Mistakes at the worst possible times have haunted the San Francisco 49ers in all three phases this season. It’s the reason they’re 2-3.
Yes, it’s true that the Niners are banged up and are without star power in an already top-heavy roster. But when you have an 85 percent win probability with seven minutes left in the fourth quarter and possession of the ball when it’s 1st & goal, those are games you must win, regardless of opponent. When that opponent is in your division, there are no excuses.
Kyle Shanahan thinks Week 5’s divisional loss was tougher to swallow than Week 3’s:
“But in these two games, these two division games that we believe we should have won with the lead we had in the second half, I thought this one was worse than the Rams one in terms of we got sloppier in terms of our turnovers and things like that, not scoring in the second half.