San Francisco 49ers: Three most important games of the 2018 season
Week 17: at the Los Angeles Rams
Week seventeen will likely be the San Francisco 49ers most important game of the entire season, and like in week five, it involves a trip to Los Angeles.
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Last season, the Los Angeles Rams finished in first place of the NFC west. This alone would make facing them a tough task. The fact that the team added Ndamukong Suh, Aqib Talib, Marcus Peters and Brandin Cooks in the offseason makes this game seem impossible.
On paper this Rams team is probably the best in the entire NFL. Not much needs to be said as to why this game will prove itself difficult.
But as for why it will be the most important week of the season, that is a different story. This game taking place in the final week of the season means it may impact the team’s playoff chances tremendously.
Usually the final wild card spot is decided in week 17, and that is the playoff spot the 49ers will likely be fighting for. It is safe to assume the Rams will win the division, so the wild card is the realistic expectations the 49ers have.
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It is unfortunate that they will face the Rams in a game that may decide their postseason fate, but their is hope. If this Rams team is as great as they are expected to be they may have already clinched their spot by the time week 17 comes around, making it likely they choose to rest many of their starters.
Regardless of how it shakes out, this will undoubtedly be a vastly impactful game on the success of the 49ers season.