49ers Regular Season Body of Work Continues to Get "Rodney Dangerfield Treatment"

Everyone says that as good as the Niners’ defense is it won’t be able to stop GB and NO. However the Steelers’ defense was able to stop NE, KC’s defense held GB to 14 points and St. Louis’s Defense held Drew Brees to 14 points (the last TD came in garbage time). My point being that I would contest that SF’s D is better than all of those defenses so why is it inconceivable to everyone that the niners have no shot against these teams with super offense and no defense?

Speaking of haters, I’m tired of Jamie Dukes. I know it’s said a lot, but the guy acts like the niners are 3-13 instead of the opposite.

it’s the concept of winning 3 in a row that gets ‘em. The 49ers “high” hasn’t been very high this year and it’s sort of expected that they’ll need to bring something higher for at least 1 if not all 3 of said victories.

I can’t blame the doubters. I think much of the fan base still, deep down, like this will be 1 and done. If you had to lay your life down on the Packers, Saints, or 49ers.. I mean.. c’mon.. you’d put it on the Packers.

That being said, it’s the NFL playoffs, look at the teams that go 1 and done every year. These games are 60-40 at their most extreme ( not including the Broncos, what a joke they are ).

Steelers are in shambles. Bengals went, like the Pats, went 0-7 against winning teams and start a rookie. Houston is starting a 3rd string rookie. Broncos are starting an HBack at QB.

It’s the Pats and the Ravens, but it’s in New England and it’s Tom Brady vs Joe Flacco in the championship.

If we can get after the QB, whoever it is, and pressure him for 4 quarters then I like our odds against anyone in the NFL. But if we can’t life is going to be rough. There isn’t a secondary in the NFL that can hold for long against the passing attacks we’re going to see.

I get into cussing fits every time I see Aldon on the bench for 1st and 2nd downs while the other team is throwing on "running downs’.

I think we’ll have a better chance after the Lions beat up on the Saints this weekend. They play tough, physically style of football. We know that firsthand. They might not be playing as well as earlier in the season but they can still wear down that Saints O-Line. Don’t think they can hold up again tough teams two weeks in a row. This same scenario can be said for the Packers, assuming the Giants beat the Falcons.

I know he is not well liked around here. Funny that he has been the Niners’ biggest national supporter outside of Trent Dilfer.

Lots of bullitin board material for Coach Harbaugh. Besides, didn’t he tell the media early in the season that he wished they would only write negative things, that the Niners couldn’t win such-and-such game?

These are some scheming coaches we have! Given time, they know how to game plan and this week, along with getting more key players healthy, gives Harbs, Vic, and Roman what they need and benefit from most: planning.
Given that, how many of you would like to see some out-of-the-box play calling on O and D, or do you all think we stick with what got us here, which is predictable, but has been successful so far?
I think if we execute what we have used so far, we will be successful, whether or not the other guys know what’s coming. Maybe just a few wrinkles, but not go to blitzing every down, or spread offense, etc…

and I believe it. They do seem to play their best against teams that are favored to beat them. Steelers, Lions, Bucs (at the time), etc.

Call me crazy, but the last team I want to face of the three possibilities is New York. We would be favored over NYG or the Falcons, but major underdogs to the “unstopable” Saints. I know I should be careful what I ask for, but I almost want to face the Saints, just to come in as the underdog in our own house! Unleash Patrick Willis’ fury and the rest of the defense will follow. I actually like our chances at home versus the Saints more than I do against a vengeful Eli Manning (Super Bowl XLII, anybody?).