49ers Defense Looks To Stop Brees, Red-Hot Saints
The San Francisco 49ers defense knows it will have to keep New Orleans QB Drew Brees off the field and pressure him at every chance to slow down these Saints.
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The San Francisco 49ers defense knows it will have to keep New Orleans QB Drew Brees off the field and pressure him at every chance to slow down these Saints.
John Madden offered his take on this weekend's NFC and AFC playoff games in his daily discussion with the KCBS morning crew.
Being better at home isn't special. Home field advantage is tangible in the NFL – the home team won 56.6 percent of games this season. It just usually doesn't manifest itself quite so much as it did for these two teams, and specifically these two quarterbacks.
The NFC West champion 49ers have eight players who have been to the postseason previously. The New Orleans Saints? A whopping 39.
49ers backup QB Scott Tolzien is having a ball playing the Saints' Drew Brees in practice this week.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and New Orleans Mayor Mitchell Landrieu each put their city's signature food and drinks on the line for the game.
Star quarterbacks Drew Brees, Eli Manning and Aaron Rodgers are all playing in the two NFC playoff games this weekend. The fourth is 49ers QB Alex Smith.
Candlestick Park is ready to go for Saturday's San Francisco 49ers playoff game following embarrassing power outages during a nationally televised game last month, city and PG&E officials said.
Frank Gore will help the Niners keep the New Orleans Saints' offense on the sidelines Saturday. Meantime, 49ers' defensive end Ray McDonald, while not a star, could play key role for the Niners too.
Alex Smith has started to shed his draft-bust label and turned around his career under coach Jim Harbaugh, leading the 49ers (13-3) to the playoffs for the first time in nine years.
Some of the greatest legends of the old football era - Joe Montana, Ronnie Lott, Dwight Clark, and Roger Craig - came together to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 49ers' biggest play: 'The Catch.'
On Saturday, the defensively superior San Francisco 49ers will welcome the high-octane New Orleans Saints to Candlestick Park for an NFC divisional playoff battle.
From Nick Saban and Steve Spurrier to Dennis Erickson, winning college coaches have long failed to translate their success to the next level.
A sellout crowd will see the 49ers face the New Orleans Saints in Saturday's NFC playoff game at Candlestick. John Madden told the KCBS morning crew that loud home field fans can slow the Saints offense.
Even though ground has yet to be broken, 9,000 club-level seats went on sale today for the 49ers new Santa Clara stadium, but some long-time fans weren't exactly thrilled.
