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9ers as both teams look for their second win on the season. The losing team takes a commanding lead in the race for a top three pick Limited Chandler Jones Jersey , while the winner... Gets their second win of the season.We talked with David Fucillo of Niners Nation on two reasons why the Cardinals lose and two reasons why the Cardinals win on Sunday From Fooch:This is a fascinating game if you remove the fact that it involves two really bad football teams. The 49ers offense dominated the Cardinals in the stat sheet, but five turnovers killed them. Now they meet in Arizona with Byron Leftwich taking over play-calling. We can speculate on what that means for the offense, but it is mostly speculation given his lack of game-plan and play-calling experience.Two reasons the San Francisco 49ers win on Sunday1. Turnovers, turnovers, turnovers -- The 49ers were the better team in much of what they did in Week 5, but -5 in turnover differential is not going to cut it. We broke down the 49ers 18 turnovers through seven weeks, and blame can be spread around. The quarterbacks have made some bad decisions, but there have also been receiver drops, and pass protection issues. The 49ers have shown they can avoid turnovers, but it’s been woefully inconsistent. But if the 49ers can cut the turnover differential to near even or better, the 49ers will win this game.2. Getting pressure -- The Cardinals rank 23rd in Football Outsiders’ adjusted sack rate and dead last in Pro Football Focus’ pass blocking efficiency stat. The 49ers have been inconsistent in getting to the quarterback Chandler Jones Cardinals Jersey , and it has cost them. Facing a rookie quarterback, it is critical they make him uncomfortable. Their secondary is banged up, and so the key would seem to be getting pass rushers in Josh Rosen’s face.Two reasons the San Francisco 49ers lose on Sunday1. Turnovers, turnovers, turnovers. We can flip the reason they’ll win because that has cost the 49ers with regularity. I could argue San Francisco could have beaten the Vikings in Week 1, the Chargers in Week 4, the Cardinals in Week 5, and the Packers in Week 6, if not for the excess of turnovers. There are no guarantees they’d win those games, but when you have a hugely negative turnover differential in one-possession games, you can see the difference. But if the 49ers end up -2 or worse in turnover differential Elite Chandler Jones Jersey , I would not be surprised to see them on the losing end of things.2. The run game. Matt Breida sat out practice on Wednesday and Thursday, and is a question mark for Week 8. He has been their best running back, and one of the most efficient running backs in the NFL. Raheem Mostert has looked good in his place, but losing Breida would be problematic for the offense. If they can’t establish their ground game, the offense could struggle to get going. The Cardinals are trying really hard to send signals about Kyler Murray.Whether we’re reading them correctly — or whether they themselves know what those signals mean — remains to be seen.According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Cardinals General Manager Steve Keim, coach Kliff Kingsbury, and owner Michael Bidwill are not in attendance at Oklahoma’s Pro Day today.Of course, that could be notable, considering possible No. 1 overall pick Kyler Murray is there today and oh-my-god-what-if-they-hate-Kyler-Murray?But the Cardinals have been tripping over themselves to signal either their interest or disinterest that it’s hard to tell anymore. All we know for sure is they’re not very subtle about any of it.It started before Kingsbury was hired, when he said he’d take Murray first overall (which could fairly be described as typical college coach smoke-blowing about and upcoming opponent). But then the Cardinals hired Kingsbury Game Chandler Jones Jersey , and earned the top pick in the draft, which made it a thing.Then Bidwill tried to stomp out a fire he lit when he hired Kingsbury, saying their plan was to “build around the foundation that we have” — meaning 2018 first-round quarterback Josh Rosen.Then they sent Kingsbury out to deliver a similar endorsement of Rosen, but then Keim went to the Scouting Combine and said Rosen was their quarterback “right now, for sure,” which triggered another round to tea-leaf reading in the opposite direction.The reality is, the Cardinals will be able to monitor the results of today’s public workout. And then they’ll likely have a private workout and visit with Murray at some point between now and the draft.Which makes their attendance today a moot point. But rest assured, they’ll do their very best to let us know they feel some sort of way.