Week 5 · 2025–26 season
49ers
W 26-23 at LA · Oct 2, 2025
Misery Index · Euphoric
49ers fans toasting a skeleton-crew division win with M.Jones as the unlikely folk hero.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
A.Collins recovering K.Williams' fumble at the SF 1 in the final two minutes saved a season's worth of grief, and E.Pineiro's 59-yarder somehow wasn't even the decisive kick. With Purdy, Kittle, Pearsall, Bosa, and Jennings all unavailable, a Mac Jones-led skeleton crew walked out of LA with a win nobody outside the building expected. Enjoy it, but the injury list isn't getting shorter — banking road wins like this one matters.
What fans said
“WHAT A FUCKING GAME. NO PURDY, NO PEARSALL, NO KITTLE, NO BOSA, NO JENNINGS, A SHITTY RUN GAME, A CRIPPLED MAC AND WE FUCKING WON!!!!”
u/ChrischinOP▲ 264joy
“He ate 11 bananas during the game lmao some one counted”
u/King_Crampus▲ 418joy
“**Build Mac Jones his statue**”
u/PTonFIRE▲ 349joy
“Big win for the skeleton crew!”
u/combatron2k21▲ 766joy
“That's immediately one of my favorite wins of all time and I've been a fan since 94.”
u/ARM_vs_CORE▲ 133joy
“We just won a division game with Kendrick Bourne as our WR1 and a completely injured defense”
u/Mrs-MoneyPussy▲ 240joy
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“Talk about resilience - he’s now 3-0. What a beast.”
u/radioactivetoon▲ 482pride
“Mac Jones legacy game! LFG also feels good to have a kicker that makes clutch kicks”
u/h0laSeni0r▲ 116joy
“My God. The balls on Mac Jones. What a fucking warrior.”
u/Krovahn▲ 100joy
“OUR DEFENSE STEPPED UP WHEN WE NEEDED IT MOST. FUCK THE RAMS”
u/jer99▲ 367joy
“It was not looking good there at the end but they performed another miracle. 4-1 baby!!!!!”
u/Crash091▲ 94joy
“Got damn Piñiero is a good kicker. And he’s got swag talkin shit after making kicks. I love it.”
u/Mdh74266▲ 146joy
“That’s an instant classic. One of my favorite games I’ve ever watched!”
u/Grimpig▲ 74joy
“THAT'S THE 5TH LATE HIT YOU'VE LET GO, BILL ILL GET YOU SOME GLASSES”
u/ObliviousLAX▲ 73rage
“One of the greatest games I've ever seen.”
u/Savings_Can7292▲ 85joy
“Honestly one of the signature wins of the Shanahan tenure”
u/park7911▲ 462pride
“that dude just became a fucking legend”
u/NagoGmo▲ 51joy
“IMAGINE WHAT WE COULD ACCOMPLISH WITH OUR INJURED STARTERS BACK”
u/theamazingcricket▲ 1214hope
“He's a fucking Warrior”
u/Radiant-Character-61▲ 145pride
“One of the best Niner games in years. Unreal.”
u/JerryQuinoa▲ 55joy