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Let me give you guys a different perspective. 1. Nobody "beats themselves". Sure, people make mistakes that lead to losses, but ultimately, they lose because the other team on the field plays better than them. I tried to tell myself that the 49ers "beat themselves" last year in the NFC...

As a 49ers fan, I felt pretty confident going into the second half, but even up by 28 points, I knew that Brady was good enough to come back and win, especially with key 49ers defensive players leaving the game. This game pretty much went how I expected it to. The Patriots have a...

Did you watch the NFC championship game? No sleet here obviously, but tons of rain and mud, temperatures in the 50s, and 50 mph gusts of wind. They say that bad weather favors offensive teams, but then again, they also say it favors rushing over passing, so who knows how or if the weather...

Just wanted to wish you Patriots fans the best. Brady is a great QB and I wish we hadn't made the mistake of passing him over. Who knows? This could be a preview of the Superbowl. It should be a good game and I hope everyone comes out of it healthy.

He was a pitcher in high school with a 94 MPH fastball and despite not playing in college, he was picked in the MLB draft by the Chicago Cubs, albeit in one of the later rounds, but declined to finish playing football his senior year. Randy Moss complained that he threw the football so hard the...

He has actually been playing all 2012 regular season, although he has only been on field for the majority of five games, with him being used primarily as an option QB to rush or to put up long passes a play or two per quarter before Smith got hurt, with an overall passer rating for 2012 that I...

Also, because he has one of the strongest arms in the league. If Brady, Romo, or Brees is down by 17 points at the start of the 4th quarter, they are still a major threat because they can burn you on one completed pass. Smith, not so much, Kaepernick might not have the fineness of Brady or...

Yeah, the NFL site puts them under defense for some reason. Tied for 10th with Seattle with 32. The league leader is Cincinnati with 43. There is a low standard deviation with that stat, so I am not sure how useful a statistic it is.

Sacks do not tell the entire story. The 49ers defense is tied for 5th in the NFL with 38 sacks; however, if you look at who is ahead of us, their defenses are not even in the same class. In fact, the only good defense in the bunch is Arizona, which leads the league with 52 sacks...

He played college in Reno, which is next door to Tahoe, so I suspect he is familiar with the types of winters they can have on the East Coast although I am not sure that the 49ers as a team have played in the snow since they went to Philly in 2009 and were pummeled with snowballs from the stands.

Hard to say who the best quarterbacks are. Heck, probably 90% of them, including Joe Montana, played before I was old enough to be interested in watching football. Brady is still playing football and it is not a good idea to try to figure out where he fits into history until he has been out...

I should just point out that Kaepernick is not a rookie. This is his second year on the 49ers. This is his first year starting regular season games. I seem to recall another second year backup for a certain East Coast team that ended up taking over after the starter was injured and leading...

The 49ers usually do not bring a strong blitz until they get at least a pair of scores ahead. They hold most of the defenders further back. If the 49ers get a nice lead going though, they usually bring relentless pressure on the QB and we can put a ton of pressure on the QB without even...

He's only started four games this season. And you are right, he has only had three rushing touchdowns in the past 5 games, but that seems like a silly statistic to use. The great Tom Brady has only had one rushing touchdown in the last five games. Kaepernick has also passed it into the...

Alex Smith has a passer rating of 104 this year, tied with Tom Brady and RGIII for best rated passer in the NFL. Sure Smith is efficient, but a lot of that has to do with our coaching and our talent on both sides of the ball. Kaepernick has a respectable 97.5 rating so far this year, putting...

Not sure what you are passing that on. Yards/Game 2011 2012 Total 308.2 275.5 Rushing 77.3 90.8 Passing 230.9 184.7 Points/Game 14.3 14.2 Compared to last year, our defense is allowing less yards per game. The only weakness is being...

Last year, when the Giants did a good job of shutting down the run in the regular season, Smith beat them last year through the air. Kaepernick can certainly win games through the air, as he showed by running up plenty of passing yards against the sixth best passing defense in the NFL, but he...

Actually, they were considered legal hits since they were not against a defenseless player. You will notice the lack of flags. A lot of Saints fans complained after Thomas was knocked out, but if you turn up-field to run and lower your body, it is a completely legitimate for the defender to...

The most vicious hit in the NFL (HD) - YouTube Donte Whitner monster hit Pierre Thomas 49ers vs Saints NFC 2012 HD - YouTube 49ers Big Hit on Arizona WR - YouTube

Kind of surprised to visit this forum and not see the kind of overconfident boasting that is so typical of NFL fans. Just a few observations. Firstly, I really have not watched the Patriots play since the superbowl, but I did look up their stats a bit. 1. Patriots have a good run defense...