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Thursday, November 6, 2008

San Francisco 49ers on MNF

I'm anxious to see if our team will be able to perform on Monday Night in Phoenix. The one thing the 49ers are famous for is playing well on Monday Night, 38-23 all-time. The last Monday Night victory was against the Cardinals, but they were a different team then. I give credit when credit is due, the Cardinals have a high-octane offense (coincidentally the type that Martz would like to achieve in SF...) Kurt Warner is seemingly ageless and they have THREE good running backs, so it will be hard for our defense to cover everything. Patrick Willis will no doubt keep the middle plugged, but our secondary could have some trouble keeping up with the speedy receivers. On the opposite side of the ball, Frank Gore can and will have a field day against the Arizona D, that is... if Shaun Hill can lead the passing game to a high enough standard to keep Arizona from loading their run D. Its possible, this week more than ever. Vernon Davis may have (quote: "may have") learned his lesson after being publicly embarrased last week. He'll be out to prove that he is as good as he thinks he is and could put up a 60yd game as the linebackers focus on Gore. Also, Josh Morgan is, in my opinion, the future at the receiver position. He's also going be lining up against Rod Hood for the majority of the game, which is certainly a matchup in his favor. I expect another big game for the rookie receiver. This is the week for the 49ers to finally stop this losing streak. I'm putting my faith in my team and saying we upset the NFC West leaders and keep the division close.

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