SF has just started to hit their stride at the right time. It's all coming together. Here is a little piece of info I heard during the pre game. The last 8 Super Bowl Winners have been a team who has had to play in the first round. Only one left is SF. There is your Super Bowl winner. Getting 3 1/2 points this week is almost like stealing !
I'm "liking" Seattle -3.5 right now...I will NOT bet against the noise in that THUNDER DOME they play in...nightmare for any QB who isn't elite..another game that will come down to turnovers...field position...Time of posession. Home Field Advantage is enough for me right now..but I haven't pulled the trigger yet. Right now I'm thinking something like 26-20 Seattle.
Because people with a brain realize that wasn't the same SF team. Last time in Seattle no Michael "elite" Crabtree to be opposite Boldin. You also had Vernon Davis concussed early. Unless you are banking on more injuries to SF's weapons on offense this will be the first time Seattle faces SF at full strength (what they have now). Last year no Boldin on the team, we saw what he did last week with 6-7 grabs for 130 on Carolina... previous week it was Crabtree for 130 and 8 grabs on GB... Vernon Davis showing his elite ability as well on the back of the end zone TD last week. This SF team is totally different, and judging them based off anything OTHER than the last 8 games (8-0, total domination) would be very dumb.
Seattle will not be able to contain Gore legs, Crabtree, Boldin, Vernon Davis, and Kaepernicks legs... Seattle has never faced a team this loaded in the past few years at home and they will be in for a rude awakening. Unless Lynch rushes very well, (3.6 YPC and 3.5 YPC last two games v. SF) SEA is going to lose straight up.
SF+ the points is the way to go here as they now have the better team on paper than Seattle
In his past 6 Kaep has 2 INT's... With Crabtree at full strength + Boldin + vernon davis + gore + his legs to it's so easy a caveman can do it as far as the SF offense goes. In that same amount of time Wilson has 4 INT's... Kaep probably has the least amount of INT's of any QB in the NFC over the past 6 games. There is a reason he's playing that well, the weapons in excess is allowing him tons of options. No need to force anything. Wilson has nothing to work with outside of Tate. Harvin hasn't consistently played football in almost 2 years and may NOT play, hardly can count on him.
Seattle is at a severe disadvantage on the offensive side of the ball considering their offense is just Lynch who SF will bottle up.
The only way Seattle wins this game is if Kaep plays like crap and turns it over, I have no reason to believe he will do this with all the weapons at his disposal which he has never had versus Seattle until now (hence the difference in his play)
I also don't see SF being phased at all by Seattle's home field, having played there several times before and being able to go on the road and beat the Packers and the Panthers (basically a pair of 12 win teams, on the road if Rodgers never misses time GB wins 12 games easily).
Provided Lynch is limited + Kaep doesn't face plant SF will win this game straight up.
Seattle is at a severe disadvantage on the offensive side of the ball considering their offense is just Lynch who SF will bottle up.
The only way Seattle wins this game is if Kaep plays like crap and turns it over, I have no reason to believe he will do this with all the weapons at his disposal which he has never had versus Seattle until now (hence the difference in his play)
I also don't see SF being phased at all by Seattle's home field, having played there several times before and being able to go on the road and beat the Packers and the Panthers (basically a pair of 12 win teams, on the road if Rodgers never misses time GB wins 12 games easily).
Provided Lynch is limited + Kaep doesn't face plant SF will win this game straight up.
Wilson is definitely better than Kaepnerick on an individual level, however the weapons Kaepernick has, pretty much no team in the league has. A stud RB in Gore WITH 3 elite choices to throw to. Vernon Davis elite TE, is WAY WAY better than any TE Seattle has. Crabtree and Boldin are both still elite WR's and WAY WAY better than the WR corps Seattle has. Offensive line SF has better as well, so Kaep is set up in a great situation hence why he's outplayed Wilson the past 6-8 games, and will in all likelihood outplay Wilson again sunday because of all this.
This time SF has more man power than Seattle plain and simple, however obviously Seattle has a good shot at winning since the game is in their backyard, and I'm still not sure Kaepernick has really turned the corner (as it seems with all the weapons back). The game comes down to Lynch and Kaep... Kaep can't face plant and Lynch has to be held down by SF D. If both happen SF wins SU, and both are likely to happen, Lynch 3.5 YPC and 3.6 YPC past two v. SF, and without much in the passing game SF knows to clamp down - and likely will.
Will Kaep face plant or not? He hasn't in a LONG time since getting his weapons
Kaep has improved on the year, which does coincide with the return of Crabtree, and even though I feel he has been doing better at getting more of those weapons involved in the pass game...he'll have to do a lot better on Sunday. He's still a run read and panic quarterback. Can't knock the hustle though because his ability to run can still open things up down the field if his first read is taken away.
He's easily rattled and has that ridiculous issue with wasting timeouts. I feel that if Gore isn't able to gash on first downs then the Niners owe may be stagnant. Seahawks just have to be careful every single play to avoid giving up that huge play that the Niners can pop off at any time.
He's easily rattled and has that ridiculous issue with wasting timeouts. I feel that if Gore isn't able to gash on first downs then the Niners owe may be stagnant. Seahawks just have to be careful every single play to avoid giving up that huge play that the Niners can pop off at any time.
