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	<title>Comments on: Alex Smith should be easier to re-sign after NFC title game</title>
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		<title>By: sportsking604</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sportsking604]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talk of a loser. And that goes to anyone who thinks A Smith should stay.  He&#039;s the worst QB in the league. Just because he arranged practices during the lockout doesn&#039;t mean he can get the job done. Put him in the coach&#039;s booth]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Talk of a loser. And that goes to anyone who thinks A Smith should stay.  He&#8217;s the worst QB in the league. Just because he arranged practices during the lockout doesn&#8217;t mean he can get the job done. Put him in the coach&#8217;s booth</p>
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		<title>By: jcf78</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would keep Alex!  I think let&#039;s see what he has to offer in his second year with the same offense, something no one has seen him do YET!  Also no off season and of the 32 starting qbs, he threw and had the least number of to&#039;s.  

Get him a threat at receiver to go with crabtree, Davis, d walker, gore, and hunter.  Can&#039;t wait for next year]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would keep Alex!  I think let&#8217;s see what he has to offer in his second year with the same offense, something no one has seen him do YET!  Also no off season and of the 32 starting qbs, he threw and had the least number of to&#8217;s.  </p>
<p>Get him a threat at receiver to go with crabtree, Davis, d walker, gore, and hunter.  Can&#8217;t wait for next year</p>
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		<title>By: cshearing</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cshearing]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I will agree that he deserves another shot, what with the inconsistency he has had to work through in his career.  But I am not optimistic about his chances to improve to a championship level.  We&#039;ll have to see.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I will agree that he deserves another shot, what with the inconsistency he has had to work through in his career.  But I am not optimistic about his chances to improve to a championship level.  We&#8217;ll have to see.</p>
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		<title>By: eeeeeeetme</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[eeeeeeetme]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would low ball this smirking jackass. I mean, what&#039;s his options? No other NFL team wants this clown.  Their backup is tons better than this loser. I say offer him the league minimum than make him clean the toliets for his money.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would low ball this smirking jackass. I mean, what&#8217;s his options? No other NFL team wants this clown.  Their backup is tons better than this loser. I say offer him the league minimum than make him clean the toliets for his money.</p>
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		<title>By: asublimeday</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[asublimeday]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alex smith earning11 million dollars a year  is disgusting.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alex smith earning11 million dollars a year  is disgusting.</p>
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		<title>By: thankheavenfornumberseven</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[thankheavenfornumberseven]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[tombradysponytail says: 
Jan 24, 2012 5:50 PM 
I bet you wish you drafter Rodgers now, Smith was terrible when it counted.
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He played better against the Giants than Rodgers did the week before.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>tombradysponytail says:<br />
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I bet you wish you drafter Rodgers now, Smith was terrible when it counted.<br />
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<p>He played better against the Giants than Rodgers did the week before.</p>
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		<title>By: scoob766</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alex did not get blamed for the game by the 9ers fans. You stooges are about as smart as Raiders fans.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alex did not get blamed for the game by the 9ers fans. You stooges are about as smart as Raiders fans.</p>
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		<title>By: green41563</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[green41563]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[goldrush36 says: Jan 24, 2012 11:03 PM

