Playoff Positions After Week Eleven

[MadtownPacker]

Bad ass like always CC! Im gonna have to tell raiders fans they are in the playoff right now. Im sure most of them dont know.


I initially considered if the 49ers have what it takes to beat GB in Lambeau but after further review I believe the D will hold up well against the SF offense. Thats was really my only concern. The offense should be able to put up the 20-24 needed to win in a bad weather game. The trick would be to score it all early like last years NFCC.

[MadtownPacker]

There's also something to be said about the playoffs simply being at a different level, and a team that hasn't been there before often finds themselves overwhelmed. I personally believe that the 2009 Packers were a little unprepared for the intensity of the playoff game and that had a lot to do with their struggles in the game against Arizona (offense struggled early, defense struggled throughout), and that having that opportunity in the previous year was essential for their 2010 playoff run. The 49ers haven't been in the playoffs for 9 years, I'm not convinced they won't just be a quick out due to the stage being bigger than they're prepared for. Jim Harbaugh doesn't have a lot of NFL playoffs experience, but he has a lot more than Alex Smith (who is nobody's captain consistency.)

This is where Im at also. I see too many of the 49ers components at risk for failure in a pressure situation. I have a feeling they might be one and done. I wont feel a damn bit different if they beat Baltimore on Thursday.

[Guiness]

Could just be they made that ride easy.

I hear ya, and yes, SF is definitely a better team than anyone was giving them credit for. But Seattle, Arizona and St-Louis aren't a murderous row. Philly has, to put it mildly, underachieved. Washington is 3-7, Tampa is under .500 and didn't take the step forward expected. Add Cleveland to that mix.

So, they've beaten Detroit and the Giants. Cincinnati has a good record, but I don't think anyone mistakes them for a contender.

I'm not saying the 49ers are bad, I'm saying they haven't been challenged.

[channtheman]

Bad ass like always CC! Im gonna have to tell raiders fans they are in the playoff right now. Im sure most of them dont know.


I initially considered if the 49ers have what it takes to beat GB in Lambeau but after further review I believe the D will hold up well against the SF offense. Thats was really my only concern. The offense should be able to put up the 20-24 needed to win in a bad weather game. The trick would be to score it all early like last years NFCC.

Are Raiders fans really so stupid that they don't know if they are winning their division that they would be in the playoffs?

[smuggler]

I suspect Vernon Davis would be a big pain in the ass in any playoff game we played against SF.

[George Cumby]

I suspect Vernon Davis would be a big pain in the ass in any playoff game we played against SF.

yawp. He's passed Brent Jones as all-time TD leader (as a tight end) for the Niners. He's doing something right, Jones was no slouch.

Listening to KNBR, flagship radio for the Niners out of San Francisco (generally solid programming all the way around, really listenable) and the talk is ALL Packers. They know a showdown with the GnG is coming and the radio boys are pretty confident in Harbaugh and what he's doing.

[AtlPackFan]

Listening to KNBR, flagship radio for the Niners out of San Francisco (generally solid programming all the way around, really listenable) and the talk is ALL Packers. They know a showdown with the GnG is coming and the radio boys are pretty confident in Harbaugh and what he's doing.

Sounds like us in the early 90s as we were climbing up the hill but just not quite able to knock the Cowboys off. All talk at that time was about beating the Cowboys. Once you've won, then the talk centers more around what you as a team have to do to win each individual game, not who you have beat.

[Zool]

Could just be they made that ride easy.

Romo put up 427 yards
Vick put up 405
Manning put up 305

Thats a loss and 2 close wins. If you think the Packers O can't put up more than those 3 teams then yes maybe the 49'ers would win. They are a good team but they arent great.

[Smidgeon]

This is where Im at also. I see too many of the 49ers components at risk for failure in a pressure situation. I have a feeling they might be one and done. I wont feel a damn bit different if they beat Baltimore on Thursday.

I read an article a while back that showed statistically that teams who rely on the run and run defense in the regular season rarely are successful in the playoffs. It's the passing teams with the passing defenses that take off then.