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GAME ESSENTIALS: Cardinals (4-12) vs. 49ers (12-4) astatine Levi’s Stadium, astatine 1:25 p.m. (PT). TV: FOX. Announcers: Chris Myers (play-by-play), Robert Smith (color commentary), Jen Hale (sideline reporting).

ODDS: 49ers -14. OVER/UNDER: 40.

SERIES: 49ers pb 33-29. LAST MEETING: 49ers won 38-10 connected Nov. 21, 2022.

They’ll request a large help, but the Road to the Super Bowl could still, somehow, extremity up having to travel done Levi’s Stadium for the San Francisco 49ers.

After losing successful Week 7 to driblet to 3-4, the reddish and golden person tally the array the remainder of the mode and could inactive get the NFC’s apical effect and lone archetypal circular bye.

The 49ers would request to triumph their 10th consecutive crippled and person the Eagles suffer to the Giants successful Philadelphia to leapfrog to the top. Unfortunately for the 49ers, that looks highly unlikely, fixed that the Giants — locked successful arsenic the NFC’s No. 6 effect — are resting astir of their starters and playing erstwhile Cal backmost Davis Webb.

So what volition third-string backmost — and, suddenly, Offensive Rookie of the Year campaigner — Brock Purdy do? He’s inactive yet to suffer a crippled helium starts successful the NFL and helium adjacent answered immoderate cardinal tests past week successful Las Vegas, doubly driving the 49ers into scoring territory precocious successful the 4th quarter.

While Purdy answered immoderate questions, the defence came retired of the astonishing high-scoring crippled against the Raiders. Even though they’re inactive the apical defence successful the NFL, tin the 49ers defence find the fixes to what happened past week and close them against Arizona’s fourth-string quarterback, journeyman David Blough?

And however volition the 49ers, Cardinals and the NFL grant Damar Hamlin, the Bills information who has progresses remarkably aft his cardiac apprehension connected Monday Night Football successful Cincinnati?

Follow on with our reporters Cam Inman, Jerry McDonald, Shayna Rubin and columnist Dieter Kurtenbach and different analysts providing their thoughts astir the game.