…would you like a cookie?
- “There ain’t no good in an evil-hearted woman”–Waylon Jennings
- “Expert” prediction time! Lions 27 49ers 24…or whoever has the fewest turnovers. Because as legend Jim Everett likes to say, “If you don’t take care of the onion it’ll make you cry.”
- I was tickled by Rams legend and Hall of Fame Defensive End Jack Youngblood’s response to this inquiry. The fact that there is even a “debate” is kind of wild and mind boggling.
My God, I hope you’re right!
My hometown is going to go absolutely insane if your prediction comes true.
I’ve lived in metro Detroit for most of my 49 years, and I have never seen this community rally behind the Lions like this!
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It would be interesting for Goff’s legacy as well….2 Super Bowls. Hmmmm.
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I don’t want to put the cart before the horse and jinx it or anything. But yeah, two Super Bowls would enter him into that conversation…
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Hopefully not the “Jim Kelly Conversation.”
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Thank you, Mr. Youngblood!
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The Rams were 20-8 in the 28 regular-season games Jack Youngblood played for them against the 49ers, according to pro football-reference.com
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Yeah, they dominated the Niners in that era. I unfortunately became a fan as Joe Montana was just about starting his career. It was a pretty frustrating time.
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I was somewhat of a 49ers fan while Montana was QB as my city, Baltimore, had lost its team. I ceased being a fan when Carmen Policy opened his pie hole and said Baltimore fans should give up on getting a team and root for the Redskins. (That’s what they were called then, TS.)
Years later the 49ers interviewed me for a potential role as a statistical consultant, but it was obvious they had no intention of hiring me and were only doing a favor to the people who had recommended me. Obviously, I am not a big fan of the 49ers and will be rooting for the Lions, but the San Francisco squad is still not as odious to me as the Cowyucks and the Squealers.
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Speaking of Baltimore, I think it’s Lamar’s time. It just feels right to me for some reason and the Ravens feel like a juggernaut.
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Hey, Jim Everett Table Toss, I’ve been following you for a while. FYI, despite growing up in San Francisco, one of my daughter’s faves was the eponymous Mr. Everett…or was that when he was still at Purdue? But I digress.
Sorry, JETT, “The 49ers Should Die of Gonorrhea and Rot in Hell…” is a little over the top. I’d never say something like that about the Rams. The Dodgers, maybe but not the Rams. Well, maybe the St. Louis Rams. (BTW, what were you doing between 1995 and 2015? Just saying!)
As we used to say in Brooklyn about the real Dodgers, “Wait ’til next year.”
All in good fun. Stay well and…GO NINERS!
Ted Block
http://www.around-the-block.com
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Haha…thanks for the comment, Ted. The headliner may have been a little over the top, but it’s a reference to one of the more famous lines in the movie, “Ace Ventura Pet Detective.”
I agree that the “St. Louis” sobriquet should burn in hell. When the Rams left L.A. it was heartbreaking and I despise Georgia Frontiere even in death. The name sounded stupid then and still does today.
You’re right, it’s all in good fun and I thank you for being a follower. In the end, let’s just hope the game is entertaining. Perhaps this is the beginning of Brock “Little Hands” Purdy’s legacy?
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Thanks for the reply.
In the pantheon of Niners QBs, “Little Hands” belongs to Alex Smith who SF drafted over a guy playing across the Bay at Cal named Aaron Rodgers. You might have heard of him.
Purdy’s sobriquet should be “Slippery Hands.” Two rainy games this season in which he was not the Purdy some of us have come to love: the loss against Cleveland, in which, despite the rain, he staged a Q4 Montanaesque comeback only to watch the Niners rookie kicker miss the game-winning FG (talk about lunacy: SF doesn’t re-sign Robbie Gould because of money when they have a 24-year old almost MVP QB they’re paying bupkis to); and Saturday which after 3 horrendous quarters, on both sides of the ball, they eked out a win–despite another FG miss (blocked).
Let me close with this: This conversation is a lot more fun than talking about politics. Here we can feel sad and lament our teams’ losses, but life goes on. In the other…oops, there I go again.
Cheers!
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Alex Smith is an interesting comparison. It just hit me a few weeks ago that Purdy is sort of a bargain bin Joe Burrow. While that may sound like a slight , I think a QB with those skills can certainly win a SB with this team. Win or lose, the young man has given football fans something to talk about and that ain’t a bad thing.
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I hope you’re right, but we’ll see.
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You gave me a chuckle. Thanks, Muriel
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I aim to please, Muriel. If you ain’t laughing you ain’t living!
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You are so right!!!
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Maybe the best title of a post…uh ever.
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Thanks, Max. One reader wasn’t too jazzed by it but he is a …uh….49ers fan.
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Yea but with his little dig on the Dodgers…I don’t care what he thinks!
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Ha! That actually brought a smile to my face.
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Always a struggle watching an archrival do well. It is rare to find anyone to root against harder than the team you compare yourself to each and every year.🙂
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This is very true, Bruce. I can only take solace in the fact that they haven’t won a SB in 25 plus years and we’ve won 2 in that same time frame.
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First, ‘I love Youngblood’s response. As fans we love when our guys dislike the enemy as much as we do. However, their tune often changes when offered a better deal.
I also love the give and take-keep it up. Go Lions!
Keep it up Gary and enjoy today’s game.
Bob
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Thanks for the comment, Bob. We are a little over an hour away and I feel like a kid on Christmas. I love championship football.
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Off topic! Sorry to bug you but what the hell is up with the Oakland A’s now? How do they back out of this crap they stepped into. Before you make it clear you are moving…shouldn’t everything be…I don’t know…nailed down? Las Vegas pretty much said…make peace with Oakland and get something done there.
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Hahaha. No one knows, Max. Nothing has made sense and now we see it makes no sense to anyone else other than MLB and a trust fund clown. Anyone who thinks logically and had half a brain knew that the move was destined to fail. At this point in time Oakland fans just want to sit back with their popcorn and watch this franchise crash and burn.
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Damn…it’s bad when your new “home” wants nothing to do with you. I don’t know why…but I thought everything was set…Manfred is hating life right now…which makes me happy.
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