49ers Gunning for Big Second Half

The Schedule is Favorable

Oct 19, 2014; Denver, CO, USA; San Francisco 49ers tight end

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(9) goes wide in the first quarter against the Denver Broncos at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Chris Humphreys-USA TODAY Sports

None of the 49ers’ next seven opponents have winning records, a breath of fresh air after a challenging first half.

Over their first seven games, the 49ers encountered some of the league’s best. The combined winning percentage of their past seven opponents is .673; Four of them have just one loss. Winning is hard on any Sunday, but doing so against upper-echelon talent on a weekly basis is even harder.

Also, the 49ers have just one trip East this season: A November 16th showdown with the New York Football Giants.

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Following that game, the Niners play four of their last six games at home, with the only two ‘away games’ taking place in Seattle and Oakland – that’s roughly 815 miles of travel over the final six weeks of the season. The 49ers will be a rested and driven team that is capable of a late-season push.

As you can see, softer times lie ahead for this sleeping giant.