'I can’t believe they had a trolley on Lombard Street.'
games, it's random San Francisco landmarks that are more than an hour away from where the Niners actually play football in Santa Clara. But if there arethings, the second is ensuring that residents of San Francisco know exactly how little the broadcasters know about the city.
Broadcasting legend Al Michaels was the gold standard of this for years, including a 2020 lovefest with the Golden Gate Bridge where he made it very, very clear he had no ideaBut two weeks into nationally broadcast Niners games — last week's 49ers-Broncos game was on Sunday Night Football — not only has there not been a single gaffe,actually mocked the closest thing to one during Monday night's Rams-Niners broadcast.
With 6:22 to go in the second quarter and San Francisco up 7-6, Buck was forced to narrate an animation of a cable car driving down Lombard that showed Kyle Shanahan's records through the years as it made each turn. "Well, off to the cartoon world we go," Buck began."It’s been a road of sharp turns for Kyle Shanahan’s 49ers. He went 10-22 first two seasons, been able to right the trolley earning a trip to Super Bowl 54. A 6-10 season followed, before returning to the NFC title game last season.
"Will there be more turns in their chase for the Lombard…i trophy?" he cringed, before acknowledging how obviously misguided the animation was."Before Twitter goes crazy, we know that those trolley cars do not go down Lombard Street."
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