Posted on 12/31/2019 10:28:11 AM PST by Mariner
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have gone from the No. 2 draft pick to the No. 1 seed in the span of a year.
After four straight losing seasons, including only 10 wins in coach Kyle Shanahan's first two seasons, the 49ers (13-3) emerged as the top team in the NFC thanks a big-play offense and a vastly improved defense.
"We knew going into the year we had a chance to be pretty good with what we had on paper and watching the guys throughout training camp," Shanahan said. "We knew that pretty well after the first five games, we could feel it. Then you go through a number of injuries and stuff and you never know how you're going to be able to fully handle that. That's what I have been impressed the most with the guys, no one has wavered."
That was especially true Sunday night in the season finale when the 49ers ended an eight-game skid in Seattle and beat the Seahawks 26-21 after making a stop inches from the goal line in the closing seconds. That was the fifth straight game for San Francisco that was decided in the final 10 seconds.
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“I’ll be very pleasantly surprised if the Niners make it to the SB. “
They’ll likely have to get through New Orleans AND Seattle...
Again.
They’ll have their hands full. Beating Seattle Sunday night on the one-inch line with zero time left...nail-biter...
I love them already...
Well, that idiotic 5 yard delay of game penalty near the end, (that pushed Seattle back from the goal line to the 6) could be considered a flub. The Seattle coach said as much in post game interviews.
Does Dre Greenlaw go down in 49er folklore with “the tackle” the same way Dwight Clark did against the Cowboys with “the catch”?
The Pats would have a bye if Robert had let Bill keep Jimmy.
I occasionally pick individual stocks. Made a killing on AMD having purchased it around $12/share about eighteen months ago and selling it off at just over $40 recently. Granted I only pick a stock I've thoroughly researched and know about very well. I'm a technology geek and I'm very into disruptive technologies. I'm also an AMD fan so I've really welcomed their newfound competition with Intel.
Having said all that, I probably do around 70% or so with football picks -- as long as I don't bet actual money on the game. I'm guaranteed to lose anytime money is involved, just how it works for me.
Best of luck to your 49'ers! I do not look forward to a Packers/49'ers matchup in the NFC Playoff's.
GB may not have to worry about the Niners. I think it will be tough for GB to get by NO.
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