@Green41563. Umm have you ever looked at Aikman’s career #s? His very best season featured under 100 more yds than Alex this year 1 less TD, 1 more int and a 6 pt lower rating. With 2 all pro WR’s an all pro TE, an all pro FB and RB and one of the nastiest o-lines in history. 
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The reason Aikman  never posted big passing numbers is that they had the NFL&#039;s all-time leading rusher and a run-first offensive coordinator. Aikman had ONE season of 500+ pass attempts.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>goldrush36 says: Jan 24, 2012 11:03 PM</p>
<p>@Green41563. Umm have you ever looked at Aikman’s career #s? His very best season featured under 100 more yds than Alex this year 1 less TD, 1 more int and a 6 pt lower rating. With 2 all pro WR’s an all pro TE, an all pro FB and RB and one of the nastiest o-lines in history.<br />
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<p>The reason Aikman  never posted big passing numbers is that they had the NFL&#8217;s all-time leading rusher and a run-first offensive coordinator. Aikman had ONE season of 500+ pass attempts.</p>
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		<title>By: cali49er707</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cali49er707]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[i love to read  the hate we get from fans from other teams &amp; nor do i mind,because if u didn&#039;t know i hate your teams to. KEEP HATING B!TCHE$]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i love to read  the hate we get from fans from other teams &amp; nor do i mind,because if u didn&#8217;t know i hate your teams to. KEEP HATING B!TCHE$</p>
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		<title>By: marcsasharc</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[marcsasharc]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[we are still waiting for jackntorres to eat his crow. lol this clown was so certain his Saints would destroy, not beat, destroy, the 49ers. what a loser.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>we are still waiting for jackntorres to eat his crow. lol this clown was so certain his Saints would destroy, not beat, destroy, the 49ers. what a loser.</p>
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		<title>By: goldrush36</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@Green41563. Umm have you ever looked at Aikman&#039;s career #s? His very best season featured under 100 more yds than Alex this year 1 less TD, 1 more int and a 6 pt lower rating. With 2 all pro WR&#039;s an all pro TE, an all pro FB and RB and one of the nastiest o-lines in history. Just love when they name is brought up with no facts behind it ;)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Green41563. Umm have you ever looked at Aikman&#8217;s career #s? His very best season featured under 100 more yds than Alex this year 1 less TD, 1 more int and a 6 pt lower rating. With 2 all pro WR&#8217;s an all pro TE, an all pro FB and RB and one of the nastiest o-lines in history. Just love when they name is brought up with no facts behind it <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: goawayeverybody</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[goawayeverybody]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m still beaming that the 49ers lost.  Very happy over the extreme disappointment of their braindead fan base!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m still beaming that the 49ers lost.  Very happy over the extreme disappointment of their braindead fan base!</p>
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		<title>By: alldonesmith</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[rcampore:

I didn&#039;t &quot;choose&quot; to see anything more or less because I root for the 49ers.  nor do I have anything against the Giants.  the 90/10% figures are rough estimates based on what I personally read here on PFT.  I really don&#039;t care enough to go back and add them all up just to satisfy you when they come out 83/17 or 76/24 or whatever very large majority it happens to be statistically.

why you chose the most irrelevant sentence in the entire post to pick a fight about is beyond me.  it has very little to do with my point, it was just an observation.  feel free to disagree, but I&#039;m not going to waste any more time about a sentence that wasn&#039;t very important to me to begin with.

I didn&#039;t say my fan base was &quot;better&quot; than anyone else.  I&#039;m saying there are some sad fans from other teams who are bitter at the 9ers for whatever reason and hang out in 9er threads to hate on 9er fans.  yourself included.  go get some fresh air man, you HAVE to have something better to do with your time.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>rcampore:</p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t &#8220;choose&#8221; to see anything more or less because I root for the 49ers.  nor do I have anything against the Giants.  the 90/10% figures are rough estimates based on what I personally read here on PFT.  I really don&#8217;t care enough to go back and add them all up just to satisfy you when they come out 83/17 or 76/24 or whatever very large majority it happens to be statistically.</p>
<p>why you chose the most irrelevant sentence in the entire post to pick a fight about is beyond me.  it has very little to do with my point, it was just an observation.  feel free to disagree, but I&#8217;m not going to waste any more time about a sentence that wasn&#8217;t very important to me to begin with.</p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t say my fan base was &#8220;better&#8221; than anyone else.  I&#8217;m saying there are some sad fans from other teams who are bitter at the 9ers for whatever reason and hang out in 9er threads to hate on 9er fans.  yourself included.  go get some fresh air man, you HAVE to have something better to do with your time.</p>
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		<title>By: n0hopeleft</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[n0hopeleft]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[9ers will be irrelevant next year regardless.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>9ers will be irrelevant next year regardless.</p>
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		<title>By: freedomispopular</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[freedomispopular]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you expect him to do when Vernon Davis is his only legitimate receiving threat?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What do you expect him to do when Vernon Davis is his only legitimate receiving threat?</p>
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		<title>By: gmen1987</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[gmen1987]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[rpiotr01 says: Jan 24, 2012 5:56 PM

The sooner they get Colin Kaepernick on the field, the better. Draft a WR or two and they’ll be a good team for a long time.
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Ah the classic &quot;the backup QB is going to be the guy&quot; arguement. Kaepernick is not ready and is not a good reader of defenses.  

