Inside the 49ers bubble, life is good. The team has won four straight games, the defense looks incredible, and they’re atop the NFC West. Those outside the bubble, however, have pointed to a soft schedule and a middling offense as reasons to cast aspersions on the team’s 7-4 record. On today’s Bully Ball podcast, Jason Aponte asked Steph Sanchez if the team needed a win over Miami this week to prove those doubters wrong.
“I think absolutely you need one of those trademark wins. Realistically you’re not going to beat every team on your schedule, but you have to be able to prove - if you have hopes of being a playoff team - that you can beat a playoff team.