Shanahan reveals approach to rest of season, beating Bears

Shanahan reveals approach to rest of season, beating Bears originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

The 49ers (5-7) enter Sunday’s matinee against the Chicago Bears (4-8) at Levi’s Stadium desperate to creep into the NFC playoff picture.

And after San Francisco’s past two losses — to the Green Bay Packers and Buffalo Bills — in which it was outscored 73-20, things are as grim as ever. However, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan remains focused at a game-by-game pace.

While talking to Greg Papa on NBC Sports Bay Area’s “49ers Game Plan,” Shanahan explained his approach to the rest of the 2024 NFL season and how San Francisco can exit Week 14 victorious.

“I don’t even think about getting two in a row — because two in a row doesn’t matter,” Shanahan told Papa. “We’ve got to get every one in a row. So when it comes to that point, it is one game at a time, and I care about is us playing well versus Chicago.”

The 49ers probably have to win most, if not all, of their remaining five games merely to keep their postseason hopes alive, which is stunning in retrospect, considering Shanahan and San Francisco have made the playoffs in three straight seasons, the NFC Championship Game in the last two and is coming off an overtime Super Bowl LVIII loss to the dynastic Kansas City Chiefs.

Chicago is worse off than San Francisco but has room for growth with 2024 NFL Draft No. 1 pick Caleb Williams. Wisely, Shanahan isn’t taking the Bears lightly, or, as he hinted, putting any mind on the 49ers’ looming “Thursday Night Football” game against the Los Angeles Rams in Week 15.

Shanahan instead is dialed in on returning to the win column.

“I think it’s how you’d beat anyone and how we would’ve lost to anyone these last couple of weeks. We got to fix those problems first,” Shanahan told Papa about how San Francisco can beat Chicago. “We have to stop the run … our offense can’t turn the ball over along with our special teams … and when you do turn…

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Publish date : 2024-12-07 16:44:00

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