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San Francisco 49ers Equivalents for HBO’s Game of Thrones

By Peter Panacy

Sep 28, 2014; San Diego, CA, USA; Jacksonville Jaguars guard Zane Beadles (68) on the sideline during the third quarter against the San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 28, 2014; San Diego, CA, USA; Jacksonville Jaguars guard Zane Beadles (68) on the sideline during the third quarter against the San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports /
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NaVorro Bowman as John Snow

The Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch has one major thing in common with 49ers linebacker NaVorro Bowman — each has had his career resurrected (thank you, Rob Lowder).

If you haven’t seen Game of Thrones at all yet, and are interested in doing so, you may want to skip ahead to the next slide. This means a spoiler alert.

Snow found himself assassinated by the hands of some of his own men. While Bowman wasn’t exactly struck down by assassins during the Niners 2014 NFC Championship loss, he did suffer a horrendous injury which must have left many 49ers fans with the same feeling when they saw Snow bleeding to death at the end of season five.

Dec 20, 2015; Santa Clara, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers inside linebacker NaVorro Bowman (53) celebrates after the 49ers recovered an onside kick during the fourth quarter at Levi's Stadium. The Cincinnati Bengals defeated the San Francisco 49ers 24-14. Mandatory Credit: Ed Szczepanski-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 20, 2015; Santa Clara, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers inside linebacker NaVorro Bowman (53) celebrates after the 49ers recovered an onside kick during the fourth quarter at Levi’s Stadium. The Cincinnati Bengals defeated the San Francisco 49ers 24-14. Mandatory Credit: Ed Szczepanski-USA TODAY Sports /

But Snow, the unquestioned leader of men along the Night’s Watch, came back to life and was more determined than ever.

And we can say the same thing about Bowman. He’s the 49ers’ top guy, much like Snow is for GoT.

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