Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and senior NFL writer Frank Schwab discuss the 49ers’ latest loss to drop to 3-4 on the season and if San Francisco can get back on track. Hear the full conversation on “Inside Coverage” – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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We have to talk about the 49er.
Now, they’re three and four and I can sit here and tell you like, oh, this game was fluky and that game was fluky.
They passed the eye test or whatever at some point, you’re three and four.
This is kind of who you are and it’s really not been that easy sailing for the 49er.
And, you know, Kyle Shahan comes out after the game and says, we, that the team fears that ayu tore his AC L should obviously be a massive blow even if he hasn’t been playing well this year.
Debo Samuel leaves after a few snaps due to illness.
He tried to play.
Couldn’t, I guess, uh, Christian mccaffrey obviously hasn’t played all season.
We don’t, it’s, he’s Christian mccaffrey’s awesome, but we still, when a guy misses half a season, you don’t just expect him to rush for a buck 50 his first game back either.
Like just so many things are piling up on the 49er right now.
Where’s your concern level at, with this team?
My concern level is at a 10 for San Francisco at this point and look, you gotta be lucky and you gotta be healthy.
We all know that the number of games lost to starters is a stat that they track every year and you find usually the teams that go on a deep playoff run are at the most favorable end of that.
San Francisco has no shot at being at the favorable end of that.
On top of the fact that the expectation is what it is like.
You, you think about what San Francisco is being judged by just getting to the playoffs will be seen as a disaster for this team like they are supposed to be in their Super bowl window and there’s pressure to get it done right now with as much talent as they have.
So on top of all of that, yes, their division doesn’t really have a juggernaut that’s separated, but the NFC looks really good.
So if you’re banking on, hey, we can spend plenty of time getting healthy and we’ll sneak in with the wild card.
I don’t know, even if we presume the NFC North is going to beat up on each other.
I don’t know, man, there’s a lot of really good teams right now in the NFC that are head and shoulders above where they Cisco is and they got to make up ground.
So I feel like I if they lose any traction in the NFC West, it’s gonna be difficult trying to make the playoffs as a wild card is gonna be difficult trying to get healthy is going to be absolutely impossible this year.
Trying to maximize what they have on the field with the health they have doesn’t feel like, except what we expected.
Like, I, I’m beyond concern for the 49er.
I’m wondering when we finally just take a fork in them and say they’re done.