Before the season the 49ers would’ve likely anticipated they’d be the undefeated ones going into their Week 5 matchup against the Arizona Cardinals. Alas, San Francisco struggled through their last two games, lost both, and enters their bout with their NFC West rivals with a 2-2 record and in need of some bounce-back performances on both sides of the ball.
While the 49ers haven’t had any outright terrible showings over the entirety of the first four weeks, some of their players have been up-and-down and/or fallen short of lofty expectations going into 2021.
We took a look at some of the players who will need to have their best game of the year Sunday in Arizona if the 49ers are going to swing an upset and hand the Cardinals their first loss: