It was a pretty close game through out most of the game on Sunday but the San Francisco 49ers lost to the New England Patriots 30-21. The victory was the Patriots first ever win in San Francisco. With the loss, the 49ers are now 2-3 on the season.

Three interceptions by J.T. O’Sullivan really hurt the offense. He finished the game with just 130 yards on 14 of 29 throwing. That simply isn’t going to get the job done against the Patrios. This was really a game that the niners could have one had they not made the tournovers and got some stops on third downs by the defense.

Patrick Willis led the team with 18 tackles as he was flying all over the place. I was dissappointed in the play of Walt Harris and Nate Clements as they let Randy Moss get deep and score on a 66 yard pass in the first half. The two veterans back there know better then to let Moss catch the ball deep.

Once again the running game was terrible. Frank Gore only rushed for 54 yards on 12 carries. Gore simply isn’t getting the holes that he needs to and is struggling at making guys miss at the line of scrimmage.

Issac Bruce led the 49ers with two touchdown receptions as he finished the game with three catches for 49 yards. You can tell right there how bad the 49ers offense played as Bruce had just three catches in the game.

I really expect another loss for the 49ers this Sunday as they will take on the Philadelphia Phillies. I don’t think the 49ers have enough offense to keep up with the Eagles. I predict the eagles will win this game by 10 points. I don’t want to admit that, but it is just my opinion with how the team is playing right now.

What do you think? Leave us a comment and let us know your prediction or what the 49ers need to change to start winning these games that they should be.

First off I would like to apologize for not having an update up sooner. I was in Lincoln, Nebraska for the Nebraska vs Virginia Tech football game all weekend long and wasn’t even able to watch the 49ers game. Yeah I know, tell me about it.

The niners defense had problems all game long with Saints quarterback Drew Brees as he passed for 363 yards and three touchdowns. To compare that with J.T. O’Sullivans 257 yards and one touchdown with two picks you can see where the Saints won. The niners defense just couldn’t stop the Saints passing attack.

Arnaz Battle led the 49ers receiving corps with seven catches for 120 yards. Issac Bruce caught O’Sullivans only touchdown pass as he hauled in five catches for 54 yards.

Frank Gore ran the ball 16 times for 82 yards but did not score a touchdown. As I have blogged before, if Gore can run for 100 yards and score a touchdown, more then likely the niners are going to get the victory. Lanes just aren’t opening up as much as they need to for Gore to break off any long runs.

Also the offense needs to get Vernon Davis involved more. He only had one catch in the game. Davis can spread the field for the niners but it seems like he only has one or two catches a game. If he is open, O’Sullivan always over throws him deep. That needs to be fixed ASAP.

As for the defense, Michael Lewis led the team with 11 solo tackles. Patrick Willis was right behind him with 9 tackles. Takeo Spikes intercepted one pass while Willis recovered a fumble for the defense.

Joe Nedney kicked three field goals with the longest being of 49 yards. You can really tell how bad the offense was against the Saints when you look and see that Nedney accounted for nine of those 17 points.

Things sure don’t get any better for the 49ers as they will take on the New England Patriots this Sunday. The game will be played at home, but I don’t think it will matter and the Pats will win by 14 points. What do you think about the outcome of the game?

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Sorry for not getting this update up on the blog sooner but we have been busy moving the site to a new server and things took longer then we had expected.

Anyways, the 49ers picked up a nice win on Sunday afternoon against the Detroit Lions by the score of 31-13. The offense played good and the defense was very aggresive and caused problems for the Lions all day long.

J.T. O’Sullivan was 16-23 for 189 yards and two touchdowns. It was great to see O’Sullivan not throw an interception and he was only sacked once in the game. He is really starting to make some good decisions out on the field as he gains more experience.

Frank Gore was a beast as he ran for 130 yards and one touchdown on 27 carries. He also caught four balls for another 32 yards. Gore is playing some great football and a lot of that credit has to go to the offensive line who are playing great as well.

Delanie Walker and Issac Bruce both caught touchdowns from O’Sullivan.

On the defensive side of the ball, the 49ers sacked Jon Kitna four times including two from Roderick Green. Justin Smith and Parys Haralson each had one sack as well. Patrick Willis was the leading tackler for the team with six total tackles.

Tarell Brown and Justin Smith both had an interception in the game. Smith was all over the place as he played his best game in a 49er uniform.

There was one terrible injury in the game for the niners as Shawntae Spencer tore his ACL in his left knee. Spencer will be lost for the remainder of the season and will be having surgery this week and placed on injured reserve.