Peyton Manning is not coming to your team either 49er fans. Alex Smith is your QB. He may not have made the fantasy geeks happy or the fangirls excited, but he had a pretty good year.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>rpiotr01 says: Jan 24, 2012 5:56 PM</p>
<p>The sooner they get Colin Kaepernick on the field, the better. Draft a WR or two and they’ll be a good team for a long time.<br />
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Ah the classic &#8220;the backup QB is going to be the guy&#8221; arguement. Kaepernick is not ready and is not a good reader of defenses.  </p>
<p>Peyton Manning is not coming to your team either 49er fans. Alex Smith is your QB. He may not have made the fantasy geeks happy or the fangirls excited, but he had a pretty good year.</p>
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		<title>By: green41563</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[green41563]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look, I think Alex Smith has improved a lot, but history says that it&#039;ll be very, very difficult to win the Super Bowl with him. It can be done, but if you look at the guys who&#039;ve won it over the past 20 years, you see that you&#039;re not winning the Super Bowl without an elite quarterback unless you have an all-time defense:

Super Bowl 27 - Troy Aikman
Super Bowl 28 - Troy Aikman
Super Bowl 29 - Steve Young
Super Bowl 30 - Troy Aikman
Super Bowl 31 - Brett Favre
Super Bowl 32 - John Elway
Super Bowl 33 - John Elway
Super Bowl 34 - Kurt Warner
Super Bowl 35 - Trent Dilfer- sub-200-pt D
Super Bowl 36 - Tom Brady
Super Bowl 37 - Brad Johnson - sub-200-pt D
Super Bowl 38-  Tom Brady
Super Bowl 39 - Tom Brady
Super Bowl 40 - Ben Roethlisberger
Super Bowl 41 - Peyton Manning
Super Bowl 42 - Eli Manning
Super Bowl 43 - Ben Roethlisberger
Super Bowl 44 - Drew Brees
Super Bowl 45- Aaron Rodgers]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Look, I think Alex Smith has improved a lot, but history says that it&#8217;ll be very, very difficult to win the Super Bowl with him. It can be done, but if you look at the guys who&#8217;ve won it over the past 20 years, you see that you&#8217;re not winning the Super Bowl without an elite quarterback unless you have an all-time defense:</p>
<p>Super Bowl 27 &#8211; Troy Aikman<br />
Super Bowl 28 &#8211; Troy Aikman<br />
Super Bowl 29 &#8211; Steve Young<br />
Super Bowl 30 &#8211; Troy Aikman<br />
Super Bowl 31 &#8211; Brett Favre<br />
Super Bowl 32 &#8211; John Elway<br />
Super Bowl 33 &#8211; John Elway<br />
Super Bowl 34 &#8211; Kurt Warner<br />
Super Bowl 35 &#8211; Trent Dilfer- sub-200-pt D<br />
Super Bowl 36 &#8211; Tom Brady<br />
Super Bowl 37 &#8211; Brad Johnson &#8211; sub-200-pt D<br />
Super Bowl 38-  Tom Brady<br />
Super Bowl 39 &#8211; Tom Brady<br />
Super Bowl 40 &#8211; Ben Roethlisberger<br />
Super Bowl 41 &#8211; Peyton Manning<br />
Super Bowl 42 &#8211; Eli Manning<br />
Super Bowl 43 &#8211; Ben Roethlisberger<br />
Super Bowl 44 &#8211; Drew Brees<br />
Super Bowl 45- Aaron Rodgers</p>
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		<title>By: rcampore</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[rcampore]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[f that’s the most ridiculous thing you’ve ever read, you might want to read a little more buddy.

