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The good news after tonight’s loss - SF clinched a 4th place finish in the NFC West.

That means next year they will play the Bears, Giants and Browns rather than Dallas, Green Bay and Cincinnati.  In addition, the Niners will play the usual suspects in the West, the NFC South and the AFC South.  

Overall, this is a very light schedule compared to this year’s grinder.

It would be nice if they avoided Thursday and Monday night games, and given this year's record, I doubt they'll be featured outside of Sunday much. Their negative-day rest disparity (cumulative days fewer rest than their opponents) was -21, worst in the NFL this year and third worst since 2005. Over the past two seasons, they had a -41 day rest differential, twice as bad as the next worst rest differential. This season they played eight games with less rest than their opponents. Basically, they were completely screwed by the schedule makers. 

From the article below:

"Although the total sample size is understandably limited by the number of games played, a 2018 study on rest disparity published in the  Journal of Sports Economics concluded that a team suffering through a single day of rest disparity allows roughly 4.5 more points and is 25 percent less likely to win that game."

49ers' Brutal Schedule: Breaking Down the Unfair Rest Disparity Controversy

Niners also played teams coming off their bye weeks 4 times both this year and last.  No other team did that either year.  Not an excuse for an awful season.  But a little perplexing.

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The good news after tonight’s loss - SF clinched a 4th place finish in the NFC West.

That means next year they will play the Bears, Giants and Browns rather than Dallas, Green Bay and Cincinnati.  In addition, the Niners will play the usual suspects in the West, the NFC South and the AFC South.  

Overall, this is a very light schedule compared to this year’s grinder.

It would be nice if they avoided Thursday and Monday night games, and given this year's record, I doubt they'll be featured outside of Sunday much. Their negative-day rest disparity (cumulative days fewer rest than their opponents) was -21, worst in the NFL this year and third worst since 2005. Over the past two seasons, they had a -41 day rest differential, twice as bad as the next worst rest differential. This season they played eight games with less rest than their opponents. Basically, they were completely screwed by the schedule makers. 

From the article below:

"Although the total sample size is understandably limited by the number of games played, a 2018 study on rest disparity published in the  Journal of Sports Economics concluded that a team suffering through a single day of rest disparity allows roughly 4.5 more points and is 25 percent less likely to win that game."

49ers' Brutal Schedule: Breaking Down the Unfair Rest Disparity Controversy

Niners also played teams coming off their bye weeks 4 times both this year and last.  No other team did that either year.  Not an excuse for an awful season.  But a little perplexing.