Scheduling Shenanigans

"Yeah, keep smiling, Baalke - I'm gonna kick
Lil' Jed's ass for agreeing to this schedule."

As a follow-up to my last post, check out what SFGate's Eric Branch wrote about the Niners' December schedule, specifically when the Steelers (another team granted "most favored" status by the league offices) roll into town in a few weeks:

"After traveling three time zones to play on Thanksgiving, however, San Francisco's remaining schedule presents some similar challenges.

"The Steelers, for example, will have 10 days to ready for their Monday night meeting in San Francisco after they host the Browns on Dec. 8. After playing the Steelers, the 49ers will have four days to prepare for a Christmas Eve visit to Seattle, where the up-and-down Seahawks beat the Ravens two weeks ago."

Yep, that sounds fair.