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considering they held a high powered offense to just field goals and not giving up the big score in the first half, i'd say they have a better chance of winning more games this year with that defense.
its just the first game, but i sure as hell like to be 1-0 than 0-1
its just the first game, but i sure as hell like to be 1-0 than 0-1
martz is a bad coach. stephen jackson ran for 40 soemthing yards for his first four carries. then only 4 more running plays the rest of the game??? why have someone like that if you arent going to use him?
and yeah the niners def looks bettAr this year. thats a plus.
and yeah the niners def looks bettAr this year. thats a plus.
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Originally Posted by subiedon
considering they held a high powered offense to just field goals and not giving up the big score in the first half, i'd say they have a better chance of winning more games this year with that defense.
its just the first game, but i sure as hell like to be 1-0 than 0-1
its just the first game, but i sure as hell like to be 1-0 than 0-1
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last year's defense was injured all year also. thats why their defense really sucked last year. now they are healthy once again. hopefully for the remainder of the season
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IT'S THE FIRST ****ING GAME! TALK AFTER GAME 8!
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Yeah!!!! the niners are getting fired up for Sunday...(from msn.com)...
With the 49ers headed to Philadelphia on Sunday to face the Eagles in Owens' first game against the team that drafted him, strong feelings toward the controversial receiver surfaced in the San Francisco players who saw far too many performances of the T.O. sideshow.
"I'd love to get a shot on him," linebacker Derek Smith said. "I'm sure every defensive player would love to get a shot on him, because he's a premier player. You get a shot on a premier player, it looks good."
The 49ers hadn't even finished celebrating their surprising 28-25 season-opening victory over St. Louis when their thoughts turned to Owens, who played eight seasons in San Francisco before getting traded to Philadelphia in March 2004.
Smith joined the 49ers as a free agent in 2001, leading the team in tackles during each of the three seasons he played with Owens.
"When I first started here, he seemed like more of a team guy, but I think toward the end, he really kind of fell off the deep end, if you ask me," Smith said. "He was just kind of in it for himself."
Smith's complaint was common - if usually unstated publicly - with Owens' teammates in San Francisco during his final two years, when he rarely practiced during the week to rest his constantly problematic groin and hamstrings.
"I didn't like it. I don't like the fact that someone's in there playing dominoes with their friends while we're out there practicing," Smith said. "I didn't like the fact that they're in there sleeping on the rehab table while we're out there practicing, and then they just come out Friday because they think they're that good and they can come out and play.
"I didn't agree with any of that. I don't care who you are. No one's above the team."
Other teammates were a bit more circumspect.
"I wish I could tell you how I really felt," linebacker Jeff Ulbrich said.
So was T.O. actually battling constant injuries, as he claimed?
"I don't think so, but whatever," Smith said. "That's just my opinion. I'm not in his body, so I don't know."
Owens amassed 592 receptions for 8,572 yards and 81 touchdowns with the Niners. A third-round draft pick in 1996, he became a starter in his rookie season and quickly emerged as the 49ers' most visible player.
A year before Smith arrived, Owens courted his first national controversy with two gaudy touchdown celebrations in a game at Dallas, earning a one-game suspension from coach Steve Mariucci. Since then, Owens has pulled a pen from his sock to autograph a touchdown ball, waved a cheerleader's pompons and performed several smaller shenanigans.
"I'm sure he'll have something up his sleeve (Sunday)," Smith said. "We're going to try and keep him out of there so he doesn't get a chance to showcase his little dance that he's been working on all week. I'm sure he's got something for (Monday night's game), too. He probably gets in front of the mirror every day, (saying) 'This is what I'm going to do this week,' practicing."
Owens' off-field antics this year started with a demand to redo the seven-year, $48.97 million contract he signed after getting traded. He also started a protracted feud with Donovan McNabb by suggesting Philadelphia's star quarterback tired during the Super Bowl.
In his spare time, Owens has argued with Eagles offensive coordinator Brad Childress, criticized other teammates and been kicked out of training camp for a week after a heated dispute with coach Andy Reid. Nobody doubts Owens' prodigious talents - but just as they did in San Francisco, some wonder whether the Eagles can thrive with such weekly distractions.
"I think they can get by," Smith said. "You put a bad apple in with a bunch of good apples, and it's just a matter of time before the other apples spoil."
Most of Owens' remaining former teammates in San Francisco barely knew him. Owens mostly kept to himself on and off the field - and even running back Kevan Barlow, who trained with Owens in Atlanta in the offseason, isn't close.
Barlow occasionally hangs out with Owens when the receiver travels to visit his son, who lives in the Bay Area.
