From: GC.JAB@forsythe.stanford.edu (Tony Bechtold)
Subject: Re: Niners/Bills (gag)
Organization: Stanford University, California, USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 16:06:56 GMT

In article <d9xndga.mzimmers@netcom.com>,
mzimmers@netcom.com (Michael Zimmers) writes:

>How a team can run up almost 600 yards of offense and lose is beyond
>comprehension.  For the Bills' part, they could very easily have
>walked away from a near-perfect offensive showing with a loss.  If
>anything, this game pointed out in painful detail how much improvement
>both teams need to even think about the Big Dance.  The Bills might
>get there with this offense, but the Niners will never survive the
>more talented NFC contenders.  It's still DEFENSE that wins in the NFL
>postseason, kids, and we saw very little of it today.

The 49ers played decent defense in the first half. But they never
came out of the locker room in the second half.  If they could have
at least put in nearly the effort in the second half as they did in
the first half, the outcome most likely would have been different. I
guess Buffalo just plain worn them out!

>Now then, some puerile ranting:
>
>1. If we had anything resembling a placekicker, we win.

Regardless of Cofer's mishaps the past year, I've still supported
the guy. But after yesterday's extremely poor performance by Cofer,
I say its time to break out the ax. That guy has cost us one too
many games!

>2. If we have Rice all game, we probably win (as good as the other
>   WRs are, Rice is still better).

Everybody seems to forget that Jones left the game in the second
quarter with a strained hamstring.  I'm truly amazed at the 49ers
offensive showing minus their biggest offensive weapon, Rice, and
one of the better tight ends in the game, Jones, proved to still
produce as much as it did.

>3. Montana makes that last drive work.

I think that Young made the drive work too!  The 49ers would have
had a 1st down on the Bills 25 yard line had it not been for
Wallace's holding call that set them back.  That was the play that
pretty much cost them the game.  Had he not held, the Niners would
have most likely tied the game with a field goal,if not scored the
go ahead touchdown. When you are playing a team like Buffalo, any
mistake will most likely prove to be costly.

I don't know about the rest of you, but Young just impressed the
hell out of me.  You don't get much better of a performance then
what Kelly and Young displayed for us on Sunday.

>Ah well, it may not have been that impressive to defense-bigots like
>me, but it sure was entertaining...

There is a bright side to this Mike.  The Niners secondary is very
young, and very inexperienced.  Give them another 10 games or so,
and I'm sure they will be much improved, and more capable of
defending against teams like Buffalo.  Just be happy that there are
few teams in the NFL with offensives as potent as the Bills and
Niners.

After Sunday's game between the Bills and Niners, I'm sure one thing
was most certainly achieved from the meeting between the two teams.
And that was gaining respect for one another!  No matter how
dominating the two teams may be this season, both know that meeting
one another in the Super Bowl will be no cake walk at all!


                                                      Tony
                                                   GO 49ERS!!!