While the 49ers are guaranteed to host a game in the first round of the playoffs, there's still something to play for. San Francisco can still win its way into the No. 2 seed if they gain a game on the Vikings.
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SANTA CLARA, CA - JANUARY 8: Christian McCaffrey #23 of the San Francisco 49ers runs after making a catch for a 21-yard touchdown during the game against the Arizona Cardinals at Levi's Stadium on January 8, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. The 49ers defeated the Cardinals 38-13. (Photo by Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images)
The Arizona Cardinals face the San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., in NFL Week 18, Arizona's final game of the season. Follow our score updates and analysis on the game below.
They finished 4-13 after falling to the San Francisco 49ers 38-13 for their seventh loss in a row Sunday at Levi's Stadium. J.J. Watt had two sacks in what is more than likely the final game of his NFL career, and played the entire game until getting a moment to walk off the field at the two-minute warning.
Our Bob McManaman suggested early in the week that Green be the primary receiving target for the Cardinals today, just to help him go out with a bang. Still plenty of time to play for Green to have a big day.
The Cardinals' 2023 list of opponents is set following the results of Sunday's early games. The team will play nine road games and eight at home. There will be a lot of travel with four Eastern time zone trips and two in Central time.
For the Cardinals, it is the final game of longtime star NFL defensive lineman J.J. Watt, who announced his retirement a few weeks ago. Watt is the player to watch Sunday for the Cardinals. He plays with so much emotion and this is an emotional day for Watt and his family.
Stafford connected with Cooper Kupp on a four-yard touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter to give the Rams a 24-17 lead. With no timeouts, Jimmy Garoppolo and the 49ers responded decisively with a five-play, 88-yard drive capped by a 14-yard touchdown pass from Garoppolo to Jauan Jennings to force overtime.
San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jauan Jennings took advantage of blown coverage to catch at 14-yard touchdown pass from Jimmy Garoppolo to tie the game in the closing seconds of regulation to tie game 24-24.
The 49ers won the overtime coin toss. If the game ends in a tie, the Rams would still clinch the NFC West title, but a tie would cost them the No. 2 seed in the playoffs. The 49ers need a win or a tie to keep their season alive.
Give the Rams credit. I, and many others, questioned them during a three-game losing streak against the Titans, 49ers and Packers. However, they have answered the bell with strong efforts against Arizona and the recent back-to-back road wins over Minnesota and Baltimore.
The Los Angeles Rams outlasted the San Francisco 49ers 20-17 on Sunday, giving the team the NFC crown and setting up a title showdown with the Cincinnati Bengals. The Rams scored 13 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to take a lead they would never surrender. Aaron Donald's pressure of Jimmy Garoppolo and the quarterback's subsequent interception sealed the result for Los Angeles, which snapped a six-game losing streak to Kyle Shanahan and the 49ers.
The result puts Sean McVay's crew back in the Super Bowl for the first time in 4 years. Los Angeles embodied an all-in mentality, acquiring quarterback Matthew Stafford last offseason while adding outside linebacker Von Miller and wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. during the season. Stafford won his first playoff game two weeks ago in the wild-card round, and now he and his teammates will be staying home for the Super Bowl.
San Francisco went 36 yards in eight plays but couldn't reach the end zone as time wound down. The 49ers also appeared to avoid a serious injury to star receiver Deebo Samuel, who took a big hit from Nick Scott but returned to the game after a brief exit.
Higbee ranked third on the Rams with 560 receiving yards in the regular season. While Los Angeles was looking to emphasize the short-to-intermediate passing game, Higbee faced a tough matchup with Fred Warner and the rest of the 49ers' defense.
The 49ers edged the Bengals in a 26-23 overtime win in Week 14, while Cincinnati did not face Los Angeles this season. Sean McVay, however, has plenty of familiarity with Zac Taylor after Taylor served on his staff from 2017-18 before getting the Bengals' head coaching job.
The Bears defense excelled throughout the entire game, generating two takeaways. They held the 49ers to three points in the second half and held quarterback Trey Lance to a 46.4 completion percentage and a 50.3 rating.
"We had a little bit of rough sledding in the first half, and I thought that the guys came out in the second half and gained some momentum in that drive right before halftime," Eberflus said. "I thought that was really good. The defense in the first half gave up a couple of plays. We had to shore some things up in the halftime, so we did that. So I thought the guys did a nice job at halftime and it's a four-quarter game. You've got to play the second half, and that's what we're built for.
