Which of the 49ers' 2012 Opponents--

--do the Ravens most resemble?

IMO you could make a case that it's the Giants--who went into Candlestick in Week 6 & handed them their collective arse, 26-3. Or the Vikings--who beat them 24-13 in Minnesota in Week 3. In their defense, Alex Smith was still the SF QB.

Meanwhile of all the Ravens' opponents this year, the Niners most resemble the Skins--to whom they lost in O/t 31-28 in their house, featuring the last hoorah of Cam-allot with key defenders injured & not playing.

What do y'all think? The polls are open until 5 PM Groundhog Day

I know it's "most like" but I don't see any that are close enough to vote...

I put the Bears down. Offense has similar mirrored players, apart from the Bears don't really have an out and out deep threat like a Torrey Smith. Two decent RB's, we have a much better Oline tbf, and a better QB, but they are similar type of players. Our defense is obviously a totally different scheme to the Bears, but we have a similar solid veteran defense that used to be out of this world good.

I was thinking of putting Seattle or the Giants down, but both of them are totally functionally different to us scheme wise, on both sides of the ball. Vikings is a good one, but our defense and QB are way better IMO.

Good thread btw.

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Originally Posted by NCRAVEN

I know it's "most like" but I don't see any that are close enough to vote...

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Well, that's a vote too. I would've included "None" as an option but polls are limited to 10 selections & I had enough trouble with the shoehorn as it stood.

Vikings/Bears/Seahawks/Giants.

Atlanta and the Patriots are possibilities, but they are both very much finesse teams, which you really cannot say about us.

Btw just adding, I know these teams aren't listed here, but if you had to choose a team that mirrors us (discounting Pittsburgh, as they are probably the closet team to us in style and similarities) its probably the Colts and SD when taking offensive/defensive systems and everything into account. There really isn't any NFC team apart from maybe the Cards or the Bucs that are similar to us.