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2024 49ers Schedule and The Impact of Less Rest

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For the second straight season, the 49ers have the least rest compared to their opponents of any team in the league. Four games against teams coming off a bye, eight games where the opponent has more rest, both league highs.

Last year having the least rest didn’t matter to the team overall, earning the NFC’s top seed. However, it did contribute to their three-game losing streak.

The issue with less rest is more about older individual players, with the highest injury risk to Trent Williams. Less recovery time between games adds to the risk. Last year, Williams got hurt in game 6, missed 7 and 8, and the Niners lost all three. This year, game 6 falls on a Thursday night in Seattle with less recovery time, followed by matchups against Kansas City and Dallas. Games where having Williams will be essential.

Injury risk will hold the key to this season. No NFC team has played more games than the Niners since 2019, no team has had less rest. An aging core with uncertain depth increases that risk.Aaron Rodgers only has a series with this offense, the Jets will need time to come together. RB Breece Hall should have a big game against a Niner defense without Dre Greenlaw and Talanoa Hufanga. The Jets' defense is Top-3 but that’s against the pass, against the run they gave up 4.

The forecast calls for 15 days of rain in October, that’s Brocktonite. Purdy has not played well in the rain. Mike Macdonald, the master of simulated pressure, is the new head coach and the last time he faced Kyle Shanahan his defense pressured the Niners into five picks. Now add that Shanahan has less time to prepare for a Thursday game and Geno Smith exchanges soft-serve vanilla for a modern offense. A perfect storm for the Seahawks.

 

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