The Silver Lining Thread (positive people come on in!)

Originally posted by English:

It's one game, guys. Both tackles first week back and rusty. Kicker out and replaced by a rookie. Kittle out and Sanders got injured. And our other receivers, except maybe Deebo, looked pretty worthless. I didn't expect a 9-0 season and neither, reasonably, did any one else.

Up to the team now, to prove it can pick it up again and run with it.

Oh, and next year's first rounder on a receiver please.

I wasnt expecting an undefeated season but didnt want a loss to the hawks in a divisional matchup. This could bite us in the ass when it comes to seeding later.

Originally posted by Thanos89:
All the things that went wrong in this game, injuries, dropped passes, JimmyGs turnovers. We still had a shot at winning. This is a DAMN GOOD football team. If we can make it, (which we should) We will have a legitimate shot to win it all in the playoffs.

I'd be more worried if the team was healthy and still dropped this game.

Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:

Originally posted by Thanos89:
All the things that went wrong in this game, injuries, dropped passes, JimmyGs turnovers. We still had a shot at winning. This is a DAMN GOOD football team. If we can make it, (which we should) We will have a legitimate shot to win it all in the playoffs.

I'd be more worried if the team was healthy and still dropped this game.

Yeah, it's seemed we were running out of steam as the game wore on. I think we would have been lucky to win this game.

It's crazy that we're 8-1 and have to run here. We're absolutely fine, great team with some key injuries and some knocking off rust.

Originally posted by mayo49:

Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:

Originally posted by Thanos89:
All the things that went wrong in this game, injuries, dropped passes, JimmyGs turnovers. We still had a shot at winning. This is a DAMN GOOD football team. If we can make it, (which we should) We will have a legitimate shot to win it all in the playoffs.

I'd be more worried if the team was healthy and still dropped this game.

Yeah, it's seemed we were running out of steam as the game wore on. I think we would have been lucky to win this game.

Oh we should have stolen this one for sure. But the key injuries and the rustiness of the players returning was a big factor.

We'll be alright.

Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:

I'd be more worried if the team was healthy and still dropped this game.

This

It's very hard for me to pick myself up this morning after spending 4 hours in the middle of the night (game start here: 1.30 am) hyperventilating. On top of the heartbreaking loss we ended up with another boatload of injuries.

How about the silver lining then? Well, if we are for real, and I think we are, we use this loss to build up steam for a playoff run. Also, in a way we had no business being even in OT, what with 2 turnovers on our goal line saving us, and the Seahawks D dropping about a quadrillion interceptions on the final drive of regulation. They played about the perfect game for them, we played badly on one side of the ball (the D though was magnificent), decimated by the aforementioned injuries... and we still had a chance to win down the stretch.

I remember an interview with Michael Jordan after his first NBA title saying that the first time he knew the Bulls were winning was after they dropped Game 1 at home: I paraphrase, but he pretty much said what I just wrote above: "they played their asses off, we played terribly, and we still has a chance down the stretch". Normally people would have said that they dropped one at home. He felt that the only way they could lose was by everything aligning against them- and how often does this happen? Indeed, they won the next 4 straight.

All this doesn't change that this is a horrible morning for me, short of sleep and unable to concentrate on my work. My wife was sympathetically looking at me in the morning as if someone had died, although she still thinks it's ludicrous to get worked up about something that happened 3000 miles away in the middle of the night (for us).

^^bingo

This is a young team. Young coaching staff even. Champions are groomed out of losses. See 1994 49ers after the Eagles game.

We're all frustrated and disappointed because we know how great these guys are. But I'm confident that they're all coming out of this hungrier. And I'm confident coaching will focus themselves and the team in the right direction.

Let's go Kyle... Learn from this. This is your year.

8-1 BABY!!!!

You really can't complain about that record.

our receiving core outside of Kittle, Sanders, Juice, and Dwelley are our weakness became totally clear last night. Deebo is the only one who looks like he has a future here out of the rest.

Originally posted by D0PEMAN:

8-1 BABY!!!!

You really can't complain about that record.

The way fans are reacting you'd think the team is now 0-9.

Yes, it was a tough loss, and yes the team's injuries are frustrating. This team has good character, though, so I expect them to fight on instead of playing down like many fans seem to expect them to do.

Originally posted by paulk205:

It's very hard for me to pick myself up this morning after spending 4 hours in the middle of the night (game start here: 1.30 am) hyperventilating. On top of the heartbreaking loss we ended up with another boatload of injuries.

How about the silver lining then? Well, if we are for real, and I think we are, we use this loss to build up steam for a playoff run. Also, in a way we had no business being even in OT, what with 2 turnovers on our goal line saving us, and the Seahawks D dropping about a quadrillion interceptions on the final drive of regulation. They played about the perfect game for them, we played badly on one side of the ball (the D though was magnificent), decimated by the aforementioned injuries... and we still had a chance to win down the stretch.

I remember an interview with Michael Jordan after his first NBA title saying that the first time he knew the Bulls were winning was after they dropped Game 1 at home: I paraphrase, but he pretty much said what I just wrote above: "they played their asses off, we played terribly, and we still has a chance down the stretch". Normally people would have said that they dropped one at home. He felt that the only way they could lose was by everything aligning against them- and how often does this happen? Indeed, they won the next 4 straight.

All this doesn't change that this is a horrible morning for me, short of sleep and unable to concentrate on my work. My wife was sympathetically looking at me in the morning as if someone had died, although she still thinks it's ludicrous to get worked up about something that happened 3000 miles away in the middle of the night (for us).

That michael jordan part made me feel better about this loss.

Originally posted by Team49ers:

Originally posted by paulk205:

It's very hard for me to pick myself up this morning after spending 4 hours in the middle of the night (game start here: 1.30 am) hyperventilating. On top of the heartbreaking loss we ended up with another boatload of injuries.

How about the silver lining then? Well, if we are for real, and I think we are, we use this loss to build up steam for a playoff run. Also, in a way we had no business being even in OT, what with 2 turnovers on our goal line saving us, and the Seahawks D dropping about a quadrillion interceptions on the final drive of regulation. They played about the perfect game for them, we played badly on one side of the ball (the D though was magnificent), decimated by the aforementioned injuries... and we still had a chance to win down the stretch.

I remember an interview with Michael Jordan after his first NBA title saying that the first time he knew the Bulls were winning was after they dropped Game 1 at home: I paraphrase, but he pretty much said what I just wrote above: "they played their asses off, we played terribly, and we still has a chance down the stretch". Normally people would have said that they dropped one at home. He felt that the only way they could lose was by everything aligning against them- and how often does this happen? Indeed, they won the next 4 straight.

All this doesn't change that this is a horrible morning for me, short of sleep and unable to concentrate on my work. My wife was sympathetically looking at me in the morning as if someone had died, although she still thinks it's ludicrous to get worked up about something that happened 3000 miles away in the middle of the night (for us).

That michael jordan part made me feel better about this loss.

To be fair, Jordan may not have felt that way if Pippen and Grant got injured and were out for the next few games of the series.

I'm Irish, living in Ireland and have only posted here in the last few months even though I've followed the niners since the 80's and I have a question

Are all US sports fans so Jekyll and Hyde after about as narrow a loss as you can get. I'm stunned at the lack of positivity in other threads. We are having a fantastic season, probably better than most of us imagined it would go and we lost after playing perhaps our worst game in the last second of overtime. get real people. We are good. We will learn from this. Cardinals are in for a world of pain next Sunday

Heads up lads and lassies. Losses are what build character and this team has bucket loads.