Brent Jones spoke on KNBR Monday afternoon. This is what he said about the 49ers’ upcoming matchup against the Falcons.
Q: Are you worried about the Falcons?
BRENT JONES: “I am feeling very confident. The Falcons are paper falcons. Let’s call them that. I think physically, the 49ers are going to intimidate. I don’t think it’s going to be close in the physical matchup.
“I think as far as mental toughness, they’re not there. They’re not at the same level as the 49ers. They’re mentally weaker. They tried like heck to give that game (against the Seahawks) away. The Seahawks drove the ball up and down the field on those guys and should have hammered them. I don’t think the Falcons are going to be able to handle the 49ers’ swagger, the attack. I just think physically they’re not there.
“Now, I will say this about their offense. Matt Ryan – I cannot believe he made that throw, up by a couple of touchdowns into double coverage (for an interception). What was he thinking? Your whole career to this point has been defined by not being able to make that smart decision when you have to, or not being able to win it – Tony Romo-esque. And then Ryan makes that throw and I’m like, are you kidding me? Come on! Man, they tried to lose it.
“People are saying this win will give the Falcons confidence and they’re off the schneid – no it didn’t. The 49ers are going to come in and eat them alive in my opinion.
“Now, crowd noise, Julio Jones, Roddy White – those guys are legit. You’re going to have to stop Michael Turner. He looks better than he has in a while I though. I saw him running a little bit more downhill than I’ve seen him.
“But I’ll bet on our defense. I think our defense played well against the Packers.
“I think the 49ers would trade the home game with Seattle to go play Atlanta. I think that they think they’re going to match up much better with Atlanta. The Seattle game would have been a slugfest. I know it would have been at home, but that’s a crapshoot.
“This one – money in the bank. Locking it up on Monday.”
Q: Straight up or will you give the four-and-a-half points?
BRENT JONES: “I’ll give eight points. The momentum is there. They are playing with an intensity that I haven’t seen. We saw it for most of the Patriots game, and then we didn’t see it. The Seahawks game it wasn’t there. The Cardinals game it wasn’t there. That’s what I was waiting to see. The week off obviously served us well. It’s go time.”
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It was nice of Jones not to give the Falcons, excuse me paper Falcons, any bulletin board material. I love Brent but some things are better left said after the game rather then before.
Yes, the Falcons are going to be screaming “50 year old arthritic former Niner players be disrespectin’ us……”
Brent Jones isn’t on the 49ers anymore. If Jamal Anderson said the 49ers were gonna get crushed do you think any of the 49ers players could take that seriously?
I’m going to hold off on completely agreeing with Brent so as to not let Freddie Soft into the building. And Any Given Sunday. Can’t play the game on paper, gotta fly out there and beat em.
It’s thinking like this that gets me worried.
I would only be worried if that kind of thinking was seeping into the locker room. Is there any indication that the players/coaches are taking the Falcons lightly?
It’s a former 49er giving a homer take, not a current member of the organization. Nobody cares what media types and former players say.
The funny thing is, he is right. If you look at the matchup on paper, this should be a dominant win for the 9ers. The issue is that the Niners don’t seem to show up every 3rd game and that is where we are at this week. Can they break the streak? I think playoff motivation is a whole different animal and they will be ready this weekend.
He’s right, but not the sort of thing you want to say out loud.
I am suspicious of teams who play in underperforming divisions. A 13-3 record is not so impressive when you get to beat up on the Raiders, Chargers, Chiefs, Panthers, Tampa etc twice per season.
Don’t forget about the Saints this year, as bad as they were.
First SI cover now this? What’s next, grant picking a blowout. All before the dreaded 3 game. Now I will have to kick up my superstition mojo up to 8. Gotta save 10 for the big game
Decent article in Atlanta Journal about Mike Nolan having inside information on Niners.
http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/football/nolan-special-resource-preparation-49ers/nTw3F/
We have inside information on Nolan too. He sucked as a head coach…
True but whenever he was a defensive coordinator, he was exceptional.
Nolan has not been exceptional as a DC. He puts out great game plans – at times – but sucks at game time adjustments. Just look at last week. After halftime, Seattle was marching up and down the field. Where were the adjustments? We saw that time and again when he was the coach here.
