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5 years ago

To say the San Francisco 49ers' schedule is about to get tougher over the next three weeks would drastically understate what's coming.

The journey the Niners are about to begin -- with games against the Green Bay Packers, Baltimore Ravens and New Orleans Saints -- could be the most difficult stretch any team has faced this late in the season in the Super Bowl era.

Through Week 11, those teams have combined for a 24-6 record (all three are 8-2), good for a winning percentage of .800. According to ESPN Stats & Information research, no team has played three straight games against teams with an .800 or better winning percentage this late in the season in the Super Bowl era. If the Ravens and Saints can win their games before facing San Francisco, the Niners would be the first team to face such a stretch.

What's more, only four teams in the Super Bowl era -- the 2007 Detroit Lions, 1999 Cleveland Browns, 1990 Washington Redskins and 1990 Minnesota Vikings -- have played three such games (not consecutively) in their 11th game or later.

None of those teams entered such a gantlet with as much on the line as these 49ers, who are 9-1 and in control of the NFC playoff picture.

"This is why you play football, for this kind of a stretch," Niners right tackle Mike McGlinchey said. "We have put ourselves in a pretty solid position here, but it means nothing if we don't get our jobs done over these next few weeks. ... We've got our work cut out for us but we've got the right coaching staff to get us in the game plan, and I believe in this locker room to execute and get the job done."

For much of this season, the 49ers' turnaround has been met with raised eyebrows. Even after manhandling teams like the Rams, Panthers and Browns, the Niners' lack of top-tier victories has left skeptics questioning how good they really are. Suffice it to say, definitive answers are coming soon.

ESPN's Football Power Index rates the 49ers' remaining strength of schedule the most difficult in the NFL, with the next three games providing the stiffest of tests. FPI gives the 49ers a 61% chance to beat the Packers on Sunday but those numbers drop to 34% against the Ravens and 40% against the Saints. The latter two are the lowest-percentage chances for wins remaining on San Francisco's schedule, and a Week 17 trip to Seattle offers the only one lower than the Green Bay game.

It all starts with the Packers traveling to Levi's Stadium as the Niners look to win the one home game of the three. At a combined 17-3, the combined .850 winning percentage is the best in a game between these historic rivals in the Super Bowl era.

At stake? A spot in the driver's seat for the NFC's No. 1 seed. FPI gives the 49ers a 45% chance at the NFC's top spot with a win and just a 10% shot with a loss. Green Bay would have a 44% chance at the 1 seed with a victory and 4% with a defeat.

ESPN Nick Wagoner  wrote:



It helps to be the team coming off the bye but it would also have been nice to face SF after they played the other two games.
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5 years ago
Well, I think this game will really show which is the better team. Hopefully it will be the Packers.
If they want to “win it all” then you have to beat the best. And right now that’s SF.
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