The San Francisco 49ers are sitting at 5-5 and are in a four-way fight for the NFC West.
After losing to the Seattle Seahawks at home in Week 11, the 49ers are tied with Seattle and the Los Angeles Rams in the division with the Arizona Cardinals in the lead.
NFL legend and current analyst Richard Sherman recently had a message for his former team.
“You gotta play like the rent’s due,” Sherman said, via the Richard Sherman Podcast. “And if you not playing like the rent’s due, you getting evicted and we going home.”
“Play like the rent’s due!”@RSherman_25 on what the 49ers need to do to turn their season around pic.twitter.com/zeprInxDfN
— Richard Sherman Podcast (@RShermanPodcast) November 20, 2024
The Niners have been one of the best teams in the league for the past half-decade.
They have made two of the past five Super Bowls and have been a force to be reckoned with under head coach Kyle Shanahan.
However, this season, they have dealt with many injuries, including to All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey and 1,000-yard receiver Brandon Aiyuk, which was season-ending.
Down the stretch, San Francisco is going to face playoff contenders starting with the Green Bay Packers in Week 12 and including matchups with the Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions, as well as Arizona.
The 49ers are going to have to handle their business in those games if they hope to make the playoffs.
The defense needs to play like their backs are against the wall, as does the offense.
If the Niners fail to have the attitude and ferocity they have shown in previous years, they could be sitting on the couch in January.
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