by David Zizmor

SANTA CLARA–The match up with the New York Giants (3-6) for this Sunday is a good one for the San Francisco 49ers (5-4). The Giants have not been particularly good this year. Their certainly not a push over by any stretch and given the history between these two teams you would think the Giants would have a little pride and you would think they have a little extra energy going into this one.

The fact of the matter is the Giants are not a very good team we saw them get rolled up the other week giving up a ton of rushing yards and the 49ers more than likely will be giving the ball more than often to running backs Frank Gore and Carlos Hyde and quarterback Colin Kaepernick could get a few runs in there.

This is kind of a game where the 49ers get back to basics and run the ball a lot, the Giants are very venerable on the ground and their also very venerable on the pass. They have a very poor secondary one of their starting cornerbacks was lost for the season just a couple of weeks ago and they weren’t very good to begin with.

Their just generally thin in the secondary just overall the Giants defense is not that particularly good. The Niners have had some issues on offense the last few weeks and you saw them in that game against New Orleans they came out and they scored 21 points early on in the first half and they were just spinning wheels in the second.

That was partly a function of playing in the Superdome and part of the function of playing a pretty good New Orleans team. The Giants are not at that level and they don’t have that kind of home field advantage. The Niners offense could get back on track, their a little bit embarrassed by the way things have been going on offense the last few weeks.

The 49ers would be involved in a game where they can take full control and the Giants would be a perfect team for them. Their a team that the Niners aren’t going to take lightly. They played them so many times in key situations in the last few years and the Giants aren’t simply that good. With a motivated 49ers team that’s ready to go your going to see them have a really good game.

The 49ers feel like every game is like a playoff game and 49ers wide receiver Anquan Boldin actually said that. He said every week is a one game season and that’s how their approaching things right now. They need to play hard every Sunday in order to make the playoffs at this stage. The Giants are really the first step on that road.

David Zizmor covers the NFL for http://www.sportsradioservice.com