49ers will give us trouble

Depending on player health for the rest of the season, SF is the only team I'm concerned about. 8-1 is not a fluke.

 

I would concentrate on the Chiefs,Bungals and Stains before giving any consideration to the 49ers..One game at a time...

 

the 49ers are good, but if the Steelers play their A game and if the 49ers play their A game, the Steelers would win.

look at the teams by position.

qb - Steelers
Rb - 49ers, but not by much
wr - Steelers
te - Steelers - Davis is good, but Miler is better
oline - probably the 49ers
lbs - as a whole the Steelers. Willis is awesome, but ill take Harrison, Woodley, Timmons and Farrior against any group in the legue
secondary - the 49ers have the ints. but as a whole i will take the Steelers. especially if Gay plays like he did against the Bengals
dline - the Steelers dline hasnt been as good as in years past. Keisel has been great, but Hampton has shown his age, Smith is probably done and Hood hasnt taken that next step as we all had hoped.

i think this game will come down to coaching. can Tomlin make the adjustments? thats always the question.

if Tomlin can out couch Harbaugh then the Steelers have the edge almost everywhere else.

 

I have been thinking about starting this thread too as I have the same feelings. I too watched much of the Giants/49ers game and they are a tough team. In their house on the West coast. Probably good that its a Monday Night game.

As a receiving threat that can put up some YAC I would actually give the edge to Vernon Davis based on how each are used in their respective offensive attacks. Other than that I would agree with above assessment and I would say it is going to take the Steelers playing at least at the highest level they have this year for the full 60 min to come out of there with a win. SF doesn't seem like a team that is up and down like us so don't count on them not showing up.

 

Well the game concerns me, but it's like a ways away from now so I'm not focused on it for now. Besides by then, maybe the 49ers have the #2 seed locked up, won't possibly need to play for anything, you never know!

 

If as a player you are not worried about the 49ers,I would be worried about you.They are a good team! We are going cross country to play them.They may well have the best record in the NFC or better yet the NFL when we play them....Give them their due!!..Lets take care of business the 3 weeks before we play them.This game will have a hugh outcome on both conferences.But we have to win the games before this game for this game to matter.....ONE AT A TIME !!!! !

 

Take a look at their schedule. Before they play the Steelers they have Arizona twice, the Rams, and the Rats. Easy 3-1. Then after they lose to the B&G they have the Seahawks and Rams. These guys are playing a College schedule. While they may get a lot of cheap wins, they aren't going anywhere in the playoffs.

 

Man I must be in the minority but I would much rather play the 49ers as compared to nfc teams like the packers, saints, lions, or giants
they dont scare me in the least

 

One loss to the cowgirls... Their due for another, at least we know they'll beat the Rats...... Can't wait!!!

 

If a player is worried about a team they are playing in 3 weeks, I'm worried about them. I think it's pretty safe to assume that the Steelers know SF is a good team but they have business to take care of before they play them.

 

Well guess what BSF we HAVE to play the 49ers they are on our schedule. I myself would rather play most other teams in the NFC.Thats not happening we have to play 49ers.They are good they have a better record than all but one of the other teams you have mentioned.But lets take care of business in the 3 games before 49ers.If we do not the 49er game may mean crap!

 

The Steelers will have to shut the run down, and when they do...Alex Smith will have to beat us. Close your eye and say this again slowly, Alex Smith will have to beat us. Now don't we all feel better?

 

49ers are the Steelers pre-Roethlisberger, albeit with a weaker defense. These guys are built to whip ass in the pansy NFC West division, and they are doing just that. Our offensive gameplan should be Patriots-esque as if they were playing us - heavy passing and spread formations. If we play fundamentally sound (first time in a while I can type that word correctly) we walk away with an easy victory. Get up quick by a few TD's and force them away from the running game.

 

We usually play terrible on the left whoops west coast.
The Niners have played to their strengths. Yes this is a team that will give the
Steelers trouble. They are playing good football.

 

San fran is riding a high but they will get knocked off their pedistal soon.

 

we'll moider da bums.

 

People are making too much of the niners, JMO. Can they beat us? Any team can beat any other team, it is the NFL but my take on it is they play in a super weak division and beating the Giants isn't impossible, they just about lost to Miami, their defense as well as their offense is erratic, much more than most teams. I think they get knocked down a notch or 2 and let us remember, Alex Smith is not the new Tom Brady, load the box and take away the run and force him to beat you and good things will happen like sacks, fumbles, and interceptions, we can win this game.

 

This is the only game I see us potentially losing the rest of the season. 13-3, or 12-4. We will beat the rest of the cream puffs. I just hope we don't have a meltdown like the ratbirds did against the garbage teams.

Ex. Palko will either look like a bum, or he'll look like the second coming of Joe Montana. We just have a nak for that. Things like this frightin me.

 

Keep their offense off the field with ball control/clock management and we will be ok!