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Some quick observations.
Pats fans were really cool. Didn't think that they would be so gracious in defeat and pregame and during the game they were not really talking crap at all. I have been to a bunch of away stadiums and always dealt with some real assholes. Didn't run into any.
About 20% of the people at the game were 9ers fans. It was crazy. I ran into some from as far north as Maine and as far south as New Jersey. I meant a few who flew in from San Fran. It was a group of 5 hot college chicks.
The only people who were arguing about the game at half were 9ers fans. In fact there were some punches thrown. They were arguing who has a better chance to win the super bow this year smith or kaepernick. Weird thing to get into a fist fight over.
It was cold and windy as hell. The water was freezing rain not just rain. I don't know if you could see it from the TV but the rain would land on you, soak into your cloths then turn to ice. Everytime I moved I would heard the ice breaking in my pants and jacket. I am sure that is why there were so many fumbles in the game. That ball had to have some ice on it.
OK now to some game stuff. Niners had guys running open almost all game. The patriots put almost everyone in the box. One safety deep. The other was usually in the box. Especially in the 3rd and 4th quarters. Everyone know there niners were going to run and of course they did. I had one pats fan ask me why the niners switched to a prevent offense when there was 10 minutes to go in the 3rd.
Also, mid 3rd quarter they changed their defense from rushing 4 to rushing 3. They were giving up anything under 10 yards. There was no once covering there at all and it was giving Brady all the time in the world to find people who basically were uncovered. The niners did that for the first 2 TDs the Patriots got. I kept shaking my head at the stupidity of it all. It was strange watching Welker being totally uncovered. I mean no one was 10 yards near him when the passes were thrown. Only good swarming kept him from breaking a big run after the catch. That and there were 5 niners deep.
All throughout the game niners were getting open. I was surprised at how open in some cases. Vernon Davis got open 5 times down the field and twice was targeted twice and both throws were off just a bit or they would have been TDs. Jenkins got open as well, but most of the time I watched him he was run blocking. Moss also got open often, but it seemed like Kaepernick was a bit late on releasing the ball or he didn't throw it far enough. I couldn't tell sometimes because how high i was.
Everyone was impressed with Lee. I kept hearing "What a punt." The patriots were pinned back a lot it seemed.
Everyone was impressed with Gore and LMJ. LMJ is so quick. He seems to have that agility to get a few extra yards that Gore does not. But Gore looked faster. He would make a move and he was up the field in a hurry. It was a good one two combo. I was happy to see LMJ dive down in bounds at the end of the game to keep that clock running. Good coaching and good thinking in a key part of the game. Made the Patriots blow their time outs.
I was also surprised how many fans don't know the basic rules of football.
I didn't find out that Aldon Smith and Justin Smith were injured till after the game. I was so depressed about the playing not to lose that I was not following the game as close as I should have. Plus I could not stop shivering. At that point I was soaked frozen and the niners were playing like ass.
I was glad I stuck around for the end. By the mid 4th even with the comeback going on people had enough and were leaving in droves. I know of a few who had to get medical attention for hypothermia.
Crabtree is the real deal. I hope the niners sign him to an extension.
All in all a great game even though the weather was nearly unbearable.
:bj:
Pats fans were really cool. Didn't think that they would be so gracious in defeat and pregame and during the game they were not really talking crap at all. I have been to a bunch of away stadiums and always dealt with some real assholes. Didn't run into any.
About 20% of the people at the game were 9ers fans. It was crazy. I ran into some from as far north as Maine and as far south as New Jersey. I meant a few who flew in from San Fran. It was a group of 5 hot college chicks.
The only people who were arguing about the game at half were 9ers fans. In fact there were some punches thrown. They were arguing who has a better chance to win the super bow this year smith or kaepernick. Weird thing to get into a fist fight over.
It was cold and windy as hell. The water was freezing rain not just rain. I don't know if you could see it from the TV but the rain would land on you, soak into your cloths then turn to ice. Everytime I moved I would heard the ice breaking in my pants and jacket. I am sure that is why there were so many fumbles in the game. That ball had to have some ice on it.
OK now to some game stuff. Niners had guys running open almost all game. The patriots put almost everyone in the box. One safety deep. The other was usually in the box. Especially in the 3rd and 4th quarters. Everyone know there niners were going to run and of course they did. I had one pats fan ask me why the niners switched to a prevent offense when there was 10 minutes to go in the 3rd.
Also, mid 3rd quarter they changed their defense from rushing 4 to rushing 3. They were giving up anything under 10 yards. There was no once covering there at all and it was giving Brady all the time in the world to find people who basically were uncovered. The niners did that for the first 2 TDs the Patriots got. I kept shaking my head at the stupidity of it all. It was strange watching Welker being totally uncovered. I mean no one was 10 yards near him when the passes were thrown. Only good swarming kept him from breaking a big run after the catch. That and there were 5 niners deep.
All throughout the game niners were getting open. I was surprised at how open in some cases. Vernon Davis got open 5 times down the field and twice was targeted twice and both throws were off just a bit or they would have been TDs. Jenkins got open as well, but most of the time I watched him he was run blocking. Moss also got open often, but it seemed like Kaepernick was a bit late on releasing the ball or he didn't throw it far enough. I couldn't tell sometimes because how high i was.
Everyone was impressed with Lee. I kept hearing "What a punt." The patriots were pinned back a lot it seemed.
Everyone was impressed with Gore and LMJ. LMJ is so quick. He seems to have that agility to get a few extra yards that Gore does not. But Gore looked faster. He would make a move and he was up the field in a hurry. It was a good one two combo. I was happy to see LMJ dive down in bounds at the end of the game to keep that clock running. Good coaching and good thinking in a key part of the game. Made the Patriots blow their time outs.
I was also surprised how many fans don't know the basic rules of football.
I didn't find out that Aldon Smith and Justin Smith were injured till after the game. I was so depressed about the playing not to lose that I was not following the game as close as I should have. Plus I could not stop shivering. At that point I was soaked frozen and the niners were playing like ass.
I was glad I stuck around for the end. By the mid 4th even with the comeback going on people had enough and were leaving in droves. I know of a few who had to get medical attention for hypothermia.
Crabtree is the real deal. I hope the niners sign him to an extension.
All in all a great game even though the weather was nearly unbearable.
:bj:
