This Coming Week as 49'ers Pursue Playoffs

Originally posted by ninerfaninnorcal:
49'ers play at the Bills at 5:20 pm Sunday. 49'ers are 6.5 underdogs. We can win if Purdy, Williams and Bosa all return. Assuming we get the W:

All these games will be played before 49'ers kickoff:

Seattle loses at NY Jets with Seattle favored 1.5 points. Let's hope Rodgers stays QB for Jets.

AZ loses at Minnesota with Vikings favored 4 points.

3 way tie for first place in the division 😊

Wild Card:
Washington loses at home against Tennessee with Commanders favored 6 points.

Tied for final spot in wildcard 😊

Originally posted by joeknows:
Playoff qualification is not unthinkable. What I'm finding unthinkable at the moment is becoming good enough to be competitive even if we do scrape into the playoffs. That's not going to happen in all likelihood.

But if it did miraculously happen, it would require the following -

Good general health.
All of the short-term injured players return and contribute straight away. (Bosa, Purdey, etc.)
All of the long-term injured players return and contribute straight away (Greenlaw, Feliciano, etc.)
Mooney ward returns.
One or two rookies find their feet in a big way (Pearsall would be ideal).
CMC gets back into top form. Deebo gets his mojo back.

Too much to ask for in too short of a time, but I honestly think that we could have been competitive if all of those things had fallen into place.

Originally posted by ninerfaninnorcal:
I believe if we can get everyone back healthy, including Greenlaw, we can beat anyone.

Originally posted by 49er-from-Yavin-IV:
Let's say somehow the team is miraculously able to make the playoffs. WTF are we doing when we get there?

Are we just happy to get there for the even worse draft slotting than we would otherwise have when we actually do miss the playoffs?

Because we don't have the horses to make any noise if we do get there and we are not a "just happy to be there" organization.

The cupboards may not be completely empty here, but they SAF are in dire need of restocking and a better draft slot, if used properly, could help as part of the restocking process.

Originally posted by Montana:
"Because I got high, because I got high" 🎶

Originally posted by 49erKing:
How many of you who are ridiculing up this post are of the camp, it's better to go the Super Bowl and lose than not go at all? For the record, I am NOT in this camp but would also be ecstatic if we squeaked into the playoffs regardless if we get bounced hard. But yeah this is not a SB caliber team. Even last year's team probably should have lost to Detroit. We have no run defense, our S/T is a s**t show and our offense is broken.

Originally posted by ninerfaninnorcal:
This is a Super Bowl caliber team when everyone is healthy. Vegas had us with second best odds right behind KC to win it all.

Originally posted by ninerfaninnorcal:
I believe if we can get everyone back healthy, including Greenlaw, we can beat anyone.

Originally posted by 49erKing:
How many of you who are ridiculing up this post are of the camp, it's better to go the Super Bowl and lose than not go at all? For the record, I am NOT in this camp but would also be ecstatic if we squeaked into the playoffs regardless if we get bounced hard. But yeah this is not a SB caliber team. Even last year's team probably should have lost to Detroit. We have no run defense, our S/T is a s**t show and our offense is broken.