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What the 49ers Proved by Beating the New England Patriots

We know the 49ers are 2-2 and definitely better than the Patriots.

Grant Cohn

Sep 29, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan walks off the field after the game against the New England Patriots at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images
Sep 29, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan walks off the field after the game against the New England Patriots at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images / Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images
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When the 49ers beat New England 30-13 on Sunday, Fred Warner celebrated as if they had won a playoff game.

"I know we was gone for a little bit, but we back!" Warner yelled into the camera as he exited the field after the game. It seemed like he half expected a champagne shower. Shortly after, the 49ers social media team called the win a work of art.

Was it really? And are they truly back?

We know the 49ers are 2-2 and definitely better than the Patriots. But that makes them middle of the pack. Last season, they were the no. 1 seed in the NFC. So they'll be back when they regain the best record in the conference.

In addition, the win wasn't exactly a work of art. The 49ers certainly won by 17 points, but they should have won by more. The Patriots are one of the worst teams in the NFL. They're rebuilding. But the game was closer than it should have been because the 49ers threw an interception and fumbled three times. Granted, the 49ers recovered two of the fumbles. Still, those recoveries were luck, not art.

The 49ers were sloppy against the New England. Fortunately for them, the Patriots were even sloppier and much less talented.

But we're not here to talk about the Patriots. We're here to discuss whether the 49ers have regained their standard of performance as Warner suggested they have.

And the answer to that question is no. Not yet at least.

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Grant Cohn
GRANT COHN

Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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