MONSTERDRAFT
2026 · Wk 5

San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams

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2-2LA
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FINAL · SF 27–7·Thursday 2026-09-10·Melbourne Cricket Ground·closed LA -3.5 · O/U 47.5
Ball:
1010202030304040Coverage identity of HC Sean McVay: every charted play of defenses he led as a head coach, '21–'23 (2,074 plays). Why it matters: some receivers beat man, others feast on zone — it decides matchups for DFS, props and best ball alike.MAN 27.1% · ZONE 72.9%HC Sean McVay · '21–'23 · 2,074 plays91Turner97Ford99Donald0Young53Landman48Speights35Watson3Curl5Kinchens22McDuffie37Lake13Purdy23McCaffrey85Kittle71Williams75Colby64Brendel77Puni68McKivitz5Evans84Cooks↑ replacing Samuel
O: 3WR 1TE — published depth chart · snapshot 2026-10-12D: Base 3-4 D + nickel — published depth chart (lowest-snap LB sits)Ring = offense/defense snap % in last game played · stats thru Wk 5
Field
dome · grass
Weather
indoors — n/a
Rest
SF 7d · LA 7d
Referee
Alex Kemp · 12.73 flags/gm · 49.2% overs
SF form
5-0PF 154 · PA 93Home 3-0Away 2-0
QB Brock Purdy 35–15 as starter · playoffs 5–3 · last 10: 9–1 · since 2022
LA form
2-2PF 85 · PA 83Home 1-1Away 1-1
QB Matthew Stafford 122–120–1 as starter · playoffs 7–6 · last 10: 5–5 · since 2009
SFSeason efficiencyLA
0.209Off EPA / play0.026
52.7Off success %47
13.4Off explosive %10.1
51.93rd-down conv %44
-0.067Def EPA / play allowed-0.122
42.6Def success % allowed39.3
QB record = games he actually started (1999–), regular season; playoffs broken out

Coaching Intel

SF staff
HCKyle Shanahan12–8 vs McVayOCKlay Kubiak2–1 vs ShulaDCRaheem Morris1–0 vs Scheelhaase
4th-down go 18.3% · PROE -0.9 · no-huddle 3.2%
LA staff
HCSean McVay8–12 vs ShanahanOCNate Scheelhaase0–1 vs MorrisDCChris Shula1–2 vs Kubiak
4th-down go 23.2% · PROE -0.1 · no-huddle 8.3%

Head Coach vs Head Coach

Kyle Shanahan12–8Sean McVayShanahan leadsboth as head coaches, any team, 1999–
Date ▾MatchupScoreYardsWinning coach
2026-09-10SF @ LA27–7379–291Kyle Shanahan
2025-11-09LA @ SF42–26404–393Sean McVay
2025-10-02SF @ LA26–23407–456Kyle Shanahan
2024-12-12LA @ SF12–6302–191Sean McVay
2024-09-22SF @ LA24–27425–296Sean McVay
2024-01-07LA @ SF21–20261–300Sean McVay
2023-09-17SF @ LA30–23365–386Kyle Shanahan
2022-10-30SF @ LA31–14368–225Kyle Shanahan

SF offense vs LA defense

Klay Kubiak(OC)2–1Chris Shula(DC)Kubiak leads3 true OC-vs-DC games — his offense against this coach's defense
Date ▾OffenseDefenseOff–DefOff ydsMarginResult
2026-09-10SFLA27–7379+20W
2025-11-09SFLA26–42393-16L
2025-10-02SFLA26–23407+3W

LA offense vs SF defense

Nate Scheelhaase(OC)0–1Raheem Morris(DC)Morris leads1 true OC-vs-DC game — his offense against this coach's defense
Date ▾OffenseDefenseOff–DefOff ydsMarginResult
2026-09-10LASF7–27291-20L
result and margin read from the offense's side

Franchise Meetings involving a current head coach

Date ▾MatchupScoreWinnerCoaches
2026-09-10SF @ LA27–7SFKyle Shanahan / Sean McVay
2025-11-09LA @ SF42–26LASean McVay / Kyle Shanahan
2025-10-02SF @ LA26–23SFKyle Shanahan / Sean McVay
2024-12-12LA @ SF12–6LASean McVay / Kyle Shanahan
2024-09-22SF @ LA24–27LAKyle Shanahan / Sean McVay
2024-01-07LA @ SF21–20LASean McVay / Kyle Shanahan
games under departed-on-both-sides staffs are excluded