The San Francisco 49ers lost, 12-6, to the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday Night Football. It feels like the sort of loss that defines a season. Not much has gone right for San Francisco since its fateful Super Bowl loss back in February. Rather than defending their NFC crown, the Niners are scrapping hard just to stick in the Wild Card picture.
We can blame the elements or the fatigue inherent to a Thursday night football game — not to mention the ongoing spate of injuries dragging this Niners team down — but this loss was inexcusable, despite all the obvious, easy excuses. The Niners’ defense did its job against a spritely Rams offense, but San Francisco couldn’t move the football at all.
This was an awful Brock Purdy game, an even worse Deebo Samuel performance, and somehow, and even worse Jauan Jennings outing. Pretty much nobody except George Kittle showed up and the Rams’ defense took advantage. San Francisco finished with a grand total of 191 yards of offense…