Inside the 49ers’ Unlikely Late-Season Surge

The 49ers have won six consecutive games, Brock Purdy is playing some of the best football of his career, and Kyle Shanahan’s team suddenly looks like a Super Bowl contender. After a 42-38 win over the Bears at Levi’s Stadium on Sunday night, the 49ers will turn around and host the Seahawks with a shot to win the NFC West and secure the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoff field on Saturday night. How did a team that lost Nick Bosa and Fred Warner to catastrophic injuries overcome so much adversity? What keyed this unlikely late-season surge? In this episode of Section 415, the Standard’s 49ers beat reporter, David Lombardi, joins host Kerry Crowley to discuss how Shanahan and Purdy have turned San Francisco into an offensive juggernaut and what to expect in Saturday’s showdown against Seattle. This episode was produced by Dakota London and edited by Sophie Bearman. Sophie Bearman is our head of audio. Our show art is by Jess Hutchison; theme music by Hannis Brown.  We’re a production of the San Francisco Standard, which you can support by becoming a member at sfstandard.com/signup. I’m your host Kerry Crowley, thank you for listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices