Yeah, yeah, I do realize we're about two weeks into this now, so this post is hardly timely. But you know what? You can call my writing a lot of things - untimely, unseemly, sloppy. Jeeeust don't call it late for dinner! ba dum dum.

Oh, and I'm writing this from work which means I can't back this post up with stuff like supporting facts from ESPN and NFL.com because then it would be really obvious what I'm not doing. So without further ado, here's my review of some of the FA transactions from memory (mostly):

Sean Hill out, David Carr in

Ah Sean Hill. He left a memorable mark on the great 49er QB Debate of 2006 2007 2008 2009 as commentors on both sides debated the finer nuances of Hill's 'it' factor and Smith's 'upside' using questionable statistics and a lot of repetition. In the height of the frenzy, Hill was praised for his cat-like instincts and nick-named Swan. Some comments even started off with "Montana, Young, and Hill..." and did NOT end with "...and one of these things is not like the others." Yes, it was cray cray. Sheer insanity.

Sean is heading out to a fresh environment in Detroit where he's designated as backup QB to a former-first round draft pick with a shoulder injury. Oh wait...
Best wishes, Hill! Thanks for the memories, for sure!

Hello Carr, we don't want anything less than 5 more rings in the next decade, and chances are you probably aren't going to be the one to do that - that's what we expect from Alex Smith. So just step back and keep the bench warm. Welcome to San Francisco.

Pashos

Tony Pashos left the 49ers to go somewhere...and do something...more than he did when he was in San Francisco...probably. I draw a blank when it comes to making any relevant comments on a defensive position.

Chester Taylor to the Bears!

Am I the only resident of Cook County excited by this?! Chester Taylor is a decent running back who was overshadowed by Adrian Peterson for most of his young career. Martz should be an ok OC for a running back to work with. Taylor may see a decent amount of carries this year, and I think he'll take take the ball and run with it. (ah ha ha ha)

2010-01-20

by Colleen

That's me, bee-tee-dubs. I don't normally wear this hat (sadly) because in order for the hat to look right on my surprisingly large head, I always need to mess up my hair, and then I can't take the hat off for the rest of the day. Kind of a problem when you work in a corporate office 5 out of 7 days every week.

Fahv-ruh and the Anti-Catch

by Colleen

Okay okay, much has been said about Minnesota's Miracle Man by the East Coast Biased MSM so I'm not gonna harp on it too much other than to voice my own reserves over the ending - both feet were in bounds? really? really?

Nonetheless, I'm as happy as a fan can be considering we walked away with a loss. The 49ers came to Minnesota, played an early game in a weird time zone, lost Frank Gore in the first few minutes, and still had the lead in the final drive of the Vikings' Home Opener - a game that the Vikings were supposed to win anyway, because, well, it's the home opener. Who doesn't win that? Oh yeah the Rams and the Browns. wah wahh.

From what I hear, our defense was awesome. Let's just get this next week over with, I'm not going to say anything to jinx the outcome, but once we're out of the bye week, it's gonna be an interesting 10 weeks of football, I can tell you that much. Can't wait to see how we're gonna match up against the Jags, since the Cards ripped them apart and we edged out the Cards. And should be interesting to see what the defense does against Indy's offense....ooh I just noticed it's in Indianapolis..maybe I'll try and go!

Let's end this thing on a better note: