Position grades, analysis from 49ers Week 6 win vs. Rams
By Peter Panacy
The San Francisco 49ers pulled off a massively important win over the Los Angeles Rams in Week 6 by a score of 20-7. Niner Noise breaks down the position grades across the board.
Maybe now the critics will stop thinking the San Francisco 49ers are a pretend team. This, after the Niners defeated the defending NFC champions, the Los Angeles Rams, 20-7 in Week 6.
San Francisco retained its perfect record, while sending the Rams to 3-3 on the season and placing another game between the two in the NFC West.
More importantly, though, the 49ers weren’t deterred by a road matchup against a top-10 offense, which was well-rested after Los Angeles’ Week 5 Thursday Night Football matchup the week before.
And most importantly, it’s 5-0 for head coach Kyle Shanahan and Co.
“I’m very happy with how we played,” Shanahan told reporters after the game. “We’re 5-0, which is a great thing. But we’re not playing our best ball, and we can do a lot of things better than that.”
Shanahan has a point. Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo didn’t have his best outing, and the Niners surrendered 100 yards on the ground and their first rush touchdown against on the season. And amid a slew of injuries, particularly on offense, the 49ers weren’t quite able to move the ball on the ground as they have been for much of the year.
Still, those complaints seem awfully nitpicky, as the vast reflections and analysis of San Francisco’s position groups are almost overwhelmingly positive.
Niner Noise breaks down each position, looking at who stood out and then assigning grades for each.
Let’s start off with the side of the ball, which dominated: the defense.