The niners are now 2-1 on the year and will be taking on the New Orleans Saints this weekend. The game will be played in the morning from the Superdome and I expect it to be a tough game for the niners. They will have to get pressure on Drew Brees or it could be a long game for the defense.

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It didn’t look good from the start but the San Francisco 49ers battled back and eventually beat the Seattle Seahawks by the score of 33-30 on Sunday afternoon. It was a huge win for the team as they beat a tough team on the road and improved their record to 1-1.

Joe Nedney kicked the game winning 40 yard field goal in overtime for the win. Nedney had a chance at the end of the game to win but his field goal missed and the teams went into overtime.

J.T. O’Sullivan was 20/32 for 321 yards and one touchdown. The big deal with O’Sullivan was that he didn’t throw any interceptions and kept the team in the game even though they were down 14-0 early in the game.

Issac Bruce had a great game with four catches and 153 yards. Bryan Johnson helped out the receiver corps stats with six catches for 78 yards and one touchdown.

The running game was slowed down by the Seahawks defense as Frank Gore only had 61 yards on 19 carries. He did find paydirt once in the game however. Once again, Gore lost a fumble however as he just can’t seem to hold onto the ball a lot of times.

On the defensive side of the ball, Patrick Willis returned an interception back 86 yards for a touchdown. Willis also led the team with 8 tackles which were all solo. The defense sit back and controlled the Seahawks passing game as they only rushed with a four man front most of the game. The plan worked as they caused three tournovers and held down the Seahawks offense just enough to get the victory.

The niners will now play the Detroit Lions on Sunday afternoon. They have a very good shot at winning this game and improving to 2-1 on the season. I look for a 49ers victory by 7-10 points.

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The season did not get off to the start that everyone was hoping for as the San Francisco 49ers lost to the Arizona Cardinals 23-13 at home. Five tournovers doomed the 49ers in the game even though the Cardinals only scored once on the tournovers.  They really hurt the offense as it killed drives and allowed the Cardinals to control the entire second half.

The niners only had one possession in the first 28 minutes of the second half. You can’t win a game if your offense isn’t out on the field! The turning point in the second half was when Takeo Spikes muffed a short kickoff by the Cardinals

The 49ers beat the Cardinals on the stats sheet as theyoutgained the Cardinals, 291-285, despite running 28 fewer plays. The 49ers averaged 6.6 yards per play. The Cardinals just 4.4 yards. I can’t but the blame on the defense too much in this game as they at least kept it within 10 points despite the five tournovers.

J.T. O’Sullivan’s two fumbles were costly but he did have a quarterback rating of 80. O’Sullivan finished the game 14/20 and 195 yards while being picked off once. Frank Gore was the leading reciever and rusher for the niners as he had 14 carries for 96 yards and 1 touchdown while adding 4 receptions for another 55 yards.

The 49ers will need to cut down on the mistakes if they want to beat the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. It will be another tough divisional game, and the niners need to come ready to play right from the beginning.

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It wasn’t the season that the 49ers or their fans were hoping for in 2007 as the 49ers finished the season with a 5-11 record.  The last loss of the season happened on Sunday when the 49ers traveled to Cleveland to take on the Browns who were hoping to squeeze into the playoffs.

The 49ers had no offense with Chris Weinke as the starting quarterback.  Weinke was only 13 of 22 for 104 yards and one touchdown.  The touchdown was caught by Darrell Jackson, who never played great all season.  (Like 80% of the team)  You just aren’t going to win that many ballgames when you go through four starting quarterbacks in a season.  Injuries happen, and it set the 49ers back bigtime this year.

At the running back position, Frank Gore ran for 94 yards on 23 carries.  As I watched the game, it appeared Mike Nolans approach was to get the ball in Gore’s hands alot and let him make plays.  Gore was unable to break the long plays however.  I agree with the approach as you don’t want Weinke throwing the ball too much.

Bryant Young played his last game in the NFL on Sunday as well.  The 14 year veteran is set to retire and he is grateful for his opportunity in the NFL and happy he was able to play for as long as he did.

Lets hope the 49ers can make a few moves during the off season, and get players healthy for a good run in 2008.

Shaun Hill had the hot had on Sunday as the San Francisco 49ers won their second straight ballgame.  Hill threw touchdown passes to Darrell Jackson, Vernon Davis, and Frank Gore in the 21-19 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Bucaneers.

The Bucaneers didn’t play everyone the entire game as they already had a playoff spot rapped up but you still have to give the niners credit for pulling out the victory.  The Bucanners came very close to sending the game to overtime when they tried to tie the game up with a two point conversion.  Michael Clayton’s first food came down on the white line and was ruled out of bounds however securing the win for the niners.