“zero” was admittedly an exaggeration. very rarely is ANYTHING all or nothing. but 90% of the 9er fan posts I saw basically boiled down to “Giants are a great team, expecting a great game.” and it was pretty obvious the other 10% of 9er fans who WERE talking trash were only doing it to “even it out” because the trash talk was so one-sided. even the vast majority of THOSE posts didn’t talk about how the Giants were going to get “exposed” or say they were a crappy team.

notice how the very things you cite as trash talk (SF has an amazing defense, Alex raised his game up) aren’t digs at the Giants, they’re rebuttals about the high quality of the 9ers’ play.

election after election has taught Americans that if you don’t respond at all to attacks, the public starts to believe them. even the blatant lies. so I can’t blame those 10%ers for standing up for the team. 90% of the Giants posts I saw were things like Alex Smith is a fraud, the 9ers are going to get exposed, etc. only about 10% gave the 9ers any respect whatsoever. and that 10% of Giants fans get mad respect in my book.

PS – I understand there’s people on this site who need to get their frustrations out by telling other people their teams are terrible. clearly there’s a segment of fans of all teams who are like that. but continuing to talk trash and following 9er fans around 9er threads AFTER the game is over? that’s just pathetic. go outside and get some exercise.

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I love the 90% 10% statistics that came out of thin air.  You choose to see the positive posts from SF fans more than the bad ones because well your a SF fan.   Were there Giants fans talking trash?  of course there were and to say it was 90% is ridiculous.  I saw plenty of fans posting how they were taking the 49ers seriously including myself.  The comment about the SF defense was just one example.  There were also posts about NY is trash and go back to the Jersey shore and NY is garbage, etc etc.  To generalize a whole fan base based on some idiot posters on a football site is ridiculous.  My point was that you stated that Zero SF fans said nothing bad which is completely false.  Don&#039;t pretend like your fan base is so much better than other fans.  There are jerks who are going to post crap no matter what from all teams.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>f that’s the most ridiculous thing you’ve ever read, you might want to read a little more buddy.</p>
<p>“zero” was admittedly an exaggeration. very rarely is ANYTHING all or nothing. but 90% of the 9er fan posts I saw basically boiled down to “Giants are a great team, expecting a great game.” and it was pretty obvious the other 10% of 9er fans who WERE talking trash were only doing it to “even it out” because the trash talk was so one-sided. even the vast majority of THOSE posts didn’t talk about how the Giants were going to get “exposed” or say they were a crappy team.</p>
<p>notice how the very things you cite as trash talk (SF has an amazing defense, Alex raised his game up) aren’t digs at the Giants, they’re rebuttals about the high quality of the 9ers’ play.</p>
<p>election after election has taught Americans that if you don’t respond at all to attacks, the public starts to believe them. even the blatant lies. so I can’t blame those 10%ers for standing up for the team. 90% of the Giants posts I saw were things like Alex Smith is a fraud, the 9ers are going to get exposed, etc. only about 10% gave the 9ers any respect whatsoever. and that 10% of Giants fans get mad respect in my book.</p>
<p>PS – I understand there’s people on this site who need to get their frustrations out by telling other people their teams are terrible. clearly there’s a segment of fans of all teams who are like that. but continuing to talk trash and following 9er fans around 9er threads AFTER the game is over? that’s just pathetic. go outside and get some exercise.</p>
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<p>I love the 90% 10% statistics that came out of thin air.  You choose to see the positive posts from SF fans more than the bad ones because well your a SF fan.   Were there Giants fans talking trash?  of course there were and to say it was 90% is ridiculous.  I saw plenty of fans posting how they were taking the 49ers seriously including myself.  The comment about the SF defense was just one example.  There were also posts about NY is trash and go back to the Jersey shore and NY is garbage, etc etc.  To generalize a whole fan base based on some idiot posters on a football site is ridiculous.  My point was that you stated that Zero SF fans said nothing bad which is completely false.  Don&#8217;t pretend like your fan base is so much better than other fans.  There are jerks who are going to post crap no matter what from all teams.</p>
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		<title>By: colinsnooks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t know why everyone is shocked and awed about 8 - 11 mil a year.  Isn&#039;t that about average for a qb of his caliber now? I think Sanchez got 15 mil or something this year

