When two 1-4 teams duke it out, usually the team that losses has their playoff hopes shot dead. I'll give credit where credit is due, the 49ers got a solid win yesterday. The NFL only cares about wins and losses, never being based on appearance so it was nice to snap the 4 game skid. However, I didn't leave Levi's feeling jovial or excited about what the 49ers have coming down the road. Since the Flap wasn't at the game yesterday, I had to take on the roll as the pessimistic fan and I had plenty of reasons to be so. Let's play Optimism vs Pessimism with the 49ers right now based on what happened this weekend and looking on to Thursday's match up vs Seattle.
Optimist: The 49ers won! We are only 2GB and could make a fight for the playoffs so there is some hope for this team if Tomsula/Kaep/Bowman can lead this squad! We should be 3-3 if we beat the Giants last week too.
Pessimist: Chill. We beat the Ravens, who are depleted and ravaged by injuries. The one division game we have played so far resulted in a blowout. The 49ers aren't 3-3, they are 2-4.
Optimist: Boldin and T-Smith had great days, combining for 198 receiving yards and a touchdown. Quinton Patton also had a game-sealing TD and Bruce Miller played his best game in a very long time. Kaep seems to be settling in, posting a 128.2 passer rating with 2 TD's and no interceptions. After the last two games, the 49er offense is coming to life.
Pessimist: Our most explosive offensive player in Carlos Hyde stuffed constantly (21car/55yds), showing a visible sign of frustration by screaming at OL Jordan Devey. The running holes simply aren't there. The return on Vernon Davis was hardly a return at all and the 49er TE's combined for just one reception that Davis didn't even catch. The Ravens also have the 26th ranked passing defense in the NFL, the NY Giants have the 31st.
Optimist: David Ackers looked great!
Pessimist: Bradley Pinnion is the worst punter in the NFL while Andy Lee will make the Pro Bowl (again).
Optimist: The Seahawks are reeling! They have the same record as the 49ers and (shockingly) may even have a worse offensive line! The 49ers have a great opportunity to steal a win vs their rivals and kick them out of any kind of playoff conversation at 2-5. We can jump back to .500 and be a legitimate threat to the Cardinals if we win our next two divisional games vs the Seahawks and Rams!
Pessimist: The Seahawks are fully entrenched in the 49er's heads. Over the past 2 regular seasons (4 games) the 49ers have scored 32 total points vs the Legion of Boom Seahawk's D, that's a dismal average of 8 points per game. Dick Sherman and Earl Thomas salivate in the backfield when facing Kaep. If our offense has been showing life, the Seahawks will kill all hope after dominating a field they infamously took over last Thanksgiving. Great bounce-back opportunity for Seattle and Lynch loves to come home.
Optimist: Russell Wilson doesn't have sex with his girlfriend Ciara and has turned into the NFL's poster child for Jesus-loving Logic and Magical, concussion curing water (aka Holy Water cuz Jesus!). What an idiot! What a loser!
Pessimist: Completely agree.
Pessimist: Chill. We beat the Ravens, who are depleted and ravaged by injuries. The one division game we have played so far resulted in a blowout. The 49ers aren't 3-3, they are 2-4.
Optimist: Boldin and T-Smith had great days, combining for 198 receiving yards and a touchdown. Quinton Patton also had a game-sealing TD and Bruce Miller played his best game in a very long time. Kaep seems to be settling in, posting a 128.2 passer rating with 2 TD's and no interceptions. After the last two games, the 49er offense is coming to life.
Pessimist: Our most explosive offensive player in Carlos Hyde stuffed constantly (21car/55yds), showing a visible sign of frustration by screaming at OL Jordan Devey. The running holes simply aren't there. The return on Vernon Davis was hardly a return at all and the 49er TE's combined for just one reception that Davis didn't even catch. The Ravens also have the 26th ranked passing defense in the NFL, the NY Giants have the 31st.
Optimist: David Ackers looked great!
Pessimist: Bradley Pinnion is the worst punter in the NFL while Andy Lee will make the Pro Bowl (again).
Optimist: The Seahawks are reeling! They have the same record as the 49ers and (shockingly) may even have a worse offensive line! The 49ers have a great opportunity to steal a win vs their rivals and kick them out of any kind of playoff conversation at 2-5. We can jump back to .500 and be a legitimate threat to the Cardinals if we win our next two divisional games vs the Seahawks and Rams!
Pessimist: The Seahawks are fully entrenched in the 49er's heads. Over the past 2 regular seasons (4 games) the 49ers have scored 32 total points vs the Legion of Boom Seahawk's D, that's a dismal average of 8 points per game. Dick Sherman and Earl Thomas salivate in the backfield when facing Kaep. If our offense has been showing life, the Seahawks will kill all hope after dominating a field they infamously took over last Thanksgiving. Great bounce-back opportunity for Seattle and Lynch loves to come home.
Optimist: Russell Wilson doesn't have sex with his girlfriend Ciara and has turned into the NFL's poster child for Jesus-loving Logic and Magical, concussion curing water (aka Holy Water cuz Jesus!). What an idiot! What a loser!
Pessimist: Completely agree.
Optimist: 49ers win a squeaker and a real barn-burner on Thursday night, 13-10.
Pessimist: The Seahawks flex their power over the 49ers on national television, end our playoff hopes and continue to own Levi's Stadium, winning 9-24.
By: El Mijo
Pessimist: The Seahawks flex their power over the 49ers on national television, end our playoff hopes and continue to own Levi's Stadium, winning 9-24.
By: El Mijo