49ers' slow start stunts comeback in Week 8 loss to Texans

49ers Talk: A San Francisco 49ers Podcast

NBC Sports Bay Area

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

4.6 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

The 49ers came into Week 8 knowing the Texans' defense was elite, but it was Houston's struggling offense that took over Sunday at NRG Stadium. Heavily scrutinized QB C.J. Stroud executed a sound game plan for the Texans, while 49ers teammates George Kittle and Jake Tonges each caught a touchdown on on national Tight Ends Day to keep San Francisco's comeback hopes alive. San Francisco's offense lacked much rhythm beyond that, and the disjointed display effectively ended in a 26-15 loss, their third of the season. On this episode of "49ers Talk," co-hosts Matt Maiocco and Jennifer Lee Chan break down what went wrong with San Francisco on both sides of the ball, which injuries will further affect the 49ers' depleted depth and how they can turn a performance like this around in Week 9 vs. the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium.

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0:19.0	The 49ers knew they would face a challenge on Sunday going up against one of the top defenses in the NFL.
0:25.6	But few would have suspected that this was going to be a get-right game for the Houston Texans offense going up against Robert Salas unit.
0:34.6	It was one of those days for the 49ers. Things started off bad and got
0:39.4	worse. They hung around for a while and had some opportunities to come back, but the 49ers exit
0:45.2	week eight with a disappointing loss to the Texans. The defeat drops the 49ers down in the
0:50.8	NFC West on a Sunday in which all the other teams in the division were on
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0:59.9	five and three on the season. We'll have all that and much more on this episode of 49ers talk
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1:13.1	Introducing your hosts, Matt Mayoko and Jennifer Lee Chan.
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1:28.4	oh the team you trust i'm matt she's jennifer jennifer in houston where the 49ers
1:35.6	lose to the houston's 26 to 15 this was one of those games jennifer that i think we had a sneaking suspicion. It might be kind of an
1:46.2	ugly game. Oh, it was ugly, all right. It was really, really ugly, especially in that first
1:52.1	half where the fournierth defense could not get off the field for anything. They did hold the
1:58.3	Houston Texans to field goals a number of times, but it was just play after, play after play.
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