"I know he's going to want to probably show us up," Barlow said. "He's going to try to, but we're going to prepare for him just like we prepare for (the Rams') Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce. ... I'm sure he was upset, (and) he had some things to say when he left, but that's irrelevant to us in this locker room."
With the 49ers headed to Philadelphia on Sunday to face the Eagles in Owens' first game against the team that drafted him, strong feelings toward the controversial receiver surfaced in the San Francisco players who saw far too many performances of the T.O. sideshow.
"I'd love to get a shot on him," linebacker Derek Smith said. "I'm sure every defensive player would love to get a shot on him, because he's a premier player. You get a shot on a premier player, it looks good."
The 49ers hadn't even finished celebrating their surprising 28-25 season-opening victory over St. Louis when their thoughts turned to Owens, who played eight seasons in San Francisco before getting traded to Philadelphia in March 2004.
Smith joined the 49ers as a free agent in 2001, leading the team in tackles during each of the three seasons he played with Owens.
"When I first started here, he seemed like more of a team guy, but I think toward the end, he really kind of fell off the deep end, if you ask me," Smith said. "He was just kind of in it for himself."
Smith's complaint was common - if usually unstated publicly - with Owens' teammates in San Francisco during his final two years, when he rarely practiced during the week to rest his constantly problematic groin and hamstrings.
"I didn't like it. I don't like the fact that someone's in there playing dominoes with their friends while we're out there practicing," Smith said. "I didn't like the fact that they're in there sleeping on the rehab table while we're out there practicing, and then they just come out Friday because they think they're that good and they can come out and play.
"I didn't agree with any of that. I don't care who you are. No one's above the team."
Other teammates were a bit more circumspect.
"I wish I could tell you how I really felt," linebacker Jeff Ulbrich said.
So was T.O. actually battling constant injuries, as he claimed?
"I don't think so, but whatever," Smith said. "That's just my opinion. I'm not in his body, so I don't know."
Owens amassed 592 receptions for 8,572 yards and 81 touchdowns with the Niners. A third-round draft pick in 1996, he became a starter in his rookie season and quickly emerged as the 49ers' most visible player.
A year before Smith arrived, Owens courted his first national controversy with two gaudy touchdown celebrations in a game at Dallas, earning a one-game suspension from coach Steve Mariucci. Since then, Owens has pulled a pen from his sock to autograph a touchdown ball, waved a cheerleader's pompons and performed several smaller shenanigans.
"I'm sure he'll have something up his sleeve (Sunday)," Smith said. "We're going to try and keep him out of there so he doesn't get a chance to showcase his little dance that he's been working on all week. I'm sure he's got something for (Monday night's game), too. He probably gets in front of the mirror every day, (saying) 'This is what I'm going to do this week,' practicing."
Owens' off-field antics this year started with a demand to redo the seven-year, $48.97 million contract he signed after getting traded. He also started a protracted feud with Donovan McNabb by suggesting Philadelphia's star quarterback tired during the Super Bowl.
In his spare time, Owens has argued with Eagles offensive coordinator Brad Childress, criticized other teammates and been kicked out of training camp for a week after a heated dispute with coach Andy Reid. Nobody doubts Owens' prodigious talents - but just as they did in San Francisco, some wonder whether the Eagles can thrive with such weekly distractions.
"I think they can get by," Smith said. "You put a bad apple in with a bunch of good apples, and it's just a matter of time before the other apples spoil."
Most of Owens' remaining former teammates in San Francisco barely knew him. Owens mostly kept to himself on and off the field - and even running back Kevan Barlow, who trained with Owens in Atlanta in the offseason, isn't close.
Barlow occasionally hangs out with Owens when the receiver travels to visit his son, who lives in the Bay Area.
"I know he's going to want to probably show us up," Barlow said. "He's going to try to, but we're going to prepare for him just like we prepare for (the Rams') Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce. ... I'm sure he was upset, (and) he had some things to say when he left, but that's irrelevant to us in this locker room."
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Originally Posted by jewpac42
Why shouldnt we talk now? Its exciting since we havent beaten anyone other then the Cardinals in like 18 months.
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Terrell Owens showed you ****** his ****ing *** today! 42-3, and two TD's were his? WTF was that?!? i cant say anything, the Falcons lost too, so im mad as hell 
Originally Posted by jewpac42
0-2?
I haven't said **** about anyone, and here you come with your insecurities!
Listen, I'll take another ****ty season rather than have some walk all over me. 42-3 is PATHETIC dude. At least the Oakland game was very exciting to watch. I don't care if they lost, they really played hard, and I ****ing acknowlege that.
42-3 means someone played like they didn't want to break a ****ing nail. next time, be ready to say something more than 0-2, cause I don't give a **** if they lose, they're still my team.
-Gagan
P.S.: you're still my dawg Jewpac, westiiiideeeeee...