From: dggok@pbhyg.PacBell.COM (4E150M)
Subject: Re: 49ers have the 'Ladies of Charity'
Reply-To: dggok@PacBell.COM (David G. Gok)
Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 15:23:08 GMT

In article <1992Dec18.000422.10773@oz.plymouth.edu> k_mullin@oz.plymouth.edu (Muldog) writes:
>In article <BzFFM5.HEn@news.cso.uiuc.edu> mab50312@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Mark A. Blickhan) writes:
>>Browsing through this week's NFL statistics on clarinews, I noticed
>>that the Niners achieved a feat last achieved by the '82 Chargers.
>>
>>Off Passing yards:  1st
>>Def Passing yards:  28th
>>
Since you like facts, here are a couple of others.  The 49ers are 5th
best in least points given up.  With 216 points given up, only New
Orleans (182), Pittsburgh (206), Dallas (212), and San Diego (213) are
better.  Washington is 6th with 217.  Having the 1st ranked offense
(1st in yardage, 1st in points scored!!) and the 5th ranked defense
by points allowed seems okay to me.  As I recall, you don't win games
based on the number of yards you allow, but rather by the final score. :-)

>>The good ole days:  Fly the Friendly Skies: Air Coryell.
>>The Bolts didn't win the SuperBowl with Dan Fouts (quite possibly, one
>>of the greatest to toss a football) , Chandler, Joiner, and everyone else.
>>
>>The secondary wasn't bad.  They had names like Bruce Laird, Tim Fox, etc.
>>It's just they were good at giving up yards, lots of yards.
>>The 1983 Handbook of Pro Football labelled them the 'Ladies of Charity'.
>>
>>They're back!   I don't know too much about those Niners, so if you think
>>Eric Davis plays half as good as his washed-up baseball namesake does, 
>>go ahead and enlighten us.  But, its hard to listen to 'reason' when
>>the facts state so clearly, 
>>
As pointed out above, depends on which "facts" you think are important.
Perhaps one more "fact": 12-2.
>>"The Niners are awful!"    No more Ronnie Lott-types to win a SB with.
Must be a lot of teams out there that would like to have such an
awful team. 
>>Sure, they do a lot of things well, but who would trust the Ladies of
>>Charity with the defense against Jim Kelly and Buffalo (who beat them 34-31),
>>or Dan Marino (Clayton, Duper, Jackson).
Gee, why don't you quote the score of the Miami game?  Forgotten already?
>>
>>I wouldn't be surprised if Andre Ware and da Lions throw for 300 yards.
>>
Still gotta outscore the 49ers on the scoreboard for this to mean anything.
Besides, it may be a "meaningless game" to the 49ers by that point.  (And
any game has been meaningless to Detroit for quite a while this season :-))
>>Mark A. Blickhan    ---  Go Lions ---  Should have beat the 49ers in '83.
>>
That's right.  I was there and thought so too.  However, your field goal
kicker CHOKED on a medium range field goal at the end of the game.  Now,
have we heard similar stories before?  Nah.
>>
>>
>
>	Yeah, considering that MOST teams cannot run against the
>  9'ers, what else are they gonna do but pass?  Also, the Niners
>  schedule has been mainly pitted against passing teams.  Their own
>  divisional rivals ( Atlanta, Rams, and even Saints )  rely mainly
>  on the pass.  To round out the niners schedule, the played each
>  divisonal rival twice plus the Eagles, Dolphins and Bills, each with
>  a strong passing game but little or no running game. ( except the 
>  bills, but then again, we did lose that one :(  )
>	Fact is, the 9'ers have yet to play a team with powerhouse 
>  running game. (Sf against the Cowboys would have been interesting)
>  	I agree that SF's pass defense isn't that great, but it isn't
>  as bad as the stats show.  They are 12-2........
>
>	K-->
>
>P.S.  Wish the 9'ers would ask Santa for a pass rusher for X-mas :)
PLEASE!!
>
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