3 SF 49ers who stood out for the right reasons vs. Washington

Another loss for the SF 49ers doesn’t mean there isn’t a silver lining, this time in the form of a few standout players last Sunday.

A case could be made the SF 49ers losing to the Washington Football Team in Week 14 was the worst loss the Niners have suffered this season.

Sure, getting thrashed by the Miami Dolphins at Levi’s Stadium in Week 5 coming off a limp showing on Sunday Night Football the week before against the Philadelphia Eagles would both be in the running. And losses to the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers were bad but hardly unexpected.

But last week’s loss, their second in a row and fifth in the last six games, feels like the most disheartening and the one that might be the death blow to the SF 49ers’ 2020 playoff chances.

Mathematically, that isn’t the case, although it would take the Niners to win out and for Seattle not to win another game, among other things, for the math to work out in San Francisco’s favor. In short, the ability for the SF 49ers to control their own playoff destiny is gone.

On top of that, the SF 49ers lost yet another game they had no right losing, as Washington managed just nine points from its offense, a unit that was controlled most of the afternoon by the Niners defense.

The only reason the Football Team won, in the end, was because of two scores by its vaunted defense.

Because of all this, it’s easy to categorize the loss on Sunday as one of 2020’s worst and forget that good happened during the matchup for the SF 49ers.

So with that in mind, let’s take a look at three 49ers players who stood out for all the right reasons during Sunday’s loss to Washington.