by Ken Gimblin

SAN FRANCISCO–There is a slight possibility for the 49ers that they maybe hardpressed into hosting a NFC Playoff game at Candlestick park who hosted San Francisco’s last regular game ever there last Monday night. The 49ers are going to play in Arizona that’s going to be a big game for them on Sunday that’s coming off a big win against Seattle. So they got to play in Arizona and if the Niners beat Arizona they’ll move up to the first seed if Seattle loses to the Rams in Seattle and truthfully it’s unlikely.

If the Rams were to beat the odds and beat Seattle the 49ers would get the number one seed and Seattle would drop into a playoff situation. The advantage of being the number one seed as oppose to the number two seed is the number one gets a first round bye and has time to patch up their victories as most of the players are kind of banged up. The second thing about being number one you play your games at home.

So if the Niners get the number one seed and that would take a 49ers victory and a Seattle loss this Sunday then the 49ers would be back at Candlestick and the Stick will could be use for at least two games if the Niners were to advance and host the NFC Championship which would make it the last game ever at Candlestick.

You really have to emphasize that the 49ers could actually play two games at Candlestick if I had to critcize the Niners and their certainly playing a lot better and the fact that they got Michael Crabtree back he’s the receiver that the 49ers desperately need. The two things that stood out in the game aganist Atlanta and they were lucky to have won. The 49ers gave the Atlanta quarterback way too much time.

So the 49ers are going to have to make sure they don’t give the Arizona that much time and they need to put pressure on him. The second thing is on 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick former 49er quarterback Steve Young said that Kaepernick zeros in on the number one receiver and he’s not always picking up the receiver in the open. These are things that Kaepernick needs to work on.

Sometimes he’s not always passing off the correct way and he’s not passing off that bottom foot the results are that his passes are coming in soft and their easy to pick off. The Niners have improved and their going to have to work on a few things in order to be sucessful on Sunday.

Candlestick memories: My first Candlestick start with the 49ers at least 50 years ago in covering the Niners. I had a very close relationship with the Oakland Raiders and I spent a lot of time them home and away games and once they moved to L.A. I put my full attention on the 49ers. So I would have to say my attention had to be with emphasis on the 49ers over the years.

I spent more time covering them and I worked with both the Giants and 49ers but I would say because of working for the Giants earlier and knowing the owners and so forth and getting closer to the players because baseball is easier to do I have to say I have more more memories at Candlestick with the San Francisco Giants.

Ken Gimblin is filling for Amaury Pi Gonzalez who is out on holiday