First off yes the 49ers should have punched it in all those times they were in the red zone.  Yes the team could have and should have played better and put away the Arizona Cardinals.  But we have all week and an entire staff here to cover that.  This loss that dropped the 49ers into a tie with the Saints for 2nd place in the NFC was 100% on the refs and the NFL.

First off, it wasn’t even freaking close!  COME ON REFS!  WTF ARE YOU GUYS DOING!  An entire crew of you and nobody noticed the whistle was about 3 seconds AFTER THE SNAP!!!!!!!!!!!!  If you weren’t watching the Niners executed a perfect fake FG and Andy Lee completed a pass to Jonathan Goodwin of all people for what would have been a touchdown.  It was called back by a band of idiots.  The Cardinals threw a challenge flag on the previous catch by Kyle Williams, fine, only they threw it after the play started.  And in case your as clueless as the refs in this game, that’s not how the system works.  The play was called dead and David Akers missed the ensuing FG attempt.

More ranting after the jump

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