Packade 49ers-fans på Bourbon Street är ett säkert tecken på att Super Bowl närmar sig.
Veckans första ”Media Session” ett annat.

De här rätt stela presskonferenserna brukar sällan bjuda på några sensationer. Ofta är det tråkiga frågor som får tråkiga svar. Ibland är det tråkiga frågor som får roliga svar.

Det här är ”höjdpunkterna” från intervjuerna med utvalda 49ers:

Joe Staley om vad som var bäst med resan till New Orleans:
“We had this huge plane. It was the bed seats. That was probably number one. Number two, I got to watch How to Make It In America. It was a canceled show on HBO, which I really, really enjoy. Number three, probably the 10-minute nap I took. It was pretty fantastic.”

Dashon Goldson svarar på samma fråga:
“It was a little different. We were on a 747 so it was a little different.”

Colin Kaepernick om Ravens defensive line:
“They are very physical, very big and take up a lot of space.”

Patrick Willis om hur han tänker spela på söndag:
”Go out there and play the best football I can and hopefully come out with a win.”

Patrick Willis om varför han bär nummer 52:
“It’s a coincidence in the sense that when I got drafted they had a few numbers, 51, 52, 57 and I’m an even number type guy, so I said to myself, ’52 sounds the best out of all of these numbers and I’m a fan of a guy who wears No. 52 and that will be a number to play up to. That will be a number to be able to wear on your back because a great one is wearing it right now.’ So that was kind of my sense that I took.”

Jim Harbaugh om att han var en ”gutsy” QB när han spelade i NFL:
“Can you spread the word on that a little? Can you get that out? Try not to keep that to yourself. I appreciate it.”

Justin Smith om att i framtiden äga en ranch, så att hans barn får växa upp på samma sätt som han själv gjorde:
“Yeah, I want to make them as miserable as I was. I want them to go to college and not want to come back.”

/Stefan.