Much like the Buccaneers, the 49ers are capable of comeback wins led by a stout defense and a young coach

Alright, I think I’ve calmed down from my cynical reaction to last Monday’s win over the now 0-4 Colts. After listening to Raheem Morris, I’ve relaxed myself and I’m back to my normal self.

Well until the Bucs do that to me again.

Just some closure on last week, I have come to grips with the fact that come-from-behind wins are who this team is. Like Josh Freeman put it perfectly, you want to play spot-free football week in and week out but that’s not the Bucs. Tampa is never down and out and if that’s the way we win, I’ll take that. There is no apologizing for wins.

Moving on to the 49ers, Tampa will most likely have to come from behind again to win their second road game of the season. They went down 17-0 in their first road game which was in Minnesota and San Francisco’s defense is built in a similar fashion.

Former Niner’s coach Mike Singletary joined up with old teammate Leslie Frazier in Minnesota to be the Vikings linebackers coach and even though his system isn’t in place anymore to a large extent in San Fran, his players are still there.

Chief among them being Patrick Willis.

But all hope should not be lost (not that it was to begin with), because lets not forget the Bucs played on the road in San Fran last year against the same exact team (sans their current coach) and not only beat them but threw a no-hitter.

Chances are Tampa won’t repeat their shutout performance, but just as the same pieces are in place last year for the Niner’s, the same goes for the Bucs. It was unfortunate for Tampa, as less than a year ago when they shutout the 49ers, not too soon after the defense was ravaged by injuries to Gerald McCoy, Aqib Talib and other key players. We only got a taste of how good the defense could be before it was all taken away.

That all changes on Sunday as the Bucs have all their key players firing on all cylinders and that includes new guys Mason Foster and (more…)