Jack,

I still can't put too much on Akers. I have always wondered if he hurt himself kicking that 63-yard field goal in the first game of the season. If so, perhaps some of the blame, if we must allot blame, should be shared by the coach who asked him to try the kick.

(And no, I'm not hating on Harbaugh. It's legitimate to wonder if perhaps Akers' extraordinary success and consistency didn't implicitly encourage the coaches to believe he could make any kick from any distance.)