The 49ers lead the Commanders 13-3 in the second quarter of Monday Night Football at Levi's Stadium. The game was live when our data was pulled, with 9:01 left in the second quarter. The 49ers are 5-0. Washington is 1-3-1 by the outlets' count, though our standings table lists the Commanders at 1-3 with the tie not counted.
The r/nfl game thread logged San Francisco's scoring in the first quarter. Brock Purdy hit George Kittle on an 11-yard touchdown pass, and Eddy Pineiro kicked the extra point. Drew Stevens answered with a 51-yard field goal for Washington. Christian McCaffrey then scored from the 1-yard line, but Pineiro missed the PAT, which is why the lead is 10 and not 11. Pineiro is 5-for-8 on field goals this season, so special teams have not been entirely clean for San Francisco.
The box score shows how lopsided it has been. San Francisco has 214 total yards to Washington's 83, 10 first downs to 2, and has held the ball for 13:39 against 7:20. Purdy is 13-of-17 for 171 yards and the touchdown. He came in at 69.0% completions and 8.4 yards per attempt for the season, and he is above that average tonight at 10.1 yards per attempt. Mike Evans has two catches for 78 yards, including a 54-yarder. McCaffrey has seven carries for 29 yards and five catches for 25. He also lost a fumble, the 49ers' only turnover.
Niners Nation framed the night around Jayden Daniels, whom it described as two weeks removed from injury. It also noted he would have Stefon Diggs available this week. Daniels is 5-of-8 for 77 yards with a sack, and he has two carries for 7 yards. Diggs has two catches for 17 yards on three targets. Terry McLaurin's 27-yard catch and Chig Okonkwo's 29-yard catch are Washington's longest plays. The Commanders are 0-for-3 on third down and 0-for-1 on fourth.
Our season data shows Daniels at 46 completions on 76 attempts for 459 yards, 6.0 yards per attempt, over three games. The Commanders last played on Oct. 11, when they drew 27-27 with the Giants, after a 30-13 loss to Indianapolis. Their one win was 33-31 over Seattle on Sept. 27. Field Gulls said the Commanders were last seen running the clock, and called this an easy night for the 49ers. That outlet writes for Seattle fans, and the Seahawks are 3-3. They are three games back in the loss column and coming off a 32-29 loss to San Francisco on Oct. 11.
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San Francisco has beaten Denver and Arizona and won at Seattle during its five-game streak. It travels to Atlanta on Sunday, Oct. 25. Washington returns home to face Philadelphia on Sunday, Nov. 1.
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