49ers Getting Help From Above To Avoid Death From Above

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Published: December 19, 2009

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... mean defensive tackle Aubrayo Franklin) every time his team comes out of a game with a win.

This weekend however, he might want to thank Her, as in Mother Nature, before the game even starts.

Around last Tuesday or so, the situation looked very bleak for the red and gold.

Sure, they'd just won a huge Monday night game against the NFC West-leading Cardinals 24-9, but now the next game on the schedule had them going to Philadelphia, to pay a visit to the 9-4 Eagles, leaders of the NFC East and winners of four straight.

The Eagles, as is custom this time of year under Andy Reid, are peaking.

Not only does Philadelphia boast a ball-hawking, opportunistic defense that's particularly stingy on third downs and in the red zone, but also their offense is perhaps the most inventive and multidimensional of anybody's outside of the Saints.

They've got a jackhammer at running back with Leonard Weaver, a smaller, quicker guy in LeSean McCoy...

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