Prisco's NFL Week 6 Power Rankings: 49ers are league's best team, Packers climb 10 spots — SkimNews
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- San Francisco 49ers top Prisco's Week 6 Power Rankings at 5-0 after beating the defending champion Seahawks on the road Sunday night, with the defense forcing four turnovers — one recovered for an end-zone touchdown — and posting five sacks, their highest single-game sack total since 2024.
- First-year defensive coordinator Raheem Morris is running a markedly more aggressive scheme than past Shanahan coordinators, producing tighter coverage, more takeaways, and the sack surge — all without injured star pass rusher Nick Bosa.
- Brock Purdy has posted an MVP-type start to the season, complementing the defensive turnaround to keep San Francisco undefeated.
- Kyle Shanahan fell one drive short of a Super Bowl win in Super Bowl LVIII, when his Jimmy Garoppolo-led 49ers held a late lead before Patrick Mahomes rallied the Chiefs to victory — a memory that frames this 5-0 run as his best shot yet at a title.
- The 49ers already have NFC West wins over the Rams and Seahawks and face a schedule Prisco judges softer than expected entering the season.
- Miami Dolphins remain last at No. 32 and the Tennessee Titans sit at No. 31 — both teams still winless, with neither picking up a victory heading into Week 6.
Why it matters: The 49ers have flipped from Shanahan's offense-led identity to a two-sided threat, generating five sacks and four takeaways without Nick Bosa — exactly the defensive balance they lacked in their Super Bowl LVIII collapse. With Purdy producing at an MVP level, division wins already in hand, and a softer-than-expected schedule ahead, San Francisco enters the middle of the season as the clear favorite to get Shanahan back to the big game.
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