With all due respect, some people just don’t get it. Anyone that thought that the Niners should have crushed the Rams just because the Niner’s are playing better and the rams are terrible just doesn’t understand football.

There are three catagories of teams in every NFL season:

1. The Elite (like the Titans, Giants, Panthers and Steelers) this year.
2. The Bottom-Feeders (like the Lions, rams and raiders) this year
3. EVERYBODY ELSE IS IN THE MIDDLE.

If one of the Elite teams is playing on of the Bottom-Feeders, they should Win and possibly blow them out (like the Titans did to the Lions on Thanksgiving).

Should . Probably. But I still wouldn’t bet my house on that happening. If one of the “middle” teams (like the Niners) is playing even one of the bottom-feeders (like the Rams) in THIER stadium . . . ANY WIN, EVEN BY 1 POINT, IS A GOOD WIN!

Unless a team just quits almost before the game has started (like the Cardinals did their last two games) it’s not easy to win in the NFL. Especially against a division opponent.. The Vikings might make the playoffs this year, and have the GREAT Adrian peterson, and they ONLY won their two games against the winless Lions by a total of 6 points!

The other teams (Lions, Rams etc) have quality NFL players too (who wouldn’t want Bulger and Jackson on the Niners) and many of them, at this point, are playing for jobs, pride etc. To expect to dominate them just because they’ve had a bad year is really naive.

Like I said, unless a team has given up before the game like the Cardinals just did or unless you can jump out front early and often to demoralize them, you’re pretty much in for a dogfight.

The Niner’s didn’t so much come out “listlessly” as some people have said as much as Hill (3) and Davis (1) were turnover machines. Davis had the ball stripped away on a GREAT play by Atogwe and Hill had a horrible 3 quarters. How much of that was nerves on his part, or miscommunications with his receivers or just bad decisions I don’t know. It happens in this league. Even the greatest of quarterbacks have had games like that. The problem with many of you fans is that you’ve been completely spoiled by guys like Montana & Young. Trust me: Look through the archives and you’ll find terrible games by those guys too.

The most important point here (to me) is that the Niner’s didn’t give up (cause Singletary won’t let them) and they staged a GREAT COMEBACK. Personally, that says more to me than if they went into ST. Louis and blew them out like they did in S.F earlier in the year.

It would be nice to win every game and nice to always have the lead but having the heart and the confidence and the ability to stage a comeback (even against a bad team) is PRICELESS!

I’m not trying to insult anybody here or anything. I’m a 40 + year fan of the NFL who is a longtime Bears fan. I now live in Phoenix so I’m pretty familiar with Niners cause they’re in the same division as the Cards. I’ve watched every play of every game the Niners have played under Singletary cause I love the way Mike plays and coaches the game. Anybody (such as myself) who has followed Mike throughout his career isn’t the least bit surprised by the Niner’s turnaround under him.

All you Niner’s fans should be THRILLED with how they’ve played since Singletary took over.

Under Singletary this team will only get better and better and one thing’s for sure: They might lose and they might have stretches where they look like S**T but they will always fight and they will NEVER give up. Mike just won’t allow that to happen!

REJOICE (this Holiday Season)! You guys, after a long, long dry spell have a REAL COACH running your team!

I’m not sure, but I think Martz wouldn’t mind having Bulger on his sideline. (He said sarcastically) . Even as a number 2 or 3, don’t ya think?

That said, is that the most intelligent comment you can make about my post? (or were you one of those who were disappointed that the Niners didn’t win by 40 yesterday!)

Really, the stupidity of SOME (definitely not ALL) people never ceases to amaze me.

This from John Crumpacker of the Chronicle this morning:

After Tarrell Brown said “It’s an ugly victory but it’s a good victory” Crumpacker writes:

“That it was, but whether it helps or hurts Singletary in his quest to be named head coach permanently after the season is another matter. His team appeared listless and uninspired for most of the game as it committed four turnovers and allowed itself to be pushed around by truly bad Rams squad.”

SAY WHAT?

A) Someone, ANYONE, go down the rosters of BOTH teams and tell me that the players on the Niners are MARKEDLY better than the players on the RAMS. Tell me how that grades out? (I would be that their ALMOST even by anyone’s standards) . BTW: Anyone ever hear of Matt Cassel before this year (besides his family)? And now he’s being discussed as a possible MVP. That tells you all you need to know about judging talent in the NFL.

B) FOUR TURNOVERS! FOUR! And that’s Singletary’s fault. You’ve (Crumpacker) gotta be kidding me. It’s Singletary’s fault that Vernon Davis had the ball stripped from him? It’s Singletary’s fault that Hill (and maybe his receivers) played terrible for 3 quarters?

I don’t think so. What WOULD be Singletary’s fault is if he allowed that kind of play to continue. That would be his fault. In the middle of the game, however, Singletary has NO CONTROL over those turnovers.

If someone takes the time to watch that game again I’m pretty sure the “listless” play Crumpacker talks about is more the effects of four turnovers on the team than laziness on the players. I think the odds on winning a game when you’re -4 in the turnover department is around 5-10 %.

That’s what should be talked about! The fact that the Niners won when they were -4 in the turnover department. Anybody that doesn’t see that REALLY DOESN’T UNDERSTAND FOOTBALL!