Niners Road to the #1 Seed

Originally posted by SlipAndSlideBosa:

Originally posted by Patton:

Originally posted by Young2Owens:
Regarding the Rams game: if they beat the saints and if Seattle drops a game, they could be locked in to the 6 seed by the time we play them and thus would have no motivation to play their starters against us

Let's just get the #1 seed locked up after the Commanders game and sit everyone for the Rams game. 👍

Funny if we both sit players in that game.

Originally posted by ritz126:
agreed. It would be nice though to have these last 2 weeks to bubble wrap our players though

Originally posted by BP13:

Originally posted by Cisco0623:
I remember when the colts with Manning sat players the final week and had the bye...They were rusty as hell and lost in the playoffs. Another year they scored so much the defense was literally gassed come playoff time etc. Also Strahan talking about their 07 run and how having a week off would have killed their mojo. Once they almost ended the pats perfect season that last game they all felt they really had a chance and that carried them all the way.

I love that story btw. Coughlin sat his guys down and asked them (Giants already knew their playoff slot before the final game) and said do you want to rest or try to beat these undefeated mofos and the players all wanted the go at them. It got them going for sure.

Obviously Kyle wants the bye, but I'd expect the starters to play half the final game even if its already locked up.

Here is a quote from our coach.
"I think that's one of the biggest mistakes people make just watching it over the years. That's my opinion," Shanahan said Tuesday. "I would understand if you were getting ready for a seven-game series, I don't think football is like that. It's three and a half hours. It's one shot. I've been on a lot of teams where you rest guys and or give guys a few more weeks and those are usually the guys who struggle the most in that first playoff game."

https://www.nfl.com/news/niners-coach-kyle-shanahan-wary-of-resting-healthy-players-ahead-of-postseason

Originally posted by Patton:

Originally posted by SlipAndSlideBosa:

Originally posted by Patton:

Originally posted by Young2Owens:
Regarding the Rams game: if they beat the saints and if Seattle drops a game, they could be locked in to the 6 seed by the time we play them and thus would have no motivation to play their starters against us

Let's just get the #1 seed locked up after the Commanders game and sit everyone for the Rams game. 👍

Funny if we both sit players in that game.

The league would still get a 4th preseason game 😎

Originally posted by BoldRedandGold:
Rams looking a lot more dangerous than the ravens imo. Their RB is legit and has speed and power to give us problems.

The ravens may have a better record but they have a gimmick QB and are down two rbs which means Lamar will have to pass.

Better not make that final week a must win. After watching last night's game I can see us easily dropping that one.

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:

Originally posted by BoldRedandGold:
Rams looking a lot more dangerous than the ravens imo. Their RB is legit and has speed and power to give us problems.

The ravens may have a better record but they have a gimmick QB and are down two rbs which means Lamar will have to pass.

Better not make that final week a must win. After watching last night's game I can see us easily dropping that one.

Ravens > Rams
football is a game of depth

if you look at the top 50 players in a Ravens / Rams game, 30+ would be Ravens
Rams just have the obvious stars, like Staffy, Kupp, Puka, Donald, McVay, etc. After those guys, it's a pretty rag tag group. Rams are asking a lot from Akhello Witherspoon. Just realize that at all times

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:

Originally posted by BoldRedandGold:
Rams looking a lot more dangerous than the ravens imo. Their RB is legit and has speed and power to give us problems.

The ravens may have a better record but they have a gimmick QB and are down two rbs which means Lamar will have to pass.

Better not make that final week a must win. After watching last night's game I can see us easily dropping that one.

Ravens > Rams
football is a game of depth

if you look at the top 50 players in a Ravens / Rams game, 30+ would be Ravens
Rams just have the obvious stars, like Staffy, Kupp, Puka, Donald, McVay, etc. After those guys, it's a pretty rag tag group. Rams are asking a lot from Akhello Witherspoon. Just realize that at all times

yet Ravens had to comeback for most of the game and win it on a fluke punt return

lol these takes,

Originally posted by BoldRedandGold:

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:

Originally posted by BoldRedandGold:
Rams looking a lot more dangerous than the ravens imo. Their RB is legit and has speed and power to give us problems.

