Morning After Wk 8 - SF: "They Not Like Us"
A depleted 49ers team needing a bye week makes normal work of Cowboys yet again.
The speakers at Levi Stadium were blaring Kendrick Lamar at every opportunity in the second half of the 30-24 49ers win over the Cowboys on Sunday Night.
“They not like us. They not like us. They not like us.”
The music was not random, albeit a radio-friendly edit. They have been saying it for some years out here, but finally, there was an anthem that has been recorded since the last time the Cowboys visited.
Kendrick certainly wasn’t thinking about the 49ers' ownership of the Cowboys during this era when he recorded this diss track dedicated to Drake, but it has been borrowed for just this occasion.
The 49ers still chase that same Super Bowl title that Dallas does, as their drought is even longer than Dallas’—by one whole year. However, their 30-year anniversary seems to be a more relevant conversation at present, as the 49ers have been in four NFC Championship Games in the last five years and two Super Bowls. Yes, they fell short in both despite being one throw away each time—and to make matters worse, they were one throw away with two different QBs playing for them.
In fact, San Francisco has run the NFC over this half-decade just as they threatened to run it a decade ago when they went to three NFC Championship Games in three years and were also just one throw away from winning yet another Super Bowl.
That’s right. Since 2011, they have been to seven different NFC Championship Games and played in three different Super Bowls with three different quarterbacks and two different coaches. In each of those three Super Bowls, they were in a position to win, but the moment got away from them each time.
Therefore, it is true—the 49ers have gone longer in their Lombardi Trophy drought. They have waited since 1994, and the Cowboys since 1995. But it is pretty clear that this is where the comparisons should probably stop.
Because, it is true. They not like us.