The San Francisco 49ers head into Week 7 in a position with which they are familiar, top of the NFC West , their return to the spot in which they finished each of the previous two regular season especially pleasing after an underwhelming start to 2024.
San Francisco got back on track last Thursday, seeing off a third-quarter rally from the Seattle Seahawks to claim a huge primetime win on the road .
It was a morale-boosting show of strength and resilience from a 49ers team that sits at 3-3, having let two double-digit leads to teams with losing records, the Los Angeles Rams and Arizona Cardinals, slip through their fingers.
The problem, however, is that the 49ers’ next stretch features just two opponents who right now do not have winning records.
Four of the 49ers’ next seven games are with teams who currently have at least four wins. That number will swell to five on Monday if the 3-2 Buffalo Bills see off the New York Jets in primetime.
It is a true gauntlet that will test the 49ers’ mettle as a team looking to go all the way to the Super Bowl once again.