49ers vs. Eagles: Full San Francisco Week 8 grades and analysis
By Peter Panacy
Niner Noise takes a look at the San Francisco 49ers’ efforts from their Week 8 road contest against the Philadelphia Eagles and dishes out grades and analysis for each position.
The San Francisco 49ers entered new territory in Week 8, falling to the Philadelphia Eagles 33-10 in a rain-soaked trip to Lincoln Financial Field.
With the loss, and still winless this season, head coach Kyle Shanahan’s Niners suffered one more defeat than Hall of Fame coach Bill Walsh had during his first year at the helm back in 1979. Walsh’s 49ers finished 2-14 that year, although this year’s group sure looked like a 0-16 team.
Shanahan’s offense couldn’t get anything going over the course of the contest, albeit against an Eagles defense that ranked No. 1 against the run entering the game.
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Needless to say, this made it tough for Niners running back Carlos Hyde to get going, as the 49ers running backs netted a mere 54 yards on 18 attempts.
If there was a positive, San Francisco’s defense managed to hold its own for the majority of four quarters. Despite being depleted entering the game — no Reuben Foster (ribs), Aaron Lynch (calf) — and losing safety Jimmie Ward, the Niners defense did manage to hold the high-flying Eagles offense to just the 14 points in the first half.
That might be among the only positive grades for San Francisco in our weekly postgame breakdown.
Let’s take a look at both sides of the ball, starting off with that defense.