The San Francisco 49ers will attempt to string two wins in combination for the primary time this season on Sunday after they host the Arizona Cardinals in Santa Clara, Calif.
The 49ers (2-2) used a powerful defensive efficiency to prevent a two-game slide with a 30-13 victory over the New England Patriots ultimate Sunday.
Arizona (1-3) performed its previous 3 video games at house, following up a decisive victory over the Los Angeles Rams with losses to the Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders.
The setback to the Commanders used to be a 42-14 rout by the hands of former Cardinals head trainer Kliff Kingsbury, who now could be Washington’s offensive coordinator.
“I advised (the group), ‘You will have a recreation like that and also you assume you have to blow all of it up, tear all of it down and we are up to now away. We are truly no longer,'” Arizona second-year trainer Jonathan Gannon mentioned previous this week. “We are shut however no longer there but with how the ultimate recreation went.”
Gannon discussed two spaces the Cardinals will have to proper: their third-down conversion makes an attempt and preventing combatants on their third-down tries.
The Lions transformed 50 p.c in their third-down eventualities (6 for 12) in a 20-13 win over Arizona.
The Cardinals then allowed the Commanders a 75 p.c luck fee (9 for 12) on 1/3 down.
Arizona’s offense, conversely, went 1 for 9 (11.1 p.c) on third-down makes an attempt towards the Lions and four for 11 (36.4 p.c) as opposed to the Commanders.
“I do know that any offense — in Pop Warner to the NFL — has a greater probability changing when it is third-and-manageable, so we need to do a greater process there,” Gannon mentioned.
The promising information for the Cardinals is the 49ers’ protection is permitting the seventh-highest third-down conversion fee within the league at 46.0 p.c.
Every other encouraging building is rookie receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. reeling in 14 receptions for 239 yards and 4 touchdowns over the last 3 weeks.
The 49ers had six gamers fail to take part in observe on Wednesday.
The record integrated tight finish George Kittle (ribs), linebackers Fred Warner (ankle) and Dee Winters (ankle), vast receivers Jacob Cowing (shoulder) and Chris Conley (indirect), and defensive lineman Yetur Gross-Matos (ribs).
Every other 4 gamers have been restricted: defensive linemen Jordan Elliott (knee) and Kevin Givens (triceps), protection Talanoa Hufanga (ankle) and linebacker Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles (calf).
Defensive lineman Kalia Davis (knee) in spite of everything would possibly play for the 49ers this week after the group opened the observe window Wednesday for the 2022 sixth-round draft pick out.
Davis sustained a knee harm that required surgical operation within the preseason opener on the Tennessee Titans on Aug. 10.
Defensive lineman Nick Bosa mentioned the opportunity of Davis enjoying towards the Cardinals is “large,” particularly after the scoop of the 49ers most probably no longer having defensive take on Javon Hargrave (in part torn triceps) the remainder of the season.
“We wanted a little bit lend a hand with intensity,” Bosa mentioned of the defensive position. “With a bit of luck, (Davis) works in gradual, however I feel if his frame is in just right form, then we already know what he can do as a participant.”
The 49ers’ defensive position used to be a major factor within the win over New England.
Givens recorded 2.5 sacks, Maliek Collins added 1.5, and Evan Anderson and Bosa each and every had one.
“I assumed the protection as a complete, and particularly the D-line, truly rose to the instance for that recreation,” San Francisco trainer Kyle Shanahan mentioned.
–Box Stage Media
