Aldon Smith says "Everyone knew Crabtree was held"

[Coastergenius]

I know that people say that it doesn't matter how much you win by as long as you win, while I don't let the idiots on ESPN message boards dictate my mood, it would have still been nice for us to destroyed the 49ers by 20-30 points. That way there's no debate about any last minute calls. The Ravens win fair and square in everybody's eyes. Nobody's foolish enough to whine about calls in a blow-out.

[Sirdowski]

I wonder if John and Jim have finally talked. I remember that 2 weeks after the game John said they hadn't

I saw a great shot on NFLN of John and Jim laughing it up about something at the combine.

[lovefootball]

Just like last year everyone in Baltimore knew Lee Evans made the catch! So many crocodile tears.

At least Evans put his hands on the ball. Another half step, Ravens win. Crabtree would have been out of bounds trying to make that catch. But thats not mentioned much. Uncatchable ball thrown by CK.

[NC Raven]

It's too bad this is happening to the Whiners and not, say the Pats or Steelers -- somebody it would help us to have caving in, mentally.

Pretty clear to me that SF is a team that's going to ride high as a kite when they're winning, but have the knives in each others' backs the second anything goes wrong.

Kind of how you'd expect a young team. On the one hand, they benefit a ton from guys on their rookie contracts; they don't yet have to pay the piper on some of these guys. But at the same time, they aren't going to be a mature team stocked with leaders, and that shows up.

There was already a great public exchange between Culliver and Donte Whitner about who had blown the coverage on the wide open TD to JJ12. They weren't addressing each other's comments, but each one blamed the other. (Whitner's explanation made way more sense and showed much more understanding of the defensive call there). Like I said, wish this was the Steelers or Pats melting down instead of somebody we probably won't see again till their division rotates into our schedule.

[alien bird]

I wonder if John and Jim have finally talked. I remember that 2 weeks after the game John said they hadn't

They sat at the combine together. Smith's hold was apparently brought up, and John responded with the fact that Akers wasn't touched and Flacco was hit three yards out of bounds. End of discussion.

[Sirdowski]

They sat at the combine together. Smith's hold was apparently brought up, and John responded with the fact that Akers wasn't touched and Flacco was hit three yards out of bounds. End of discussion.

Link?

[Beau Petard]

Apparently, "Everyone" doesn't include the first person who commented on the Aldon Smith quote --

"As a Niner lifer I can tell you they [San Fran] didn’t deserve to win that game. If you can’t punch it with 4 tries from the 7 yard line against that old, tired Ravens D (without Ngata in there) you don’t deserve to be world champs.

The refs did the right thing. Keep the flag in the pocket."

BTW, Diego Maradona just phoned, and said he and Cesar Chavez felt that the ref made the right call...

(I have the call on video, if that helps!)

[lobachevsky]

Every time I see that photo I want to shout out, Coach, you're doing it wrong!

The left hand should not be holding the right wrist. Instead it should be holding the right bicep at the elbow. Then the right fist is flipped upward facing the targeted party. IIRC the French term for it is le bras d'honneur (Beau should check me on this) & it is in all likelihood the gesture Jim Harbaugh really wanted to make in the direction of the zeebs...

[Beau Petard]

lob--
I believe you are correct in your ID of "le bras d'honneur", although I suspect that combined with Jim's oral gesticulation, there are some prison residents around the globe that might just misinterpret his "sign language" as a pick-up line...

[HKusp]

Everyone knows:

1. Torrey Smith was interfered with/held on that pass down the sideline in the second half
2. Pitta was mugged in the end zone on 3rd and 1
3. Flacco was hit illegally on that same play
4. Akers dove on that missed FG
5. Bernard Pollard was held on Gore's 33 yard run on that last drive
6. Crabtree committed OPI on 2nd down in that last series
7. Crabtree initiated contact on 4th down
8. That ball was uncathcable
9. The 49ers would have lost by 20 points if there was no blackout

Crabtree and Kaepernick did not whine after that 4th down play. They didn't beg for a flag. They got away with a lot that night and it never got called. They had four -- count 'em: four - chances to get into the end zone from no more than 7 yards away and they couldn't get any closer than the five.

This is the real downside of the Jim Harbaugh act. The team doesn't take responsibility for getting curb stomped for 32 minutes. It gives no credit to its adversaries. And it thinks every call against it is terrible and every call for it is great. Listen to FX again. Harbaugh is whining on almost every play.

Advocacy is creating your own spin; idiocy is believing it. They are veering towards idiocy now.

End of discussion. Great post.

[Ngata Da Vida]

Everyone knows:

1. Torrey Smith was interfered with/held on that pass down the sideline in the second half
2. Pitta was mugged in the end zone on 3rd and 1
3. Flacco was hit illegally on that same play
4. Akers dove on that missed FG
5. Bernard Pollard was held on Gore's 33 yard run on that last drive
6. Crabtree committed OPI on 2nd down in that last series
7. Crabtree initiated contact on 4th down
8. That ball was uncathcable
9. The 49ers would have lost by 20 points if there was no blackout

Crabtree and Kaepernick did not whine after that 4th down play. They didn't beg for a flag. They got away with a lot that night and it never got called. They had four -- count 'em: four - chances to get into the end zone from no more than 7 yards away and they couldn't get any closer than the five.

This is the real downside of the Jim Harbaugh act. The team doesn't take responsibility for getting curb stomped for 32 minutes. It gives no credit to its adversaries. And it thinks every call against it is terrible and every call for it is great. Listen to FX again. Harbaugh is whining on almost every play.

Advocacy is creating your own spin; idiocy is believing it. They are veering towards idiocy now.

[lobachevsky]

lob--
I believe you are correct in your ID of "le bras d'honneur", although I suspect that combined with Jim's oral gesticulation, there are some prison residents around the globe that might just misinterpret his "sign language" as a pick-up line...

Would that have any relation to the old joke about OJ Simpson going to the slammer as a tight end & emerging as a wide receiver? Youth demands to know (& geezerdom is a mite curious as well)!

I just noted that that image could be from a music video if they changed the lyrics from "Call Me Maybe" to "Call It Maybe." (I'd say "Call It You Cretins" but it wouldn't fit the score & as a recovering poetaster I'm kinda sensitive about that...)

[Jay D83]

Who cares. We won, the lost. /End of

[BigPlayReceiver]

I see that Harbs pic and I think about Goodell's concern about someone dying on the field, and I think...someone will eventually die on the field; and it's going to be a coach.

[alien bird]

They sat at the combine together. Smith's hold was apparently brought up, and John responded with the fact that Akers wasn't touched and Flacco was hit three yards out of bounds. End of discussion.

Link?

Here is the video of John Harbaugh speaking at the FCA Banquet last Monday. He goes through the season, and the entire thing was pretty interesting. Good insights to what was going on during the season. The relevant part to this thread starts at about the 43:00 mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvzi0gSaJ5w

[camdenyard]

Don't get down 22 points in the 2nd half and rely on miracle comebacks then