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The San Francisco 49ers beat Washington on Sunday while scoring nine points. There are a few ways to react to a 9-0 victory. You can overreact and think the offense is in trouble Bradley Pinion Jersey , despite their proficiency in the first five games. The way to slow down a Kyle Shanahan led offense is to load the box and hope it’s a monsoon outside, so there’s no chance his play-action passing game will work. There it is. Washington solved the Da Vinci Code.You can also acknowledge the fact that the Niners’ defense has now allowed ten points in 12 quarters of football. You don’t fake that. The Buffalo Bills were thought to be one of the better defenses in the NFL, and they almost gave up 400 yards of offense to the winless Dolphins on Sunday. If not for two turnovers Solomon Thomas Jersey White , they may lose that game. If Buffalo and San Francisco make the playoffs, nobody will look back to October 20th and point to each team’s close victory.The measured take would be that playing in a field that’s a puddle is going to limit significantly each offense’s ability to move the ball, and we saw the better team prevail Womens C. J. Beathard Jersey , despite the conditions on Sunday. Overreactions and prisoner of the moment comments will always happen when a quarterback throws an interception. Some of Jimmy Garoppolo’s decision making raised eyebrows Week 7, but he won, again. Can he use some help? He may be receiving some very soon Womens Kyle Juszczyk Jersey , and we’ll talk about that later this morning.Watch the highlights from the game if you missed it: George Kittle photobombing Jimmy G during the quarterbacks’ postgame interview: It didn’t stop there: Onto some links:49ers win over Redskins in shortest NFL game in 10 years; here’s how the length of game stacks up all-time (CBS Sports)Drenching rain turns 49ers game into giant slip-n-slide (SF Gate)Kurtenbach: Six reasons why the 6-0 49ers’ best might be yet to come (Pacificia Tribune)49ers’ Garoppolo salvages a mediocre day with a strong second half (Chronicle)Richard Sherman on field conditions for Redskins-49ers game: ‘That’s as bad as I’ve seen’ (Washington Post)49ers Postgame Buzz: 49ers victory over Washington (Biderman)’2019 Mud Bowl Champions!’ 49ers prove they can adjust (NBC Sports)49ers shut out Washington 9-0 in ugly offensive showing (Hogs Haven)12 takeaways as the 49ers improve to 6-0 (49ers.com) 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan seemed pleased with how wide receiver Dante Pettis was progressing when asked about the 2018 second-round pick in June, but he doesn’t sound as thrilled about Pettis as the preseason winds down.Shanahan was asked on Sunday why Pettis remained in Saturday night’s game into the fourth quarter when other starters were out of the contest earlier.“I believe he needed to be,” Shanahan said http://www.49erslockerroom.com/authentic-c.-j.-beathard-jersey , via Matt Barrows of TheAthletic.com. “He’s still trying to earn a role on this team and still is showing what he’s capable of doing consistently.”Pettis has started all three preseason games, but it’s clear Shanahan hasn’t seen what he’s wanted from the wideout this summer. It’s hard to imagine that the 49ers would cut ties with a second-round pick before his second season, but he may be playing a smaller role than anticipated if he fails to meet the standard Shanahan is looking for this year.