Predicting the Final Score of the 49ers-Vikings Game
Predicting the final score of the Monday Night Football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Minnesota Vikings.
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00:00 Here's how I see the 49ers Monday night game against the Vikings unfolding.
00:04 On offense, I think the Niners are gonna struggle a little bit.
00:06 No Trent Williams, no Debo Samuel.
00:09 Christian McCaffrey will play, but will he get a full workload?
00:11 Should he get a full workload?
00:13 I could see him catching screen passes against a defense that's gonna blitz a lot,
00:16 but he shouldn't get 18, 20 carries.
00:19 He could be more of a decoy in this game.
00:21 So that's one.
00:23 Also, the Niners, when they run the ball their best,
00:25 they're running outside to the left behind Trent Williams and Aaron Banks.
00:28 And there's probably not gonna be any Trent Williams in this game.
00:30 So where are they gonna run the ball?
00:32 Probably up the middle, probably with Jordan Mason.
00:35 So that's something they can do on offense.
00:37 They should still be able to score at least 20 points, but
00:40 I don't expect them to score 30.
00:43 On defense though, they should have the advantage.
00:45 They don't have to work.
00:46 Last week they gave up 160 yards in the ground.
00:48 They couldn't set the edge.
00:50 They shouldn't have to worry about stopping the run in this game.
00:52 They should be able to stop the Vikings run game because the Vikings don't
00:56 have a run game.
00:57 They have Alexander Madison and Cam Akers who, nothing special.
01:01 So this is just, pin your ears back to use a terrible cliche and
01:06 rush the statue quarterback and Kirk Cousins.
01:09 And I think the Niners defense can do that.
01:11 I think it's built to do that.
01:12 From Nick Bosa to Jayvon Hargrave to Eric Armstead to Randy Gregory,
01:15 the Niners should be able to sack Kirk Cousins five times.
01:19 The only way he can avoid it is to throw a bunch of really short passes,
01:23 which I don't think is gonna beat the Niners defense.
01:26 He can't scramble.
01:27 He probably won't have time to throw deep.
01:30 He's just gonna have to check down relentlessly.
01:32 And I think the Niners are just better at that game.
01:34 Now, without Debo Samuel and Christian McCaffrey,
01:37 we'll have to see how much yards after the catch they can really get.
01:39 But George Kittle and Brandon Iyuk and Jordan Mason seems like a better
01:43 combination of offensive talent than TJ Hawkinson, Jordan Addison, and Cam Akers.
01:50 So I'm looking for the Niners to win this game 23 to 13 on the road.
01:56 Ten point victory, not a lot of offense, big time defense.
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