On the same note, Jamal's header was also somewhat of a fluke play too. Football God likes to move in mysterious ways.
Massively fluke! The football gods giveth, and the football gods taketh away. And yet... the flawed puny humans involved *almost* always seem to play a role in attracting either the mercy... or the wrath... of those football gods.
* The Niners missed FG loss vs Cle... that's on the Niners Front Office for drafting a kicker in the 3rd round
* Niners loss to Vikings... that TD just before half... SF DC dials up a zero blitz, skinny puny human Vikings WR snatches ball away from beefier DB and runs for TD
* Jamal's header fluke Love INT... that's on Clint Hurtt for the defensive play call and Jamal for getting close enough to impact the play and Love for catching, not dropping, the popup.
* Recall Geno and the Hawks still had to go 57 yards for the game-winning score. Proving the football gods have a sense of humor, the Hawks winning TD was scored on a SCREEN play!!
"The Pick" in SB49 was my awakening to the non-trivial role the puny humans play in the seemingly arbitrary wickedness of the football gods. I mean, after that Kearse circus catch, how could the football gods turn on us so quickly and totally? The Hawks cut Browner, the Evil Hoodie snags him, and Browner plays a leading role in "The Pick", in the process eventually exposing every chink, flaw, and crack in the Seattle armor.