It was an emotional day on the field for Bryant Young who played his final game in San Francisco.  Young who won the Rookie of the Year with the 49ers in 1994 has played his entire career with the 49ers.  He will surely be missed by everyone involved with the 49ers.

From one hall of famer retiring, we will move onto talk about a new 49er defensive player that should win the defensive rookie of the year for 2007.  Patrick Willis once again had his named called often on Sunday.  Willis finished the game with a career high 20 tackles, one forced fumble, and two sacks.

The 49ers will finish up the 2007 season this Sunday when they travel to take on the Cleveland Browns.  You can expect the Browns to come out of the gates swinging as they are still in playoff contention.  It will take a huge game by Shaun Hill, Frank Gore, and Patrick Willis to keep the niners in contention to win their third straight game.

The San Francisco 49ers picked up their 4th win of the season on Saturday night when they defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 20-13 at Monster Park.  Was this a good showing by the 49ers?  Or were they just playing a depleted Bengals team who have pretty much given up on their season?  I think it was a little bit of both as you can tell how the game went on.

What really suprised me during this game was that Shaun Hill wasn’t all that bad to be honest.  Hill threw for 197 yards and one touchdown.  He also ran for a touchdown in the first half which gave the 49ers a 6-0 lead.

Frank Gore came out playing and actually had a pretty good game as well.  On 29 carries Gore ran for 138 yards.  While Gore didn’t find paydirt, he did eat up a lot of clock and help the niners move down the field.  Anytime you can keep the ball away from Carson Palmer and Chad Johnson, you have a good shot at beating the Bengals.  The Bengals only had the ball for 24 minites compared to the 49ers 35 minutes.

The 49ers defense shut down the rushing attack of the Benglas and made the Bengals offense one-dimensional.  Anytime you can allow your corners and saftey’s to key in on Johnson and T.J. Houshmandzadeh, and not worry about the run, good things are going to happen on the defensive side of the ball.

The 49ers next game will be played on Sunday when they take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Monster Park.  The Bucs have secured a home playoff game already, so I wonder if they will look to rest some of the starters, atleast in the second half.

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It didn’t matter who was playing quarterback for the 49ers on Sunday, the offense once again could not do anything at all against the opposing team.  Trent Dilfer received a crushing blow to the shoulder and neck area while attempting to pick up a first down in the second quarter and had to leave the ball game and that left Shaun Hill as the quarterback.  Hill wasn’t much better then Dilfer however.

Hill finished the game going 22-28 for 180 yards and one touchdown.  He did throw one interception as well.  Don’t look into that 22-28 too much, most of those passes were little dump offs to his checkdowns.  Dilfer was only 7-19 for only 45 yards and one interception.  The Vikings defensive tackles made history on Sunday as well.  It was the first time more then one defensive tackle intercepted a pass during the same game on the same team.  It didn’t take them long to add to that as well, when a third defensive tackle intercepted another pass late in the ballgame.

It doesn’t help out the offense when your starting running back is playing so poorly as well.  Frank Gore ran for 68 yards and had 49 yards receiving but lost two fumbles on the day.  You have got to hold onto the ball especially when your offense isn’t that good and struggles to put points on the board.

I would have to say the one highlight of the game was the 49ers shutting down Adrian Peterson.  Peterson only had 14 carries and a career low 3 yards.  He was never able to get going in the battle against top rookies.  49ers rookie linebacker Patrick Willis had a better day then Peterson as he had eight tackles.  You can expect Willis to win the defensive rookie of the year while Peterson will win the offensive player of the year.  Two great young players to keep your eyes on.

Things sure aren’t getting any better for the SanFrancisco 49ers.  The team fell to 3-9 on the season after their 31-14 loss to the Carolina Panthers and old daddy Vinny Testaverde.  Quarterback play, offensive line play, and big plays on the defense continue to hurt the 49ers.

I’ll start off at the quarterback position.  Trent Dilfer is not the answer, plain and simple.  He is all the 49ers have at this point, but he really does suck.  When he does have time, he isn’t throwing good balls, and when the offensive line sucks like they do, the quarterback is going to rush the throws.  Maybe that is why Dilfer had four interceptions and only two td’s against the Panthers.

I also feel that the defense is stuggling because they know if they give up more then 14-17 points more then likely the team is going to lose.  The defense knows that the offense sucks, but there isn’t a lot they can do about that.  I feel that they are so pressured in holding the other team down, that it is really affecting their play.

I really wish this season were over for the 49ers to be honest.  I still enjoy watching NFL games, but the 49ers games are boring, and I just get so pissed off watching them.  I’m sure I’ll be right back in front of the TV on Sunday watching them take on the Vikings however.  Too bad they will lose by atleast 14 points….