Starting at the bottom, five teams entered the NFL's fourth week winless. Sorry, Chargers, Dolphins, Buccaneers, Titans and Texans. As for the five teams that entered the week undefeated, only three still have a zero in the loss column.
The Bills still have legitimate defensive issues, and the Raiders just barely ran out of gas late against the Chiefs. As for the three still-undefeated teams, a perfect record hardly means they're perfect overall. The 49ers are bucking that trend.
They're hardly perfect, but they just continue to look like the league's best team. They've crushed the Rams and the Dolphins, beat a better-than-you-think Cardinals team and just beat the Broncos 24-14. Last week, I said Brock Purdy is playing as well as he ever has.
Let's give a little love to his coach. Kyle Shanahan receives a lot of praise for what he does for his quarterbacks. But how about some of his run game concepts?
Kyle Shanahan is paying homage to Bill WalshShift & Motion to a Split Back Pro Set to run Counter Solid with Deebo Samuel👌 pic.twitter.com/oOaQt8GZGo The 49ers are fifth in rushing success rate this season, up from 21st last year. It's not all Shanahan, of course, but he has done a lot to free up his injury-battered offense. The 49ers are again one of the most motion-heavy teams in the NFL this season, and their 7.3 yards per play with motion is by far the best in the NFL.
They used it on the biggest play of the game Sunday against the Broncos. THERE HE GOES‼️ 📺 CBS pic.twitter.com/QSMFNxWe7L Shanahan is doing this with no De'Zhaun Stribling, Ricky Pearsall, Demarcus Robinson or Christian Kirk. With such a thin receiver corps, Shanahan is using two-back looks on 49% of his plays -- his highest rate since 2018 -- and using three-receiver looks on a career-low 32% of plays.
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