San Francisco 49ers: First-take regular-season schedule predictions for 2018
By Peter Panacy
Week 10 vs. New York Giants (Monday Night Football)
Wow. Back-to-back prime-time games.
OK, so the Thursday Night Football contest is a given for all 32 teams. But there’s a nice added break for the 49ers, spending the entirety of Weeks 9 and 10 at home with the added day before hosting the New York Giants on Monday Night Football.
It’s like a mini bye week.
The not-yet-starting-Jimmy-Garoppolo 49ers managed to knock off the G-Men 31-21 in Week 10 last year — San Francisco’s first victory of 2017, which also pointed directly to the slew of front-office changes New York endured last year and into 2018.
Those Giants, picking at No. 2 overall in the NFL Draft, are in line to take a quarterback to replace aging veteran, Eli Manning. Yet general manager David Gettleman isn’t revealing his hand.
For now, Manning is the penciled-in starter. But it’s anyone’s guess what’s going on with New York by Week 10.
Even if the Giants manage to turn things around nicely in 2018, they’ll be facing a fresh Niners squad at home after an extended break.
Easy win for San Francisco.