Gonna have to watch this one again as I watched with a bunch of friends in Union Square. The Golden Gate Tap room. A gloriously loud and divey SF bar full of fans for both teams. Couldn’t hear a thing, and some of the shit going on in that 3rd quarter was beyond belief. The 49ers were peanut-punching fools yesterday with Fred Warner killing a Raider drive, and Upton Stout saving what would have been a touchdown catch that would have closed the game to 24-21. He peanut-punched the ball out on the 1, and Fred Warner recovered in the end zone for a touchback. 5 turnovers in the 2nd half.

Add in THREE Kirk Cousins picks, including one of the easiest pick-sixes in the history of the game by Jaden Dugger, and there you have the wipeout it became.

Of course no victory can go without a major injury as rookie DT phenom Gracen Helton was lost for the year with a pretty brutal ankle break. That will hopefully heal faster than tearing up all those ligaments, but a shame nonetheless.

Purdy had a bit of a weird day himself with 17/25 for 232 and 2 TDs with a pick. He ended up with solid numbers, and his running really helped the cause as he had an 18 yard scramble on 3rd and 12 on the first TD drive but he uncharacteristically missed some easy throws and looked rusty. Jordan Watkins is REALLY showing out though as a playmaker with his contested 37 yard TD in the 3rd quarter. He lead the team with 86 yards on 4 catches. Kittle had a good Kittle day. 4 for 58 with a 37 yard catch and run. CMC was his usual spectacular self with 68 on the ground, 19 in the air, and a TD for each as well.

190 yards of rushing. But man, I swear Raheem Morris channelled Robert Saleh with the base 4 no blitz prevent defense. Bosa and Buckner both made a few nice plays, but the pass rush was non-existent, and their impact was barely felt. Greenlaw, Duggar, and Warner led the charge, but Bosa had 1 tackle, as did DeFo. For all the picks, Cousins had plenty of time, and the Raiders were moving up and down the field in that wild 3rd quarter.

Twice in the 2nd half Oakland could have cut the lead to 4 points. Both times the D created a turnover, but I think I saw Warner blitz twice. I didn’t remember seeing a lot of 5-6 man line where we drop into coverage.

We started off so fast, and even got the pick six to start the 3rd, but Shanny went ultra conservative and never got anywhere. Purdy’s INT and the 4th down fail, which sure looked like he made in on one of the shown angles, kept the Raiders in the game.

Anyhow, a win is a win is a win. Going to Dallas. Hopefully the team gets some D line help, CB, and a WR.

Yeah, right. Point beng, I think we should rest CMC this game. We should be able to win without him. I’d even consider Kittle as well. Play them the first half. I mean, if Minn loses tonight, the Dallas game is even less imperative. I wanted us to rest Evan for the Falcons game for obvious reasons, and it bit them.

Plus, how fycking funny would it be for SF to bench, Purdy, CMC, and Kittle and still beat Dallas?

Hah!