The San Francisco 49ers misplaced their first recreation of the season, leaving the 1972 Miami Dolphins as the one undefeated group for no less than one other season.
Notably, the Niners misplaced greater than only a recreation, as OT Trent Williams, WR Deebo Samuel, and RB Christian McCaffrey additionally needed to depart the sphere with completely different accidents.
That put loads of strain on QB Brock Purdy’s shoulders to guide his group towards arguably the most effective protection within the NFL, so it wasn’t a lot of a shock to see him get his first profession regular-season loss.
Nonetheless, NFL analyst Craig Carton isn’t anxious within the slightest about this group.
“Every little thing’s gonna be simply high quality for San Francisco. They’re gonna win their division. They’re gonna be within the playoffs.”
— @craigcartonlive pic.twitter.com/0BdTNqdHnu
— The Carton Present (@TheCartonShow) October 17, 2023
Trying on the schedule, he believes they need to haven’t any downside beating the Minnesota Vikings earlier than dealing with the Cincinnati Bengals forward of their bye week.
Then, the stretch between Weeks 12 and 15 shall be key for them, as they go towards the Seattle Seahawks twice and in addition face the Philadelphia Eagles, however they need to be simply high quality the remainder of the way in which.
Carton believes they may have home-field benefit, and assured they’d be within the playoffs.
For Greg Jennings, dropping Deebo and McCaffrey for a few weeks may even be a blessing in disguise for the group, as Kyle Shanahan would now be compelled to place collectively an offensive system revolving round Purdy, and never his weapons.
Regardless of the case, it’s secure to say that the Niners are nonetheless probably the most stacked groups within the league, and whereas they didn’t appear like it on Sunday, they’ll be simply high quality.
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