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the San Francisco 49ers of their first winning season in six years.The next three games will go a long way to determining whether the 49ers are a legitimate Super Bowl contender or merely a pleasant surprise.San Francisco has little time to revel in a 16-point comeback against the Cardinals that was the team's biggest in the regular season in eight years. Because soon after that 36-26 victory was complete on Sunday http://www.eagleslockerroom.com/authentic-lane-johnson-jersey , attention turned to a three-game gauntlet against a trio of first-place teams in Green Bay, Baltimore and New Orleans.It all starts on Sunday night when the 49ers host Aaron Rodgers and the Packers."This is why you play football for this kind of a stretch," right tackle Mike McGlinchey said. "We put ourselves in a pretty solid position here, but it means nothing if we don't get our jobs done over these next few weeks."After rolling to eight straight wins to open the season, things haven't been nearly as easy the past two weeks. San Francisco lost 27-24 in overtime to Seattle on Nov. 11 in a physical battle that left a toll on the players.That contributed to a slow start against the Cardinals. But San Francisco managed to rally from a 16-0 hole to score the go-ahead touchdown on Jimmy Garoppolo's 25-yard pass to Jeff Wilson Jr. in the final minute against Arizona.“It was a bunch of highs and lows in that game and it was a little bit exhausting, but we enjoyed it,” coach Kyle Shanahan said.WHAT'S WORKINGGaroppolo. The Niners haven't needed a lot of their quarterback this season, relying more on defense and the running game for success. But in two games against the Cardinals when he was needed, Garoppolo has been outstanding. He threw for a career-high 424 yards Sunday with four TD passes. He joined Hall of Famers Joe Montana and Steve Young as the only San Francisco QBs to throw for at least 400 yards and four TDs in a single game. Garoppolo also threw for 317 yards and four TDs in the first meeting against Arizona.WHAT NEEDS HELPRunning game. After ranking second best in the league with 181.1 yards rushing per game the first seven games Womens Nelson Agholor Jersey , the Niners have been shut down the past three weeks. San Francisco is tied for 26th with just 74 yards rushing per game in that span. That has coincided with an injury that has sidelined tight end George Kittle, a key blocker in the running game. Shanahan basically abandoned the running game in the second half against the Cardinals as San Francisco was held to 34 yards on 19 carries.STOCK UPWR Deebo Samuel. With Kittle sidelined and Emmanuel Sanders limited by injured ribs, the second-round rookie Samuel has stepped up in a big way the past two weeks. He had eight catches for a career-high 134 yards and is quickly becoming one of Garoppolo's most trusted targets. That comes after Samuel had eight catches for 112 yards the previous game against Seattle. Samuel is the first Niners rookie with back-to-back 100-yard receiving games since the merger. The previous time any San Francisco player had consecutive 100-yard games came in December 2017 when Marquise Goodwin did it.STOCK DOWNRichard Sherman. Kyler Murray showed no hesitancy challenging Sherman. It paid off in three pass interference calls that led to 72 yards in penalties against the 49ers. Sherman had been called for three penalties all season, including none since the season opener.INJUREDDE Dee Ford left the game with a hamstring injury and could miss a couple of weeks. ... Kittle (knee, ankle), RB Matt Breida (ankle), K Robbie Gould (quadriceps), DT D.J. Jones (groin) all will be evaluated this week to see if they will be able to return.KEY NUMBER281. Garoppolo did almost all of his damage in the passing game on underneath throws and screens. San Francisco gained 281 yards after the catch, the most by a team in a single game since 2014.NEXT STEPSThe 49ers host Green Bay on Sunday night. TAMPA Zach Ertz Jersey , Fla. (AP) — The red-hot Tampa Bay Buccaneers scoff at the notion that their first 2-0 start in eight years is a surprise.“I think that’s where we expected to be,” quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick said after throwing for 402 yards and four touchdowns in Sunday’s 27-21 victory over the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.“I don’t know if everybody else expected us to be there,” the 14th-year pro filling in for suspended starter Jameis Winston said, “but we’re just going to continue to ride this momentum.”Next up is a prime-time matchup next Monday against the Pittsburgh Steelers.Suddenly, what once looked like a potentially tough start to the season with Winston serving a three-game ban for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy is turning into one of the league’s best feel-good stories.The Bucs, coming off a 5-11 finish last season, haven’t made the playoffs since 2007.“You can’t peak too early. We have a lot of football left,” receiver DeSean Jackson said. “I just know this team and this locker room is a different team than how we were last year.”So are the Eagles (1-1), who fell behind on Jackson’s 75-yard TD reception of the first play of the game and never fully recovered.Nick Foles threw for 334 yards and one TD without an interception http://www.eagleslockerroom.com/authentic-fletcher-cox-jersey , however an injury-decimated offense hurt itself with turnovers, penalties and other mistakes.The loss left Eagles coach Doug Pederson in no mood to draw comparisons to last season.“I’m not going to go back and pull out old memories,” Pederson said. “New team, new faces. We’ve got our own set of circumstances now.”Some things to know about the Bucs’ victory over the defending Super Bowl champs:FAST STARTFitzpatrick threw for more than 400 yards and four touchdowns for the second straight week. In addition to teaming with Jackson on the first play from scrimmage, the 35-year-old quarterback connected with tight end O.J. Howard on a 75-yard scoring play in the second quarter.Chris Godwin and Mike Evans had TD catches, too, and Jackson finished with four receptions for 129 yards.“It’s unbelievable,” Jackson said of Fitzpatrick, who thrown for 819 yards and accounted for nine TDs in two games. “He’s playing out of this world right now.”SLOW STARTPhiladelphia’s defense yielded 271 yards passing and three touchdowns in the first half. The offense Womens Jake Elliott Jersey , already playing without Carson Wentz, Alshon Jeffery and Darren Sproles, wasn’t helped by losing running back Jay Ajayi, receiver Mike Wallace and left tackle Jason Peters in the first half.Nick Foles wound up throwing for 334 yards, but by the time the Eagles began to move the ball consistently they trailed 27-7.“A lot of self-inflicted wounds,” Pederson said of his team’s sloppy play early.“Guys step up all the time and that’s what we did,” Foles said. “We gave ourselves an opportunity to win this game.”NO TIME TO PANICFoles, who stepped in for Wentz after the Eagles lost their starting quarterback to injury late last season, tried to put the loss and the team’s offensive woes in perspective.“We didn’t win every single game last year. I think people forget that Derek Barnett Jersey ,” Foles said. “There’s a lot of expectations for us, but we can’t put that kind of pressure on ourselves.”Nelson Agholor’s 2-yard TD reception trimmed Philadelphia’s deficit to 27-21 with 2:46 remaining.“We had our shots. I just feel like if we had got that ball back one more time, we would have a chance to try to win it,” Peters said. “But we were pinned back there with 20 seconds left and we didn’t have a lot of options.”THE LAST TIMEThe Bucs are 2-0 for only the second time since 2005, when they went on to finish 11-5. They also won their first two on the way to a 10-6 record in 2010, but did not earn a playoff berth.