"A collection of observations and player/coach comments after the 49ers' final game of their finest season in 14 years:

— Jim Harbaugh has been rather wily in criticizing officials this season. The coach tends to dissect their shortcomings in a way that seems more clinical than whiny.

On Monday, while reviewing the 49ers' overtime loss to the Giants in the NFC Championship Game, Harbaugh compared the decision not to call a fumble on Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw to the infamous tuck rule call in the Raiders-Patriots playoff 10 years ago.

The officials ruled that Bradshaw's forward progress had stopped before the 49ers stripped the ball from him, negating the possibility of a fumble."