The Rams and Seahawks haven’t trailed in a game since Week 6, and now face off in the game of the week with big-time implications.
With another win, Seahawks fans could start dreaming about home-field advantage in the playoffs.
This week’s picks ATS: ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...

The injury-ravaged defense cannot hold up against good teams, while the offense still doesn’t run the ball well enough. And no trade the 49ers could have made on Tuesday at the league deadline would have changed Sunday’s outcome or their outlook. ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...

There is no excuse for Daniel Jones this week or the Colts this season … or for us not to have our fifth consecutive winning week. Week 10 NFL picks against the spread: ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...

Mac Jones shines for 49ers yet again, in what might be his last chance this season ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...

Feed the hot hands.
The Bills are 10-0 in games over the past two seasons in which James Cook has recorded 100-plus scrimmage yards.
And we’ve had three straight winning weeks with the picks. ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...

Kyle Shanahan’s building a strong case for his first Coach of the Year honor.
Always regarded as a top play-caller, he’s kept an injury-ravaged #49ers team together and “lays out everything it’s going to take to win the (next) game.”
How he’s done it: www.nytimes.com/athletic/674... ⤵️

NFL Week 8 picks against the spread: Lamar Jackson’s back.
We hit 4 of 5 best bets last week to make it two straight winning weeks. Our one loser scored 33 points in the fourth quarter. www.nytimes.com/athletic/673... ⤵️

www.nytimes.com/athletic/671... Loss of Fred Warner in Tampa changes everything for 49ers: ‘It’s heartbreaking’ ⤵️

www.nytimes.com/athletic/666... At some point on Sunday, when the Jaguars’ Travis Hunter runs off the field at wide receiver and then runs right back on as a cornerback, some 49ers players on the other sideline will smile and wonder.
What if? …

www.nytimes.com/athletic/665... Sunday’s game-winning field goal made Eddy Piñeiro the third-most accurate kicker in NFL history at 88.5 percent.
“I was sitting on a couch three weeks ago, watching the first game of the season, and now I’m here,” Piñeiro said. “It’s a blessing.” ⤵️

“Brock has the same routine every day — I’ve actually learned a lot from Brock being here,” Abdullah said. “He just brings his lunch to work and is never satisfied.”