The San Francisco 49ers are one of the hottest teams in the NFL after getting off to a slow start and the team will face off against a squad that is improving grealty in the Carolina Panthers and the Week 10 matchup on Sunday will be at Candlestick Park and will start up at 4:05 pm on FOX and streaming on NFL.com online.
The 49ers are coming off of a win in London over the Jacksonville Jaguars before having a bye week and now the team gets back Mario Manningham and that should help the offense on Sunday against a Carolina Panthers team that is looking much better over the past few games with Cam Newton and they face a 49ers team that hasn't lost since back in September and they have won five games in a row since starting 1-2 and while they are behind the Seattle Seahawks in the division right now in the NFC West, the tea, is 6-2 and has them coming to their house soon and that comes after a very tough stretch for the Niners, including two road games in a row coming up after the Panthers with away games against the New Orleans Saints and the Washington Redskins and that game will be on Monday night football, the first of two for the 49ers this season.
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The 49ers made it to the Super Bowl last season and are considered as one of the favorites this year out of the NFC and any chance they have at winning the division likely starts with the team defeating the Seattle Seahawks in their next matchup against one another. The team has one of the toughest schedules of anyone coming up and after playing the Redskins, the team will play at home against both the Rams and the Seahawks in divisional games and those will be must wins and after that the team plays two of three on the road to finish the season with games against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Arizona Cardinals on the road. The Atlanta Falcons will be waiting for a home game for the final Monday night football matchup of the season and that game will be in Week 16 and will start up at 8:30 for the finale.
The 49ers are ranked last in the league in passing yards per game with Colin Kaepernick and while they have been lacking at receiver all year, they are about to get some big time help on the way with Manningham as well as Michael Crabtree on his way back and if the team can continue rushing the ball like they are, they can continue to make noise in the NFC. The team is ranked first in the league in rushing yards per game with over 150 with Frank Gore and Kaepernick and that could be tough for the Panthers, but they have been playing very well on defense so it should be a very good matchup on Sunday and the 49ers come in with one of the best rushing offenses and the eighth ranked pass defense with 220 yards allowed per game and they are also ranked 11th in rushing allowed.
The Panthers are coming off of a big win over the Atlanta Falcons within the division and now the team is looking like one of the hottest in the league and they have rebounded from a slow start and they are heading into what is the toughest part of their schedule with the 49ers coming in Week 10. The team is now 5-3 on the season and easily looking like they are in the mix for the playoffs with Cam Newton and they are about to play the toughest two game stretch on their schedule, as they face the Niners and then they will play at home against the New England Patriots on Monday night football for the first time this season and after that the team has tough games against the New Orleans Saints, one on the road and the other at home and that could help set up playoff position in the NFC. The game on Sunday will be at 4:05 pm and will be the 49ers and the Panthers at Candlestick Park.
