After losing to the New Orleans Saints in a head-to-head matchup and ending Lu Ke's two-season "unbeaten aura", the San Francisco 49ers quickly completed the adjustment, easily defeated the Washington Redskins, and regained their footing, not only bringing their record to seven wins and four losses, but also finding a way to win in difficult situations.

But as Lu Ke said, the test is still not over. The team is still far from being in a position to relax and enjoy, and both the offensive and defensive teams still need more grinding, and they must take their time, game by game, and steadily progress towards a playoff spot.

After Monday night's win over the Washington Redskins, the San Francisco 49ers didn't have much time to adjust and immediately returned to Candlestick to take on the visiting St. Louis Rams.

No one should forget, and probably no one can forget, that in the fourth week of the regular season, the San Francisco 49ers challenged the St. Louis Rams away, only to lose the defending champions with a score of "23-13", and after losing to the Seattle Seahawks, suffered two consecutive defeats in the divisional civil war.

This is a big blow to the San Francisco 49ers!

You must know that before the start of the new season, including the regular season and playoffs, the San Francisco 49ers have achieved a strong record of 11 consecutive wins against opponents in the same district, and have completely dominated the Western Conference of Nations in the past two seasons, and the other three teams simply do not have the ability to challenge the supremacy of the San Francisco 49ers.

But now? Two consecutive defeats!

And, from an objective standpoint, the Seattle Seahawks' strength upward curve is very obvious, but the St. Louis Rams are always the bottom team in the division. Losing to the Seattle Seahawks was a disgrace, and losing to the St. Louis Rams was a disaster, completely shattering the defending champions' aura of glory and breaking the hearts of the nine.

In addition, the St. Louis Rams, who had been their mortal enemies for half a century, did not make this defeat any easier, and they did their best to send out a group of taunting skills that made the supporters of the San Francisco 49ers in hell suffer even more, and the lingering frustration and frustration that tortured each of the nine hard.

It was a defeat that all nine wanted to forget, but must remember – because only when the pain of defeat is truly remembered can we bounce back and regain the taste of victory.

Fast forward to the thirteenth week of the regular season, and the second meeting of the season between the St. Louis Rams and San Francisco 49ers is about to be staged at Candlestick Stadium.

From week four to week thirteen, both teams have changed a lot, the personnel structure and the state of the game are also different, and it will be a new game for both sides to meet again.

Needless to say, more than half or more of the players in the starting lineup are facing injury problems, and multiple players are missing games. Compared with the fourth week, the starting lineup at this time has been changed in many positions in addition to Lu Ke.

The same can be said of the St. Louis Rams, who have suffered a serious injury blow this season — and even worse, when regular quarterback Sam Bradford suffered a torn cruciate ligament in his left knee against the Carolina Panthers in the seventh week of the regular season, forcing the team to use backup quarterback Kellen-Clemens for the remainder of the season.

During Bradford's tenure as starting quarterback, the St. Louis Rams had a four-win, two-loss record, second only to the Seattle Seahawks in the National League West, and were considered to have the ability to disrupt the game and even hope to challenge for a playoff spot this year; But with Bradford's season reimbursement, which saw the team lose the game against the Carolina Panthers and then snapped a two-game losing streak, Clemens didn't seem ready to start.

However, the St. Louis Rams have shown some potential this season, and despite the absence of starting quarterback Bradford, they can still open up the game with ground offense; And it has been repeatedly able to lay enough foundation for victory through the advantages built up by the defensive group.

Compared to the bottom of the league, which is only 24th, the St. Louis Rams defense has been in excellent form this season and is still in 10th place in the league so far, where the toughness of the ground defense is fundamental.

After a quick adjustment, the St. Louis Rams beat the Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears in a row to make it two straight wins across the offseason. Among them, the "8:38" away victory over the Indianapolis Colts is a masterpiece of the season, showing the toughness of the defensive end to the fullest, which also directly proves that the "spoiler" is not satisfied with spoiling the situation, and quietly has the ability to attack for a playoff spot.

