Happy Tuesday, Niner Gang! Week 8 is in the books and the 49ers are 4-4 as they head into the bye week for a little rest and recovery! Lets recap the Cowboys game, and take a look at what we can expect moving forward:

Weekly Updates

• Dre Greenlaw’s return is on the horizon: “Once it gets past the bye week, we’ll be looking each week at whether we should bring him back or not” - Shanahan

• Christian McCaffrey has not had any setbacks in his recovery, and intends to play against the Buccaneers after the bye week

• As we learned before the Cowboys game, Brandon Aiyuk is officially out for the season with torn ACL/MCL

• Rumored 49ers trade deadline target, WR Diontae Johnson, was traded to the Baltimore Ravens

Tidbits from the Week

• Isaac Guerendo was nominated for Pepsi Rookie of the Week. He deserves it 💯

• George Kittle became just the 5th player in 49ers history to record 500 catches. Kittle joins Jerry Rice, Terrell Owens, Roger Craig, and Dwight Clark in the exclusive club!

• Trent Williams was fined over $11k by the NFL for the punch that got him ejected from the game against the Chiefs

• The 49ers now lead the all-time regular season series vs the Cowboys 21-19-1

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Game Recap

Much like the 49ers season overall, Sunday against the Cowboys was a true rollercoaster. After an abysmal 1st half, the 49ers had their best quarter of the season in the 3rd quarter, and then managed to do just enough in the 4th quarter to hold onto the lead and secure the victory.

The 3rd quarter looked much more like the 49ers we came to expect last season, as opposed to the 49ers team we’ve gotten for much of this year. The offense looked in rhythm, the defense was getting stops, and the 49ers outscored the Cowboys 21-0 in the quarter, while only allowing 16 total yards for the Dallas offense. That dominant 49ers team is still in there, I just hope we can see a bit more consistency.

Can’t say enough good things about how rookies Isaac Guerendo and Ricky Pearsall stepped up to the plate when this team really needed them! The two rookies accounted for 179 of the 49ers 469 total yards in the game, and gave the 49ers a true spark. It’s mind-boggling how much of the rookie class is contributing for the 49ers already this season: Guerendo, Pearsall, Puni, Mustapha, Green, and Cowing to a lesser extent. Huge kudos to John Lynch and the scouting staff!

The schedule doesn’t get much easier after the bye week as the 49ers will be at Tampa Bay, home vs Seattle, at Green Bay, and then at Buffalo. We are going to need a lot more of the 3rd quarter 49ers as opposed to the 1st quarter 49ers 💯

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FOUR-ty Niners Facts

1) Sunday night’s 49ers-Cowboys matchup was the most-watched week 8 game EVER, peaking at 28.4 million viewers.

2) In 289 total pass blocking attempts, rookie right guard Dominick Puni has yet to allow a sack or a QB hit!

3) Dak Prescott gets paid about as much per quarter ($882,000) as Brock Purdy gets paid per year ($985,000)

4) Brock Purdy is tied for the NFL lead with Jayden Daniels for most 1st downs that have come via scrambling from the pocket. Purdy and Daniels both have 15!

Highlight of the Week

For Cowboys week, the highlight of the week HAS to be The Catch! Thank you Joe Montana and Dwight Clark for this incredible moment!

That’s all for today. Just like the players, we need to rest up and mentally prepare ourselves for the 2nd half of the season! It’s going to be a dog-fight the rest of the way. All I care is about getting into the playoffs and being relatively healthy. A high playoff seed and some home games would be awesome, but the most important thing is getting into the playoffs, and then anything can happen.

This bye week I’ll be resting my vocal chords so I can fervently cheer on this team the rest of the way!

Bang Bang Niner Gang!