The 49ers thumped the Commanders 37-20 at Levi’s Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
It was their 8th successive triumphes and kept them in the hunt to climb greater than the No. 3 seed in the NFC. They did offer up more than 70 hurrying backyards and more than 17 points for the veryfirst time giventhat Week 7, which is mostlikely a cause for issue (kidding! It isn’t!).
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The 49ers late in Saturday’s videogame had a fourth-and-3 from Washington’s 11 with simply over 3 minutes to go. They were leading 30-20 at the time so a field objective would’ve put them up 13 as the clock injury under 3 minutes left. Instead of going ahead 2 goals, Shanahan went for the jugular. He had QB Brock Purdy drop back to pass, and the QB provided a toss in a tight window to TE George Kittle, who made a marvelous moving grab at the 1. Christian McCaffrey scored one play lateron to put the 49ers ahead 37-20 with 2: 16 to go to ice the videogame.
The call was interesting for the generally conservative coach. It was a indication that his trust in Purdy might be growing to the point where the 49ers offense endsupbeing more aggressive in those 4th down areas.
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The 49ers’ defense came up with a set of huge stops. Between the veryfirst and 2nd quarters, Washington went 84 backyards on 17 plays to get inside the 49ers’ 5. They ran it 4 times in a row and were notable to punch one in to take an early lead .
Then in the 3rd quarter Washington went for it on fourth-and-1 from their own34 San Francisco’s defense stopped their hurrying effort brief to offer their offense the ball in terrific field position. Two plays lateron George Kittle was running into the end zone to put the 49ers up 21-7 late in the 3rd quarter.
Without those 2 stands, Saturday’s videogame would’ve gone extremely inadifferentway. Despite Purdy’s strong play, this is still a group led by its defense.
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There are a lot of great, impactful protective gamers in the NFL, however on a defense complete of outstanding gamers, Bosa shines. He had 2 more sacks Saturday to provide him an NFL-best 17.5 for the season. He likewise had 4 QB strikes, 2 takeson for loss and a required fumble. Bosa’s effect is constantly felt, however late in videogames when it’s closing time, he’s the most unblockable gamer in the league.
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A hamstring injury for RB Jordan Mason opened the door for Davis-Price to get his veryfirst genuine action because Week 2. He ran well and published 30 lawns on 9 brings, and was one of the gamers they leaned on to assistance salt the videogame away. Davis-Price isn’t as physical as Mason, however he’s shifty and developed some yardage through great vision and a couple of good cuts. The 49ers have excellent depth in their backfield, and they might lean more on Davis-Price to spell Christian McCaffrey even as Mason gets muchhealthier.
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Jimmie Ward got an interception off Commanders QB Taylor Heinicke. It not just assisted the 49ers pull away late, however it was likewise Ward’s 3rd INT of the year, which set a brand-new single-season high for him. The huge knock on Ward in his ca