niners win

 

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another game i didn't watch live because it wasn't airing in my region. i was with a fellow niners fan while we watched the score and pulled up highlights on nfl.com.  bummer that yet another wide receiver is out (demarcus robinson). purdy was close to perfect.  would have been if deebo didn't drop that pass. i can't get too excited because there's still so much season to play.  cards up next and probably won't see it on the east coast. 

niners win

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a bit delayed but the boys won the opener down under. i didn't watch any of it as it aired on netflix. (still wrapping my head around live sports on the streamer). from the stats, brock purdy had a game minus the one pick. there was a whole banter about sleep optimizations, which needless to say the niners came out on top of that one too. i don't wanna get too excited because its still too early in the season and all i'm hoping for is a healthy group.

niners WIN

 

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what a game! in the second half, i was ready for them to lose to save themselves from another fight saturday with the seahawks. kittle was out.  trent williams was out early in the first. upton stout was out in the third. ricky pearsall also exited briefly in the first. honestly, just wanted the team to come out with minimal injuries.

the game was a shoot out with touchdown after touchdown. the early pick six was rough and it would haunt us.  it felt like the previous colts game where traded touchdowns but last night it continued to the final minutes.  i was impressed by our young defense to close out the bears, who are known to come from behind in the final seconds. we were able to shut them down. 

looking to saturday, it will be another tough defense but with our red hot offense is it enough? it's funny the niners made the super bowl with some of our strongest defensive groups and loss. i've always favored defense over offense but if we keep putting up these numbers this might be the path to the lombardi?  i'm thinking to far ahead though.  we won't have bosa or warner, like we did when we beat them early in the season. kittle left early that game and jake tonges caught the winning touchdown. we also still had jake moody as our kicker back when. we are different teams.  i would argue better offense, but a heavily short strung defense. this defense has done wonders despite its handicaps. fred warner was on the field for the final minutes and gave the defense a pregame speech.  he will likely do soon saturday too.  there's rumblings that he might be available if the niners make a late playoff run.  that's something to play for the captain.

niners win!

 

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faithful this was an ugly game. brock's three interceptions in the first half had me wondering if mac jones should come in. we won but its still very unsettling.  luckily our schedule looks manageable and a bye week is sights. the game felt like that shot jauan jennings took below the belt from trevon moerig summed up the night.

niners to nfc championship game

 

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in truth i was only able to watch a bit of the 3rd quarter and the culminating 4th. i'm a little thankful i didn't have to watch that first half, but from the few highlights i saw the rain was effecting brock. apparently, this happened against the browns too. i missed the deebo hit that took him out early. it felt like a groundhog day experience from week 6, BUT the niners persevered and i was elated (though my heart could barely take it). i did witness both of dre greenlaw's HUGE interceptions. man did i miss him and so glad he was able to go yesterday.  the defense kept the packers to field goals in the first half which was pivotal. green bay's rookie kicker anders carlson missed a 42-yd field goal late, which gave the niners the momentum to push for that conclusive winning drive. wow, brock!  after a pretty rough game, you were able to put it together when it counted the most. bravo! so we play the lions on sunday in the nfc championship.  i'm glad all the niners acknowledged their mistakes and so much to work on this week leading into the big game. bang bang niner gang!

clinched #1

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after the christmas loss to the ravens, we bounced back with a win over the commanders.  i wasn't able to watch but gamecasted the plays and scoring via my trusty espn app while shopping at costco. it sounded tighter than it should have been that first half but the boys took care of business in the second. i hadn't paid too much attention to the playoff seeding scenarios, but knew we had to take care of business to get that number one. the cowboys beat the lions on sunday, which generally i hate to see the cowboys win but it was in our favor. then, minutes after our victory the cards were taking care of the eagles. thanks cards for that and now we have the #1 and a bye. we have the rams for our final game of the regular season but we can largely rest key players. brock purdy bounced back from the 4 interception rout from baltimore. cmc went out in the third with a calf thing. doesn't seem serious but we will rest him next week ashe hasbeen our workhorse all season. i'm loving the locker room mentality staying locked in for the endgame - a super bowl. they are citing improvements that still need to be made and not resting on laurels. most of all they express their genuine love for the team and their unselfishness. it reminds me of another bay area team near and dear to my heart.

niners WIN

 

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what a win! i was a nervous wreck in the first quarter, but held faith as my niners denied touchdowns not once but twice. our defense was on, despite some early missed tackles on 3rd downs. it was what the nfc championship last year could have been. eagles were coming off two very mentally draining close wins against kansas city and buffalo. niners had a nice 10 days to rest and prep. what is likely a preview of a possible second nfc championship match up still has 5 more weeks of matches.  we still have more birds to get through - seahawks, ravens and cardinals. i'm glad brock purdy was able to have the competitive outing without injury. jalen hurts had to step off the field in the second half, which gave the eagles a mere glimpse of what the niners dealt with in last year's championship game. he was able to come back and commend him playing to the final minutes even when their loss was cemented. three touchdowns for deebo samuel to back up all that trash talk in the off season was a nice icing on the cake. there's plenty of football left and a home field advantage to play for. would be interesting to see philly play at levi.

5-1

 

what a heartbreaking loss. after brock purdy marched us down to a decent field goal position, rookie kicker jake moody shanked the winning field goal. it's easy to lay the blame on him, but the cleveland browns' defense was on yesterday. we had way too many penalties, and the first time purdy had significant pressure all game. i would say one late call at 3rd and long for the brown really costed us the game. that call gave the browns the eventual lead.  SIGH!  i do like that this was a hard fought loss, but nervous about the health of deebo samuel and christian mccaffery.  this loss's sting will fuel us into the rest of the season and lessons will be learned.  

4-0

 

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i was afraid to post or write anything about this amazing start to the season, but here i am possibly jinxing it as we are about to play our historic rival, the dallas cowboys, sunday night. i couldn't let this occasion pass without given major props to christian mccaffrey aka cmc. four touchdowns yesterday!!! he has been the workhorse of the team these past four games. brock purdy has been holding it down at qb and hoping he gets another win against dak prescott and those cowboys this weekend. let's gooooooo, niners!