US EditionKurtenbach: The 49ers are battered, bruised and extremely dangerous as they head into their bye week
The 49ers improved to 9-4 with a strong defensive second half and opportunistic offense despite run-defense issues, riding a three-game winning streak into their bye week.
- On Sunday, the San Francisco 49ers beat the Cleveland Browns 26-8 at Huntington Bank Field, extending their winning streak to three and raising their playoff chances to 93 percent.
- In cold, snowy conditions, San Francisco 49ers capitalized on two Cleveland Browns fumbles and leaned on defense and special teams to control field position.
- Brock Purdy completed 16-of-29 passes for 168 yards and a fourth-quarter touchdown to Jauan Jennings, while Christian McCaffrey carried 20 times for 53 yards and scored a rushing touchdown, and Skyy Moore returned a punt 66 yards to set up a key scoring drive.
- San Francisco 49ers enter the bye week at 9-4, allowing Brock Purdy's turf toe to heal and potentially bringing Tatum Bethune back for the final four games.
- Despite injuries, a soft schedule and the Los Angeles Rams' loss in Carolina have expanded the San Francisco 49ers' ceiling, raising questions about NFC conference dynamics.
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Kurtenbach: The 49ers are battered, bruised and extremely dangerous as they head into their bye week
Nothing is pretty in Cleveland in the winter. Least of all the football. But Cleveland’s nasty weather and even nastier defense didn’t faze the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. It was the perfect setup for a trap game. A short week. A holiday hangover. A roster looking ahead to a desperate, long-awaited bye week. It had “no-fun letdown” written in neon letters across the script. The Niners didn’t care. They just went out and turned in one of their…
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Santa Cruz SentinelWhat the 49ers said after beating the Browns
"I love our character, I love our urgency and I like where we're at," Christian McCaffrey said of the 49ers at the bye week.
As They Head into the Bye Week, 49ers Dance Their Way to 9-4
Getting a win, on the road, against one of the NFL’s toughest defenses to improve to 9-4 heading into the bye week, is enough to make a quarterback dance. And dance he did. Embed from Getty Images During the third of quarter of the San Francisco 49ers, 26-8, win over the Cleveland Browns, 49ers QB Brock Purdy scrambled two yards into the end zone on a zone read and immediately broke into the “Dougie.” “I’ve always been able to Dougie, I just hav…
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