Analyzing the 49ers' Week 18 mentality and X-factors headed towards the playoffs
49ers Talk with Matt Maiocco
NBC Sports Bay Area
4.6 • 988 Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2024
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Matt Maiocco and Jennifer Lee Chan break down the 49ers' game plan heading into their Week 18 showdown with the Rams, which starters should rest to avoid injury and the locker room's vibe as the regular season ends. Plus, Greg Papa stops by to discuss which players made the Pro Bowl, who his X-factor is in the playoffs and why the defensive line needs to improve.
(1:46) How should 49ers attack Week 18?
(7:14) Shanahan on the 49ers’ Week 18 approach
(15:40) McCloud close to returning from injury
(21:30) How confident should the 49ers be?
(27:30) Will Williams play vs. Rams?
(32:40) Purdy makes his first Pro Bowl as starter
(38:10) Should Ward be an All-Pro this season?
(45:29) Areas the defensive line needs to improve
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| 0:00.0 | to play or not to play? That is the question the 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan must answer about many of |
| 0:05.9 | its frontline players for the team's week 18 game against the Los Angeles Rams. The 49ers playoff |
| 0:12.4 | seating is already set. They are the number one team in the |
| 0:15.3 | NFC and nothing can change that and we know they will open the playoffs on |
| 0:20.0 | January 20th or 21st at Levi Stadium. |
| 0:23.6 | So of course the 49ers want to reduce the risk of injury |
| 0:26.7 | as much as they can in Sunday's regular season finale. |
| 0:30.6 | That is why a quarterback Brock Purdy and running back Christian McCaffrey will certainly not play against the Rams. |
| 0:37.0 | But they also want to improve in some areas, avoid rust, and be sharp for the opening of the playoffs. The 49ers have a lot of star players as evidenced by the number of players who received Pro Bowl recognition, but will they be able to rest all of them? Jennifer Lee Chan and I will discuss what's possible and what's not. |
| 0:55.4 | Then the voice of the 49ery, Brake Papa, will join me for our weekly Ask Papa segment to size up this |
| 1:01.1 | team as the curtain closes on the regular season. |
| 1:04.4 | All that and much more on this episode of 49ers talk coming at you right now. |
| 1:10.1 | Welcome to another edition of 49ers talk on NBC Sports Bay Area.com. |
| 1:15.7 | Introducing your host, Matt Mayoko. |
| 1:19.2 | This is 49ers Talk brought to you by big old tires. |
| 1:21.7 | Matt Meleco, Jennifer Lee Chan, and there's, you know, |
| 1:25.6 | a week 18 is generally a time when teams are jockeying for position and this year obviously seven playoff teams for each conference but |
| 1:37.0 | maybe another three or four have a chance. |
| 1:40.5 | In this game 49ers in the Rams Jennifer the Rams are in they don't know their seating but they're saying we don't really care gonna start our backup quarterback and the 49ers are almost playing it like or at least they're giving the appearance of |
| 1:56.1 | hey this means something we got to play all the way through even though they know that their |
| 2:00.8 | playoff seating is set. |
| 2:02.6 | We know there's not going to be a Brock Purdy, |
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