Totally agree with you on this.This team is due for a sudden slide. They've been in 3 NFC Championship games and are now facing numerous injury issues...aging key players...and an overrated passer.
I see 8-8 in 2014.
They'll still be good, and can win 9 or 10 games. They still have some really good players (Vernon Davis, Frank Gore, Navarro Bowman, Eric Reid,) that that can't be taken for granted b/c they are either inexperienced or getting older.
Remember Frank Gore ran all over the youth of the Rams last year.
But I do think this go around the Rams are more than capable of beating them, at least once.
I would like to agree but they are still too deep and motivated. From a motivation standpoint they have come close, the hunger is still there and probably more motivated than most teams because they know they are that close.
I think the biggest issue they'll have is the same thing that will be facing the Seahawks this coming off-season. How the hell do you keep all of those players. There really isn't a way to lock up that entire offensive line, Crabtree, Davis and then the guys on defense like Aldon Smith.
Seahawks will feel the pinch once Wilson demands a new deal as well as Chancellor and a couple of their o-linemen.
Not a dig at you, but why does Crabtree always get left off of the "really good players" list?
Crabtree would be the number 1 receiver on every team in the division except for Arizona, and his play elevates that "overrated passer" that the OP talks about.
Kaepernick is more than capable, and they added Stevie Johnson to the mix. The 49ers window may be closing, but it is still wide open this year, and with a mobile QB in Kaepernick, a running game that carved the Rams up last year, and a 100% Crabtree the 49ers are going to give teams fits this year, especially the Rams. I don't know that we win either of our games against them this year
Not a dig at you, but why does Crabtree always get left off of the "really good players" list?
Crabtree would be the number 1 receiver on every team in the division except for Arizona, and his play elevates that "overrated passer" that the OP talks about.
Kaepernick is more than capable, and they added Stevie Johnson to the mix. The 49ers window may be closing, but it is still wide open this year, and with a mobile QB in Kaepernick, a running game that carved the Rams up last year, and a 100% Crabtree the 49ers are going to give teams fits this year, especially the Rams. I don't know that we win either of our games against them this year
Talking about over rated....You're right, but I don't consider Michael Crabtree that type of WR that forces a defensive gameplan to be focused on him. He can be contained. I'm hoping either Trumaine Johnson or even Lamarcus Joyner in the future can be the CB to that.
I think Stevie Johnson is overrated, but that's a topic for another day.
....I think we got an edge there! I think that when the Smith duo lines up to run thru our OL as they have in the past they will find Jake Long standing there with a very big smile ......saying "Say hello to my new little friend ".
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You are a bucket of optimism aren't you?
Lol...yeah, the 49ers are running to ROD for motivation...This all may be true about the 49ers,BUT, as a LONG TIME hater, I for one don't want to give them any 'Bulletin Board' material to motivate them!!