... around the track violently last year. There were so many ups and downs, that fans who took the ride really didn't know what to expect from week to week.

Actually, it made some of us pretty sick.

Whether it was getting torched by Aaron Rodgers, a Brett Favre miracle, Donovan McNabb killing us softly, or any one of the other painful performances by the 49ers against quality quarterbacks, SF got pretty high on their highs and real low on their lows.

Many of these passers (and their cast of receivers) were made to look more excellent than they should have by a strapped and tardy pass rush.

In Jonathan Flaucher's Bleacher Report - NFL