So far, the St. Louis Rams have a season record of 6 wins and 5 losses, which are only one win away from the San Francisco 49ers and Arizona Cardinals, who are also 7-4, and now still maintain the hope of making the playoffs, in other words, they are definitely not a soft persimmon.

In the first half of the 2012 season, the Western Division of the National League was hailed as the Group of Death, with four teams going hand in hand, winning consecutive games, and their strong strength made other divisions look sideways, but halfway through the season, the Arizona Cardinals and St. Louis Rams fell behind one after another, and the follow-up was weak, but the American League West Division stole all the style.

The 2013 season was reversed.

In the first half of the season, the National League West was in a chaotic situation, with the Seattle Seahawks coming out on top to lead the division, while the other three teams all lost early and didn't seem to be able to show much competitiveness; But in the second half of the season, the three teams have shown more potential, biting the win, and all of them are still in the playoffs. Once again, the style of the Death Zone is shown.

This means that the value of a divisional battle is even higher – it's the number of games that distinguish the leaders from the laggards, and a single game can make the difference between the winners and losers by two.

Of course, this also means that the intensity of the divisional civil war will also increase, and the gap between the San Francisco 49ers, the Arizona Cardinals and the St. Louis Rams should be closer than expected.

Facing this upcoming matchup, both teams aim to win!

For the St. Louis Rams, they are looking forward to being able to double defeat the San Francisco 49ers in the same district again since the 2004 season, and the San Francisco 49ers, who just won the championship last season.

Even the question of playoff spots needs to be sidelined for the time being – mortal enemies are undying enemies who will never miss an opportunity to humiliate their opponents and destroy them; What's more, this game is inherently tied to the success or failure of the playoff spots.

For the San Francisco 49ers, from every point of view, they definitely have no shortage of motivation to win - for a playoff spot, to wash away the shame of the loss, to beat the morale of their rivals in the same district, to defend the glory of Cindelabra Field, to shut up the Rams fans!

In fact, all it takes is the gimmick of "rivals in the same district" and "season double" to be all the reason for the San Francisco 49ers to go all out for victory. For the injury-ridden San Francisco 49ers, they are getting back to their best game step by step, and they are more than happy to step on the shoulders of the St. Louis Rams.

Victory, it was the common goal of both teams, but in the end there was only one winner.

For the San Francisco 49ers, who are full of injuries, after most of the bad news for most of the season, they finally ushered in the first gratifying news:

Michael Crabtree, who has been out for more than six months, is officially back in the starting line-up!

The San Francisco 49ers, whose receiving team has been stumbling all season, has finally ushered in a turnaround, and Crabtree's return is not just as simple as adding a receiving point, but also the different permutations and combinations of wide receivers and close forwards can also enrich Lu Ke's offensive tactics again, thereby relieving Lu Ke's passing pressure to some extent.

This is great news!

Considering the comparison of the two sides and the recent situation, the San Francisco 49ers are still the more favored side in the pre-game prediction "within the league".

But the St. Louis Rams are full of confidence up and down, convinced that they can accomplish the feat of beating their rivals in the same league this season.

Robert-Quinn, the defensive big man in the defensive team, said before the game, "Lu Ke, who can't pass the ball, is not afraid at all, he is just an ordinary player." I watched the footage of the last fight, and if they dare to run a ground attack game, then I will tell them that this path is not going to work with me! ”

Quinn and Lu Ke are rookies in the same class, he was selected by the St. Louis Rams with the 14th pick in the first round, and after a low-key and smooth first two seasons, this season ushered in an explosive moment, with strong frontcourt pressure and strong rushing and interception ability to become the leader of the team's defensive group.

Quinn is not unbridled for daring to speak out, and he has relied on his ability to make five drops on the ground this season – a statistic that temporarily leads the league. Not just a ground-and-run stoppage, but also an ability to create ball conversions, Quinn has certainly shown value as a first-round pick.

In other words, if the San Francisco 49ers continue to follow the offensive tactics against the Washington Redskins, then it will not be so easy to open up against the St. Louis Rams, who are very tough on the ground. How should Lu Ke choose?

On December 1, Candlestick Stadium, the San Francisco 49ers vs. St. Louis Rams officially kicked off.