I try not to think about the money involved with pro sports, but it&#039;s unavoidable watching sports news or reading about it.  It&#039;s weird to be thinking about whether a that free agent my team might be looking to sign is worth x millions when I&#039;m daydreaming at work, and then later that day wondering if it&#039;s worth $10 bucks to go out for lunch with my coworkers or just to eat the bag lunch I brought from home.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t know why everyone is shocked and awed about 8 &#8211; 11 mil a year.  Isn&#8217;t that about average for a qb of his caliber now? I think Sanchez got 15 mil or something this year</p>
<p>I try not to think about the money involved with pro sports, but it&#8217;s unavoidable watching sports news or reading about it.  It&#8217;s weird to be thinking about whether a that free agent my team might be looking to sign is worth x millions when I&#8217;m daydreaming at work, and then later that day wondering if it&#8217;s worth $10 bucks to go out for lunch with my coworkers or just to eat the bag lunch I brought from home.</p>
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		<title>By: domeinate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the rest of the NFC, please keep him.  We like Alex Smith in 49ers.  Makes our job much easier.]]></description>
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		<title>By: alldonesmith</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[if that&#039;s the most ridiculous thing you&#039;ve ever read, you might want to read a little more buddy.

&quot;zero&quot; was admittedly an exaggeration.  very rarely is ANYTHING all or nothing.  but 90% of the 9er fan posts I saw basically boiled down to &quot;Giants are a great team, expecting a great game.&quot;  and it was pretty obvious the other 10% of 9er fans who WERE talking trash were only doing it to &quot;even it out&quot; because the trash talk was so one-sided.  even the vast majority of THOSE posts didn&#039;t talk about how the Giants were going to get &quot;exposed&quot; or say they were a crappy team.

notice how the very things you cite as trash talk (SF has an amazing defense, Alex raised his game up) aren&#039;t digs at the Giants, they&#039;re rebuttals about the high quality of the 9ers&#039; play.

election after election has taught Americans that if you don&#039;t respond at all to attacks, the public starts to believe them.  even the blatant lies.  so I can&#039;t blame those 10%ers for standing up for the team.  90% of the Giants posts I saw were things like Alex Smith is a fraud, the 9ers are going to get exposed, etc.  only about 10% gave the 9ers any respect whatsoever.  and that 10% of Giants fans get mad respect in my book.

