SANTA CLARA — You’re not going to win many soccer video games once you fall behind 21-0.
So no, the 49ers didn’t beat the Rams Sunday in a pivotal Week 10 NFC West matchup. Frankly, it was unbelievable they have been ever inside hanging distance of Los Angeles in a sport that ended 42-26, with LA posting 401 yards of offense, whereas registering no penalties (to the Niners’ seven), and successful the turnover battle 2-0 on Sunday.
The Niners fell to 6-4 on the season with the loss and are clearly in a second tier all to themselves within the division, trailing the Seahawks (44-22 winners over Arizona) and Rams.
STUDS 💪
Brian Robinson • RB
» One other optimistic sport for the Niners’ backup again, scoring a landing and outgaining McCaffrey on the bottom.
The 49ers’ Offensive Line
» A robust efficiency towards an elite defensive entrance. The Niners have issues — oh so many issues — however blaming the boys up entrance for this loss is solely telling the world that you simply don’t know ball.
George Kittle • TE
» He confirmed up. The query was merely how ceaselessly the Niners might get the ball to him.
Kittle had 9 catches for 84 yards and a landing and added some sturdy blocking within the run sport. He stays pretty much as good because it will get on the tight finish place.
DUDS 📉
Renardo Inexperienced • CB
» Whether or not it was Davante Adams or Puka Nacua, Inexperienced gave again all of the progress he revamped the previous couple of weeks. Except he’s in a strict man-to-man look, Inexperienced actually struggles to stay with anybody. And once you play man-to-man towards Adams, you lose. You are able to do the maths right here.
Luke Gifford • LB
» Usually, once I recommend {that a} defensive participant was a goal, I imply it in a means that’s rather less than literal.
On this case, I imply it actually.
Gifford was focused repeatedly on Sunday to the purpose that when the Niners put the seventh-year linebacker on the sphere, the Rams modified the play to go proper after him.
And people performs labored with out fail.
Gifford is a nice particular groups participant, however the Niners’ Huge Nickel (the place Jason Pinnock stepped in at SAM linebacker) proved to be the far-better possibility.
Robert Saleh • DC
» For no different purpose than protecting Gifford on the sphere.
Ji’Ayir Brown • FS
» A legal responsibility towards the run and the move. He’ll put up a flash play each once in a while, and comply with it with two or three performs the place he’s woefully out of place or is straight-up run over.
Malik Mustapha • SS
» Performed so poorly you would argue that Brown was the higher security.
Jordan Elliott • DT
» The Rams ran “duo” — Sean McVay’s favourite run play — at Elliott to the purpose of relentlessness. However you persist with what works on this league.
His fourth-and-1 encroachment with 2:42 to play (in a lost-cause scenario) didn’t assist his case for not making this listing.
