After two consecutive blowout losses, the San Francisco 49ers bounced again in a serious approach, beating the Chicago Bears 38-13 on Sunday to enhance to 6-7 and maintain their playoff hopes alive.
It was a beating from the beginning for San Francisco, who scored a landing on their opening drive and didn’t let up, main the Bears 24-0 at halftime, whereas outgaining them 319-4 from a complete yards perspective.
Now, the place do the 49ers playoff odds stand after Sunday’s win over the Bears?
San Francisco’s playoff possibilities have bounced round considerably over the previous few weeks. When they have been 5-5, they’d the second-best odds to win the division at +270. But, after two straight losses to the Green Bay Packers and Buffalo Bills, these odds dropped all the way in which to +1400 to win the division.
Well, the 49ers stay two video games again of the division-leading Seattle Seahawks after the latter beat the Arizona Cardinals this week. But, issues are ever-fluid within the NFC West. Entering the week, the Seahawks and Cardinals had close to even odds to win the division, whereas the Rams have been barely behind each at +290 odds.
Now, trying on the division, the Seahawks cleared the path at 8-5. The Rams are one sport behind at 7-6, whereas the Cardinals are two video games behind at 6-7. That isn’t nice for the 49ers, as they’ve already performed the Seahawks twice, whereas nonetheless having video games towards Los Angeles and Arizona, in order that they’ll want some assist from their division rivals to regain management of the division.
The excellent news? Seattle has one of many hardest remaining schedules, having to nonetheless face the Packers, Vikings, and Rams over the ultimate 4 weeks of the season.
Could the 49ers sneak right into a wildcard spot? Initially seeming far-fetched, that is likely to be an analogous risk for the 49ers as successful the division, though they’re additionally two video games again from the Washington Commanders, who at the moment maintain the No. 7 seed within the convention.
The Commanders appear to carry the one spot that might probably change of the three wildcards, and so they face the New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons, and Dallas Cowboys.
So, nonetheless, the 49ers are going to wish some main assist over the ultimate 4 weeks in the event that they wish to make a miraculous playoff run in 2024. But, Sunday confirmed some hope that they might be the group many imagined with a 38-13 thrashing of the Chicago Bears, who’ve now misplaced seven video games in a row.
Next week, San Francisco will face off towards one among their divisional rivals, as they keep at residence to tackle the Los Angeles Rams, which might be a big sport within the NFC West standings. The 49ers are at the moment 2.5-point favorites in that one, with the over/beneath set at 48.5 factors.
Can the 49ers begin off a run and get some momentum to finish the yr?
NFC standings heading into Week 15
1. Detroit Lions (12-1)
2. Philadelphia Eagles (11-2)
3. Seattle Seahawks (8-5)
4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-6)
5. Minnesota Vikings (11-2)
6. Green Bay Packers (9-4)
7. Washington Commanders (8-5)
8. Los Angeles Rams (7-6)
9. Atlanta Falcons (6-3 NFC)
10. Arizona Cardinals (6-7, win over SF)
11. San Francisco 49ers (6-7)
12. Dallas Cowboys (5-7, performs vs. CIN on Monday Night Football)
13. New Orleans Saints (5-8)
14. Chicago Bears (4-9)
15. Carolina Panthers (3-10)
16. New York Giants (2-11)
NFC West standings
- Seattle Seahawks, 8-5
- Los Angeles Rams, 7-6
- Arizona Cardinals, 6-7
- San Francisco 49ers, 6-7