I think John Abraham being out probably had something to do with Seattle’s comeback and Nolan’s “inability” to adjust. Abraham’s the only viable pass rush threat Atlanta has.
Nick he was hired as the Niners head coach because of his work as a coordinator in Baltimore. Every team he has coordinated with he has done a good job. Now of course every team tries to make the necessary adjustments and sometimes they work and other times they dont. Harbaugh didnt makem the necessary adjustments against teh Giants, Vikes, or Rams this year.
But to say he is not a good coach is wrong. He might not be a good head coach, but he is one of the best defensive coordinators in the NFL. He is like Norv Turner, good OC, bad head coach. Some guys are jsut meant to be coordinators.
Nick,
When youre ahead 20-0 at halftime, you dont need to make very many adjustments. He shoudve known better because the Hawks were moving the ball really well in the 1st half.
Complete nonsense imo. He has no insight that can’t be found in game film. He’s been gone for 4 years and the offense and defense are very different from his time here. He may know a few players but it’s what they do in the current scheme that matters and he has no more insight than anyone else.
Nolan is getting some props for his Coaching this year and I’m not sure why. The Falcons defense was in the bottom of the league all season. The only thing they do well is create turnovers which has allowed them to keep the point totals respectable. For the most part teams have been moving the ball up and down the field on them all year, but they get bailed out by the offense.
I’m watching some of their games on rewind and so far I’m not overly concerned with anything they do. Anything is possible, but the only way the Niners lose this game imo is if they play sloppy which is entirely possible given the 2-1-2-1 pattern of winning and losing they’ve been following all season. If they play a clean game they’ll win. If they turn it over and look sleepy they won’t.
People have doubted the Falcons all year because of their unimpressive wins. Their record speaks for itself. On paper we should win but the Falcons are where they are because they do find ways to sneak by and win. Im a little more worried than Jones because Im not sure how were going to contain the WRs.
I’d be more afraid of containing the RBs, particularly Turner. Big backs hurt the Niners. Receivers rarely do, at least not down field for TDs very often.
They might get one down field, but it’s the constant grind and wearing down the D I am worried about. The Niners gave up nearly the most yards per carry in the NFL (6.5), but teams refused to stay disciplined w/the run, only running it 16 times per game, except the teams that beat them.
It can’t be a 3 and out offense. They must control the ball, not them. If that happens, count the “W”.
Check your stats EB. You’re looking at playoff stats that include only the GB game. Running comes down to O-line vs D-line 49ers win that battle with the falcons.
I may have picked up the wrong avg per carry, but the fact remains big backs have had more success against the Niners and Turner is looking healthy.
That said…I am also a bit worried about ATL shutting down Crabs because if they focus on that, they cripple the Niners.
Using stats from the GB game, Crab got 9 receptions, the rest of the team 8. Only one other receiver (Moss) caught two passes. The one to Ginn was more like a RB swing pass. Walker dropped 3 and was the worst catching RB, TE, WR in the league, so he can’t be relied upon and VD has approx 7 catches in 7 games, so where does Kaep throw if not Crabs?
Brent Jones gets too excited or gets too down, depending how the niners have played the previous week
So what your saying is that he fits in perfectly on this blog : )
LOL
I will say the same thing I said last week and is saying now. Where do the Falcons beat the Niners?
DL – No
OL – No
QB – Even
RB – No
TE – Even
WR – ATL
DB – Even
ST – No
Kicker – ATL
So the only place they beat us is at WR and Kicker and neither area is where you win or lose the game. Games are lost on both sides of the line and that is where they cannot beat us. Last week I gave the Packers the QB and WR postitions and they got smoked. Again, I just dont see it. Teams always show up for Championship games and the better team (on paper) generally wins. Including last year, Giants had a franchise QB, we didn’t and that was the difference (every other position was pretty even).
So, assuming we show up, I want someone to tell me how they beat us.
Sorry my dude but our Tight ends are not even. ATL gets the nod on that one.
I don’t know about that. Gonzalez is a great receiver, but we’ve got 2 of the best blocking TE’s in the entire league, one of which used to put up good receiving numbers, and another of which will be a bricklayer in retirement.
MD i agree with you! We have TE with Speed however Atls TE is money and he knows how to get open and catch the ball! Our defense must make him pay everytime he catches the ball. To my opinion we must rock their skill players in this game so they think twice about catching the ball! GO NINERS
Good list. I would include coaching with a big advantage going to the 49ers.
