The Eagles aren’t that great, and Jalen Hurts is overrated. The 49ers could have beaten them if Brock Purdy had stayed healthy. The 49ers should be better next season. They just need to start fast, take care of business and get the No. 1 seed.
When Jimmy Garoppolo overthrows a deep pass to Emmanuel Sanders, it falls incomplete and the 49ers lose.
When Brock Purdy overthrows a deep pass to Brandon Aiyuk, it hits a cornerback in the face and ricochets to Aiyuk for a completion and the 49ers win.
I'll take Purdy.
The 49ers started the season 3-5, then won 7 of their last 9 games to sneak into the playoffs.
The 49ers fell behind 17-0 today, then outscored the Rams 27-7 to sneak past them in overtime.
You have to respect any team that battles back the way the 49ers have this season.
Brandon Aiyuk on the Eagles: “I don’t know fully about that defense. They talk about them being a good defense — I’m not sure. I think this Kansas City pass game will expose what we thought we were going to expose before some unfortunate circumstances. They got extremely lucky.”
The 49ers could release Jimmy Garoppolo today, sign Za’Darius Smith, Stephon Gilmore and a right tackle and make themselves Super Bowl favorites but they won’t.
The 49ers let this game get away from them when Kyle Shanahan failed to challenge an obvious drop on 4th and 3 in the red zone and then asked Tyler Kroft to block Hassan Reddick on the following series. That's all it took.
Jimmy Garoppolo in the 4th quarter of this NFC Championship: 3 for 9, 30 yards, 0 TDs, 1 INT, 4.2 QB rating.
Garoppolo in the 4th quarter of the Super Bowl: 3 for 11, 36 yards, 0 TDs, 1 INT, 2.8 QB rating.
He did it again.
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What Deebo Samuel did in 2021:
1. Played two positions at an elite level.
2. Carried the 49ers to the NFC Championship
3. Resuscitated Jimmy Garoppolo's trade value
4. Saved Kyle Shanahan's and John Lynch's jobs
5. Got Mike McDaniel a head coaching gig with the Dolphins
This has been an exciting year for the 49ers, but all four quarterbacks got injured. That's the main takeaway from this season. The 49ers won't win another Super Bowl until they start keeping their quarterbacks healthy.
I've never seen a quarterback with just three career starts face the sheer volume and intensity of criticism that has been heaped upon Trey Lance the past few days. It's grotesque.
Is Trey Lance's time in San Francisco done?
"The 49ers have to move off of him. You can’t have a backup be a distraction. The grown-ups have a game tomorrow." —
@ColinCowherd
The 49ers are down 24 to the Cardinals. Javon Kinlaw is out for the year. Trey Lance isn't playing. Aaron Banks is inactive. Trey Sermon is inactive. Ambry Thomas isn't playing. And the 49ers have no first round pick in 2022 or 2023.
The future is bright.
Brandon Aiyuk deserves more credit for his performance the past two seasons. He was the most consistent weapon on the 49ers offense, he missed zero games, showed up to every practice, fought Fred Warner, and when he was targeted, quarterbacks posted a passer rating above 115.