Your eyes do not deceive you Niner fans, the 49ers are off to a 3-1 start winning a statement game against Eagles.  After the Eagles kicked a field goal to go up 23-3 I thought to myself, ‘The 49ers need to score three touchdowns in one and a half quarters to win the game, and they have not scored any touchdowns yet.’  It seemed impossible given the way the offense had been playing, but 49ers players didn’t get down on themselves but sucked it up, forgetting about how they played previously in the game.  Everyone on the offense gets credit for the three touchdowns and the comeback win.  The offensive line finally started blocking and stopped committing penalties, Alex Smith looked poised on the three scoring drives that brought them back and Frank Gore showed that even with a hurt ankle he cannot be slowed down and returned to his old form with 127 rushing yards.

The win against the Eagles in one of the most hostile stadiums in the NFL is the biggest win for the 49ers since they pulled off a similar comeback win over the Giants in the 2003 playoffs.  The 49ers beat the Eagles/Dream Team/the NFL’s version of the Miami Heat winning their first back-to-back road games on the East coast since 2001.  The win gives the 49ers a two-game lead in the NFC West and the confidence of contenders and that they can beat anybody.  Let’s hand out some Game Gold Nuggets.

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