Last time these two teams played it was a 10-9 win for the Panthers. But the 49ers under estimated the Carolina Panthers' front seven defense and Collin Kaepernick also didn't have Michael Crabtree or Vernon Davis for the entire game. San Francisco is still leering after losing to the NY Giants in the NFC conference championship game two years ago and last year's Super Bowl defeat at the hands of Baltimore.
This is a hungry, battle-tested and determined 49er team. Now Cam Newton is extremely talented but you never know where his head and his heart are at. Can he play disciplined? Does he realize the magnitude of this game?
You know the 49ers do and then some.....
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Cheers.