The 49ers face the Dolphins on Sunday afternoon in Miami in a recreation that includes two groups who had excessive hopes for the season however have underwhelmed in 2024.
Miami (6-8) sits ninth within the AFC getting into Sunday, whereas the Niners have lower than a 1% likelihood of constructing the playoffs after dropping 4 of their final 5 video games.
San Francisco is coming off a deflating loss to the LA Rams on Thursday Evening Soccer that noticed linebacker De’Vondre Campbell refuse to enter the sport after being benched in Dre Greenlaw’s return from a torn Achilles.
Even with the playoffs out of attain, the 49ers may construct momentum towards 2025, defensive finish Nick Bosa mentioned this week.
They’ll need to do it with out All-Professional left deal with Trent Williams, who will miss a fifth straight recreation with an ankle harm. Additionally out is fourth-string operating again Isaac Guerendo, who performed effectively after accidents took Christian McCaffrey, Elijah Mitchell and Jordan Mason out for the season. Patrick Taylor Jr. will begin Sunday within the backfield.
Quarterback Brock Purdy acknowledged this week after the loss to the Rams that he has not performed to the extent he established over his first two seasons with the Niners.
