The 49ers look primed to repeat their achievements of the 2021 season and go on another run during the second half of 2022 after ripping off back-to-back wins over the Rams and Chargers.
However, the unconvincing nature of the latter victory, in which the 49ers eventually overcame offensive mistakes to beat an undermanned Chargers team behind a dominant performance from the San Francisco defense, laid bare the main reason why some may have reason for some trepidation when it comes to predicting another surge from the Niners.
San Francisco’s offense remains an inconsistent one that generally has little problem moving the ball down the field but continually struggles to cap drives with touchdowns. The 49ers rank 10th in yards per drive, according to Football Outsiders, but are just 17th in points per drive, illustrating their problems inside the 20-yard line.
There is no overarching theme behind the 49ers’ failures in the red zone. They went two for five in the red zone against the Chargers but, if not for a Brandon Aiyuk drop and Elijah Mitchell slipping on a likely walk-in touchdown late in the fourth quarter, San Francisco would have gone four of five in the congested area of the field.
Such miscues should not be disregarded but the 49ers could move to take the stress off their red-zone offense by recruiting a player who can deliver more explosive plays and be a scoring threat from further out. The 49ers have already taken one big swing on offense this season by trading for running back Christian McCaffrey, but that should not preclude them from taking another and getting involved in the Odell Beckham Jr. sweepstakes.
The 49ers have been connected with Beckham as talk over the wide receiver’s next destination hots up. Indeed, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported last week that the 49ers were on Beckham’s list of potential teams along with the Dallas Cowboys, Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs and New York Giants.
Asked about speculation around them being in the mix of Beckham, head coach Kyle Shanahan gave the boilerplate answer that the 49ers “consider everything”.
Though there is no guarantee what version of Beckham they would get after close to a year on the sideline, there is good reason for the Niners to be interested in adding Beckham to their roster.
San Francisco’s passing attack has been efficient in 2022, ranking seventh in Football Outsiders DVOA in that regard, but it is clearly not operating at anywhere close to its full…
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