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The 49ers do not necessarily need to beat the Dolphins on Sunday. In terms of their playoff aspirations, the Week 13 clash at Levi’s Stadium carries less importance than in-conference games with the Buccaneers and Seahawks in the coming weeks.
Yet there are some bragging rights are stake, with Kyle Shanahan facing his former offensive coordinator in Mike McDaniel and the 49er defense looking to silence two chatty former teammates in Raheem Mostert and Jeff Wilson Jr, who made the headlines with comments made to Go Long.
Should the 7-4 Niners vindicate their status as favourites, it will firmly establish them as legitimate Super Bowl contenders.
To do so, they will likely need to achieve these three aims against the 8-3 Dolphins.