Holy. Fucking. Shit.

[eruthros]

So. Wild-card opener. NY Giants, SF 49ers. Giants were sweeping the field. With 19 minutes remaining, the 49ers were down 24 points. And they're the worst fourth-quarter team in football, so everyone's going "no chance."

But then: Second greatest postseason comeback in the history of the NFL. No-huddle offense like unto the great 49ers games. And they took it, 39-38.

Wowzers. People may start thinking of Jeff Garcia as a real 49ers quarterback, even if he hasn't beaten the Packers yet. One of the best postseason games for a quarterback in 49ers history; people may have to start taking him seriously.

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[merryish.livejournal.com]

Wheee! That does my heart good. I stopped watching the Niners with the "passing" of Steve Young (who I still love with the heat of a thousand burning suns) -- it was never the same after some of the amazing games he and Jerry Rice gave us -- but it's still great to hear about them when they do well. =)

[eruthros]

I adored Steve Young, and pretty much stopped watching when he left. The 49ers just got too depressing without him. (I was the weird chick who would go into school or work on Mondays and say "Dude, Steve Young pulled a fabulous qb scramble last night.")

His only problem was that he couldn't quite work out the feet-first "I'm a quarterback, don't tackle me" slide. After watching him get concussed so many times ... ::sigh:: I guess it's for the best that he switched to doing car commercials. Jeff Garcia is okay, but he just doesn't have that punch.