Thought I'd share some thoughts of mine regarding yesterday's NFC Championship game:
* Kaepernick is definitely not a big game, seize-the-moment
quarterback yet. Whenever the camera showed him up close during the 4th
quarter, he looked like a little kid playing a man's sport. He looked
lost and showed no intensity at all. He's still young....hopefully he
learned something.
* The 49ers inability to play a complete game finally caught up to them. Ever since
the final game of the regular season against Arizona, the 49ers have
been unable to put together 60 minutes of solid football. They've been
playing one great half and one mediocre one. Same thing yesterday. Got
them this time.
* As I feared, the difference in talent
between the "real" NFL Officials and the replacement Officials from last
year isn't that much. The NFL really needs to step back and
re-evaluate these inconsistent and mistake-prone "professionals". Their
former boss even questioned their calls throughout the game yesterday.
Not good.
* On a similar note, the "Unnecessary Roughness -
leading with the head" penalty needs to be reviewable. Seems like at
least once a game a penalty is called on a defender who is called for
either leading with his head or hitting the head area of a receiver that
when replayed isn't the case. This is frequently a game changing (or
momentum changing) play, so head coaches need the option to request a
replay. Especially when the officials tend to get it wrong so much.
* A Seattle vs Denver Super Bowl sounds weird. Like an all-AFC match
up. After all of their years in the AFC battling the Raiders, I still
have a hard time getting used to Seattle being in the NFC. Don't think
I'll ever fully accept a 49er/Seahawk rivalry because of that.
49ers/Dallas, 49ers/Green Bay, 49ers/Giants yes....49ers/Seahawks:
Nope.
* Seattle's "12th Man" theme is very juvenile. High
School = Yes; College = Yes; the NFL = No. Embarrassment to the pro
game. But that's me, an old time traditionalist....!