The ravens may have a better record but they have a gimmick QB and are down two rbs which means Lamar will have to pass.

Better not make that final week a must win. After watching last night's game I can see us easily dropping that one.

Ravens > Rams
football is a game of depth

if you look at the top 50 players in a Ravens / Rams game, 30+ would be Ravens
Rams just have the obvious stars, like Staffy, Kupp, Puka, Donald, McVay, etc. After those guys, it's a pretty rag tag group. Rams are asking a lot from Akhello Witherspoon. Just realize that at all times

yet Ravens had to comeback for most of the game and win it on a fluke punt return

lol these takes,

It's about matchups as well not just talent. The ravens we should be able to make one dimensional and into Lamar weakness (passing from the pocket) because they are down to third string RB. The rams know us. It's also hard to win every game in your division in a given year. Stafford can pass if we try to bottle kyren and they have kupp back and puca which makes them dangerous.

Originally posted by BoldRedandGold:
Rams looking a lot more dangerous than the ravens imo. Their RB is legit and has speed and power to give us problems.

The ravens may have a better record but they have a gimmick QB and are down two rbs which means Lamar will have to pass.

Better not make that final week a must win. After watching last night's game I can see us easily dropping that one.

Originally posted by Silky:

Originally posted by BoldRedandGold:
Rams looking a lot more dangerous than the ravens imo. Their RB is legit and has speed and power to give us problems.

The ravens may have a better record but they have a gimmick QB and are down two rbs which means Lamar will have to pass.

Better not make that final week a must win. After watching last night's game I can see us easily dropping that one.

I don't think Lamar is a gimmick. I think he's really good actually. He throws super accurate and is the best running QB. Maybe ever

Originally posted by Cisco0623:

Originally posted by ritz126:

Originally posted by AB81Rules:

Originally posted by ritz126:

Originally posted by SlipAndSlideBosa:

Originally posted by Patton:

Originally posted by Young2Owens:
Regarding the Rams game: if they beat the saints and if Seattle drops a game, they could be locked in to the 6 seed by the time we play them and thus would have no motivation to play their starters against us

Let's just get the #1 seed locked up after the Commanders game and sit everyone for the Rams game. 👍

Funny if we both sit players in that game.

agree on a draw? lol

Whats funny is we can clinch the #1 seed this week itself

Vikings need to beat the Lions
Eagles need to lose to Giants
Cowboys have tolose to Miami
all three need to happen along with a 49er win i doubt this happens though

I just can't see the Eagles losing to the Giants, I can see the Vikings & Dolphins winning, Lions really don't scare me, and the Cowboys are the Cowboys, they can't beat a good team, except the Eagles.

agreed. It would be nice though to have these last 2 weeks to bubble wrap our players though

I remember when the colts with Manning sat players the final week and had the bye...They were rusty as hell and lost in the playoffs. Another year they scored so much the defense was literally gassed come playoff time etc. Also Strahan talking about their 07 run and how having a week off would have killed their mojo. Once they almost ended the pats perfect season that last game they all felt they really had a chance and that carried them all the way.

I love that story btw. Coughlin sat his guys down and asked them (Giants already knew their playoff slot before the final game) and said do you want to rest or try to beat these undefeated mofos and the players all wanted the go at them. It got them going for sure.

Obviously Kyle wants the bye, but I'd expect the starters to play half the final game even if its already locked up.

Originally posted by elguapo:
Just beat the Ravens by 11 and the commanders by a PLETHORA of points and were golden ponyboy All we have to do then is decide to whip the Rams ass like we always do or rest some injured players and give them a gift wrapped playoff appearance so they can beat Philly or Dallas for us even though we don't need any help whatsoever.

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:

Originally posted by Silky:

Originally posted by BoldRedandGold:
Rams looking a lot more dangerous than the ravens imo. Their RB is legit and has speed and power to give us problems.

The ravens may have a better record but they have a gimmick QB and are down two rbs which means Lamar will have to pass.

Better not make that final week a must win. After watching last night's game I can see us easily dropping that one.

I don't think Lamar is a gimmick. I think he's really good actually. He throws super accurate and is the best running QB. Maybe ever

his numbers would be better if true, but he can only run and throw short.