Sunday, November 21, 2004
Last Political Thoughts, and Speaking of An Organazation In Shambles... How About Those 49ers?
Yep, I think I earned at least a draw on the political matters. I hope the Democrats took notice that I did better than they did. I don't believe that the Dems lost this election due to a conspiracy (although I think 2000 was a little more muddled). All I can say is there is a great divide in this country between red and blue, and a lot of anger on the side of blue (including Junior Bro) over the results.
Speaking of lackluster organizations. How about those 49ers? The Niners were blown out by Trampled Bay, a team that they blew out just last year. The 49ers seem to have shown up with three different personalities on game day this year:
1) Don't show up for the first half, then come roaring back in the second half only to fall short at the end (other than that game against the Cardinals).
2) Play great coming out of the gate, but then don't show up for the second half, and lose going away.
3) Don't show up the whole game and get blown out (as they did in Tampa Bay and Seattle).
When the 49ers have a chance of winning near the end, they almost always turn the ball over. Usually, that entails a Tim Rattay interception returned for a touchdown, which has happend four or five times so far this year. I haven't seen the stats, but I believe the 49ers offense has generated more touchdowns for the opposition than they have scored for themselves in the last several games.
The 49ers now give the appearance of having given up. Either that, or they are severely overmatched (which is at least true in part). It's not suprising that you give up a lot of points when your cornerbacks are guys you found rummaging through the trash outside Candlestick Park before the game. What is somewhat suprising is just how awful the 49ers offense looks. Granted, there are injuries to the offensive line, but playcalling has been very vanilla. The 49ers would have nothing to lose by trying a fake punt or a flea-flicker every once in a while.
Next weeks game against Miami may determine who takes the first pick in the draft and the coveted Blooper Bowl trophy. It's a far cry from the glory days of 1984!
Junior Bro 6:04:00 PM
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