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Byline: Gary Peterson
SANTA CLARA, Calif. _ If Monday night's meltdown in St. Louis didn't prepare the 49ers for the playoffs, maybe the trip home did.
"The plane flight was about as bumpy as that fourth quarter," coach Steve Mariucci said Tuesday.
Then again, turbulence is pretty much a dietary staple for the 49ers. Monday's loss to the Rams, in which the 49ers blew a 17-0 halftime lead and allowed 28 points in the fourth quarter, may not have been meaningful in a we-gotta-have-it context. Yet it was so telling it hurt.
Mariucci's team went 10-6 this season, encoring a 12-4 record in 2001. Not bad for a team that finished 4-12 in 1999 and 6-10 in 2000, inspiring Mariucci to say things like, ...
Source: HighBeam Research, 49ers enter postseason with issues.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)