San Francisco 34 - GB 28

Overview
All in all I can't say I'm completely disappointed with the teams opening day loss. There were alot of positives to take from the game... as well as quite a few negatives.

The Main Positive was the fact we escaped the opener without any serious injuries and with our heads held high. The Pack took the lead late in the 4th but couldn't maintain it. That's a positive because in their past 2 meetings with the 49ers, the game's outcome was long over before the 4th quarter.

Another Positive was the defense being able to stop the 49ers running game. A much much better outcome that the humiliating playoff loss last year.

However... Shutting down the ground game left our defensive backfield exposed... and it wasn't pretty. Rookie Michah Hyde is still looking for Antoine Bolden like Eric Walden seemed to be searching for "Slappy-Pappy" Kappy (My nickname for that Gangsta Wannabe... goat boy... the Niners QB) last year. Freakin' Bolden was WIDE OPEN the entire game. As seemed Vernon Davis.

The safeties were completely exposed. Yeah we shut down Slappy-Pappy Kappy's running lanes... but we left the secondary uncovered. I think San fran's 3rd down conversion rate was like 118% or something. Well at least it seemed like it.

Bring back the Replacement Refs
Yeah they blew that "dead play" penalty thingie were it should have been 4th and 2 instead of 3rd and 6 again, leading to the 49ers score late in the 2nd period. First off, Clay had no business hitting him out of bounds like that.
*whispering* Nice job though Clay... he deserved it.

About that Late Hit Out of Bounds
Yeah that was a no brainer. Clearly "Slappy" was well out of bounds. But damn! We've needed a little fire and anger in that Defense. I'm tired of getting walked on all over every year. Ever since Moss did the Moon Walk in the endzone, we've lacked that certain aggressive play.

And cry baby Harbaugh tried playing the refs right up to kick off. Listen James, it's simple. If it acts like a duck and quakes like a duck... it better duck when Mathews is coming!

But it was out of play and late...soooo... Bad Clay, Bad!

The Running Game
I was quite pleased with Eddie Lacy. Yes he had the costly fumble that led to the Mathews out of bounds hit, which led to a touchdown. But Eddie showed some real grit in the 4th quarter drive. And he set up our first score with a nice run on the screen pass. Give me More Please!