So I’ve been under the weather....... Then under the sea..... Then under
the Earth..... Then under the next 150 Earthly elements that exist that come
next till we get to “hell”.... because I was on FIRE!!! Or as the Spanish would
say: ¡En Fuego!
11-4-1 Last week. Now let’s get more of that goodness. But really I’ve been sick for most of the week
so this week might be really awkward and also we’re just going straight to the
pick.
Home team in CAPS:
49ers (-3) over RAMS
I wrote in Week
2 that if the Falcons had any plans on going to the playoffs they couldn’t
afford to go 0-2. They avoided the catastrophe as they won that game. The same
scenario applies here. It’s early I know, but it’s not exactly ideal to pay
catch-up in the NFC especially since some other decent teams are also 1-2 (See:
Atlanta, Carolina, and Green Bay). San Fran despite the myriad of problems is
still the better team, and their designs are for championships whereas the
Rams, while rapidly developing, are still in a fact-finding mode as a franchise.
It’s a backs to the wall game for the 49ers. They can’t be cute by not showing
all their cards and have to employ everything they got in their arsenal. Back
to the Atlanta analogy for a second... who did they play when they needed that
win? ST. LOUIS RAMS!
I picked against the Rams last
week as well vs. the Cowboys because I said it was a bad scheduling spot as
they’d be gearing up for it and then didn’t apply that same logic to the 49ers
who then watched the Colts walk all over them. The Niners came out flat and
looked lost on Sunday, can’t afford to have that happen 3 games in a row. It’s
a hockey team that good teams don’t lose 3 in a row, and you especially don’t
hear it in football because it’s only a 16 game season, but this is the
defining mark now for the 2013 49ers. I’m gonna bet on them to show something
here and resurrect their season otherwise it’s essentially kaput for them this
season.
With the receiving core woes as they are, the team isn’t totally
built to play from behind with a double digit deficit which is what they’ve had
to go up against the past 2 weeks. Enter St. Louis that has held a lead for all
of 40 seconds this year. Gimme the ‘Niners.
Last Week: 11-4-1
