The San Francisco 49ers are coming off a devastating loss to the Baltimore Ravens.
Even worse, three of their star players suffered injuries in the game and their status was questionable for Sunday’s game vs. the Washington Commanders.
And despite the Commanders being a sub-par opponent, the 49ers want to be at full strength as they have a lot on the line when it comes to NFC playoff seeding.
Should the Detroit Lions, who’ve already clinched the NFC North title, lose to the Dallas Cowboys (10-5) on Saturday night, the 49ers would enter Sunday’s schedule needing a road win over the woeful Washington Commanders (4-12) and a Philadelphia Eagles loss to the lowly Arizona Cardinals (3-12) to claim the prize early and earn the NFC’s No. 1 seed in the postseason.
The 49ers, Eagles and Lions all own 11-4 records, but San Francisco currently holds the No. 1 seed because of tiebreakers over both Philadelphia and Detroit.
The 49ers beat the Eagles 42-19 in Week 12, but they will not play the Lions in the regular season. However, San Francisco owns a superior record in NFC games (9-1 versus 7-3), so would edge out Detroit in that case.
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