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This seems to be our trademark going back to 2006. We always make a certain type of QB look like a Pro Bowler in the playoffs.

That type of QB tends to be the mediocre at best category.


2006 - Rex Grossman - 73.2 rating, 1 TD/0 INT, 0 sacks

Grossman was atrocious in the SB vs Indy. He's also the exception here, that he completed less than 50% of his passes against us, but went 20/28 vs the Colts for 1 TD/2 INT and a sack. Grossman's pick six early in the 4th sealed the game for the Colts.

2010 - Matt Hassleback - 113 rating, 4 TD/1 INT, 1 sack

Lost in all the BEASTMODE stuff, is that Hassleback had a great game. This was his best game of the year, as he had a 12/17 TD/INT ratio that season and was one of the worst QBs in 2010. Hassleback managed to continue playing at a high level the next week vs Chicago, where he had 3 TDs and a 92 rating.

2011 - Alex Smith - 103 rating, 3 TD/0 INT, 4 sacks/1 fumble

Smith was merely a game manager at best under Harbaugh. He didn't have his breakout seasons until he got to K.C. with Andy Reid as his coach. A week later, Smith went 12/26 for 196 yards, 2 TDs and a 97 rating. His stats are deceptive here, cause his bad play was the major reason the Niners couldn't finish off the Giants.

2017 - Case Keenum - 85 rating, 1 TD/1 INT, 2 sacks

Keenum really didn't do much in this game outside the Minnesota Miracle hail mary he's known for. A week later, he went down to a 63 rating, 1 TD/2 INTs and was ran out of Minnesota after their 13-3 season came to an end with a blowout loss.


2018 - Jared Goff - 83 rating, 1 TD/1 INT, 1 sack

In the SB, Goff returned to true form and hasn't been the same since as the Patriots embarrassed him with a 57 rating, 0 TD/1 INT, 4 sacks and a bunch of dropped INTs. He threw for 300 yards against us, the Pats held him down to 229 as the Rams only scored 3 points the entire game.


This is a trend with us. We make these lousy QBs look like Pro Bowlers against us and with the exception of Matt Hassleback, the next week, they regress back to form and are usually humiliated.

Kirk Cousins will go back to his usual self next week going by this trend.