45-17 Niners.
I said how I’d use Kaepernick as my 2nd featured back against GB to beat them. I think that worked exceptionally well. Now here is how I would beat SF if I were Atl.
I’d start by making Kaepernick beat me in the pocket. I rush 3 to 4 drop 7 to 8 into coverage. You can’t be over aggressive in the pass rush. When these pass rushers over persue, that’s when Kaepernick, Wilson, and Newton beat you.
Now I am not taking anything away from Kaepernick in the pocket. I just double team Crabtree and make SF beat me with no chemistry in Davis and the brick for hands we have in Walker. Expect lots of contact on Crabtree on the line and down the field. Anything to disrupt the timing. You aren’t going to take him out of the game completely. He is going to get some catches. You can mitigate the damage by frustrating him and flagging him for Unsportsmanlike conduct. He was getting pretty upset in GB.
I also drop a safety deep like SF played against GB. Kaepernick is having trouble seeing the backside safety.
On offense, I beat SF’s D with screens and quick slants. Atl has a hurry up offense. I expect that to be in full swing. I’d game plan the TE’s to be the biggest part of this game. SF has trouble with Big TE’s. I’d target Rogers early and often.
You asked how to beat them and I think that’s ATL’s best chance to beat SF. I give Atl’s chances of beating SF a score of 3 out of 10. SF 24 Atl 13.
My player of the week prediction going into the superbow, L. James. I predict 143 yards 2 tds 1 rushing one receving.
Matt,
If Atlanta does as you say, the Niners will run the ball down their throats. That would be recipe for disaster for the Falcons.
I agree with Nick. It’s a case of pick your poison. If you concentrate on taking away Kap’s running, you open up the 49ers passing game and running by Gore. But I agree with you, Matt, that that’s what Atlanta will do and probably should do. In fact that’s what they did against Seattle.
Nick, I agree Sf will be able to run the ball to a point. You see it’s a matter of bend and not break. You can run between the 20s, but the field shortens a lot once you hit the 20 and that is where I expect ATL to stop the run.
Great point Matt and the rest. Patience will be key and the team who breaks concentration first will likely lose.
One main difference between Wilson and Kaep is that Wilson is much more laterally shifty. It’s nearly impossible for DL-men to touch him and tough for LBs too. where as Kaep can out run anyone, but is more straight line, so he can be sacked as long as they don’t give him lanes.
I really do want to see if they are disciplined enough to play the option read because if not…it’s over. If they stop it, then we have a ball game.
Matt makes a great point about the no huddle too. Niners were once touted for their great depth, but in reality, they have none or at least they don’t use it. There is a large drop off in skill when we go second string at every position, expect for…wait for it…QB and RB.
There is no one at any position the Niners trust to come in and produce like the starter. Next closest would be RickyJean DL and perhaps Grant MLB, but we haven’t seen him all season.
Dont like how everyone in the media is picking the Niners to win..From what Ive seen the Niners seem to buy into their own hype..they seem to be alot better when were underdogs and everyones picking against them..Atlanta can only play whos put on their schedule and they did what they had to do to be the 1 seed..Julio Jones and Roddy White are very dangerous..The Niners are a great team but Atlqnta will be no cakewalk..
+1000
If everybody in the media was picking the Falcons to win, there’d be nothing but bitching about some sort of east coast bias.
The 49ers of old had no trouble wearing the mantle as heavy favourite. They have to wear it, and beat Atlanta over the head with it. And they will.
So, based on everyone’s comments here it sounds like the only way we lose is if we don’t show up. Whether it’s WWL thing, the media picking us,SI cover, cross country game…us not showing up is really their only chance. If that’s true, and I too believe it to be so, then I am comfortable with where we are at going in. You should be to Niner fans.
Bring it on. Brent Jones has got me pumped up. Niners will make the falcon an endangered species once again :)
Nick – Like Dodo birds?
That’s right Crab, like the Dodo bird :)
I think MC15 will have a big game along with LMJ and CK7.
The Dirty Birds are Turner, Rogers, Ryan, Jones, White, Gonzalez, and Abraham. Those are the players they must stop or isolate. I believe Brent Jones likes our matches in the trenches. Iupati and David are playing at a dominant level right now.
