It's Got to Be the Morning After

Raiders 20, Steelers 13- Okay, we're going to say this and we know we're being your typical wishy washy sports reporter, but we think the Raiders a better team than the 49ers. Not just because they beat the Superbowl Champs (it's the in-thing to do these days) but because even when they do lose, they don't get blown out like a certain team across the Bay. We think too that it's mainly because the Raiders can play some D while the 49ers can't. Case in point, the particular game in question in which the D scored two TDs on interception returns and sacked Big Ben five times. That's positively Bear-like and it's even more impressive when you consider the offense still stinks like day old socks.

Da Bears 41, 49ers 10-- Whoa Nellie was this game ugly. The Niners were down 24-0 at the end of the first quarter and 41-0 at the end of the half. The game was actually historically ugly in that it was the 2nd biggest deficit at the end of a half in NFL history. In some ways, the shellacking should have been obvious-- the Bears were coming off an ugly win against the Cardinals and were going to take it all out on somebody. Enter the Niners. So riddle me this, sports fans, isn't Mike Nolan supposed to be some defensive genius? Because in three losses, the Niners have given up a total of 41, 48 and 41 points. And here's another question, if you're down by 41, why kick a field goal?