The 49ers’ biggest test awaits them on Sunday afternoon at Levi’s Stadium — a 4-2 Carolina Panthers’ team that has beaten San Francisco in six straight matchups.
The giant elephant in the room is that the 49ers have only two signature wins on the season — a Monday Night Football victory over the Browns and a short-handed road win over the Rams.
Can head coach Kyle Shanahan lead his team to a seventh-straight win to start this season? Here’s one reason why the 49ers come out victorious — and one reason why they will be on the losing end of today’s contest.