O, the pain. Not so much a piercing pain, more of an overall pain, as though Half Dome's other half had fallen on top of of us while napping.

Our 49ers were destroyed by the Kansas City Chiefs by a score of 41-0. Forty-one to nothing! At least now The Raider Nation has something to gloat about. It was the most complete loss by the Niners in recent memory. And the worst part was how dispassionate the Chiefs seemed as they went about their business of rackin' up the points. Almost a soft dictation of game tempo. A laugh here or there on the sideline, but the KC team was merely getting things done. No big deal to them.

Our Niners, to their credit, kept trying. There was no overt give-up or hanging heads even in the darkest times. That is to Coach Nolan's credit. What is not to his credit were the huge amount of broken plays, missed assignments, and the utter failure of the defense to reach KC's fearsome QB Damon Huard.

By SFist Christopher Rogers for "American Football Spectacular," contributing

Huard! A name that chills the blood! O, how he dissected the Niners' defense! He made it look so easy. Feature back Larry Johnson was held to under 30 yards in the first half, but Huard was unabated, finishing with 208 yards and 2 TDs that seemed to come at will. The Chiefs' battered offensive line afforded him more than enough time and KC receivers were consistently beating Niner coverage. SF couldn't lay a lick on Huard, his jersey was was grassless and pristine. And when it came to goal-line time, LJ could just punch it into the endzone. Our Niners couldn't compete.

Believe it or not, our Niners had the NFL's fourth-ranked offense going into the KC game. Now? Not so much. The offense was stifled in every facet of play, only reaching the KC 33 as the furthest beachhead. The offensive line was pushed around -- especially hapless Kwame Harris. Alex Smith was constantly pressured. Frank Gore fumbled, so now the poor guy has fumbled in four out of four games in 2006. TE Eric Johnson had a nightmare of a game, dropping pass after pass. A final timid petition of a Smith pass was picked off by KC's Ty Law, and finally this dreamlike horror was writ and done. I'd hate to see what would happen to the Niners against a good defense. Or a team that's actually going to the playoffs.

Next up on your American Football Spectacular: Yeah, you know who's next. The Raider Nation comes to Candlestick. It's the Battle Of The Bay, y'all.