49ers clinch NFC West behind their dominating victory over Arizona

49ers Talk with Matt Maiocco

NBC Sports Bay Area

Nfl, Football, Matt Maiocco, San Francisco 49ers, Sports

4.6 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Matt Maiocco and Jennifer Lee Chan break down the 49ers’ division-clinching win over the Arizona Cardinals, Brock Purdy’s continued MVP-level play and the many ways Christian McCaffrey positively impacts the offense. Then, Carlos Ramirez stops by to discuss the defense’s struggles against the rush and how San Francisco can clean up its mistakes before facing Lamar Jackson and the Ravens.

(1:46) 49ers clinch NFC West with win over Cardinals

(6:14) Purdy shines in return to Arizona

(11:40) Will Purdy win MVP?

(19:30) What is the 49ers' biggest concern?

(27:30) Warner explains the new "standard" for the 49ers

(34:40) Which is a better unit: the 49ers’ defense or offense?

(41:10) Will the MVP be decided next Monday night?

(45:29) Looking ahead to the Ravens matchup

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0:00.0	The 49ers returned home Sunday night with new hats and t-shirts.
0:04.1	The 49ers clenched the NFC West with a resounding victory over the Arizona Cardinals and their
0:09.6	t-shirts summed it up. It's a lock. Now they turned their attention toward locking up something even
0:15.8	better. The 49ers took another step closer to gaining home field advantage with
0:20.9	three games remaining in the regular season.
0:23.2	And with big games, the MVP cases for Brock Purdy and Christian McCaffrey became even stronger.
0:29.4	Purdy had a first half scare, but returned a short time later and threw a total of four
0:34.2	touchdown passes in his homecoming his first pro game in his home state. The
0:39.5	49ers run defense has plenty to clean up but the offense picked up the slack in a big way.
0:46.0	Jennifer Lee Chan, Carlos Ramirez and I will break it all down on this episode of
0:50.5	49ers Talk coming at you right now.
0:53.0	Welcome to another edition of 49ers Talk on NBC Sports Bay Area.com.
0:59.0	Introducing your host, Matt Mayoko.
1:02.0	All right, this is 49ers talk brought to you by Bigotires.
1:05.0	Matt Mayoko, Jennifer Lee Chan, 49ers, 45 to 29 victory over the Arizona Cardinals
1:12.0	and as if there was ever any doubt they wrapped up the
1:15.0	NFC West and now they set their sights on higher things to accomplish.
1:20.0	Yeah, it wasn't a clean game. There are a lot of mistakes, but they got the job done
1:23.9	and they go back to Santa Clara at top of the NFC.
1:28.1	Yep, top of the NFC, staying right there.
1:30.4	And, you know what, the defense did not play great a lot of missed
1:36.8	tackles and I guess you knew that this was a kind of game where Arizona
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