smashmouth59
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Where is Techworlds with the token,
"I will be following this situation closely"?
"I will be following this situation closely"?
I for one aint going to GIVE them anything resembling respect.HighlandHawk":3no5ucq5 said:Until proven otherwise, the 49ers are the top dogs in the NFC. It's a new season soon and with that we will see, but for now there was only one NFC team in the Super Bowl and it wasn't the Seahawks.
smashmouth59":24a5099b said:Where is Techworlds with the token,
"I will be following this situation closely"?
BlueThunder":36pkr0y5 said:to win it all in most polls or discussions I've seen because of the typical, overall anti-Seahawks league sentiment (and pro-49er sentiment), or are the 9ers actually superior to us? I look at both teams, whilst trying to keep my bias neutral (hard, I know), but when I compare us side to side, I just don't see it. I think Kaepernick will be exposed as way overrated, and I just think we're overstacked right now on both sides of the ball in an obvious Super bowl run attempt by our front office. They're going for it, hell be damned! So much will be answered and established in Week 2 at the Clink in the game of games. I think much more will be answered at the end of the season in SF. This season can't frickin' start soon enough! I actually start to physically shake in anticipation of this upcoming season. That hasn't ever happened to me since 1984! Only two months 'till training camp my friends!
Completely agree I more or less just having some fun with my previous post. I do think we have one advantage they don't...our homefield and we are going to need every bit of it this year because of the schedule. Which I can see us go anywhere from 10-6 to 14-2 just depending how things shake out.Fisherhawk":1q6asbal said:KCHawkGirl":1q6asbal said:Maybe but we will disabuse them and sear 42-13 into their brain permanently.
We are closely matched teams.If we ended up the wildcard,but did this to them again,that would take some of the disappointment out of it.
It depends on who gets the lucky bounces,less injuries,and less bonehead calls by the refs.
We do have the talent to take it all,but unfortunately,so do other teams.
volsunghawk":1nxa9pd6 said:but Kaepernick is a better athlete.
smashmouth59":30oyjm6n said:Where is Techworlds with the token,
"I will be following this situation closely"?
Hawks46":2tlwtaen said:I don't see any Seahawk disrespect nationally. Not this year.
So, BlueThunder, why do you think Kaepernick will be worse this year? Why won't he get better in the passing game ? A lot of people really liked that pick coming out of Nevada, and I followed the Wolfpack a bit when I was living in NV, and he was damned good. Most pundits thought he'd make a good pro.
Keep in mind, some folks are predicting a Sophomore slump from Wilson. I personally think it's unlikely due to his godly work ethic and intangibles.
On paper:
Their OL is a lot better than ours.
Their front 7 was better than ours, but they lost Sopoaga and Francois. We gained Avril and Bennett. I know Bennett will succeed in this system, but I really don't know how Avril will do; it's speculation. Their LB corps is better than ours. Sorry, but any combination of Bowman and Willis is better than Wagner/Wright and Random player C. And I think Wagner will improve this year and be close to Willis.
Our secondary is better than theirs. By a lot. Nuff said.
Our skill positions get the slight nod. Lynch is better than Gore at this point of their respective careers. I don't know a ton about their depth, but if Michael puts out half the potential that is being projected, we'll have the best RB depth in the league. I'd give our WRs a big edge now that we have Harvin, and we have a better 2 TE set than they do, although Davis is better than Miller (Miller is a better blocker though).
We have an edge at QB although some people would say it's not much, or not at all. Funny, but neither fan base would trade our QB for theirs and vice versa. The true temper of how much that will be is this year; if both QBs improve, decline, and at what pace.
ST we have the edge.
So add it all up, and I'd say we have the slight edge. For either team to win at the other team's house, the visitor will have to be near perfect...these teams are that close. A couple bad bounces, dropped passes or untimely penalties make either team lose the game. Which team stays the healthiest will probably be the biggest factor although I think we're a deeper team. They probably have as much talent on the bench, but our depth has more experience.
Yes! Finally I see someone mention matchups on this site. Not everything is an ultimate scenario in football. The Vikings are not a better football team than the 49ers, but they matched up well against us and our weaknesses last season and won. Matchups are everything in football.LudwigsDrummer":l4yl4al7 said:Put simply, they (the bad guys) match up just a little better against Atlanta than we do, but we match
up better against SF than Atlanta does.
KCHawkGirl":1wl8ruqh said:Maybe but we will disabuse them and sear 42-13 into their brain permanently.