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What we learned in Week 16: The 49ers are incapable of playing a clean game

The San Francisco 49ers used an abysmal Week 15 performance against the Los Angeles Rams to put their season on life support. While things weren’t looking good, that plug officially got pulled as the 49ers took the field for their Week 16 game against the Miami Dolphins.

This series was supposed to be a lesson guide for how the 49ers would navigate the postseason, but now, with three games left, it’s been demoted to an offseason preview for any insight into what the 2025 49ers could look like.

With the change of philosophy for this series, let’s look at what we learned from the loss to the Dolphins, starting with the biggest fix needed over the upcoming offseason - the offensive line:

The 49ers are incapable of playing a clean game

And it’s why they are at 6-9 instead of planning a trip to the postseason, as many predicted back in September.