RiverDog wrote:Stay in the race between the Eagles and Cowboys? If that's what they're thinking, they'd better wake up and smell the roses. They're behind us in the race for the division title.
And as far as desperation goes, they're still a very legitimate contender with a 5-3 record. They would be completely unjustified to be taking unnecessary risks to right their ship.
4XPIPS wrote:Regardless of the current records and where we sit, I still feel the 49ers are a better team than us until proven otherwise. As you have mentioned many times previously are schedule is about to get real tough and we still have two games against 49ers. I would be shocked if we can maintain this position in the conference standings after we play them twice in a short period. It seems like Purdy and Geno are going down the same path, but the 49ers just have way more talent on both sides of the ball and they are getting Deebo back soon.
Oh, I agree that the 49'ers are still the favorites to win the division. I'm just saying that they'd better forget about the power rankings and start worrying about beating us, of whom they play twice in three weeks.
Looking at the Niners remaining schedule, they're going to have to get their act together really quick. This Sunday, they play a very good Jacksonville team then starting on Thanksgiving Day, go into a stretch where they'll be playing us twice along with the Eagles and Ravens. That's where the division is going to be won or lost for both of us.
As far as Brock Purdy goes, he hasn't been playing all that badly, at least statistically. He still has a 12:5 TD:INT ratio, is completing over 68% of his passes, and is ranked 3rd in the league in passer rating. I haven't seen every play of the Niners season like I have with ours, but after watching Geno for the past few games, I can't imagine Purdy not outperforming him. Geno has gotten away with a lot of bad decisions. As my dad would say, he's been luckier than a 3-peckered billy goat in a herd of sheep.