Todays Matchup Details

Week 1 San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams
Todays Game is on Thursday, September 10th
10/09/26 20:35:00 PM EST Kickoff

Positives for the San Francisco 49ers Game Today

Opposing quarterbacks have averaged 34.4 pass attempts per game vs. the Rams defense last year: 6th-most in football.

,Brock Purdy checks in as one of the most on-target passers in the NFL last year with a terrific 70.1% Adjusted Completion%, grading out in the 94th percentile.

,With a remarkable 8.04 adjusted yards-per-target (84th percentile) last year, Brock Purdy rates among the most effective passers in football.

,The Los Angeles Rams defense has been particularly weak when opposing pass-catchers have gotten into space, allowing an average of 0.00 yards-after-the-catch (YAC) last year: the most in the NFL.

,Matthew Stafford has attempted 30.9 throws per game last year, ranking in the 85th percentile among QBs.

,The 49ers defense has been a notorious pass funnel last year, inducing opposing QBs to attempt the 8th-most passes in the league (34.1 per game) last year.

,Matthew Stafford comes in as one of the top QBs in the league last year, averaging a terrific 242.0 adjusted yards per game while grading out in the 95th percentile.

,With a fantastic 8.11 adjusted yards-per-target (88th percentile) last year, Matthew Stafford rates among the most effective QBs in the NFL.

,Opposing quarterbacks have thrown for the 10th-most adjusted yards in the NFL (227.0 per game) versus the San Francisco 49ers defense last year.

,Last year, the anemic 49ers defense has been gouged for the most yards-after-the-catch in the NFL to opposing tight ends: a staggering 0.00 YAC.

,The San Francisco 49ers safeties project as the 4th-worst unit in the NFL last year in defending receivers.

,Mike Evans ranks in the 90th percentile when it comes to wideouts last year with an impressive 36.1% of his offense’s air yards accumulated.

,Mike Evans’s 59.6 WOPR (Weighted Opportunity Rating—an advanced stat that assesses high-value offensive involvement) grades out among the best in football: 90th percentile for WRs.

,Mike Evans comes in as one of the leading pass-catching wide receivers last year, averaging a remarkable 39.0 adjusted yards per game while grading out in the 75th percentile.

,The Los Angeles Rams defense has surrendered the 5th-most adjusted receiving yards per game in football (151.0) to wide receivers last year.

,Christian McCaffrey has picked up 65.0 adjusted yards per game on the ground last year, one of the largest marks in the league among RBs (94th percentile).

,Among all RBs, Kyren Williams grades out in the 91st percentile for carries last year, comprising 60.5% of the workload in his team’s run game.

,Kyren Williams has grinded out 70.0 adjusted yards per game on the ground last year, one of the largest marks in the NFL when it comes to running backs (97th percentile).

,With a remarkable total of 5.42 adjusted yards per carry (95th percentile), Kyren Williams places among the leading RBs in the league last year.

,When it comes to the defensive tackles’ role in stopping the run, San Francisco’s collection of DTs has been terrible last year, projecting as the 4th-worst in football. in football.

,With a sizeable 30.4% Target Share (97th percentile) last year, Puka Nacua rates as one of the WRs with the biggest workloads in football.

,Puka Nacua ranks in the 85th percentile when it comes to wideouts last year with an astounding 29.8% of his team’s air yards accumulated.

,Puka Nacua has been one of the best pass-catching WRs last year, averaging an excellent 90.0 adjusted yards per game while ranking in the 100th percentile.

,Puka Nacua grades out as one of the most reliable receivers in the NFL, hauling in a fantastic 81.0% of passes thrown his way (adjusted for context) last year, checking in at the 99th percentile among WRs.

Negatives with the Los Angeles Rams Game Today

Last year, the formidable 49ers defense has yielded a meager 70.5% Adjusted Completion Rate versus opposing TEs: the 6th-lowest rate in football.

,Mike Evans comes in as one of the worst possession receivers in the league, hauling in a mere 51.1% of passes thrown his way (adjusted for context) last year, ranking in the 9th percentile among WRs,Mike Evans is positioned as one of the least efficient pass-catchers in football, averaging a lowly 6.63 adjusted yards-per-target last year while checking in at the 16th percentile among wideouts,Mike Evans comes in as one of the bottom WRs in the league at grinding out extra yardage, averaging a lowly 0.00 yards-after-the-catch (YAC) last year while checking in at the 0th percentile.

,While Christian McCaffrey has garnered 68.4% of his offense’s carries in games he has played last year, the projections expect him to be much less involved in San Francisco’s run game in this game at 57.4%.

,With a lackluster 0.00 yards-after-the-catch (YAC) (1st percentile) last year, Puka Nacua ranks among the best wide receivers in the game in the NFL in picking up extra yardage.

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