49ers Beat Browns After Bye Week

One thing I worried about for the 49ers is how will they look after a bye week, especially riding a 4 game winning streak. They seemed to do fine.

The 49ers played the Cleveland Browns yesterday in San Francisco. Seeing how the schedule could be a bit rougher ahead, a win would be a real nice thing for the team. That seemed to be the focus. The 49ers got ahead early and stayed in front. A quick TD was scored by Frank Gore just a few minutes into the game thanks to Browns fumble. Later in the quarter, David Akers scored a FG. After a drive was halted inside the 1 repeatedly by the Browns, the 49ers were able to score a TD near the end of the 1st half via an Alex Smith pass to Michael Crabtree. The Browns were able to kick a FG just before the half ended making it 17-3 game in favor of the 49ers.

The 2nd half seemed quiet overall. No more scoring until the 4th quarter when Colt McCoy threw a 45 yard TD pass to Joshua Cribbs. Akers would kick another FG within the 2 minute mark to help put the game out of reach. 49ers win, 20-10.

A solid win for the 49ers with defense being the main cause for the victory. 2 turnovers caused via a fumble and INT. You also have to give credit to the 49ers offense not committing any turnovers, especially Smith. I've been saying that a lot recently. They seem to using Alex Smith the right way as he has a 95.7 QB rating with 9 TD passes and only 2 INTs. Don't forget the main reason for not putting everything on Alex's shoulders, the running game. Frank Gore had over 100 yards before the half, finsihing with 134 yards in 31 carries.

The team is 6-1 so far this season and now heads to DC to take on the Redskins who have lost their way losing a 3rd straight game, this time to the Buffalo Bills. Feel a bit bad for them but not enough to not want to crush them.