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Rams coach Sean McVay and San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan know one another — and one another’s schematic and play-calling tendencies — higher than maybe any two coaches within the NFL.
Shut video games between the groups are a relentless.
Since they first squared off in 2017, almost half of their 18 matchups have been determined by three factors or fewer, together with the 49ers’ 26-23 extra time victory on Oct. 2 at SoFi Stadium.
So count on one other sport that would come all the way down to the ultimate possession when the Rams play the 49ers in an NFC West sport at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.
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Gary Klein breaks down what you might want to know for Sunday’s matchup between the Rams and San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.
“Two good teams with two good staffs that are familiar with each other,” Rams tight finish Tyler Higbee stated in explaining the tight nature of the matchup, “and then you throw the rivalry part into it.”
McVay is 7-11 towards Shanahan, his former mentor, although the Rams had received three in a row earlier than the Week 5 loss that ended when 49ers star linebacker Fred Warner stopped Kyren Williams on a fourth-and-one play on the 49ers’ 11-yard line.
Rams kicker Joshua Karty missed a 53-yard area objective try and had an extra-point try blocked within the defeat.
The Rams this week moved to enhance their season-long kicking-game points by signing rookie kicker Harrison Mevis and veteran lengthy snapper Jake McQuaide to the apply squad. Each will probably be elevated to the roster and play on Sunday.
Mevis, 23, made 89 of 106 field-goal makes an attempt at Missouri, together with one from 61 yards. Within the United Soccer League this previous season, he made 20 of 21 field-goal makes an attempt.
The 49ers wasted no time addressing their very own kicking-game points.
After a season-opening defeat that included a missed area objective and a blocked kick, they launched Jake Moody and signed Eddy Pineiro.
Pineiro has made all 19 of his field-goal makes an attempt and 14 of 15 further factors.
