The result was familiar, but the performance was not for the 2024 San Francisco 49ers. For the 10th time, the San Francisco 49ers found themselves on the losing end, a 40-34 defeat at the hands of the Detroit Lions.
But the 49ers had some juice for them, at least on offense, which hasn’t been seen all season. Maybe it was the challenge of the offense having to perform with a duct-taped-together offensive line like Troy Aikman alluded to on the ESPN broadcast. Or perhaps it was to prevent getting boat-raced by a superior Lions team.