Still think the Niners will reach the playoffs???

GB, Jacksonville, Seattle, Arizona, Philly, Detroit, and STL are our remaining games we stil have a shot mathematically, but this GB game IMO is the biggest. It’s the one we are suppose to lose because their strengths in defense and passing offense are our biggest weaknesses (anemic O and bad pass Def) I won’t count us out until we are mathematically out of the race(playoffs)

I know it is very likely we are one and done, but it is still possible we come out and our defense shuts people down and gore runs over everyone. not likely, but possible.

~ being beaten by a 1-6 team at home

~ scoring just 10 points off of 5 interceptions at home

I’d say our chances of being successful in the post season are slim to none. That said, does it really matter if we do squeak in and make it because the Cards fall flat on their faces?

10-6 and at worst 9-7. It’s still an achievable goal.

The rest of the teams on our schedule are very beatable. The ones I worry about are Arizona and Philly, but Philly has also had it’s struggles. If we lose those two games we end up at 9-7 and a winning record.

We win one of those games (preferrably the AZ game), and we’re 10-6 and we clinch the NFC West.

I still think our best shot for the Playoffs comes with winning the Division. We need to beat Arizona and hope that they lose a few games somewhere along the line. If we catch up to them record wise we can win the division on the tie breaker.

But we could win 5 more games and end up 9-7 which would put us in a possible wild card slot. With that being said our games against GB and Philly will become extremely important at the end of the season if we are in contention? I think if we lose either of those games, we can pretty much role out the possibility of a wild card berth.

has anyone seen how easy the Cards schesdule is.. they can easily go 10-6

i say we throw the final 7 games and lets get a good QB from draft pick

It’ll make the end of the season more enjoyable, anyway. Also, there’s this thing called “anything can happen in the playoffs” (in baseball… in football, I think they call it “any given sunday.”) We don’t win the superbowl, but an exciting end to the year will have us thinking optimistically about next season with some good draft choices.

but only 17 points seperates us from being 8-1. This team just hasn’t had the bounces both literally and metaphorically go there way.

Maybe the Bears game was the turning of the tide so-to-speak.

Either way, I hope Coach Singletary is here for a long time despite any other changes that may occur.

And if you take advantage of the schizophrenic Cardinals. They seem to be making it easy.

but with Alex Smith at QB the chances are slim and none and Slim is on his way out of town. I would feel much more confident with Hill and look forward to Nate Davis’ coming out party in 2010.

What happened to the tampering case with the Jets? Did the NFL dismiss it because of their East Coast love?

i do not think the 9ers will make the playoffs. nope, i do not think we can beat the cards again.

dreaming of next season already

or would make them this year.

But I like what I see and I am more optimistic about the 49ers than I have been since 1999.

Patrick Willis: is awesome. There are a lot of flashes of brilliance on the defense, in general, although we could use help in the secondary and pass rush.

On offense: Gore is solid and I like the young receivers, especially Crabtree and, of course, VD. Both pro-bowlers. Not sure how much potential Hill and Morgan have, but I am keeping an open mind; Morgan is tough and aggressive, and he blocks well, which is important in our scheme.

The offensive line makes me cringe each week, but with a draft pick (or two) and Staley healthy I am optimistic about dramatic improvement there. Oline functions as a unit and improvement in parts can dramatically improve the whole.

I like what I see with Alex Smith. He is progressing well. I am aware that I don’t know how this will turn out, but he seems very crisp, much less rusty than i would have expected, and is working impressively well with inexperienced receivers. Not once has he complained about the oline. That is classy. It takes time for a young QB and receivers to get in synch. The mistakes have seemed modest and reasonable, and the successes suggest high upside to me.

“Next year” can mean a lot of things. It can be a cry of desperation, or it can be a expression of perspective for a young, rebuilding team with pro-bowl talent at key positions (beginning with Inside (“M”) linebacker) and a highly intelligent coach with the heart of a lion.

He’s looking better than our OLB’s and that knee is still bothering him

Nice!
I never thought the Niners would make the playoffs either. We deserve a cookie. Where’s our cookies damnit!

49ers still have a shot at the division

let’s face it, we don’t need to wait for next year draft, we need a better coaching staff and better player preiod. detroit and the rams are easy wins, wait we are talking about the 49ers, not easy wins.

The curse of the losing clueless Yorks is still here and not going away soon, so just accept the fact that this team will continue to lose for many years to come..

Not even Coach Singletary can stop Jed and his fools from never providing good enough players to ever get over 500..

McCloughan has zero understanding of player personnel, just look at his drafting, in one word, pathetic..

This losing is now in year eight and it will go on and on and on and on as long as Jed and his band of fools own and run this awful show..

Harvin has it all over Crabtree, faster, more elusive, better after the catch..The only thing Crabtree has as good as Harvin is his hands..We drafted the wrong receiver, like we do every year..We draft the wrong players..

Are a Kurt Warner injury away from not winning another game.

lets just win first