This week's matchup with the playoff hopeful Miami Dolphins presents an opportunity for the San Francisco 49ers to have a playoff game of sorts. It's simple: Beat the 8-5 Dolphins and you have quite possibly knocked them out of the playoffs. Commentary: Games like these are the kind that players, particularly young ones looking for motivation, ...

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