LOS ANGELES — As Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells is fond of saying, you are what your record says you are. By that measure, at 4-4, the San Francisco 49ers are positively average.
But if there's one NFL team poised to punch the accelerator over the next nine games, it's the 49ers, who play host to the Chargers on Sunday night.
With running back Christian McCaffrey even more familiar with the playbook, and ultra-versatile receiver Deebo Samuel back in the fold after a week off, the 49ers are suddenly one of the league's most explosive offenses, as the Rams discovered in losing at home to their NFC West rival two weeks ago.
