San Francisco 49ers were considered the best team in football before Monday’s night showdown against the Seattle Seahawks. If you follow DVOA, they were the top team across the board in their rankings. DVOA is not the end-all, be-all, we know that. But they seem to provide the road map when it comes to deciding who is good and who is not in National Football League. While I watched the Niners a few times this year, this seemed like the first game we could tell if they were legitimate or not combined with how they compared to the current Packers. Here are my takeaways. These will either be prophetic or bite me in the ass two weeks from now.

1. Jimmy G looks like a scared dog in the pocket – Jimmy Garoppolo may be one of the best young quarterbacks in football, but he has a way to go when it comes to composure. Seattle made him nervous all game long. Jadeveon Clowney wrecked shit all game long. Clowney is a similar size and stature to Preston Smith. I have a feeling the Packers edge rushers will be licking their chops.

2. Emmanuel Sanders’ injury could be huge – We’ll see what the word is on the Sanders’ injury, but if he does have a multiple week injury that will cause him to miss the Green Bay game, that’s huge. Garoppolo needed him in the worst way in the second half.

3. Kyle Shanahan is not the best late-game coach – Part of me worries about all of the things that both Shanahan and Matt LaFleur know about each other meaning they’ll both have to be creative. But Shanahan is not a great late-game scenarios play-caller. He did not coach a good game at all down the stretch and made me think LaFleur might have him in that section.

4. Nick Bosa is great but… – Here’s the thing about Nick Bosa pointed out by Greg Bedard. He overcommits and loses his position regularly. This is something that will show up on film for the Packers, and I promise you they can take advantage of this type of thing. Bosa will have some big moments, but he can easily be exploited in a couple of weeks.

Niners should not scare Packers fans. If they do, you’re a Chicken Little fan. You worry about everything going wrong and not focus on the positive. That’s a bad way to live.

Charlie.