Niners Nation
You couldn’t have asked for a better week if you’re a 49ers fan. The Seahawks bumped the Rams, the Cardinals did, well, whatever it is the Cardinals do at this time of the season, and the 49ers beat the Indianapolis Colts. Yes, the 49ers’ defense showed its vulnerabilities. But if you have a quarterback who is going to throw five touchdown passes, something that hasn’t happened since the Joe Montana days (or Steve Young days if you count the Super Bowl), you don’t need your defense to be elite.
The Seahawks beat the Colts by two points in Seattle. The 49ers blew the Colts out late on the road. Matchups do matter, bu49ers’ 49ers offense is definitely clicking and getting hot at the right time. As long as the defense can slow their opponents down and the offense can do what it did Monday night, the 49ers are going to be a team no one wants to play in the postseason.
The rest of the West is shaping up for the rumble that is the final game of the season. San Francisco vs. Seattle, winner takes the West.
Speaking of Seattle….
What is there to say about this game that hasn’t already been said? 49ers fans became Seahawks fans for a couple of hours and got the best possible scenario they could have asked for. The Rams had this thing wrapped up with nine minutes left in the fourth quarter. Sam Darnold just threw an interception to Kobie Turner; the Rams offense was up by 16 and looking decent. The once-praised Seattle defense already had 30 points run up on them. This was over, right?
Wrong answer.
Of course, it’s not a Seattle game without Seattle luck, and that came on another touchdown’s two-point try to tie things up:
As a 49ers fan, I am all too familiar with things like this. Of course, the talk revolved around whether it was a forward pass or not (it wasn’t), and if it wasn’t, why was it blown dead?
The answer is a bit complicated. The refs screwed it up by blowing it dead too early, but it was a backwards pass. Now, all that said, that’s pretty lucky for Seattle to get a two-point try made successful due to a backwards pass being picked up.
The Rams weren’t done and managed another touchdown on the Seahawks, giving Sam Darnold and company one last drive. Not one to take this thing into overtime, Darnold marched down the field, got the touchdown, and then threw this dart:
Game over. Nothing is better than seeing things go the 49ers’ way. 38-37 Seahawks, and we can all go back to hating them.
The Rams have now lost two divisional games. Along with Thursday’s loss was their home game against the 49ers. As you know, the 49ers and Seahawks will settle all of this in the final week of the NFL regular season. I don’t see how this isn’t...
