Maiocco’s 49ers Report Card: Team grades in crushing loss to Bills

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — These are the cold, hard facts. The 49ers received another snowball upside their heads — figuratively and, perhaps, literally — when the Buffalo Bills hit them with a 35-10 beatdown at snowy Highmark Stadium. Their second blowout loss in a row played out in front of a national television audience on Sunday night. It was the second blowout loss the 49ers absorbed in back-to-back trips to Green Bay and Buffalo — the two coldest-weather locales in the NFL. A week ago, the 49ers lost to the Packers, 38-10. The 49ers lost back-to-back games by 25 points or more for only the fourth time in franchise history and the first time since 2015 when the Jim Tomsula-coached team was blasted by Pittsburgh (43-18) and Arizona (47-7) in Weeks 2 and 3. Here is the report card from their Week 13 loss to the Bills: Rushing offense The 49ers felt their best chance of winning this game was to run the ball down the throats of a Bills defense that is susceptible on the ground. San Francisco largely succeeded in that area. Christian McCaffrey gained 53 yards on seven carries before leaving with a potentially season-ending injury to the posterior cruciate ligament in his right...