Over the year, the San Francisco 49ers have proved their worth to claim them in the top tier of the league. The team currently sits at No. 3 behind the top-ranked Philadelphia Eagles and the reigning Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs.
To win a game is not merely a goal of the 49ers rather they keep their eyes on attaining the biggest title as they failed to nail it after 1995 despite having a proven pull of players. As the team is approaching to put their best in the upcoming season, ESPN analyst Louis Riddick claimed voiced a controversial view regarding their success in the divisional game.
Louis Riddick makes a shocking 49ers prediction
The 90s’ decades heroic team 49ers made all their Super Bowls in that decade chronologically in 1982, 1985, 1989, 1990, and 1995. Nevertheless, they could not sustain the level of play, though the team rushed for hiring the best players in the league and the players also put a rest on focusing less on their personal accolades rather prioritized on the team goal.
Additionally, the 49ers are the team with the most conference title game appearances with 18 in the NFL. They have appeared five times and went 2-3. Though they have proved their worth in the divisional round, Seahawks lover Riddick pinched the team stating them as the less favorite team with less chance to win the divisional game in his appearance on The Rich Eisen Show.
“Seattle is for real. I’m gonna jump right back on—I never got off [the train]. I’m still on that train, and I think they win the West. I think they take it from San Francisco,” the analyst said.
Who will be starting QB for the 49ers?
Heading out from a bombastic season, the 49ers will surely be going to prioritize their veteran quarterback Brock Purdy over all the rest. Albeit, following Brocks’ surgery to repair a torn UCL in his throwing elbow, necessitated the team to think of Tray Lance as a starter. Unfortunately, Lance also suffered a season-ending ankle injury in Week 2 that put the team in a hard choice to start the season with Sam Darnold.
Anyways, reports say that Purdy is on track to grasp the starter job for the upcoming season. If finally, he makes his name for the starting spot, the NFL world will surely be going to experience a battle between Lance and Darnold to compete for the backup role.
Amid the ongoing hurdle regarding their starter for the upcoming season, the subtle jab of the ESPN analyst is like double trouble for the team. Now, it remains to be seen whether they can challenge the analyst with their performance or prove his remark as true.
