This One's for Her

There are wins where you know you won because you were flat out better than the other team and played as such. Then there are wins that make you feel like you're living on borrowed time.

Toss the 49ers 17-16 win over the Rams into that latter category.

It wasn't all bad though.

• Frank Gore scored two touchdowns, one of them being a 43-yard running beauty while shedding multiple tackles.
• The defense played much better than what they showed in the preseason. Though Bulger threw for 368 yards, he was sacked 6 times and generally got harassed by the linebackers.
• Patrick Willis, last week's Rookie of the Week, got a game high 8 tackles.
• The special teams harried Dante Hall throughout the game. There was one punt return in the 4^th quarter where he was cornered and tackled on the St. Louis 8. Then he had that game-changing dropped punt return where Lady Luck decided she was a Niners fan.

Well, a win is a win. Especially for Frank Gore.

Niners (quickie) 4 Bagger: 9/16

• Defense comes up big
• Do 49ers deserve first place?
• Gore heads to mom's funeral
• Better to be lucky than good