The San Francisco 49ers finally got back to their winning ways on Sunday afternoon with a 38-13 rout of the hapless Chicago Bears.
Despite not having running back Christian McCaffrey, backup running back Jordan Mason or star wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk in the lineup, the 49ers compiled 452 yards of offense as the team finally ended its three-game losing streak. Third-string running back Isaac Guerendo ran for 78 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries and added another 50 yards through the air on just two receptions.
Ahead of the game he received some solid advice from tight end George Kittle.
“All I’ve been preaching to Isaac is, ‘Hey man, just run really, really fast and hold on the football and you’re going to get a lot of yards,'” Kittle said after the game, via ESPN. “And I thought he did a really good job of that today.”
The star tight end had himself a pretty good day too. He racked up six receptions for 161 yards while becoming just the third tight end in NFL history to have at least 500 receptions and 7,000 yards in their first eight seasons.
His wife, Claire, was on hand to witness the historic performance.
“SOS all my camera photos are grainy now 😩Nonetheless we prevailed,” she said while showing off her outfit from the game.
Following the win, the 49ers improved to 6-7 on the season and sit two games back of the final Wild Card spot with four games to play. Kittle believes his team still has plenty to play for
“We still have everything in front of us to play for,” he said. “I know certain things might need to happen, but if we win every single game, I think we’ve put ourselves in a very good position to either win the division or somehow sneak our way into playoff contention. … I definitely think everybody in this building still believes.”
San Francisco has a pivotal NFC West showdown with the Los Angeles Rams coming up next weekend.
