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Post by MarchingOn on Nov 16, 2013 13:39:12 GMT -5
Vaccaro missed practice Thursday and will likely miss the game on Sunday against the 49ers. Benjamin Watson is the other player ruled out for Sunday with injury. Other than that, everybody's relatively healthy and ready to go. Sucks that Vaccaro can't go, but all things considered we're a healthy team right now. I wish Watson the best, he's been very solid for the team so far. Not having Vaccaro will hurt some but they should be ok for this week, they definitely need him 100% for the trip to Seattle Can't wait for the Seattle game. Dang Tampa Bay, I really wish they could've held on against Seattle a couple weeks ago. I realize I'm thinking way ahead, but I really, really don't want to have to travel and play @seattle for the NFC championship game. That's what would happen if they end up with a better record than us. Winning @seattle in a couple weeks is a must if we want to have complete homefield advantage in the playoffs.
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Post by TonOdanK on Nov 16, 2013 16:10:47 GMT -5
I wish Watson the best, he's been very solid for the team so far. Not having Vaccaro will hurt some but they should be ok for this week, they definitely need him 100% for the trip to Seattle Can't wait for the Seattle game. Dang Tampa Bay, I really wish they could've held on against Seattle a couple weeks ago. I realize I'm thinking way ahead, but I really, really don't want to have to travel and play @seattle for the NFC championship game. That's what would happen if they end up with a better record than us. Winning @seattle in a couple weeks is a must if we want to have complete homefield advantage in the playoffs. Tampa Bay and Houston both blew huge leads to beat them and St. Louis couldn't pull the trigger to put them away, all 3 of those games drove me crazy lol. After seeing how well Tampa Bay and Tennessee played in Seattle it gives me more hope that they can beat them. But unfortunately they still have a fairly tough schedule ahead. Hopefully Seattle catches some more losses along the way after the Saints game
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Post by MarchingOn on Nov 17, 2013 19:55:25 GMT -5
I see what you're saying. Although Hartley is pretty clutch, so I think that's a redeemable factor. I did some more number crunching, and in the 4th quarter/OT, Hartley is 21/26 in his career. That's 80%, which seems pretty good to me. I think it's also worth nothing Hartley has never missed a FG in the playoffs. He's not a world beater or anything, but he's good enough imo. And I'd rather have a kicker who can step it up in crunch time, even if he may miss a few in the earlier quarters instead of the opposite of that - a kicker who hits FGs in the 1st/2nd quarter, but crumbles under pressure when his team needs him most. My boy Hartley, pulling through in the clutch.
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Post by MarchingOn on Nov 17, 2013 20:28:03 GMT -5
We've probably lost Jabari Greer for the season. That injury was tough to watch.
Hopefully I'm wrong and he has a speedy recovery though.
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Post by TonOdanK on Nov 18, 2013 15:56:42 GMT -5
I see what you're saying. Although Hartley is pretty clutch, so I think that's a redeemable factor. I did some more number crunching, and in the 4th quarter/OT, Hartley is 21/26 in his career. That's 80%, which seems pretty good to me. I think it's also worth nothing Hartley has never missed a FG in the playoffs. He's not a world beater or anything, but he's good enough imo. And I'd rather have a kicker who can step it up in crunch time, even if he may miss a few in the earlier quarters instead of the opposite of that - a kicker who hits FGs in the 1st/2nd quarter, but crumbles under pressure when his team needs him most. My boy Hartley, pulling through in the clutch. Payton needs to tell him his job is on the line before every kick
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Post by TonOdanK on Nov 18, 2013 15:57:36 GMT -5
We've probably lost Jabari Greer for the season. That injury was tough to watch. Hopefully I'm wrong and he has a speedy recovery though. Yes that injury was pretty brutal, I hope he's ok
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Post by TonOdanK on Nov 18, 2013 16:09:16 GMT -5
Well that wasn't the best looking win but I'll take it. Score was very deceiving, Saints pretty much dominated both sides of the ball. Every score the 49ers had was because of the Saints dumb mistakes. Moore's muffed punt, White's fumble into the endzone, Brees' stupid pick (not sure what he was thinking on that one) and Payton's decision to go for it on 4th and 4. Saints defense impresses me once again
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Post by MarchingOn on Nov 18, 2013 16:53:45 GMT -5
Well that wasn't the best looking win but I'll take it. Score was very deceiving, Saints pretty much dominated both sides of the ball. Every score the 49ers had was because of the Saints dumb mistakes. Moore's muffed punt, White's fumble into the endzone, Brees' stupid pick (not sure what he was thinking on that one) and Payton's decision to go for it on 4th and 4. Saints defense impresses me once again I thought the defense played their best game of the season Sunday. We're on TNF next game playing @atl. We "should" win, but rivalry games can be unpredictable. I'm actually glad we're on TNF this week. Seattle is on a bye this week, but we'll have a few extra days to prepare for them as well.
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Post by MarchingOn on Nov 18, 2013 16:56:48 GMT -5
One more thing I'd like to add: I think our run game is starting to come together. We ran the ball well vs SF if you ask me.
If we could have a complete offense to go along with this D..
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Post by TonOdanK on Nov 18, 2013 21:09:15 GMT -5
Well that wasn't the best looking win but I'll take it. Score was very deceiving, Saints pretty much dominated both sides of the ball. Every score the 49ers had was because of the Saints dumb mistakes. Moore's muffed punt, White's fumble into the endzone, Brees' stupid pick (not sure what he was thinking on that one) and Payton's decision to go for it on 4th and 4. Saints defense impresses me once again I thought the defense played their best game of the season Sunday. We're on TNF next game playing @atl. We "should" win, but rivalry games can be unpredictable. I'm actually glad we're on TNF this week. Seattle is on a bye this week, but we'll have a few extra days to prepare for them as well. I agree, best defensive performance so far. They can definitely use the extra days to prepare for Seattle, I think this is the make or break game for homefield in the playoffs. Not looking past Atlanta, they always play the Saints tough, especially in Atlanta
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