If you saw Alex Smith in his post game interview you would have seen the blood flowing down the front of his nose, Smith didn’t let a sore nose stop him from finding a way to beat the Detroit Lions to move his 49ers to 2-0. Smith showed he is one tough competitor. Smith finished the game going 20 of 31 for 226 yards and 2 touchdowns. He found a way to get his team down the field and into the end-zone in the fourth quarter, if you heard Smith in his post game, he told you it was the 49ers receivers that make him look good.
Having a Frank Gore in your backfield doesn’t hurt either, Gore rushed for 89 yards on 17 carries and had one touchdown against a pretty good Lions defense. The 49ers look like a team that is going to be hard to beat this season, we all know they have a goal of finishing what they started in the 2011 season and this time they want to get to the super bowl. There was a lot of hype about the post game handshake, Harbaugh just shook it off and there was no incidents ...
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