Thoughts and observations from 49ers blowout win over Rams

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– These 49ers throwback jerseys are so sick.

– Tons of Cooper Kupp early on. The 49ers, like every other team, don’t have a great answer for the star WR.

– San Francisco’s defense is getting downhill VERY aggressively against the run. That could come back to hurt them on play action.

– Dre Greenlaw is all over the place the last couple weeks.

– Samson Ebukam came up with a sack because nobody blocked him. He’ll take it against his former team.

– Nice job stiffening up by the 49ers defense. Los Angeles was knocking on the door of the red zone, but the sack by Ebukam brought up a third-and-19 and the Rams wound up kicking a field goal. Good first series.

– On a second-and-9 the 49ers left Aaron Donald unblocked. That is poor football.

– The 49ers first third-down conversion was on their first drive instead of the fourth quarter. That’s a nice change.

– Another third-down conversion on a third-and-5. Both throws have gone to Jauan Jennings.

– Whew. A first-and-10 run to Jeff Wilson Jr. goes for a 32-yard house call and the 49ers are up 7-3. Charlie Woerner and George Kittle both had excellent blocks on the play. RG Spencer Burford was also pulling and clearing out bodies. Perfectly-executed by San Francisco.

– Sheesh. Nick Bosa’s fifth sack of the year ends the Rams’ second series. He is hard to block for good offensive fronts. LA does not have a good one. It looked like a stunt of some kind freed up the defensive end to get a clear shot at the QB.

End of first quarter: 49ers 7, Rams 3