American Football Spectacular: Oh Man, It's The Morning After, "Shut The Door"
Somewhere in between leaving San Francisco and being coaxed into not leaving San Francisco, and then definitely leaving San Francisco, and then who knows what,
the 49ers beat the Lions in Detroit.
By SFist
Christopher Rogers for "
American Football Spectacular," contributing
At
Ford Field, the two teams brawled like a couple of clumsy middle school gym wrestlers, with neither able to decisively put the other away amid all the clambering. The game was still in question in the fourth quarter until a
Keith Lewis interception removed all doubt. A road win. A road win!
As for our Raiders, well... just like
their meeting earlier this season, they put the overconfident Denver Broncos on the ropes, and then
let 'em off the hook. The Silver And Black power mullet defense got INT after INT from Denver's bad-decision-making QB
Jake Plummer. Things were looking do-able! It was positive!
Then, like a doomed souffle or
the Bay Bridge -- at the pivotal time, everything collapsed. Damn you,
Shanahan. Damn you.
Next up on
your American Football Spectacular: Analysis of the games, including the petty one the Niners' "leadership" is playing with the city of Santa Clara, and the city-and-county of San Francisco. Also, we hope
Bill Walsh is
feeling better.