The 49ers face the Dolphins on Sunday afternoon in Miami in a game featuring two teams who had high hopes for the season but have underwhelmed in 2024.
Miami (6-8) sits ninth in the AFC entering Sunday, while the Niners have less than a 1% chance of making the playoffs after losing four of their last five games.
San Francisco is coming off a deflating loss to the LA Rams on Thursday Night Football that saw linebacker De’Vondre Campbell refuse to enter the game after being benched in Dre Greenlaw’s return from a torn Achilles.
Even with the playoffs out of reach, the 49ers could build momentum toward 2025, defensive end Nick Bosa said this week.
They’ll have to do it without All-Pro left tackle Trent Williams, who will miss a fifth straight game with an ankle injury. Also out is fourth-string running back Isaac Guerendo, who played well after injuries took Christian McCaffrey, Elijah Mitchell and Jordan Mason out for the season. Patrick Taylor Jr. will start Sunday in the backfield.
Quarterback Brock Purdy acknowledged this week after the loss to the Rams that he has not played to the level he established over his first two seasons with the Niners.
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