Levi’s Stadium turf sinks under Ravens kicker Justin Tucker’s plant foot

What is it about football that turns intelligent, thoughtful people into irrational idealists?

“I felt pretty good on it yesterday”. “As much money as they spent on this place, you would think they could get the grass right”, 49ers fan Harry Squires said. “And our offensive line gave him plenty of time to pass!”

Sure, against a defense ranked 27th in the league.

As the caption says, watch Tucker’s plant foot.

After Raven’s kicker Justin Tucker slipped, he missed the field goal.

Am I being nitpicky? Not that awesome. Even worse? They nearly beat us!

Flacco (33 of 53, 343 yards) sure made a strong bid for what could have been his third touchdown pass of the second half.

He is facing less scrutiny after going two games without an interception after throwing five picks over the previous two.

If Harbaugh was defiant and optimistic during his postgame press conference, he demonstrated his irritation with a sideline lecture to newly-signed cornerback Shareece Wright after Wright was burned for a 76-yard touchdown on a double move by former Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith.

Of course, maybe having perspective makes being a fan less fun.

At this point, the Ravens aren’t thinking about playoffs.

10/22 vs. Seahawks – That’s this Thursday.

MORE TOMSULA SPEAK: Add another word to Jim Tomsula’s Pittsburghese Dictionary for Beginners. Why not get the W for this game also? “We’re just managing it with the pounding in practice”.

11/29 vs. Cardinals – Gonna go with a loss here.

12/6 at Bears – We could win this maybe? “He’s had more [interceptions] than he’s going to want to throw, and he’ll be the first one to tell you that”.

Which would mean the 49ers go 9-7. Here I am making up a word. Although Carolina certainly benefited from a light early schedule, beating the Seahawks on the road opened up a post-bye stretch that the team was pointing towards as a national coming out party. Seattle has dropped consecutive games with fourth-quarter meltdowns where its vaunted secondary has failed to get a stop. It does take a toll on the body as the games on, but I think it helps us out in the long run….

Colin Kaepernick, dressed in a rare postgame suit with a green tie and sporting spectacles, strolled through Levi’s Stadium with a little more spring in his step. But I’ll be there on Thursday. Even when I don’t wanna be. Maybe, just maybe, we can still win.

– Levi’s Stadium was built on Ohlone Indian tribal land. “It was weird to look across and know I was competing against them”.