The San Francisco 49ers on Sunday earned their seventh win of their year to maintain their stranglehold on the NFC West at the season's halfway mark.
Through nine weeks San Francisco has been able to keep the Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams at arm's length after both teams dealt with some early season struggles, including both teams falling to the 49ers.
Los Angeles visited the Washington Commanders and walked out of the nation's capital with a 20-13 win. Seattle blew out the Arizona Cardinals 17-3 at Lumen Field in the Pacific Northwest. The 49ers with their win kept pace with the other top contenders in the division.
Here's what the standings look like with nine of the season's 18 weeks down:
- San Francisco 49ers (7-1)
- Seattle Seahawks (5-4)
- Los Angeles Rams (5-4)
- Arizona Cardinals (3-6)
The 49ers hold a 2.5 game lead on the Seahawks
and Rams going into their Week 10 game against the Dallas Cowboys.
For now the 49ers have a decent margin for error if they want to win the division, but any slip up dramatically decreases that margin. They'll not want to give either Seattle or Los Angeles life down the stretch. So far, so good on that front.
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