Niners Can’t Look Past Struggling Washington
With six games remaining this season, including Sunday's vs. Washington at Levi's Stadium, the 49ers are on the playoff bubble.At 6-4, they'd be out of the postseason if the regular season were over, a game behind the 7-3 Cowboys, Eagles and Packers.But Sunday's game represents the beginning of a six-game season of its own, with four of those games at home. They'll have Washington and the Seahawks at home this week and next, while finishing at home vs. the Chargers and Cardinals after back-to-back road games at Oakland and Seattle. Going 6-0 will do the trick, of course, but that's unlikely. But they need to go 5-1 or at least 4-2 and hope for some help to get into the tournament for a fourth straight season under Jim Harbaugh.But this final stretch begins with what seemingly is a winnable game against 3-7 Washington. Oddsmakers have made the 49ers 9-point favorites. But they can't look past Sunday's game to their big Thanksgiving night matchup vs. the Seahawks. They have to take care of business in Game No. 11 before Game No. 12.The Niners have some momentum with consecutive victories over the Saints and Giants, but this season the opponent has seemed to matter very little. It's...
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