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Found September 06, 2012 on NESN.com: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Jim Harbaugh
TEAMS: San Francisco 49ers
Behind a dominant defense and first-year head coach Jim Harbaugh, the San Francisco 49ers ran away with a 13-3 record and the NFC West Division title a season ago. The team also reached the playoffs for the first time since 2002. The Niners enter the 2012 campaign as heavy -250 favorites at Bovada to repeat as division champs in the NFC West, the shortest odds of any NFC club to win its division. San Francisco led the NFC in total defense and in points allowed per game (14.3), topped the NFL in forced turnovers and led the league by allowing...
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