2026 · Week 6

Final

Commanders

Washington

QB Jayden Daniels

17·23

49ers

San Francisco

QB Brock Purdy

Levi's Stadium · outdoors

Closing spread

SF -7.5

Total

51.5

Model margin

+5.4est.

SF perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Availability

The injury report

The official league filing for this week — game designations first, then who missed or was limited in practice.

Commanders

49ers

Win probability

  • 49ers
  • Commanders

How each play moved the game.

49ers winsCommanders wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Commandersedge map49ers
  • -0.008EPA / play+0.153
  • 41.3%Success rate52.5%
  • +0.069EPA / dropback+0.265
  • -0.148EPA / rush-0.001
  • 6.8%Explosive rate10.8%
  • +3.27CPOE+4.63
  • 31.3%Third-down rate51.0%
  • 64.1%Red-zone TD rate88.6%
  • 1.86Points / drive2.81
  • 0.5%Turnover rate1.9%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

SF lead 9–5 since 1999

SF have won 3 straight. Meetings average 40.1 points. SF are 7-6-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2023 · W17SF @ WAS27–10SF
2022 · W16WAS @ SF20–37SF
2020 · W14WAS @ SF23–15WAS
2019 · W7SF @ WAS9–0SF
2017 · W6SF @ WAS24–26WAS
2014 · W12WAS @ SF13–17SF
2013 · W12SF @ WAS27–6SF
2011 · W9SF @ WAS19–11SF

Possession by possession

How it unfolded

Every drive: who had the ball, how far it went, how it ended, and the score as it settled.

Drive-by-drive log
BallStartPlaysYardsResultWAS–SF
SFQ1 15:00964Touchdown0–7
WASQ1 10:53432Field goal3–7
SFQ1 8:48877Touchdown3–13
WASQ1 4:0945Punt3–13
SFQ1 1:2937Punt3–13
WASQ1 0:37646Turnover on downs3–13
SFQ2 13:02766Turnover3–13
WASQ2 9:0148Punt3–13
SFQ2 6:261689Touchdown3–20
WASQ2 0:1300End of half3–20
WASQ3 15:00523Punt3–20
SFQ3 12:011065Field goal3–23
WASQ3 5:561256Touchdown10–23
SFQ3 0:153-1Punt10–23
WASQ4 14:051166Touchdown17–23
SFQ4 9:2230Punt17–23
WASQ4 7:461471Turnover on downs17–23
SFQ4 1:5438Punt17–23
WASQ4 0:5248End of half17–23

Box score

Individual performances

Commanders

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jayden Daniels29/4030020

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Rachaad White7273.90
Jeremy McNichols5132.60
Jayden Daniels4102.50
Austin Ekeler133.00

49ers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brock Purdy21/2926410

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Christian McCaffrey16644.02
Kaelon Black8344.30
Brock Purdy5285.60

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Mike Evans35940
George Kittle58691
Christian McCaffrey910530
Jordan Watkins11220
Brandin Cooks12130
Kaelon Black1130

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line +7.53.4%6.3%7.4%3.2%5.0%3.3%3.1%

Positive margins favour 49ers; negative favour Commanders.

Half-point at risk

2.21%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

63.3%

Expected total

44.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+3.16
  • Home-field advantage+2.22
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+5.38