49ers Fumble Away Super Bowl Birth

#10 Kyle "oops" Williams

We Raiders fans feel the pain of the 49ers 23-20 OT loss to the New York Giants in the NFC Championship game held at candlestick park today. You could look at a few calls that might've given the Niners a better opportunity to win had it gone their way, but what really sealed their fate was second year punt returner Kyle Williams, filling in for injured Ted Ginn.

Kyle Williams, a name that'll make 49er fans flinch in the days to come, flubbed on two punt returns to give the Giants the ball back. The last flub in overtime is the one that gift-wrapped the NFC Championship for the visitors from New York.

Kyle Williams, the player who'll wear the goat tag for the 2011 San Francisco 49ers. Kyle, how-could-you-fumble-that-ball, Williams; the player who will shoulder the blame for a team who on this day cannot scream out "Who's Got It Better Than Us." We saw the outcome and know who's got it better.

Truthfully, it wasn't the New York Giants who beat the 49ers, it was Kyle Williams, the 49ers struggling passing game, Kyle Williams, 49ers struggling first half pass defense and a Giants receiver by the name of Victor Cruz (cruuuuz.)

A heart wrenching loss for a team that was so close to clenching today's game, only to have Kyle Williams and the G-Men spoil their Super Bowl birth. The 49ers proved they belonged in this toughly fought NFC title game, but unfortunately their inability to finish on a big stage is what the millions of viewers around the world will remember seeing. Yeah, Niners TE Vernon Davis was spectacular again, but where the heck were the other receivers?

Congratulations New York Giants on your 2011 NFC Championship!

The G-Men will go on to play the New England Patriots in SB XLVI in Indianapolis on Feb. 5th. The Baltimore Ravens missed a field goal with seconds left in New England to seal they're fate earlier today.