The San Francisco 49ers moved above .500 with a crucial win over a banged up Los Angeles Chargers team on Sunday Night. The defense pitched a shutout in the second half to lead the Niners to the 22-16 primetime victory.
As the Broncos' offense struggled for most of the contest, the defense did its part to keep Denver in the game. After allowing a first-quarter touchdown on the second drive of the game, the Broncos earned stops on eight consecutive 49ers drives. They also scored a pair of points for Denver, as they forced Jimmy Garoppolo out of the end zone for a safety.
Following the 49ers' touchdown drive on their second drive, the Broncos' defense held San Francisco without a point on eight consecutive drives. During that stretch, the unit forced a fumble, caused a safety and allowed just five total first downs in that stretch. It was a borderline dominant performance and kept Denver alive. For good measure, the Broncos' defense came up with a pair of stops at the end of the game.
Jan 9, 2022; Inglewood, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle (85) celebrates as he leaves the field after defeating the Los Angeles Rams in the overtime period of the game at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
Mitchell, in his return from a Nov. 27 knee sprain, put the 49ers ahead 14-6 when a 5-yard run produced his first touchdown. Mitchell, playing just his fifth game this season, finished off the opening drive after halftime with a 6-yard scoring run that was set up by a 37-yard, sideline jaunt for a 28-13 lead. He had just five carries, for 55 yards.
Obviously, that imbues the Buccaneers' cross-country trip with serious postseason implications for both teams. While the 8-4 49ers are trying to hold off the Seahawks and currently have a one-game lead in the NFC West that is strengthened by their Week Two win over Seattle, the 6-6 Buccaneers are trying to get some additional breathing room in the NFC South while the 5-8 Falcons are on their bye.
It is also the 49ers who own the highest seed in the NFC standings that the Buccaneers can realistically hope to reel in by the end of the regular season. Based on their current records and their remaining list of opponents, the 11-1 Eagles and 10-2 Vikings are very strong bets to hold on to the two top spots. However, if the Buccaneers can leave that other Bay area with a win on Sunday, they will have pulled within a game of the 49ers in the conference race and will have a reasonable chance of catching San Francisco for the third seed.
That said, this Bucs-49ers matchup profiles more like the type of low-wattage squeakers the Buccaneers have been playing this year. San Francisco has the NFL's stingiest defense in terms of both yards (283.9) and points (15.8) allowed per game, while the Buccaneers rank eighth in yards (313.8) and fifth in points (18.3). With wins at a premium over the next five weeks, the Bucs won't care if they win by one point or 40 as long as they get that mark in the right column.
Meanwhile, the Buccaneers' offense is producing just 18.1 points per game (27th in the NFL), a steep drop from the league-leading 30.4 per outing they rolled up over the 2020-21 seasons combined. And while the 49ers are a respectable 13th in the league in scoring with 23.5 points per game, their offense suddenly has a problem: Jimmy Garoppolo's broken foot.
Fortunately for the 49ers, they can surround their rookie passer with one of the NFL's most versatile sets of skill players, one that became even more robust with the midseason trade for former Panthers do-it-all back Christian McCaffrey. The Niners also deploy hybrid receiver/runner Deebo Samuel, run-after-the-catch star George Kittle and the uber-athletic Brandon Aiyuk, often all at the same time and in a Kyle Shanahan offense that is excellent at scheming them open.
San Francisco leads the overall regular-season series by an overwhelming margin, 18-6, but as much as the '97 season is the dividing line between a long-downtrodden team and a successful franchise in Tampa, it also marks the point at which this head-to-head matchup become competitive. The Buccaneers and 49ers had met 13 times between 1977 and 1994 and San Francisco had won 12 of them, often by wide margins. The last four San Francisco wins prior to 1997 were by a combined 138-58.
San Francisco prevailed in the most recent meeting between the two teams, a 31-17 decision at Raymond James Stadium in 2019 that featured three interceptions by the 49ers defense. The last one allowed the visitors to pull away at the end, as the Buccaneers had closed to within 20-17 in the fourth quarter before a Robbie Gould field goal and Ahkello Witherspoon's 25-yard pick-six off Jameis Winston. Tampa Bay had won the two previous games in the series before that one, 34-17 in California in 2016 and 27-9 in Florida in 2018. The former included a 249-yard rushing performance by the Buccaneers, led by Jacquizz Rodgers' 154 on 26 carries. In the latter, the Bucs' defense sacked Nick Mullens four times and intercepted him twice while Winston threw touchdown passes to Cam Brate and Adam Humphries. 2ff7e9595c
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