If I were the Falcons, I’d play lots of Cover 2 paired with underneath zone schemes on D in order to slow down the Niner run game and pistol read option plays. What do you guys think?
Probably right, playing man against the Niners will get you killed. Cover 2 under is probably the best against what the Niners run, but you better have great tackling from you DB’s and quick LB’s. Weatherspoon is a stud, but their other LB’s can be had with crosses and or a TE husky route.
I question whether the Falcons can defeat the 49ers’ run game with only 7 defenders in the box.
The Bears played a lot of cover 2. Frank Gore will run wild and Vernon will have a huge game if the Falcons play too much of that coverage.
I agree to an extent of what Jones is saying about getting the SEA game out of the way but does this mean now they can play loose? That could mean danger in that winning a playoff game has taken the monkey off their back and now they can just play football.
I’m worried about ATL explosive plays and if being at hone for them is truly an advantage. Also no one picked us to beat GB and now everyone is picking us to beat ATL. WTF!
We were the favourites to beat GB. We’re even heavier favourites to beat Atlanta.
Atlanta isn’t nearly the team Seattle is. Seattle beat themselves with mistakes the other day. Atlanta cannot stop us.
Seattle got off to a slow start. They woke up at halftime. The championship game starts the same time the Seahawks came out for halftime: 12 p.m. pacific.
Falcons are weak. Lets be real no one gave them respect all year long why start now. They will lose by double digits easily. In more worriedb about whined will play in the Superbowl.
The 49ers are hungrey and the Falcons are a high protein, low fat meal that they will glady devour.
*hungry*
Good analogy. The Niners just had their ‘appetizer’ only activating the salivary gland even more! While the Falcons are still holding their bellies “Oh I ate too much, I couldn’t eat another thing”, they ‘seem’ to be content with the meal they just had.
GB= Appetizer
ATL= Main Course
NE\BAl- Dessert
Belly up to the table boys, it’s eating time.
Cheese for appetizer and deep fried falcon (southern style) for the main course?
Ha ha.
Menu du jour:
Wisconsin cheddar fondue, servi avec des chips QB.
(Wisconsin cheddar fondue, served with QB crisps.)
Frits faucon avec de la purée et la sauce NFC Sud. Livré avec un bidon de bière glacée.
(Deep fried falcon with mashed potatoes and NFC Southern gravy. Comes with a can of Ice beer.)
Four Raven rôti aux légumes et riz sauvage.
(Oven roasted Raven with mixed vegetables and wild Rice.)
Merci et Bonne Chance!
I think this game we will get back to basics. I think they will be paying so much attention to Kaep, we will be running and throwing right up the middle of the field. Expect Gore, James, VD and Crab (coming across middle) to have big days. Just like Seattle, in order to contain the QB, you are going to leave the middle wide open. Just need to take advantage of it.
Our DBs tend to get burned down-field which is what the Falcon WRs specialize at. Im a little worried. If we can keep the Falcons to short passes well be OK. This means our Dline will have to put lots of pressure on Ryan so he has no time to go down field
Actually, the 49ers’ DBs don’t have a tendency to get burned down field. The 49ers allowed the third fewest pass plays of 20+ yards this year.
It’s the quick, shifty slot receivers (Cruz, Amendola, Welker in the 2d half) that give the 49ers problems.
Maybe but i wonder how much that is attributed to our pass rush. A more telling stat would be to see the completion percentage between attempts.
It’s because the front seven is so good at stopping the run that Fangio can keep 2 safeties back.
I agree, but the safeties aren’t going to help when their big WRs are matched up one on one against our CBs. If our front doesnt get pressure on Ryan, this might be a long day
If Fangio is keeping two safeties back, then the CBs won’t be matched one on one with White and Jones.
As long as Goldson stays deep, which he didn’t do on that James Jones play, the secondary will be fine.
the 49ers entire strategy will be to have 2 safeties over the top, taking away the deep ball, and then punish with a strong, fast front 7 (or 6).
Atlanta will run a lot of 3-wide sets, and we’ll be in a nickel most of the time. They’ll have some success running agains our nickel, but not enough. 49ers in a cakewalk.