PS - I understand there&#039;s people on this site who need to get their frustrations out by telling other people their teams are terrible.  clearly there&#039;s a segment of fans of all teams who are like that.  but continuing to talk trash and following 9er fans around 9er threads AFTER the game is over?  that&#039;s just pathetic.  go outside and get some exercise.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>if that&#8217;s the most ridiculous thing you&#8217;ve ever read, you might want to read a little more buddy.</p>
<p>&#8220;zero&#8221; was admittedly an exaggeration.  very rarely is ANYTHING all or nothing.  but 90% of the 9er fan posts I saw basically boiled down to &#8220;Giants are a great team, expecting a great game.&#8221;  and it was pretty obvious the other 10% of 9er fans who WERE talking trash were only doing it to &#8220;even it out&#8221; because the trash talk was so one-sided.  even the vast majority of THOSE posts didn&#8217;t talk about how the Giants were going to get &#8220;exposed&#8221; or say they were a crappy team.</p>
<p>notice how the very things you cite as trash talk (SF has an amazing defense, Alex raised his game up) aren&#8217;t digs at the Giants, they&#8217;re rebuttals about the high quality of the 9ers&#8217; play.</p>
<p>election after election has taught Americans that if you don&#8217;t respond at all to attacks, the public starts to believe them.  even the blatant lies.  so I can&#8217;t blame those 10%ers for standing up for the team.  90% of the Giants posts I saw were things like Alex Smith is a fraud, the 9ers are going to get exposed, etc.  only about 10% gave the 9ers any respect whatsoever.  and that 10% of Giants fans get mad respect in my book.</p>
<p>PS &#8211; I understand there&#8217;s people on this site who need to get their frustrations out by telling other people their teams are terrible.  clearly there&#8217;s a segment of fans of all teams who are like that.  but continuing to talk trash and following 9er fans around 9er threads AFTER the game is over?  that&#8217;s just pathetic.  go outside and get some exercise.</p>
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		<title>By: zonedogz</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alex Smith = Ryan Fitzpatrick with a better team around him. Cut &#039;em loose niners! Peyton on line 1...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alex Smith = Ryan Fitzpatrick with a better team around him. Cut &#8216;em loose niners! Peyton on line 1&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: tonymandrich</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IF the 49ers had drafted Rodgers they would be headed to Indy.]]></description>
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		<title>By: cowhawkfan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All of you complains about &quot;worm burners&quot; every time a QB has a bad week, not just Smith, any QB, fail to realize that&#039;s where they intend to throw the ball. They are playing it safe and keeping the ball low so it&#039;s not picked off. Worm burners are much better than over throws. A QB who plays too conservative throws worm burners, thats why those QBs are game managers. Bad QBs over throw the ball. Great QBs are accurate enough and confident enough to throw it anywhere.  There are only a few great QBs.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All of you complains about &#8220;worm burners&#8221; every time a QB has a bad week, not just Smith, any QB, fail to realize that&#8217;s where they intend to throw the ball. They are playing it safe and keeping the ball low so it&#8217;s not picked off. Worm burners are much better than over throws. A QB who plays too conservative throws worm burners, thats why those QBs are game managers. Bad QBs over throw the ball. Great QBs are accurate enough and confident enough to throw it anywhere.  There are only a few great QBs.</p>
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		<title>By: rcunningham</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[tombradysponytail says:
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I bet you wish you drafter Rodgers now, Smith was terrible when it counted.

Soooo it didn&#039;t count in the NFC Divisional?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>tombradysponytail says:<br />
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I bet you wish you drafter Rodgers now, Smith was terrible when it counted.</p>
<p>Soooo it didn&#8217;t count in the NFC Divisional?</p>
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		<title>By: rabidbillsfan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@sonoco

Why bother with Bowe, when VJAX will be cheaper and easier to draw in. I like Alex Smith, and it&#039;s because he&#039;s the same guy when the pressure&#039;s on as when it&#039;s off. Just like Harbaugh, except completely different personalities. They will co-exist just fine. The are the Yin and Yang of QB and Coach. Much like the one in NE. Smith has the potential to be what Brady was early in his career. Who cares if he doesn&#039;t set the leauge on fire, Brady hasn&#039;t won anything since he &quot;Ascended&quot;. Go Niners, Go Smith, Go Harbaugh. From a Bills fan who still hates Donte Whitner.]]></description>
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<p>Why bother with Bowe, when VJAX will be cheaper and easier to draw in. I like Alex Smith, and it&#8217;s because he&#8217;s the same guy when the pressure&#8217;s on as when it&#8217;s off. Just like Harbaugh, except completely different personalities. They will co-exist just fine. The are the Yin and Yang of QB and Coach. Much like the one in NE. Smith has the potential to be what Brady was early in his career. Who cares if he doesn&#8217;t set the leauge on fire, Brady hasn&#8217;t won anything since he &#8220;Ascended&#8221;. Go Niners, Go Smith, Go Harbaugh. From a Bills fan who still hates Donte Whitner.</p>
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		<title>By: Johnny Chingas</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnny Chingas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lock him up for a few years while we continue to develop Kap...Draft a late round guy who might be a Brady type guy who gets overlooked. 

The real issue is WR...we have no speedster deep threat to keep Defenses honest. We also need to continue to bolster our O-Line and our DB&#039;s.

