Steady_Hawk wrote:I expected the Niners to blow GB out, the only reason it was won in the last minute was because of Kap's bad decisions. GB had a skeleton of a D and still had a chance to win that game. Pretty impressive on their part really. Kap, not so much.
I really wonder what all of the headlines would have read had GB won the game. What would have been said about Kap then?
mykc14 wrote:Don't get me wrong I think the niners are the second best team in the NFL and the team that poses the biggest threat to our first SB, but what is the deal with all of the love the niners are getting after beating GB. Two days in a row ESPN has had front page articles about how the niners are the SB favorites now when the best 4 teams in either conference haven't even played a playoff game. My main question is what has changed. Aren't the niners exactly who we thought they were? Future, maybe you can help me with this, why all the new love for the niners? I mean the niners have always been good. They Only lost 4 games this year, all to playoff teams. I also want to add that I still think the Hawks are a better team, but why are people all the sudden jumping all over the niners? Am I missing something. Did they show something in GB that we didn't know about them? IMO they didn't. We already knew they were good, could win on the road in the playoffs, and were SB caliber. I don't get it.
This isn't meant to be a "whose better the Hawks or niners" thread (we already know that Hawks are) or a thread to compare the teams, simply a question: what changed with the GB game?
Steady_Hawk wrote:I expected the Niners to blow GB out, the only reason it was won in the last minute was because of Kap's bad decisions. GB had a skeleton of a D and still had a chance to win that game. Pretty impressive on their part really. Kap, not so much.
I really wonder what all of the headlines would have read had GB won the game. What would have been said about Kap then?
RiverDog wrote:I think we touched on this subject in another thread. IMO, the media is always slow to react to a changing of the guard. The Niners are clearly the most consistent team in the NFL over the past 3 years. They went to the NFC Championship game two years ago, coming within an eyelash of going to the SB, went to the SB a year ago and came within an eyelash of winning the Lombardi, then had an outstanding regular season this year, finishing with a 12-4 record. It's like a boxer having to decisively beat the defending champ until the changing of the guard is complete, and so far, we haven't done that, or at least haven't done it when it counts, ie the playoffs.
The media love fest doesn't bother me one little bit. I am very confident that with our home field advantage, we can beat the Niners. We may not blow them off the field out as we did in our last two previous meetings in our house, but I definitely think we'll beat them decisively. We are the better team.
RiverDog wrote:mykc14 wrote:Don't get me wrong I think the niners are the second best team in the NFL and the team that poses the biggest threat to our first SB, but what is the deal with all of the love the niners are getting after beating GB. Two days in a row ESPN has had front page articles about how the niners are the SB favorites now when the best 4 teams in either conference haven't even played a playoff game. My main question is what has changed. Aren't the niners exactly who we thought they were? Future, maybe you can help me with this, why all the new love for the niners? I mean the niners have always been good. They Only lost 4 games this year, all to playoff teams. I also want to add that I still think the Hawks are a better team, but why are people all the sudden jumping all over the niners? Am I missing something. Did they show something in GB that we didn't know about them? IMO they didn't. We already knew they were good, could win on the road in the playoffs, and were SB caliber. I don't get it.
This isn't meant to be a "whose better the Hawks or niners" thread (we already know that Hawks are) or a thread to compare the teams, simply a question: what changed with the GB game?
Hello, mykc...
I think we touched on this subject in another thread. IMO, the media is always slow to react to a changing of the guard. The Niners are clearly the most consistent team in the NFL over the past 3 years. They went to the NFC Championship game two years ago, coming within an eyelash of going to the SB, went to the SB a year ago and came within an eyelash of winning the Lombardi, then had an outstanding regular season this year, finishing with a 12-4 record. It's like a boxer having to decisively beat the defending champ until the changing of the guard is complete, and so far, we haven't done that, or at least haven't done it when it counts, ie the playoffs.
The media love fest doesn't bother me one little bit. I am very confident that with our home field advantage, we can beat the Niners. We may not blow them off the field out as we did in our last two previous meetings in our house, but I definitely think we'll beat them decisively. We are the better team.
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Clem7 wrote:Fine, we don't want to be America's team. We are the Seahawks.
I believe we are beginning a yearly run where the darlings will have to deal with us.
daweez wrote:I wonder how much they will love them after Carolina beats them this week?
RiverDog wrote:Clem7 wrote:Fine, we don't want to be America's team. We are the Seahawks.
I believe we are beginning a yearly run where the darlings will have to deal with us.
Me, either. Nor do I want to see street gangs wearing our paraphernalia like they did with the Raiders. I'm OK with being the team from Timbuktu or where ever the rest of the country thinks Seattle is in.
We do seem to be the trendy team, with the most contemporary uniforms in the league, Pete's coaching style being rather unique and un-Lombardi like, and our 12th man/home field advantage adding a bit of mystique to our reputation. I'm OK with all of that, but it's not something I necessarily crave. All I care about is winning football games.
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