Thursday, December 26, 2024
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NFL Preview: Los Angeles Rams (7-6) vs San Francisco 49ers (6-7)

TV: Prime Video (8:15 PM ET): Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit, Kaylee Hartung (field reporter) National Radio: Westwood One (8:15 PM ET): Ryan Radtke, Ron Rivera

All-Time Series History Regular Season: SF leads series, 77-69-3 (LAR won past 2) Postseason: Series tied, 1-1 (Home team won past 2)

The Last Time… Regular Season: 9/22/24: SF 24 at LAR 27 Postseason: NFC-C 1/30/22: SF 17 at LAR 20

HEAD COACHES

Sean McVay vs. Opp. (incl. postseason): 6-10 Reg. Season: 77-51 (.602) Postseason: 7-4 (.636)

Kyle Shanahan vs. Opp. (incl. postseason): 10-6 Reg. Season: 70-58 (.547) Postseason: 8-4 (.667)

RAMS NOTES

• QB MATTHEW STAFFORD passed for season-high 320 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 132.6 rating last week, his 64th-career game with 300+ pass yards. Aims for his 5th in row with 2+ TD passes & 100+ rating. Had 105.6 rating in Week 3 meeting. Ranks 5th in NFL with 3,303 pass yards in 2024, his 12th-career 3,000- yard season. Aims for his 3rd in row on TNF with 2+ TD passes & 120+ rating. • RB KYREN WILLIAMS had 97 scrimmage yards (87 rush, 10 rec.) & 2 rush TDs last week. Became 5th player since 2000 with 1,000+ rush yards & 12+ rush TDs in 2 of his 1st 3 seasons. Aims for his 4th in row with rush TD. Has 216 scrimmage yards (108 per game) & 5 TDs (3 rush, 2 rec.) in 2 career games vs. SF, incl. 100+ scrimmage yards & 2+ TDs in each game. Aims for his 3rd in row on Thursday with 100+ scrimmage yards & TD. • WR COOPER KUPP had 5 catches for 92 yards & 6th rec. TD of season last week. Had 4 rec. TDs in his past 4 overall & 6 rec. TDs in his past 7 on Thursday. Aims for his 3rd in row at SF with 11+ catches & 120+ rec. yards. • WR PUKA NACUA had 12 catches, 178 scrimmage yards (162 rec., 16 rush) & 2 TDs (1 rec. 1 rush) last week. Has 11 games with 100+ rec. yards, 2nd-most by player in 1st 2 seasons in SB era. Had TD catch in last road meeting. Aims for his 3rd in row with TD catch. • LB BYRON YOUNG had 2 TFL, sack, PD & FF in Week 3 meeting. Aims for his 4th in row vs. SF with sack. • DE KOBIE TURNER aims for his 3rd in row on road with PD. • LB JARED VERSE leads all rookies with 11 TFL & ranks 3rd with 4.5 sacks. • DE BRADEN FISKE leads all rookies with 6 sacks & ranks 2nd with 8 TFL. • LB CHRISTIAN ROZEBOOM aims for his 5th in row on road with 11+ tackles. Has career-high 109 tackles in 2024.

49ERS NOTES

• QB BROCK PURDY completed 20 of 25 atts. (80 pct.) for 325 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for season-high 145.4 rating in Week 14. Has 6 games with 140+ rating & 13 games with 120+ rating, both most by QB in 1st 3 seasons in NFL history. Has 8 TDs vs. INT for 110.6 rating in 4 career Thursday starts, incl. 2+ TD passes & 100+ rating in 3 of 4 games. Passed for 292 yards & 3 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 137.1 rating in Week 3 meeting. • RB ISAAC GUERENDO (rookie) had career-high 128 scrimmage yards (78 rush, career-high 50 rec.) & 1st-career game with 2 rush TDs last week. Aims for his 3rd in row with rush TD. • RB PATRICK TAYLOR had 1st rush TD of season last week. • TE GEORGE KITTLE had 6 catches for 151 yards last week & became 3rd TE ever (Travis Kelce & HOFer Shannon Sharpe) with 5+ games (5) with 150+ rec. yards. Reached 7,000 rec. yards in 109 career games, 3rd-fastest TE ever to reach mark. Leads all TEs with 8 rec. TDs & ranks 3rd with 800 rec. yards in 2024. Has TD catch in 4 of his past 5 at home vs. LAR. • WR DEEBO SAMUEL has 533 scrimmage yards (133.3 per game) & 3 TDs (2 rec., 1 rush) in his past 4 on Thursday. Has 100+ scrimmage yards in 5 of his past 6 vs. LAR & has 7 TDs (4 rush, 3 rec.) in his past 8 vs. LAR. • WR JAUAN JENNINGS had 7 catches for 90 yards & 2 rec. TDs last week, his 2nd-career game with 2+ rec. TDs. Has career highs in catches (57), rec. yards (774) & rec. TDs (6) in 2024. Set single-game career highs with 11 catches for 175 yards & 3 rec. TDs in Week 3 meeting. • LB FRED WARNER needs 9 tackles for his 7th-straight 100-tackle season. • DL NICK BOSA has 5 sacks & 8 TFL in his past 7 vs. LAR. • DL LEONARD FLOYD has 1.5+ sacks in 3 of his past 4. Has sack in 4 of his past 5 at home. Had 33 sacks in 56 games (2020-22) with LAR, incl. playoffs. • DL YETUR GROSS-MATOS had career-high 3 sacks last week. Has 5 TFL in his past 4. • CB CHARVARIUS WARD aims for his 5th in row on Thursday with 2+ PD.

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