Aldon needs to get out of his funk this week. Ryan is a statue in the pocket. Listening to Tim Ryan and Pat Kirwan yesterday they say the way to stop Kaep and his running is to play zone so your back isn’t turned to him. Anyone know if the Falcons play more man or zone coverage?
Yeah, Kaep won’t have the same game, but if patient he can pick ATL apart in zone. Precisely what Brady did to us during the second half. We went from man to zone and he killed us. That is where Kaep can become unstoppable at some point. With NE, you play tight man, get pressure with your front four, keep safeties deep. Brady can’t run, so don’t worry. With Kaep, if he can get like Brady, Rodgers, and Manning, how do you defend against him. In man, he runs for 200 yds. in zone, he picks you apart. Could be scary in couple years.
It is definitely a different feel for a QB playing against zone than man. I’d be very curious to see if anyone, anywhere has the numbers on how he does against man vs zone coverage.
I just want coach Harbaugh and Colin to be humble…not to think of themselves as being the best, but, the worst. The worst quarterback, the worst defense, the worst coaching staff, not proud but humble; otherwise, the Falcons could win on Sunday. Message to the 49ers and staff: BE HUMBLE!
I love that Harbaugh preaches “humble hearts”. I just hope they take that to heart.
I also love that we carry with us the experience from being so close last year. I think that stands for something. I just wish we had Kyle Williams to return punts for this game. He’d play with such a chip on his shoulder.
bay – Not me bro, I couldn’t stomach Kyle Williams returning punts this Sunday.
Yeah I guess you’re right. He does seem to lack that common sense gene in tight situations.
bay – All we need is for Kap to keep kissing his guns. One or more kisses per game is the winning formula.
I’m gonna have to agree with you…..
Bay thats a great point about previous experience that I hope gives the 49ers an edge over atl. The 49ers know the moment, they know the pressure and the consequences. All the falcons know is that they finally got over the hump/curse of not winning 1 playoff game.
Grimey- Ansah is a stud, can’t see him lasting too long though. I think Kiko Alonso -Oregon,
could be a good OLB pickup in the middle rounds, he’s fast, tough and a good tackler. He’s had some discipline issues, but he has seemed to clear that stuff up. Niners have a TON of picks this year, could be some wheeling and dealing.
Let’s wait for personnel talk after the SB.
I’d like KW to be able to contribute as a WR, but I’d prefer to see LMJ back there for punts. I’m losing faith in Ginn. Did Hunter ever return punts for us or just kickoffs?
Just kickoffs…. I never saw Hunter field a punt… It’s a draft need for next year unless Jenkins can learn to do it.
Maybe they can get another WR in this years draft who can also be a returner. We need more of both WRs and returners.
In the early rounds of this year’s draft, the Niners will be looking to get a defensive tackle and an outside linebacker. Although, I wouldn’t mind the Niners taking Keenan Allen, WR, California, 6-3, 210lbs.
Prospects at DT:
Jesse Williams, DT, Alabama
Sharrif Floyd, DT, Florida
Interesting prospects at OLB:
Jarvis Jones, Georgia, 6-2, 242lbs
Barkevious Mingo, LSU, 6-4, 240lbs
Khaseem Greene, Rutgers,6-1, 234lbs
I like Ezekial Ansah from BYU. 6-6 270. played NT, DE, and OLB in the 3-4 defense there. Physical freak. probably won’t fall to the end of the first but if he’s there grab him.
I’m not sure how big of a contract that wes welker would be looking for, but he’ll be a free agent this offseason.
and how awesome of a name is Barkevious Mingo?
About as awesome as Jadeveon Clowney.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gODZzSOelss
Plain and simple. The 49ers need to go into Atlanta and give it their best efforts, and I dont see us having a problem with beating the Falcons. Anything is possible, but if we are (aggressive), we WILL DOMINATE them. I have a buddy who kept up on Nevada during the Kaepernick days, and he swears that Colin will be in the same sentence as Elway, Montana, Manning, Ect when its all said and done. You can see that he has ability. Awesome talent. If it is channeled in the right way, I believe we have our Franchise qb for the next 15 years. He is built stronger than most qbs, and can take a few hits. Seeing him dart off on a few of them runs, he looked like Randy Moss in his prime with his 3 steps and gone speed. It is great to be once again, the talk of the NFL. With Lamicheal and Hunter coming back next year, and our team pretty much locked up for the next 3 years, I wouldnt be surprised to see a couple of rings. The only team that scares me are the Partriots, but thats just because of BRADY. It was the Broncos, but Baltimore skimmed by on that one.. LETS GO NINERS…. Whoop them BIRDssssssss
Question. When we win this weekend will that make Jordan’s statement correct? That we were a QB away from the superbowl?
