No. 1 — AWAY: San Francisco 49ers
You wanted storylines? We’ll give you storylines. The biggest and most recent connection between the 49ers and Redskins sits at the left tackle position, where Trent Williams was finally traded from Washington to San Francisco on Day 3 of the 2020 NFL Draft, ridding the Redskins of a player who didn’t want to be there and giving the 49ers one of the best players in the game. Win-win, I guess…
Aside from Williams, there is also the contentious relationship between Kyle Shanahan, the coach of the 49ers, and the Redskins. Shanahan was fired as offensive coordinator for Washington in 2013, but it turned out the better for him, though he seems to still have some hard feelings towards the team. Just last year, Shanahan had some words to say about the organization before the two teams met on the gridiron.
The 49ers are far-and-away the better team here, as they made a trip to the Super Bowl earlier this year, but there is a ton of drama packed into this matchup, and I wouldn’t be shocked to see it play out on a Sunday night.
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