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Raiders offense seems to be pretty good. I expect they will be able to move the ball. The question is will they be able to score enough TDs to keep up with the 49ers offense because your D looks pretty suspect.

We will see if Evans plays. With the Vikings losing the 49ers are back in the 1 seed. It might be in their best interest to sit him out another week which will be a full month off.

I have no questions about that part. I'm expecting this to be something like 49ers 45, Raiders 23.

They've been getting killed by teams getting horizontal on them and they've been completely inept at stopping the run. None of those teams are as good at that stuff as the 49ers, so this will be ugly.

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I don't think 45 unless the 49ers got a couple turnovers in the Raiders end of the field. But I am expecting 30-35. Let's call it 33-23.

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That's how much the Jets scored

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Jets were trying to win a high scoring game. If the 49ers have a two or three score lead in the 2nd half they are just going to try and grind the clock, run the ball, complete 3rd down passes and make time your enemy. Taking the 49ers on large spreads is usually a bad play. Look at the Cardinals and Commies games. I think they won both of those by 6 but were up much bigger late in the game. They do tend to play prevent D kind of early which sometimes lets teams back in games.

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they are just going to try and grind the clock, run the ball,

The problem is that if Braelon Allen was gashing us for 9 yards a carry, you might not be able to both run the ball and grind the clock.

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Great. Then they can rest Evans another week.

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I was factoring that in. If he plays, it'll be more like 55-27.

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One thing that you should consider is your D goes up against this scheme every single day. Kubiak scheme is just an offshoot of the Shanahan scheme. Familiarity should help them.