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Maiocco’s 49ers Report Card: Team grades in putrid loss to Rams originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
SANTA CLARA — The 49ers’ 2024 NFL season blew up Thursday night in spectacular fashion.
San Francisco entered the evening with slim playoff hopes. Those hopes were blown to smithereens with a horrendous offensive performance in a 12-6 loss to the Los Angeles Rams at Levi’s Stadium.
The 49ers failed to score a touchdown for the first time since a 9-0 victory over Washington in Week 7 of the 2019 season.
“That’s kind of the story of the year, not doing enough to win games,” 49ers linebacker Fred Warner said.
Things were so bad that one player, veteran linebacker De’Vondre Campbell, refused to play.
Campbell started 12 games this season but Dre Greenlaw replaced him in the starting lineup. When the 49ers wanted Campbell to enter the game in the third quarter, he declined, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said.
Yep, it was just another bizarre twist to a season that had weird vibes from all the way back in the offseason.
Here is the report card from the 49ers’ Week 15 loss to the Rams:
Rushing offense
The 49ers managed only four first downs on the ground and averaged just 3.3 yards per rushing attempt.
Rookie Isaac Guerendo gained 57 yards on 16 carries for a 3.6-yard average. Deebo Samuel was a non-factor in the running game with just 3 yards on two rushing attempts.
Grade: D
Passing offense
Quarterback Brock Purdy struggled, as he completed 14 of 31 pass attempts for 142 yards and no touchdowns with one interception.
Purdy forced a second-and-10 pass from the Los Angeles 33-yard line down the field that cornerback Darious Williams intercepted in the end zone.
The 49ers’ best chance of getting in the end zone came in the third quarter when Purdy delivered a perfect strike to Samuel on a third-and-10 play from the Rams’ 29. The play would have resulted in a first down, and it might have gone all the way. But Samuel dropped it.
Purdy could not find a connection with…
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Publish date : 2024-12-13 06:20:00
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