Sometimes there will be drops or fumbles and sometimes there won't be

Like many gambles, this particular play ended up as a disaster; a fumble, that bounced around and placed Seattle with the ball, deep in 49ers territory The sleeping giant of a stadium then came alive. It was like watching from the third-person, a man who had been homeless for years, win the lottery, only to walk straight into a local casino in an attempt to double his money. Even if it WORKED, you have to ask yourself, was it worth it To win a million, only to risk going back sleeping in the streets because you wanted TWO million For a team desperate to come out of its shell and take control of a stadium where momentum is everything, the 49ers found gold, but gambled it all away. Bruises on the fruit Despite the questionable coaching decisions, despite the questionable officiating, the 49ers still had enough talent to come away with a comfortable win. It was the eleventh hour, and Alex Smith was set free to lead the team to two beautiful touchdown passes. However, despite coming out of his shell for the second time in Seattle, his weapon's were too dull and rusty to help him win this battle Alex Smith's targets could not keep pace.

Both TE's Vernon Davis and Delanie Walker, dropped well thrown touchdown passes. WR's Josh Morgan, Michael Crabtree, and Brandon Jones let slip several other opportunities. He refused to go down as his leg was being grabbed from the ground, which allowed a defender to hit the ball out from behind where Gore could not see him coming. However, dropping passes and fumbling is something that can be mostly attributed to luck or circumstance It may or may not be something that can be easily corrected. Sometimes there will be drops or fumbles and sometimes there won't be.

But the preventable errors, are the ones that leave the 49ers shaking their head. The 49ers had a preventable error in the second half that cost them just as dearly as the punt return did in the first half. After a defensive stop in the third quarter, Arnaz Battle, catching the ball at the 10 yard line, returned a punt to the 40 yard line. It looked like the 49ers had set themselves up with some good field position and had a chance to take back momentum, and get out of Seattle with a win. However, Mark Roman took it upon himself to create another special teams disaster, by blocking a player in the back.Why did he raise his arms up to block a player who clearly had his back turned! There are plenty of “blocking in the back” penalties that are ticky-tack and questionable, but this one was not.

It was obvious; and since Arnaz Battle was already past the Seattle player when it happened, it was obviously pointless. After the play, the 49ers committed a false start penalty that put them back around the 4 yard line So from the 40 back to the four, there they were. At that point, all the 49ers offense was able to do, was run the ball to clear some space for the punter. Just like the first half special teams disaster, this play set the tone and changed the momentum of the second half, and just like the first half play, it was completely pointless and unnecessary; because although its hard to avoid a “block in the back” penalty, it's easy to avoid purposely pushing a man in the back who is right in front of you. Tender age in bloom I haven't even covered half of the poor decisions, calls, and officiating that hurt the 49ers in Seattle. There was an immense amount of foot shooting going on by the 49ers players, coaches and officials. Yet despite all of that, despite the fact that the 49ers shot themselves so many times, despite nine passes dropped, despite three huge momentum swings, despite some very questionable officiating, they STILL almost pulled out the victory on the road.