Nov 11th 2008 10:10AM by Adam Gretz (author feed)
Filed under: 49ers, AZ CardinalsI’ll be honest, I didn’t expect the 49ers to make that a game last night. I was thinking blowout from the start. To the 49ers’ credit, however, they not only made it a game, and put themselves in a position to win the game, but they probably should have won the game as well.

With just over two-and-a-half minutes to play in the fourth quarter, down by five, the 49ers were driving for what looked to be an eventual game-winning score. And this is where the craziness begins.

Facing a third-and-three from the Arizona 18, quarterback Shaun Hill began to scramble as the pocket collapsed around him. At first, it looked like he was going to just tuck it and run for the first down, seeing as how he charged forward without his helmet earlier in the game. As he approached the line of scrimmage, he channeled his inner-Favre and decided to throw some sort of combination shovel-pass, under-handed pitch out into no-man’s land where Cardinals safety Adrian Wilson made a lunging interception. Not exactly the best decision from Hill, who was fortunate to have two interceptions returned for touchdowns called back on Arizona penalties. No such luck this time.

At this point, Tony Kornheiser declares the game over.Continue Reading