SANTA CLARA — It would not take an analytics whiz to determine why the anticipated 49ers-Ravens Christmas evening showdown became a Baltimore beatdown.
The 49ers entered the Week 16 recreation with an NFL-best plus-13 turnover differential, however on Monday evening, they misplaced the battle 5-0. Due to this fact, there may be little thriller behind why the Ravens gained 33-19 at Levi’s Stadium.
“I feel if you flip the ball over 5 occasions, that is normally what occurs,” 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan mentioned Tuesday in a convention name with reporters. “You may’t have 5 turnovers and get none. You may’t have over 100 yards in penalties [the 49ers had 10 penalties for 102 yards].”
San Francisco quarterback Brock Purdy threw a career-worst 4 interceptions. Ravens security Kyle Hamilton picked off a Purdy move in the long run zone on the 49ers’ first drive of the sport, and the QB’s subsequent three picks — every approaching re-directed move makes an attempt — had been instantly cashed in for 17 Baltimore factors.
Every of Purdy’s turnovers had been completely different, that includes a mix of unhealthy choices and unhealthy luck.
Easy story, proper?
“It was only a loss,” Shanahan mentioned, declining to assign a deeper which means to the defeat, which dropped the 49ers’ file to 11-4 on the season. “You play workforce and you’ve got 5 turnovers and you’ve got all these penalties, it makes it robust to win.”
The Ravens blew the sport open with a 17-point third quarter after holding a 16-12 lead at halftime. Along with the giveaways, the 49ers gift-wrapped one other landing for the Ravens when punter Mitch Wishnowsky was penalized 15 yards for a late hit out of bounds on the finish of a 23-yard punt return early within the third quarter.
“Whenever you play slightly sloppy with these turnovers and penalties and you are going towards workforce, it makes it robust to win,” Shanahan mentioned.
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