Will the 49ers Have an Emotional Let Down After Beating the Cowboys?

The 49ers just destroyed the Cowboys by 32 points on Sunday night. The last time the 49ers beat Dallas, the following week they lost 31-7 to the Eagles in the NFC Championship game in which two of the 49ers quarterbacks got injured.

It seemed like the 49ers had an emotional let down against Philadelphia. Didn't treat that opponent with the same respect they treated the Cowboys the previous week when they made sure Micah Parsons wouldn't wreck the game. Against the Eagles, they let edge rusher Hassan Reddick wreck the game on the first drive. And then when the 49ers lost, they spent the offseason saying they should have beaten Philadelphia and bragging that they beat the Cowboys.

“Yes, our season’s over, and yes, that last game blew," George Kittle sang at the NFL Honors. "But Brock, you should still feel proud, we wouldn’t be there without you. Christian McCaffrey, dude can run, catch and pass, but I prefer Nick Bosa throwing Dak Prescott on his a--.”

The 49ers have something personal against Dallas. They get up to play that team. Like to measure themselves against them. This past week, Kittle wore a shirt under his jersey that said, 'F--- Dallas.' So it's more personal than most rivalries. And the 49ers own the matchup. And they just proved it again.

So will they have another emotional let down, this time in Cleveland against the Browns?

The Browns might be a bigger test than the Cowboys, because the Browns have the No. 1 defense in the NFL and the Cowboys aren't a real test -- they're frauds. They lost to the Cardinals by 12. Their head coach, Mike McCarthy, is stuck in the stone age of football. And their quarterback, Dak Prescott, is a turnover machine. Beating them means nothing because they're going nowhere.

Let's see if the 49ers can bring their A game to a 10:00 a.m. game in Cleveland this week. If they bring it, they won't lose.