It isn’t that anybody’s stunned the San Francisco 49ers beat the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday — the Niners had been at residence, they usually have a much more gifted workforce. However their 31-13 blowout victory was nonetheless a significant boon to San Francisco’s playoff odds, that are approaching almost-high-enough-to-not-worry-about-jinxing-it vary.
In accordance with ESPN, FiveThirtyEight, and The New York Occasions, the 49ers (8-6) now have one thing like an 87% probability to make the postseason. That is a dramatic soar from earlier within the season, when Kyle Shanahan and Co. had been 3-5 and barely related in their very own division, not to mention the NFC normally.
Since then, the regular play of Jimmy Garoppolo — who’s quieted Trey Lance speak for the season — plus the All-Professional efficiency of do-everything star Deebo Samuel has San Francisco trying postseason-bound.
It helps that the Niners beat two fringe playoff contenders, the Minnesota Vikings and the Falcons, throughout their latest sizzling streak. It helps that the NFC’s higher echelon (Inexperienced Bay Packers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dallas Cowboys, Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams) have already clinched profitable data, and the remainder of the NFC (in addition to the 49ers) stinks. And it helps that the NFL added a seventh playoff spot for every convention, which supplies San Francisco somewhat respiratory room down the stretch.
However hey, it would not matter how the 49ers advance previous the common season, so long as they do it. They’re red-hot, and now have a transparent path to the playoffs. In the event that they lose to the Tennessee Titans, beat the three-win Houston Texans, then lose to the Rams, The New York Occasions nonetheless pegs them as having a 74% probability of the playoffs. And in the event that they end the common season 2-1, they’re primarily a lock to maneuver on. These are fairly good odds certainly.
