Entering this week’s action, the Los Angeles Rams were considered perhaps the NFL’s top team, and owners of the NFL’s top offensive unit. Unfortunately, the San Francisco 49ers didn’t force their opponent to demonstrate their offensive prowess on Sunday, as merely showing up for the game was enough for the Rams to leave Santa Clara with their seventh victory of the season.
It didn’t take long for the 49ers to beat themselves, as four of their first five drives of the game ended in a turnover or safety. Although they didn’t realize it at the time, their second series — a short drive that ended in a shorter punt — would end up being one of San Francisco’s best drives of the game:
The 49ers finished Sunday’s game with one 75-yard touchdown drive and a 42-yard drive that ended with a field goal by kicker Robbie Gould.