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49ers Struggles Continue in Loss to Seahawks, Fall to .500
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11/18/2024
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And Donnie, here in the second half of the NFL campaign, slow starts, poor performances,
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they get evaluated with more significance because your window, your margin of error
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is so much more limited.
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In the San Francisco 49ers, who entered this year as an incredibly short favorite to win
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the NFC, they have played in the NFC title game for the previous five seasons, have not
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looked the ilk of a conference contender.
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Injuries have been a huge component for Sam Fran, no doubt, but now with a lot of people
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back healthy, the 49ers have been struggling.
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Yesterday at home, five and a half point favorite in Santa Clara, in an NFC West Divisional
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showdown against the Seahawks, a Seattle surprise.
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The Seahawks win outright, 20 to 17 at that five and a half point dog.
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Gino Smith, 13-yard touchdown run with only 12 seconds remaining in the fourth and final
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quarter.
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He led an 11-play, 80-yard drive in just under two and a half minutes to give Seattle a huge,
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huge victory.
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The Seahawks, five and five, but so too are the Niners.
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And let me just clarify quickly, DRS, I said San Francisco is getting healthier, Christian
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McCaffrey back for a second consecutive game, but no George Kittle yesterday.
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And in the opening half, Nick Bosa out, and that defense never looked the same without
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Bosa out there.
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That's a devastating injury, but also, let's keep our eyes on the prize here.
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Quality win for Seattle going on the road here.
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That's going to be a tight division.
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We're not knocking the San Francisco 49ers out of the playoffs just yet.
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They got two tough games right on the horizon here, which will be interesting for them to
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play out.
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But let's focus here on Kyle Shanahan's boy wonder out here, which is Brock Purdy.
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21 to 28, that's efficiency, but only 159 and only one touchdown and one interception.
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His QBR rating, he did run the football quite well yesterday, five carries for 40 yards
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and scored that touchdown.
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But we love to believe that Brock Purdy is supposed to make more money than Dak Prescott
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last year, which means he's going to reset the quarterback market.
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And other people out there say, well, what did you want him to do without George Kittle?
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What?
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You don't have unbelievable weapons at every position and you can't perform.
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I'm not going to that level yet, but he's going to have to step his game up over the
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next couple of weeks and try to overcompensate.
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Because the one thing we do know right now is Christian McCaffrey yet is not as explosive
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as when we saw him before these injuries for this season.
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If he can regain that unbelievable, you know, strength in the back and also catching passes,
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that could change things.
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With George Kittle coming into the game, I call it said, look, that is a massive, massive
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loss.
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He has been that safety blanket, particularly in the red zone that he can go to talking
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about Brock Purdy time and time again.
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That wasn't there.
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Who was going to step up?
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Hey, Depot, where you been?
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One carry, minus one yard, four catches, 22 yards here.
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That guy's got to step up and be that catalyst now for that offense.
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But people just go back a few short weeks.
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When Brandon Ayoub got injured, he was the perfect wide receiver for that offense.
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They just haven't found that remedy for him yet.
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And they sit at five and five on a disappointing season.
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