NFC West Showdown: 49ers vs Rams on Thursday Night

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00:00Week number 15 around the NFL starts on this Thursday night

00:07with an awesome short week Thursday night football game. A

00:11divisional duel between the two California teams squaring off

00:15today in the NFC West. It is the San Francisco 49ers at home

00:19in Santa Clara hosting the LA Rams and now the number DRS at

00:25a flat three that field goal in favor of the 49ers. Total

00:29working its way up despite being a short week from 48 in a

00:34hook earlier this week to 49 and a half Donnie short week

00:39Thursday night football game, but the implications the

00:42ramifications of what this game means in the NFC West. You

00:47really have to put it in the context and it cannot be

00:51undersold the Rams right now a game back of the Seattle

00:55Seahawks after winning a wild and high scoring game on Sunday

01:00at home over the Buffalo Bills. The Niners snapped a three game

01:05skid on Sunday at home against the Chicago Bears to hold on to

01:09just a little bit of life in the NFC West in their playoff

01:13outlook. There is the in division rivalry, the in-state

01:18showdown and of course the personal matchup between the

01:21two head coaches Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay. How do you

01:25see Thursday night playing out in Santa Clara? Well, first I

01:30do agree with the line here. Some people how the 49ers

01:32haven't had a good season and you know the Rams look like

01:35they're hot right now. Fun team to watch and play once again.

01:37Keep in mind road Thursday night football. One of the

01:39toughest environments that you can have and also both of these

01:42teams know each other. so we should get a good battle. The

01:4449 and a half first inclination. I say it probably should go

01:47over, but once again, it's a short work week on two teams

01:50that know each other. Are there weapons all over the place? Yes,

01:53there are, but getting to the fifties on a Thursday as we've

01:55seen so many times on prime time, maybe not the best

01:58effort, but the one thing I did like last week is we saw a

02:01glimpse of what we thought that 49ers are supposed to be not

02:03the team getting blown out and back to back performances, but

02:06Brock Purdy. What are we known for efficiency in the pocket

02:09band? Twenty of twenty-five three twenty-five and two

02:11touchdown passes are the Bears the best team in the world at

02:13four or nine out. No, they're not, but they do have a solid

02:15defense and they absolutely carved them up and the ability

02:18to say my top two running backs are down. Isaac is in fifteen

02:21for seventy-two scores. Then he gets injured at the end of the

02:24game, but it still doesn't matter. They were runaway

02:26victors in that thirty-eight to thirteen game and also the

02:30Rams. You're looking at them now with the pressure on them

02:33coming into this game and not so much on the 49ers and you

02:36must say that's crazy. If the 49ers lose, they're out of it.

02:38They're still playing from that mindset of people have already

02:41written us off. Let's just try to surprise and get back into

02:43the race. Well, the Rams now are looking. We just knocked

02:46off the Buffalo Bills. We win this game. Now you have to

02:48worry about us making a playoff run and possibly winning this

02:52division. I do think we get a lot of excitement from a lot of

02:54star players, but just to start the conversation back off then

02:57I think that minus two and a half to minus three is correct

03:00here. If you ask me to pick a side in this game, I think it's

03:03the 49ers because home field advantage is key on a Thursday

03:06night and you finally got a good taste back in your mouth

03:08of what that offense is supposed to do.

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