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I still feel good being down by 3 after the horrendous start!!!!! Payton better talk about ball security at halftime.

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Down by three is not bad consider how the game started

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49ers lead #saints 17-14. #nola commits 4 tunovers and trail only by 3, coulda been worse

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Saints commit 4 TOs and trail only 17-14 in first half. They have to feel good about where they're at

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Gonna end up 45-20

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Brees is slippery. Aldon Smith had him for a sack and he slipped away.

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4 TOs and only down by 3. SF must not be feeling too good about that!

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Team Stats NO SF
First Downs 13 8
Total Plays 43 32
Total Yards 203 156
Passing 182 108
Rushing 21 48
Penalties 0 / 0 2 / 28
Possession 17:51 12:09
Turnovers 4 1

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NO Passing CMP ATT YDS YPA TD INT
Drew Brees 23 34 193 5.7 2 2
TEAM TOTALS 23 34 182 5.4 2 2
SF Passing CMP ATT YDS YPA TD INT
Alex Smith 12 21 130 6.2 2 0
TEAM TOTALS 12 21 108 5.1 2 0

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NO Rushing ATT YDS AVG LG TD
Chris Ivory 4 8 2 4 0
Pierre Thomas 1 6 6 6 0
Drew Brees 1 5 5 5 0
Darren Sproles 2 2 1 2 0
TEAM TOTALS 8 21 2.6 6 0
SF Rushing ATT YDS AVG LG TD
Frank Gore 6 32 5.3 15 0
Kendall Hunter 2 16 8 11 0
TEAM TOTALS 8 48 6 15 0

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NO Receiving Rec YDS AVG LG TD
Marques Colston 5 73 14.6 25 1
Darren Sproles 8 38 4.8 12 0
Jimmy Graham 3 25 8.3 14 1
Adrian Arrington 1 14 14 14 0
Robert Meachem 2 13 6.5 8 0
Mike Higgins 1 10 10 10 0
Jed Collins 1 8 8 8 0
Devery Henderson 1 7 7 7 0
Pierre Thomas 1 5 5 5 0
TEAM TOTALS 23 193 8.4 25 2
SF Receiving Rec YDS AVG LG TD
Vernon Davis 4 82 20.5 49 1
Michael Crabtree 2 13 6.5 9 1
Kyle Williams 2 12 6 6 0
Ted Ginn 1 11 11 11 0
Frank Gore 2 8 4 9 0
Justin Peelle 1 4 4 4 0
TEAM TOTALS 12 130 10.8 49 2

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NO Defense TACKLES SACKS TFL INT TD
Roman Harper 6 2 0 0 0
Malcolm Jenkins 5 0 0 0 0
Martez Wilson 3 2 0 0 0
Tracy Porter 2 0 0 0 0
Patrick Robinson 2 0 0 0 0
Cameron Jordan 2 0 0 0 0
Scott Shanle 1 0 0 0 0
Jonathan Vilma 1 0 1 0 0
Sedrick Ellis 1 0 0 0 0
Jo-Lonn Dunbar 1 0 1 0 0
TEAM TOTALS 24 3 2 0 0
SF Defense TACKLES SACKS TFL INT TD
Dashon Goldson 7 0 0 1 0
NaVorro Bowman 7 0 0 0 0
Patrick Willis 6 0 0 0 0
Donte Whitner 5 0 0 0 0
Aldon Smith 2 1 2 0 0
Chris Culliver 2 0 0 0 0
Justin Smith 1 0 0 0 0
Carlos Rogers 1 0 0 0 0
Ahmad Brooks 1 0 0 0 0
Tarell Brown 1 0 0 1 0
TEAM TOTALS 33 1 2 2 0

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NO Kicking FG XP PTS
John Kasay 0-0 2 2
TEAM TOTALS 0-0 2 2
NO Punting TOT YDS AVG -20
Thomas Morstead 2 103 51.5 0
TEAM TOTALS 2 103 51.5 0
SF Kicking FG XP PTS
David Akers 1-1 2 5
TEAM TOTALS 1-1 2 5
SF Punting TOT YDS AVG -20
Andy Lee 4 180 45 0
TEAM TOTALS 4 180 45 0
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NO Punt Ret. NO AVG TD
Darren Sproles 1 11 0
TEAM TOTALS 1 11 0
NO Kick Ret. NO AVG TD
Courtney Roby 2 9.5 0
TEAM TOTALS 2 9.5 0
SF Punt Ret. NO AVG TD
Ted Ginn 1 16 0
Kyle Williams 1 6 0
TEAM TOTALS 2 11 0
SF Kick Ret. NO AVG TD
TEAM TOTALS 0 0 0
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[Image: http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2012/0114/nfl...sy_576.jpg]

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Sproles is hesitating on his returns........he usually is always trying to get up field but that last return was shades of Reggie Bush......more dancing

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Running tally in the second half, five passes, five blitzes, one sack, on throw away, one pass that should have been caught.

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Alex Smith last 11 passes: 4 of 11, 27 yards. #49ers

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49ers have scored 13 points off of their five turnovers, however the first fumble by Pierre Thomas happened inside the 49ers 10, so it prevented a score.

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crabtree dropping too many balls

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ESPN Stats & Info: Teams with 5+ turnovers have lost 44 consecutive playoff games before today. Saints have 5. #49ers

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Safe to say, the #49ers aren't biting on "play-action

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Dashon Goldson on sideline on one knee. Reggie Smith in. #49er

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Dashon Goldson looked hurt after the long completion to Colston, might be his ego that got injured.

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eed to run a screen or check downs to slow down blitz. Getting out of game plan and Crabtree drops have the difference inmmo

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scrap trying to throw a screen to Sproles......throw it to Ivory im telling you, they're locked in on Sproles

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Timeout before play

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Brees is a steely eyed football man

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Saints lost just five fumbles in the entire regular season. They've lost another 5 in the postseason so far

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That timeout though will be a huge loss if we don't convert, go down and score a TD