{"id":16434,"date":"2024-12-09T09:28:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T09:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=16434"},"modified":"2024-12-09T09:28:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T09:28:14","slug":"maioccos-49ers-report-card-team-grades-in-blowout-win-vs-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=16434","title":{"rendered":"Maiocco&#8217;s 49ers Report Card: Team grades in blowout win vs. Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 49ers on Sunday beat up a team that now has lost seven games in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Based on how the 49ers looked the past two weeks, nobody could have been sure they were capable of the complete domination they showed against the Chicago Bears at Levi\u2019s Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Quarterback Brock Purdy spread the ball around and receivers were running free in coach Kyle Shanahan\u2019s offense &#8212; in a throwback to recent seasons.<\/p>\n<p>And the defense turned up the heat on Chicago rookie quarterback Caleb Williams in the 49ers&#8217; 38-13 victory to snap a three-game losing streak.<\/p>\n<p>This game was decided by halftime, when the 49ers held an incredible 319 to 4 advantage over Chicago in total yards.<\/p>\n<p>The Bears expected to be reinvigorated in their first game since interim coach Thomas Brown replaced Matt Eberflus, who was fired after Chicago\u2019s Thanksgiving Day debacle.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, they looked like a team that never had a chance.<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>San Francisco 49ers<\/h3>\n<p>Find the latest San Francisco 49ers news, highlights, analysis and more with NBC Sports Bay Area and California.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here is the report card from the 49ers\u2019 Week 14 victory:<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Rushing offense<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Rookie running back Isaac Guerendo popped a 30-yard run in the first half, showing off his 4.33 speed as he turned the corner and got upfield.<\/p>\n<p>Guerendo had two short touchdown runs. He has four touchdown runs on the season to pull into a tie with Brock Purdy for the team lead. Before leaving the game in the fourth quarter with a foot injury, Guerendo rushed for 78 yards on 15 carries.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">More like I-SIX Guerendo \ud83d\ude4c pic.twitter.com\/aCVz6hzyLS<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 49ers on NBCS (@NBCS49ers) December 8, 2024<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Patrick Taylor entered and converted a fourth-down run. He also added a touchdown while rushing seven times for 25 yards. Fullback Kyle Juszczyk had a strong day as a blocker, as the 49ers rushed for 131 yards on 34 attempts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: A-minus<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Passing offense<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Quarterback Brock Purdy started strong with long-gainers to running back Isaac Guerendo and tight end George Kittle early on the opening drive. He hit Jauan Jennings on touchdown passes of 7 and 16 yards in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>Kittle was a force in the passing game just one week after he had just one reception for 7 yards against Buffalo. On this day, the Purdy-to-Kittle combination was 6-for-6 for 151 yards.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kittle is up to 138 receiving yards \u2026 in the first half \ud83d\ude33 pic.twitter.com\/HsTMG7ucD9<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 49ers on NBCS (@NBCS49ers) December 8, 2024<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Guerendo showed his ability to make plays out of the backfield with two catches for 50 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Purdy finished the day with 20 completions on 25 attempts for 325 yards with two touchdowns, no interceptions and a passer rating of 145.4.<\/p>\n<p>Grade: A-minus<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Rushing defense<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The 49ers\u2019 front seven controlled the game, as Bears running back D\u2019Andre Swift managed only 38 yards on 14 rushing attempts.<\/p>\n<p>De\u2019Vondre Campbell led the 49ers with seven tackles. Talanoa Hufanga, who re-entered the starting lineup from injured reserve, and fellow safety Malik Mustapha registered five tackles apiece.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: A-minus<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Passing defense<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The 49ers figured to have some opportunities to get after Williams, who entered the game as the league\u2019s most-sacked quarterback. And, indeed, they got to him early and often.<\/p>\n<p>Five of the 49ers\u2019 seven sacks against Williams came on third downs. Another was a fumble that Evan Anderson recovered.<\/p>\n<p>Yetur Gross-Matos came up with a career-high three sacks, while Leonard Floyd had two sacks to take over the team lead from Nick Bosa in that category.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What a game for Yetur Gross-Matos \ud83e\udee1 pic.twitter.com\/JPHdorlolU<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 49ers on NBCS (@NBCS49ers) December 9, 2024<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Bears had just 94 net yards passing. When the game was well out of hand, Williams threw two touchdown passes to rookie Rome Odunze.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: A-minus<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Special teams<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Neither team got much cooking in the return game. The 49ers\u2019 punter, Pat O\u2019Donnell, had a net 39.0 average on two punts. And return man Jacob Cowing averaged 5.5 yards on four returns.<\/p>\n<p>But the 49ers still found a new way to make mistakes on special teams.<\/p>\n<p>Jake Moody made a short field goal and all of his extra points, but he inexplicably twice booted his kickoffs short of the landing zone. Those miscues gave the Bears possession at the 40-yard line.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: C<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Coaching<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Coming off back-to-back blowout losses, the coaching staff deserves credit for getting the team to play sharp and with a sense of urgency.<\/p>\n<p>Shanahan was dialing it up on Sunday, as the 49ers carved apart the Bears\u2019 defense with an explosive mixture of run and pass.<\/p>\n<p>The 49ers got on a roll and in the first half and the play-calling fed into that. Chicago\u2019s defense had no answers for what San Francisco was doing.<\/p>\n<p>Defensive coordinator Nick Sorensen came up with some different third-down pressure packages that worked against the hesitant rookie quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>The Bears were expected to get the new-coach bump. But the 49ers had a plan on both sides of the ball to bump them aside without much problem.<\/p>\n<p>Grade: A<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Overall<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Hey, we realize the Bears have proven to be one of the NFL&#8217;s worst teams. They are currently on a seven-game losing streak.<\/p>\n<p>But Chicago played some tight games over the past three weeks against Detroit, Minnesota and Green Bay \u2014 three of the top four teams in the NFC. The\u00a0Bears lost those games by a combined seven points.<\/p>\n<p>The 49ers never gave Chicago a chance. Nobody could assume the 49ers would win this game after how they looked against Green Bay and Buffalo.<\/p>\n<p>The 49ers were dominant in the first half, and that\u2019s all they needed to put this one away.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: A-minus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Download and follow the 49ers Talk Podcast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The San Francisco 49ers deserve credit for crushing a spunky Chicago Bears team on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[587,84],"class_list":["post-16434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-49ers-report-card","tag-brock-purdy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Maiocco&#039;s 49ers Report Card: Team grades in blowout win vs. Bears - 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