Crabs is a slot type guy...we need a true #1 and a healthy Josh Morgan...we can be dangerous but we need to go get a solid, physical and quick WR...we do that and we&#039;ll make it back next year.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lock him up for a few years while we continue to develop Kap&#8230;Draft a late round guy who might be a Brady type guy who gets overlooked. </p>
<p>The real issue is WR&#8230;we have no speedster deep threat to keep Defenses honest. We also need to continue to bolster our O-Line and our DB&#8217;s.</p>
<p>Crabs is a slot type guy&#8230;we need a true #1 and a healthy Josh Morgan&#8230;we can be dangerous but we need to go get a solid, physical and quick WR&#8230;we do that and we&#8217;ll make it back next year.</p>
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		<title>By: sportsking604</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congrats 9&#039;er Nation. Thats at least 2-3 years before you win a Super Bowl. 17 tds in a season deserves NOTHING!  Absolutely NOTHING  Anyone who thinks otherwise is an assclown that starts cheering for her team when they are 1 game away from the superbowl-ie vancouver Canada&#039;s 9&#039;er nation.  I&#039;d rather have Colt Mckoy or Josh Freeman or Tebow. Your team is a piece of trash without a QB. I admire how you idiots tried to getter done the way Baltimore and Tampa did, but you didn&#039;t! Plain and simple. And in 2 years Willis going to be older. congrats 9ers, you&#039;re about to re-sign a QB that&#039;s worse than Trent Dilfer, Brad Johnson, and Jeff Hostetler. If you&#039;re okay with that, go shoot yourself in the face cuz u don&#039;t deserve to watch the NFL!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Congrats 9&#8242;er Nation. Thats at least 2-3 years before you win a Super Bowl. 17 tds in a season deserves NOTHING!  Absolutely NOTHING  Anyone who thinks otherwise is an assclown that starts cheering for her team when they are 1 game away from the superbowl-ie vancouver Canada&#8217;s 9&#8242;er nation.  I&#8217;d rather have Colt Mckoy or Josh Freeman or Tebow. Your team is a piece of trash without a QB. I admire how you idiots tried to getter done the way Baltimore and Tampa did, but you didn&#8217;t! Plain and simple. And in 2 years Willis going to be older. congrats 9ers, you&#8217;re about to re-sign a QB that&#8217;s worse than Trent Dilfer, Brad Johnson, and Jeff Hostetler. If you&#8217;re okay with that, go shoot yourself in the face cuz u don&#8217;t deserve to watch the NFL!</p>
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		<title>By: rcampore</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m a little surprised to see Giants fans still talking trash, even after they did it all last week with zero response from SF. you guys advanced to the Super Bowl, don’t you have more interesting and exciting threads to comment on? I’m honestly curious. if our roles were reversed, I’d be congratulating the Giants on a great season for a great team and looking forward to February 5th, not ragging on Eli in “Elite or not” threads.

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I&#039;m sorry, but the part about Giants fans talking and getting Zero response from SF Fran fans is the most ridiculous thing i&#039;ve read.  I could probably go back to a lot of the posts and find plenty of comments from San Fran fans talking a lot of trash saying that the Giants never faced a defense like yours and Smith was going to light us up like he did to the Saints, etc etc etc.  

Both team&#039;s fans were talking trash as this happens every week on this site where there are fans of the teams that advance start to talk trash..this week being the Pats and Giants.  Guess what, it&#039;s part of coming on a football site.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’m a little surprised to see Giants fans still talking trash, even after they did it all last week with zero response from SF. you guys advanced to the Super Bowl, don’t you have more interesting and exciting threads to comment on? I’m honestly curious. if our roles were reversed, I’d be congratulating the Giants on a great season for a great team and looking forward to February 5th, not ragging on Eli in “Elite or not” threads.</p>
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<p>I&#8217;m sorry, but the part about Giants fans talking and getting Zero response from SF Fran fans is the most ridiculous thing i&#8217;ve read.  I could probably go back to a lot of the posts and find plenty of comments from San Fran fans talking a lot of trash saying that the Giants never faced a defense like yours and Smith was going to light us up like he did to the Saints, etc etc etc.  </p>
<p>Both team&#8217;s fans were talking trash as this happens every week on this site where there are fans of the teams that advance start to talk trash..this week being the Pats and Giants.  Guess what, it&#8217;s part of coming on a football site.</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
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