Quote Originally Posted by MIKECOUU78:
I really thought to see you on San Francisco !
can you give you some throught about this big play because from a perpsective stand point i have a hard time to understand why the Niners is not the right play here. I have been thinking over and over and over all week long, and I cant go against them there are to hot right know.. Remember the past two years, Giants and Ravens have both been to the superbowl with huge momentum at end of the regular season and big win throughout the playoffs, and i think it's the same scenario for the Niners.
PLaying in Seattle isnt all that hard since The cards beat them few weeks ago. Somehow teams are prepared to play there, they come with a solid game plan, ilts just about execution and confidence and i think exactly what the Niners have right know.
I dont affirm the Niners will win guarranted but i think it's a one possesion game which will be played in the last minute of the game, one of the two GB wiil ste up and make the big play to win the game .
GL anyway AMD
Hey MIKE, nice to see your post again, its been awhile....
I like Seattle in this game for a few reasons but after reading an article that I posted on my social media site, the article reaffirmed why I'm making a strong play with Seattle. As much as I like to look at matchups, this game, like any game, is also about numbers. You can google the article, if you'd like, it's titled, "49ers vs Seahawks, NFC Championship game: 4 stats that say Seattle will win," by Kenneth Arthur.
While some numbers are trivial and without much significance, other stats, imo, can't be ignored. In Seattle's last 11 home games against the 49ers, the average score has been 27.45-12.45 in favor of Seattle. I know....different players, different seasons, yada yada...who gives a shitt, I said some of this article was simply trivial. Moving on.....In the last 12 games Seattle has played including the playoffs, Seattle has held opposing offenses to 59% completions, 5.22 yds per attempt, 12 td's, 21 Int's, 32 sacks and a passer rating of a measley 61.75. The Qb's that Seattle faced include Drew Brees (2), Kaepernick (2),Andrew Luck, Carson Palmer, Matt Ryan, Kellen Clemmens, Eli Manning, Chad Henne, Matt Schaub and Ryan Fitzpatrick. As well, over the last five games of the season, Seattle didn't allow more than 170 passing yds and three of the teams were held to less than 200 total yds. Kaepernick is now 1-2 in three career starts against Seattle and his win was at home. Against Seattle, Kaepernick has gone 47/93, 50% completion, 5.8 yds/completion, two td's, five Int's and a passer rating of 53.4. The two games in Seattle, Kaepernick is 32/64, 50%, 1 td and 4 Int's, with 118 rushing yds of which 87 yds came in 1 game. The 49ers have lost 6 of the last 10 games in which Kaepernick has thrown a pick and only Seattle has forced him to throw more than one in the same game. In fact, Kaepernick has thrown at least one Int in all three games against Seattle.
This season, Seattle was 1st in turnovers forced. The 49ers lost turnover battle only twice this season, onece to Seattle and the other to Indy. The 49ers lost both of those games badly. The Seahawks have only lost the turnover battle once this entire season and they still managed to win that game against Tampa.Seattle has only turned the ball over 4 times over their last 8 games while forcing 19 turnovers in that span. Turnovers have been a key during the 49ers last 11 visits to Seattle in which they lost 8 out of 11 by an average, 22 point margin.
In my opinion, I ask...
What's with the the 49ers vaunted defense? They gave up 348 yds against the Falcons in week 16, 407 passing yds to Carson Palmer in week 17 and 267 yds to Cam Newton on only 25 attempts.The fact is this.....Carlos Rogers, Tarell Brown and Tremaine Brock friggin blow. They don't shut anyone down. The 49ers success on defense was by forcing mistakes by the front 7. Rogers has been nursing an injury so if he does play, he wont be at full strength. Their is incredible pressure, once again, on SF's front seven to get to Wilson if the Niners have any chance to win this game. With that said, I believe the X factor is Seattle's O Line vs SF's D line.
In this contest, once again, I love Seattles ability to create turnovers. I love Seattle's secondary against Joe Montana, let alone, Colin Kaepernick, I love Marshawn Lynch's yds per carry after contact, I love Wilson's 3rd completion %, I love the home field advantage.......I friggin love everything about Seattle in this contest.
Good luck