There’s a pretty good chance the unbeaten San Francisco 49ers wind up winning the NFC West this season.
At the halfway mark of 2019, the Niners find themselves an unblemished 8-0 following their Week 9 Thursday Night Football win over the Arizona Cardinals. Yes, head coach Kyle Shanahan will face some serious adversity in the second half of the season, particularly after losing linebacker Kwon Alexander to a season-ending pectoral tear. And the schedule gets considerably tougher during Weeks 10 through 17, too.
According to Football Outsiders, San Francisco owned an 86.