49ers Trying To Keep Even Keel Amid Struggles
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With wins over NFC West rivals Arizona and Seattle already, the St. Louis Rams have announced their candidacy for the division title in 2015 already. In Week 8, the 49ers travel to St. Louis with questions on both sides of the ball.
This season, former Australian rugby has tried making the transition to the NFL, but has had struggles. He was inactive Thursday night's 20-3 loss to the Seattle Seahawks after issues with turnovers.
So much for momentum: The San Francisco 49ers lost on Thursday Night Football at Levi's Stadium, dropping to 2-5 on the season with the 20-3 loss against the hated Seattle Seahawks.
Kaepernick completed 13 of 24 passes of 124 yards while taking six sacks in the 20-3 loss Thursday, San Francisco's fourth straight defeat to its NFC West rival and sixth in the last seven meetings.
No more Jim Harbaugh trying to outdo old nemesis Pete Carroll, and neither team sitting atop the NFC West standings this time.
It's been said that playing in an NFL football game is like getting into 10 car crashes in one day. If that's the case, it's very hard to recover from game day in a short week on the schedule.
Strange favors the NFL schedule makers gave the San Francisco 49ers this year: In order, the 49ers faced games against the last three teams to eliminate them from the playoffs.
Before the season, few would have guessed the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks would be meeting this Thursday night at Levi's Stadium with identical 2-4 records. The 49ers, sure, but not Seattle ... yet, here we are.
The San Francisco 49ers are clearly a much better team at home on the Levi's Stadium turf, and now they have a second victory in 2015 there.
