The play at the end of the Ravens/Patriots game when it was 3 and 1, Flacco could have just ran for the first down easily. That was the only real mistake I saw Flacco do last night. With all the criticism, he really did play well last night.
I think they had 1 more timeout.I was thinking about that.
If he did that, then they'd have no time outs, and I bet they still would've kicked the FG the very next play.
But yeah, if I was Flacco, I would've ran for it anyway.
Why in God's name does it seem like every Niners fan feels like they "deserve" another Lombardi trophy?
You people are more pompous than Batman fans.
And I just don't get.I've picked up on that a bit too. None of this loss falls on the Niners. It is just a "fluke," from the Giants. It doesn't matter to fans that Smith played like total ****. It doesn't matter that the Niners had all kinds of stupid penalties (which Harbaugh didn't seem to hold his team accountable for). The lack of third down conversions, the ridiculously conservative play calling, the mental lapses, the bad special teams play and so on and so forth....The Niners lost this game because they deserved to lose. Their fans seem to act like they were heirs apparent to the Lombardi, that this was THEIR season and that they were some how deprived of it unjustly.
I've picked up on that a bit too. None of this loss falls on the Niners. It is just a "fluke," from the Giants. It doesn't matter to fans that Smith played like total ****. It doesn't matter that the Niners had all kinds of stupid penalties (which Harbaugh didn't seem to hold his team accountable for). The lack of third down conversions, the ridiculously conservative play calling, the mental lapses, the bad special teams play and so on and so forth....The Niners lost this game because they deserved to lose. Their fans seem to act like they were heirs apparent to the Lombardi, that this was THEIR season and that they were some how deprived of it unjustly.
You Steelers fans have even more trophies and you guys don't act like that.
I love Niners fans using the could of should of would of nonesense . The bottom line is a game that was pretty even . The Giants had no turnovers . The Niners had 2 . Yes turnovers usually do determine the games especially when it comes to close games so stop knocking the Giants for doing what the Niners couldn't which was remain turnover free .
All close games you can say if you take this play away or if that play happens ... Guess what it doesn't matter
Way to twist my words.Everybody plays "shoulda coulda woulda" when it comes to football... it was an excellent game, and unfortunately, my team didn't win... doesn't make me wanna cheer for the Giants though... like CConn mentions, they play really dumb football most times, and it's difficult to appreciate a team that fumbles their way to success, and I have just hated the Giants for over 25 years now... never liked them, never will...
And I just don't get.
You Steelers fans have even more trophies and you guys don't act like that.
Hell, the way you guys act on here, I might've actually started liking the Steelers. If not for your QB.![]()
Man, you Steeler fans' sure like to gripe against the Niner fans...
We have to read pages upon pages upon pages upon pages upon pages upon pages upon pages upon pages upon pages upon pages upon pages upon pages upon pages upon pages upon pages upon pages upon pages upon pages upon pages upon pages upon pages of gripes and moans when the Steelers lose a REGULATION game and all the reasons why (and it's practically always the coaches' fault)... and we don't have the same rights to complain?
The Niners offense moved the ball when it did, and scored when they had the opportunities... the Giants D stopped them when they had to... same goes for the Giants offense... they moved the ball, but the Niner D stepped up when they had to and prevented them from scoring... Yes, Alex Smith did not have a good game, but some of that comes from the Giants playing great Defense... ditto for the other way around...most of us are just complaining about the botched punt return... you take that ONE play out of the game, and we wouldn't have even gone to overtime...
So give me another infraction, but I'm just calling a spade a spade, and if you can be a baby when the Steelers lose a game, then we have the right to complain as well... at least we had a legitimate "bad play" to focus on yesterday... not just the same inept coaching/injured star player crap that you keep moaning about.
Thanks for listening.
Mike
I've seen Matt and company react to plenty of Steelers loses, and they're not "babies" when the Steelers lose. At least not nearly in the same way as you guys.
As a casual observer, I'd much rather hear fans get down on their own team and coaching staff, than go around trying to illegitimize their opponents victory, and start praying to Egyptian gods that they'll loose the next game.
Matt, SIAT, etc. just seem passionate about their team. 90% of you Niners fans just seem immature.
Way to twist my words.![]()
If it had been anyone else but the Giants, I might have kept my cool... I just HATE that ****ing team.
Listen, I've been living on the East Coast my entire life, and have been a Niner fan since 1980, so I've seen the highs and lows... I don't like it when they lose, and unfortunately, the Niner offense ran into a hot Defense yesterday... the fact that it was the Giants pisses me off even more...
Having said that, it was anyone's game throughout the ENTIRE game... Matt can throw all the bad Alex Smith stats in my face, but neither offense was able to move the ball nor score because both defenses played terrific.
I don't understand where it's written that I have to "enjoy" seeing my team lose?
Niners fans on the other hand seem desperate to show why this entire season will now have an asterisk beside it in the history books because EVERYONE knows the Niners SHOULD have won and were robbed by a fluke.
TMOB how many years would you give Smith?![]()
I never said there needed to be an asterix anywhere... they lost a game that I BELIEVE they could have easily won.
Why is that so wrong?
I would like to think that all you Steeler fans BELIEVE you should have beaten the Broncos and lost to a flukey QB (and bad coaching)
In terms of contract, I meant.If management doesn't get a big name QB in the off-season, I would give Smith ONE year to improve... he's had his chances, and we can all look at the different HC's and OC's... but next season, he'll have the same team as this year, so he should simply be better.
If not... get rid of him.
And that's merely my opinion.
I never blamed a flukey quarterback for the loss to the Broncos. In fact, I feel like (and have stated) that the Steelers went into Mile High, cocky and arrogant and got both outplayed and outcoached. I'm not saying that we deserved to win the game. We didn't. You on the other hand seem insistent that Niners some how got hosed.
As a casual observer, I'd much rather hear fans get down on their own team and coaching staff, than go around trying to illegitimize their opponents victory, and start praying to Egyptian gods that they'll loose the next game.
In terms of contract, I meant.