The Niners and Dolphins face off this Sunday in what NFL Network’s Peter Schrager described as “the game of the season.” When you look at all the ink that’s spilled this week about how the strength of Miami’s offense comes into direct conflict with the strength of the San Francisco defense, attacking and defending the middle of the field respectively, which are both the best in the league at what they do, it seems like he might just be right.
Throw in the familiarity between the two coaching staffs, centered on the one time mentor-mentee relationship of Shanahan and McDaniel, the bevy of former Niners on the Dolphins, and the recent chippy quotes from one of those players, Raheem Mostert, and there’s even more reason to make this contest appointment viewing.