I know lots don’t want to give him credit, especially since he wasn’t a Kaep fan up front. BUT…… He did say we were a QB away from the superbowl.
While I think CK has absolutely proved that Harbaugh made the right move, I don’t see how you can say unequivocally that Smith would not have been able to lead this team to the Super Bowl and I don’t know why you even care at this point. I have criticized people for implying that if Alex continued to start they would win the Super Bowl, because that is ridiculous. But it would be equally ridiculous declare that he couldn’t because he almost did last year and was playing well this year before his concussion. It doesn’t matter, CK is the present and future. Smith has been gracious enough to accept his role and help Colin, I am grateful for that. I would think you would be too.
http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2012/1120/20121120_053309_49ersqb2_300.jpg
@ bay:
jordan also said that the 49ers were a QB away from the playoffs, that they were a QB away from a playoff win, plus maybe a dozen other things that turned out to be nonsense.
I know you and jordan desperately want to believe that Harbaugh’s elevation of Colin Kaepernick was a statement about Alex Smith (Harbaugh agrees with me! I was right!), but it wasn’t. It was a statement about Kaepernick.
He may have been right on that one count (hopefully), its just the certitude with which he expressed his views, and the number of things that he had confidently and definitively stated, but been wrong about in the past that leave the impression of ‘a broken clock tells correct time twice a day, doesn’t mean it is reliable.’ Personally, I jumped on the Kap bandwagon after about 3 passes in the Bears game, but I certainly wasn’t convinced before seeing him play. That brings me to point #2… you can’t disprove a negative or hypothetical situation. Example: “alex smith would/would not have been able to win (x) game by (y) points with (z) number of TDs…etc.” It is illogical to claim definitive knowledge of that which is unknowable. You can have opinions, but to express them as truths makes you sound stupid.
Lets agree on this. The landscape of our offense is changing right in front of our eyes. The way our new QB is playing is off the charts considering he’s only had 8 games under his belt.
Also, when are 49er fans going to cut the cord on Delainey Walker? He’s a good blocker, good route runner who cannot catch the ball. He leads the entire NFL in drops. His biggest one cost us a game against the Rams…..
Bay,
Now there’s something we agree on. Either DW needs to significantly improve his hands or he should be cut. And I’m not holding my breathe on him improving his hands, at this point.
+1
I love DW, but if i’m the coaching staff I would take a long hard look at replacing him this offseason. It is difficult because he is very versatile and contributes greatly to the game in many other ways besides as a receiver. But dude… catch the Frucking ball!
There are at least 8 good TE prospects in this years draft. All will be cheaper than Delanie.
It’s going to be interesting to see what happens with DW. I have no idea what his value would be in FA and he is not a huge passing threat. What he has become is the jack of all trades, master of none player in the offense. They can do a lot of things with him and his blocking has improved over the years so the question is what is that type of player worth? I’m guessing he’s worth more to the Niners than somebody else and won’t get much in the way of contract offers.
Bay you are right about DW and his inability to catch the ball, however DW has several very good attributes:
He is a great special team player
He has speed
He is strong
He can blocks very well now
He can create miss match for the defense
All we have do is to make sure he spends more time improving his catching skill! Maybe he should spend some time with Crabtree and Jerry Rice to work on his catching mechanics this off season!!!
Bay,
A stopped clock is right twice a day, just like Jordan finds an acorn every now and then.
Bay,
There was no way that we were winning tge super bowl with Alex Smith. The teams that we were going to need to beat this year. Alex wasn’t gonna cut it. Look at all the offensive firepower we will have faced to win a 6th trophy. Green Bay, New England twice and Atlanta. Tgere was no way our defense was or is going to hold up every game. Kap took some of that pressure ofc of the D because of his explosiveness.
Bay, there is no question that we were a QB away from a super bowl. These clowns tgat dont give credit where its due. They are really the haters. I even give claude credit when he makes a good point and I agree. So what if he cut n pasted it.
His replacement is already on the team. Celek.
