Ryan Baldwin dies.
Lu Ke injured his left knee.
Lost to the enemy in the same district.
The cross-season unbeaten streak was broken.
Lost the top spot in the division.
This is the start of the new season for the San Francisco 49ers. After beating the Green Bay Packers to get a good start to the season, the team fell into chaos, chaos and turmoil, restlessness and anxiety, confusion and difficulty, and even gave birth to a lingering fear and worry. .
The continuous impact from negative news to negative emotions has left the team in a state of swaying in the air, with the feeling of emptiness that cannot touch the ground always lingering in the heart.
The aura of the defending champion gradually disappeared, and the weight of the crown of thorns gradually became apparent.
"Wearing a crown must bear its weight." The weight of this sentence is slowly fermenting, but the whole team still seems a little confused. Even if they are aware of the pressure, they don't know how to alleviate it. In the regular season After the official unveiling, there was no breathing room. I could only grit my teeth and press forward, hoping to get back on track with one victory after another.
But...in the past nine years, no championship team has been able to defend the title. Can this year's San Francisco 49ers break this curse?
Without much time and space for adjustment, the third week of the regular season was like a high-speed train, whizzing by.
Before the official start of the game, the San Francisco 49ers officially held a memorial ceremony to pay tribute to Ryan at Candlestick Stadium. The bright and gorgeous golden sea reappeared again, and with the stadium as the center, it was filled with mighty The entire city, and even further spread throughout the Bay Area, it seems that a golden shadow can be caught in the streets, alleys, and neighbors, connected from far or near, against the clear blue sky , the whole world became brighter.
All the fans in the audience said goodbye to Ryan in a special way. They did not mourn silently, but cheered vigorously. The "fighting continues" one after another uniformly stirred up the thunder of the earth, as if they could watch it again. Ryan's resolute and powerful figure appeared on this field.
Last season, they relied on this belief to reach the Super Bowl and wrote a miracle; this season, they look forward to awakening this belief again, getting back on the winning track, and defending the title in a history-making gesture. With such expectations in mind, the audience burst into earth-shaking cheers.
"The fight never stops."
Unfortunately, the San Francisco 49ers still haven't woken up from their nightmare. They seemed to have forgotten their winning sneakers in Pandora's box, and then stood helpless on the field, rushing into the game like clowns and showing a poor performance. The cheers from the entire audience lost their luster.
In the third week of the regular season, they faced the Indianapolis Colts at home and lost the game at "7:27".
In the fourth week of the regular season, they challenged the St. Louis Rams away from home and lost the game again at "23:13".
Things always happen. Just when people think the situation can't get any worse, disaster often happens. After losing to the Seattle Seahawks, the San Francisco 49ers lost to the St. Louis Rams.
In the past two seasons, the San Francisco 49ers have maintained an impressive record of 11 wins and one loss in the division civil war-only counting the regular season head-to-head data. The only game they lost was the away game against Arizona in the 2011 season. The Cardinals maintained undefeated victories against the Seattle Seahawks and St. Louis Rams.
But now, the San Francisco 49ers have lost consecutive games to the Seattle Seahawks and St. Louis Rams, and their undefeated streak within the division has plummeted.
Although people know that it is almost impossible to remain undefeated in a divisional civil war; although people know that divisional matchups are always full of countless surprises; although people know that there are two outcomes of defeat and victory in any game...but the truth comes back. Logically speaking, losing the divisional matchup is still an unacceptable thing, and all rationality does not count.
First they lost to the newly rising rivals, the Seattle Seahawks, and then they lost to the traditional rivals, the St. Louis Rams——
To make matters worse, the Seattle Seahawks have been on the rise in the past two seasons, and every confrontation is inherently intractable; but the St. Louis Rams? Although the Rams have always been good at civil war, after Lu Ke took over, they never got any advantage from the San Francisco 49ers!
In the end, we still lost!
This is the lowest point since the San Francisco 49ers' resurgence!
After losing two consecutive division civil wars, the morale of the nine players was already standing on the edge of the cliff. It was in danger amidst the raging wind and seemed to be about to collapse at any time; and the more terrifying and cruel reality is that the team's current record is only With only one win and three losses, overnight, they returned to the dark days before the 2011 season. The San Francisco 49ers, who were used to winning the way, were now once again stuck in the trap of struggling to win.
What exactly is going on?
