Golden Nuggets: 49ers Defense Praised For Toughness By National Media ... Finally

by James Brady on Jan 17, 2012 2:00 AM PST in 49ers Links

Almost every year for the past decade or so, I've always talked about the 49ers Pro Bowlers and how I wished they wouldn't be able to play in the game. I'd give a little knowing grin and say "Super Bowl, baby!" as though they had a real chance. It really has yet to hit me that they're actually one game away from the Super Bowl ... I'm unsure how to write about the games anymore. If they make it through New York, my previews are going to be a jumbled mess as I have heart attack after heart attack just thinking about the possibility of getting Lombardi No. 6. But I seriously respect the New York Giants and I'm amped up for an awesome game on Sunday. Let's get to the linkage for the day.

Gregg Williams To Rams: How Should 49ers Fans Feel About The Saints Former DC In St. Louis? (SB Nation Bay Area)

NY Giants face tough challenge in NFC Championship with physical San Francisco 49ers defense that punished New Orleans Saints (NYDailyNews.com)

Physical with a 'W': Toughness of 49ers defense starts to get major attention (Examiner.com)

2012 NFL Playoffs Schedule: 49ers And Giants Advance, Prove NFL Isn't A Video Game (SB Nation Bay Area)

49ers vs. Saints aftermath, part 1: the final 3 TDs (en espanol) (BayAreaSportsGuy.com)

Newcomer Goodwin wins team award (SacBee.com)

King Harbaugh and the Knights of the Round Table (PressDemocrat.com)

Harbaugh, players praise 49ers fans for turning The 'Stick into a "fortress" (Examiner.com)

Prior to "The Grab" there was "The Block" (SacBee.com)

With Williams' move, NFC West got more interesting (CSNBayArea.com)

Justin Smith as the tone setter (SFGate.com)

Jaws of life: Walker would give 49ers big boost (SacBee.com)

DeBartolo to serve as 49ers' honorary captain (CSNBayArea.com)

Harbaugh views Ravens through lens as brother, fan and possible foe (CSNBayArea.com)

Yesterday on Niners Nation

Golden Nuggets: Defend Home Turf! | Ninjames
49ers Vs. Giants: NFC Championship Game Ticket Sales | Fooch
49ers Vs. Giants: Preliminary Injury Report | Fooch
49ers Vs. Saints: Justin Smith Is A Monster | Fooch
49ers Vs. Giants: Happy Hour With Harbaugh | Fooch
2012 NFL Playoffs: Divisional Round Results | urnext
Alex Smith: Cinderella Man | Fooch
49ers Vs. Saints: Donte Whitner Leads Physical Defensive Effort | Fooch
49ers Vs. Giants, NFC Championship Game: Jim Harbaugh Discusses Everything | Fooch

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I’ve got the same feeling. I still have a hard time realising where we are.
And imagine how the players must feel!
I hope that all the drops by Crabtree las Saturday were because of the importance of the game. Now that he has lived through a play off game, he can play more loosely.

At the beginning of the season i’d have gladly accepted a deal for the niners to go to the conference championship. But now that they have reached it, i can’t bear the idea of losing now.

Proud Night Owl from Niners Nation

by zemd on Jan 17, 2012 2:26 AM PST reply actions

whats with

those annoying pop-ups coming up in Zemd’s post? I have never seen that stuff on SBN. James, Fooch, etc. you guys know what is going om?

I am referring to the scroll over links that expand, when you hover over the words, "deal: and “time.”

Proud die-hard of the NFC West Champion San Francisco 49ers!
Whose got it better than us??? NOBODY!

by MetsKnicksRutgers on Jan 17, 2012 5:04 AM PST up reply actions

I see what kind of ad you mean, but i don’t see any on my post.

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by zemd on Jan 17, 2012 5:43 AM PST up reply actions

when i was on my pc,

They came up on Chrome. Do you have a real good pop up blocker cuz I don’t.

Proud die-hard of the NFC West Champion San Francisco 49ers!
Whose got it better than us??? NOBODY!

by MetsKnicksRutgers on Jan 17, 2012 5:49 AM PST via mobile up reply actions

I’m at work so on IE7, with no adblocker

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by zemd on Jan 17, 2012 6:39 AM PST up reply actions

I use adblock

and a javascript blocker called NotScript

NotScript is the key, you won’t see any ad ever again. The annoying thing is that you have to “allow” Javascript thnigs you actually want to use, such as Niners nation, etc.

by brundylop on Jan 17, 2012 7:47 AM PST up reply actions

thanks

Buddy. That does sound like it’ll get frustrating, but nothing was as frustrating as that massive NFL network AD at the top of SBN blogs at the beginning of the season. The one at the top of the page that expanded, coveted the whole page and played sound when you would hover over it. That was the worst,

Proud die-hard of the NFC West Champion San Francisco 49ers!
Whose got it better than us??? NOBODY!

by MetsKnicksRutgers on Jan 17, 2012 7:50 AM PST via mobile up reply actions

here

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/odjhifogjcknibkahlpidmdajjpkkcfn

after you install it, there’ll be a little pyramid next to the URL bar. click on it and enable things you want (sbnation and ninersnation.com are the first things!!)

by brundylop on Jan 17, 2012 8:00 AM PST up reply actions

also

you can “temporarily allow” or just “allow”, and chrome will remember your settings. so unless you visit a ton of new sites every day it’s not that big of a hassle.

I assume you also have adblock plus? That’s a must
http://adblockplus.org/en/chrome

These 2 work so well that when I visit a website on somebody else’s computer, I’m shocked to see that sbnation has ads!

by brundylop on Jan 17, 2012 8:03 AM PST up reply actions

Yeah I always hate it when I have to browse without extensions.

“WHAT IS THIS, THE DARK AGES!?”

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by James Brady on Jan 17, 2012 2:24 PM PST up reply actions