You said he wasnt the answer now you want to take credit, thats funny.
Bay,
In a word…No. If Jordan had been singing Kaps praises all along and hadn’t taken an “anybody but Smith” approach, I’d give him his due, but he didn’t. He simply wanted someone other than Smith and when Josh Johnson got cut, Kap was next in line. You don’t get credit for that especially when you’ve been wrong as much as Jordan has.
Also, as BigP said, there is no proof that they wouldn’t be where they are right now with Smith at QB. They were 3 points away from the SB last season. It’s become apparent that Kap gives them another level of attack offensively and that may give us a better shot at a Championship but it’s not the only reason. This was a SB caliber team with either QB.
>>That we were a QB away from the superbowl?
We were a lot of things from the Superbowl. A muff. A fumble. A fumble that wasn’t called. An opposing team with destiny on it’s side. And another important thing, a WR mentor away from the SB.
“A lot has been made about Randy being a certain way, but he’s one of the best teammates I’ve ever had — that any of us has ever had,” said wide receiver Kyle Williams, whose season ended with a knee injury in November. “The emergence of Michael Crabtree isn’t by accident. He’s learned a lot from Randy.”
“Randy is one of the reasons that Crabtree has really developed this year,” safety Donte Whitner said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/sports/football/on-49ers-randy-moss-reinvents-himself-as-role-model.html
Harbaugh had a huge sack to do what he did. Now he’s beginning to receive credit for it.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2012/story/_/id/8846150/nfl-playoffs-harbaugh-risk-pay-49ers
Great read. It’s already one of the gutsiest calls, but it will go down as legendary if they win the Super Bowl.
Agree…
Big P: Absolutely. And if Kaep lays an egg on Sunday, it will have been a gutsy call, but the wrong one.
That is why I think Sunday will be when Harbaugh wins his gamble. Saturday was one game and, obviously, a complete surprise to the GB D. Sunday Kaep plays against a much more prepared team in a much bigger game in a hostile environment.
I see nothing in Kaep so far to make us expect anything but top-level, championship play. While Newton, Wilson and RGIII have been interesting, Kaep is the game-changer. I fully expect that by this time Sunday, the QB skill sets scouts look for and the way NFL defenses play will have been changed forever.
HELLO!!!
Grosse you are severely in the minority. Grant looks like you have your new poll question…
@drsgrosse:
Yeah, everyone knows that when it comes to opinions, the majority opinion is always the right one. Having a different opinion is double plus ungood. If you do not conform your opinion to that of the majority, we will be forced to re-educate you. The choice is yours.
Surprise,
Surprise
Claude’s Balls speaketh none of football… erm,
Parce qu’il ne sait rien. Salop!
@ Mr. E:
Did you read more than a single comment before posting?
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.
Claude
No. My bad. You have contributed quite nicely today. Bravo!
I hate when I agree with everybody. But I do think it will be a rout. If the 49ers come out with ATTACK!.ATTACK,ATTACK!.pushem,pushem…I don’t see Atlanta as winning. Atlanta has won stupid against the 49ers and Raiders over the years I know,but that cant go on. Ryan and his coach have never been much more then overachievers.
And man,does Harbaugh just eat Mark Purdy for breakfast?..he’s even getting Mark to stammer…
Ya remember when nate clements intercepted ryan and instead of just falling down to end the game he tried to return it for 6 points only to have roddy white pull a justin smith and strip the ball from behind. That was one of the most painful losses. So glad we got rid of nate.
THAT’S IT!
And- didnt Seabass miss a 25 yard FG as time ran out?..just stupid.
Enjoyed reading the posts. Like most people most of you know nothing about the Falcons. Hint: They love it when people don’t take them seriously. From day one this season they heard how they couldn’t match up with this team or that team. They are playing at home where they are 34-6 since Ryan came on board. The overconfidence may be a tad….premature?
Winning one-possession games against the easiest schedule in the NFL is much to brag about. That type of luck generally runs out when you start playing better teams. Matt Ryan threw 9 interceptions at home this year.
It’s not about the Falcons though. 9ers can beat anybody, anytime, anywhere.
*isn’t much (d’oh)
>>They love it when people don’t take them seriously.
They love it when they barely squeak out a first playoff win after 3 straight one and done duds? Whatever.
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