You guys are being ridiculous.
The Steelers and Niners have arguably the two best pass rushes in the NFL. Our OL will always struggle versus them. No question about that. And I don't think we can beat the Niners. But look at this:
Regular season totals, playoffs not included Revised as of 3/29/2020 Teams are ranked according to Adjusted Line Yards. Based on regression analysis, the Adjusted Line Yards formula takes all running back carries and assigns responsibility to the offensive line based on the following percentages:
www.footballoutsiders.com
Now this is just football outsiders, and just one metric of measuring pass rush by team. But SF and PIT are 1 and 2.
Here are the same rankings of the rest of the teams we face:
Chicago (12)
Baltimore (26)
Arizona (15)
Seattle (31)
Dallas (22)
SF (1)
Arizona (15)
We've beaten the teams that rank 3, 5 and 6. And if you remove the SF and PIT games (outliers since they are the two best pass rushing teams in the NFL), we've given up 8 sacks in our other 7 games.
Not only that, but again, removing those two games, here are our point totals for every other game:
30
27
20
40 (not a great offensive game despite the 40 points - 33 points for the offense)
29
37 (30 on offense)
24
Removing defensive scores, we average 27.5 points per game. Adding the defensive scores back in, we're basically at 30 points per game which is almost exactly where we were McVay's first year (and that also included defensive scores).
Also removing these two games, we're 5-2 and a missed FG away from 6-1.
Why does all that matter?
BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE TWO BEST PASS RUSHING TEAMS IN THE NFL. I'm fine saying we'll lose to the Niners in week 16 - but the rest of these games are games we can win, and the above proves that.
Keep sulking if you want - but we're not playing the SF and PIT pass rushes every week. This season is NOT over.