What an awful and boring game the 49ers and Bears played last Thursday. No need analyzing it, because something that poor doesn’t deserve my professional analysis. Thankfully the Niners won, 10-6.
Gore played well and did exactly what he needed to do, plus the defense picked off five passes from Cutler’s not so golden arm. It was an ugly game, but it’s a win that puts the Niners at 4-5.
This weekend will be a difficult one for the 49ers in the Frozen Tundra of Lambeau. Thankfully, I’m not sure it’s Tundra Time since it hasn’t hit 10 below yet.
Looks chilly
The Packers are fielding a solid 5-4 team this year that has at times failed to prove itself in some of its most important games, including two tough losses to the Vikings. You want to talk about tough losses to the Vikings…
They have a great quarterback, receivers, and defense that the Niners will have to contend with. The Niners’ defense will need to play at the top of their game again to keep this potent Green Bay Packer offense in check and keep the game close enough for Alex Smith and the offense to steal a few touchdowns and pull off the upset.
It is really stressful when you need to put everything into your defense. Even though defense wins championships, they don’t win games. Offense wins games and gets you to the playoffs. The Niners need the offense to break out and win this game. I feel like it’s going to come soon though… I’m looking at you Michael Crabtree. I think we all feel like he’s about to burst out, effectively christening him as a legitimate NFL playmaker.
It's time to do it on the fielddd
Gore plays a solid game and may break a big run or two, but it’s not enough. And I know Vernon Davis is tied for the lead in touchdowns, but he’s a tight end and doesn’t give you that playmaking ability. He gives you the reliability of a soon to be Pro-Bowler. Crabtree has that playmaker quality in him and eventually he’s going to go for a huge day, even with crummy Alex Smith under center. Hopefully, something happens this weekend in that area of the game, because the 49ers will need to score to win.
I believe the Niners have a great chance to win this game. The most important unit on the football field is the offensive line and the Packers are packing one of the absolute worst in the NFL. Packer quarterback Aaron Rodgers is one of the best passers in the league and has some amazing receivers, but the line has struggled, resulting in Rodgers being one of the most frequently sacked quarterback in the league.
This bodes well for an almost dominate Niner front seven or eight that has disrupted quarterbacks and offenses all year. If they can get to Rodgers, they can win the game.
Speaking of Aaron Rodgers, he was the second quarterback taken in the 2005 NFL Draft. Who was number 1? Alex Smith. Oh God. So you’re telling me the Niners could’ve drafted a guy from Northern California, who was all nice and polished coming out of Cal under the tutelage of quarterback maker Coach Tedford, but instead we took some joker from Southern California like Alex Smith out of Utah? Puhhhhhhhlease. I’m fuming as I write this…
That's not me.
So mad I could take a baseball bat… Woah. Easy does it. Don’t want to do anything irrational. Right, Juan.
If the Niners lose this game because of Smith’s awful play, I will be heartbroken. We passed on one of the best quarterback in the NFL for Alex Smith. I can only dream of how good the Niners would be if we had a top-notch quarterback like Rodgers. Super Bowl? No doubt.
I’ll actually be a little upset while watching this game, thinking of what could have been.
Juan is still on the run. Don’t worry though, he’s still alive and actually sent me a messenger pigeon with some important information. I guess he’s in Vegas trying to pay off his debt, which is probably a bad place to try to pay off a debt… I can’t believe it but he also sent me a score for Sunday’s game. Juan’s prediction is 17-13, San Francisco.
Oh, I like it.
On a side note… Brett Favre and the Packers almost ruined my childhood when they knocked a great 49er team out of the playoffs three years straight in the mid 90s. They are the killers of childhoods and I resent them for making my eighth, ninth, and tenth years of human life dreadful. Thankfully in 1998, the Niners broke the Packer curse and Terrell Owens caught one of the greatest touchdowns in Niner history, beating the Pack in the final seconds of their fourth consecutive playoff matchup. I cried, my dad cried, Terrell cried– a lot. He actually hasn’t stopped crying since. It was emotional after three years of hell, but the Niners did it.
Here’s to winning in Lambeau and not really breaking any curse in particular, except for the curse Alex Smith brought to my beloved 49ers when he entered the league as the number one draft pick and proceeded to be terrible…
