San Francisco 49ers in the Superbowl

There were a lot of questions going into the NFC Championship game. This was the second playoff game for Colin Kaepernick and people were wondering if he would come back down to earth after that stellar performance against the Green Bay Packers a week earlier.

The game got off to a slow start for the 49ers. The defense was hit like a heavy weight boxer with a strong left hook and dazed.  Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons had an excellent game plan.   He was completing short passes to Roddy White, Tony Gonzalez and Julio Jones.  The Falcons tried running the ball but the 49er defense kept the yardage to a minimum.

Matt Ryan was decisive and accurate in the first half.  It seemed like the 49ers had no answer for the Atlanta passing attack.  A quick look a the score board showed that Atlanta was packing on points like a gas station giving away free gas.

The 49ers offense was having a little bit of trouble with the crowd noise and the first half had a lot of three and outs.  It did not look good for San Francisco.

Niners fought their way back into this game.  Colin Kaepernick ran wild the week before against Green Bay and the Altanta Falcons were determined not to let that happen to them.

Colin Kaepernick went to the air with laser sharp passes to the open receiver.  Vernon Davis magically reappeared in the 49ers Offensive scheme and he gashed Atlanta for good yardage down the field.

Colin had all defensive eyes on him and the read option defenders were not letting him out of their site.   Cool Kaepernick took what the defense was giving him and he handed off the ball the majority of the time.   The 49er running backs had no problem breaking through the Atlanta defensive line and picked up good rushing yardage.

The second half told a different story for the Falcons.  The 49 er defense made adjustments and finally started to slow the falcons down.  The niners crept back into the game and made one final stand to stop the falcons at the end.

Bend don't break defense was the name of the game.   The 49er secondary was getting toasted during this game.  The linebackers should also be included in that toaster.  But they came up big when they needed to make a play and the went into Atlanta and emerged with a victory.  The 49 ers are headed to the Super Bowl.