When the September schedule of the 2013 season came to an end, the defending champion only achieved a record of one win and three losses, and ushered in a three-game losing streak. This was the first time the San Francisco 49ers had lost since Jim Harper took over the team. Facing the predicament of three consecutive defeats for the first time, it was just a matter of the blink of an eye from the glory to the bottom.
From offense to defense, from strength to morale, the San Francisco 49ers seem to have surpassed everyone!
Before the official opening of the regular season every year, experts from major news media will inevitably make an outlook and prediction for the new season. They will analyze the team's strength based on the trends and status of each team during the offseason, and then A simple list of playoff spots and championship teams is provided to warm up for the start of the new season.
This year is certainly no exception.
Among the popular teams such as the New England Patriots, Denver Broncos, Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints, the San Francisco 49ers are impressively listed.
Many experts believe that the San Francisco 49ers still maintain their main lineup. Although the depth of the bench has been completely shuffled, it will inevitably have an impact on the endurance in the second half of the schedule and the depth of the game at critical moments; but the offensive and defensive teams The outline of the overall lineup has been preserved, and the strength has been guaranteed——
A second consecutive undefeated season should be a long shot, but the San Francisco 49ers are still the top seed in the NFC West. In particular, the division battle between the San Francisco 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks is bound to be very exciting.
But after all the games in the first month of the new season, the National League West looked different.
The Seattle Seahawks have won four games and remain unbeaten, ranking first in the division.
The Arizona Cardinals and St. Louis Rams both have two wins and two losses. Because the Rams defeated the Cardinals in the opening game and remained undefeated in the division civil war, the Rams occupied second place in the division and the Cardinals temporarily Ranked third.
The San Francisco 49ers have one win and three losses and are last in the division.
Such a situation really broke countless pieces of glasses. The current San Francisco 49ers are no longer the dark horse of the 2011 season. After two seasons of polishing, they have transformed into a strong team. Even the boldest and most adventurous professionals, such as Charles Davis, dare not do it. With such a prediction, who would have thought that the defending champion would be reduced to such a situation?
But in fact, this cannot be said to be groundbreaking news.
Everyone knows that the NFL is full of strong players, and there is no absolute strong or absolute weak. This makes every year's game full of countless suspense, and the defending champion must face more difficulties due to multiple factors. Last season Teams that perform well also face more challenges.
A change in a link or an unexpected arrival, a transfer decision or the impact of an injury may cause NFL teams to go back and forth between heaven and hell for several times. The ups and downs of the development curve make it a roller coaster. It has become childish, especially in the National League where the strength is extremely close and the competition is extremely fierce.
The San Francisco 49ers aren't the only team in trouble.
Looking at the thirty-two teams in the league, there are currently two teams that have lost all four games. The Jacksonville Jaguars and Tampa Bay Buccaneers are still hard to win since the new season; the other team has one win and three losses. There are five teams, the Washington Redskins, Atlanta Falcons, Minnesota Vikings, Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers.
In addition to the Oakland Raiders, the other four one-win teams were all playoff participants last year: the Washington Redskins relied on Robert Griffin III to have great success, and the Minnesota Vikings forced the Green Bay Packers into a panic. Unbearable, the Atlanta Falcons were inextricably tied with the San Francisco 49ers in the National League Finals.
Now they have become brothers in trouble!
Look, this is the NFL.
In addition, you can also take a look at the San Francisco 49ers' Super Bowl opponent, the Baltimore Ravens, with two wins and two losses. Their current situation is indeed far from wonderful.
In the first game of the season, the Baltimore Ravens were at home, but lost to the Denver Broncos with a disparity of 23:49. That game witnessed Peyton Manning tying the historical record with seven passing touchdowns. The Broncos offense completed a hearty massacre, while the Ravens were completely reduced to a background, from offense to defense. collapse.
The Ravens are having a tough time, too.
When all the games in the first month of the 2013 season came to an end, people had to face up to a problem: all the playoff teams last year seemed to have fluctuated to varying degrees, and only the teams with four elite quarterbacks remained the same. It has remained strong. What does this mean?
More importantly, does this mean that this year’s playoff race will be completely reshuffled——
The defending champion has missed the playoffs three times in the past nine years: the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2006 and 2009 seasons, and the New York Giants in the 2012 season.
So, what are the San Francisco 49ers' playoff prospects this year?
.. m.
