Originally posted by 49ers81:
Just saw a headline in the news feed declaring that the Rams Super Bowl win had earned them the top spot in the NFL.com Power Rankings. That is really a testament to the reality of the league this year. Rams are in no way, shape, or form the best team in the NFL. We beat them twice and probably would have beaten them a third time if Tartt holds on to that pick. We beat the Bengals as well. I watched the highlights of the game and I wasn't convinced I was watching to the two best teams in the league battling it out for bragging rights. They were the two that survived a kind of topsy turvey season. It could have just as easily been us against the Bengals or the Chiefs and Packers or just about any other combination of the final playoff teams. That's the thing that makes the NFL's one and done format so interesting, and maddening, There are no second chances. You have to bring your "A" game every night. Props to them for getting the win but as long as we are healthy next year and can improve in a few spots I imagine we will go back to kicking their asses on a regular basis. Go Niners!
I mean yeah. The Giants weren't better than the Patriots in 2007-2008. They were just better on the night it counted.