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San Francisco lost Brendel to a hamstring injury and Green to a toe injury. Typically, hamstrings will be multiple-week injuries, and Brendel was declared out early into the game, so there is a good chance the team will be without him in Week 8.
NFL Week 8 odds, picks, predictions, TV channel, streaming information for the Sunday football game between San Francisco 49ers and Houston Texans.
It’s the family business that 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan inherited from his dad, Super Bowl-winning coach Mike Shanahan. It’s that synchronized ballet of an offensive line firing off the ball in unison, moving left or right, attacking space first and defenders second.
The San Francisco 49ers had one of their best rushing performances of the season on Sunday, but the exclamation point of the evening should not have counted. The Niners drove 60 yards down the field in the fourth quarter against the Falcons when Kyle Shanahan called for a right-side handoff to running back Christian McCaffrey.
Tatum Bethune rocked Fred Warner’s throwback jersey when he arrived at Levi's Stadium. Then Bethune proceeded to play like the 49ers defensive leader.
Among those in the house for Sunday Night Football was WWE Superstar CM Punk, who seemingly challenged San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle to a match.
Fred Warner was on hand Sunday night to cheer on his 49ers. They responded with yet another big win in an injury-marred season.