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Sam Farmer: These four NFL teams can’t afford to go ‘uh-oh-and-2’

San Francisco 49 ers quarterback Trey Lance throws under pressure from Chicago Bears linebacker Robert Quinn at Soldier Field on Sept. 11, 2022, in Chicago.

LOS ANGELES — Every NFL team likes to play at home, but those familiar confines will look especially good to a handful of clubs who opened on the road and started the season as flat as a lonely stretch of highway.

San Francisco did a belly flop in rainy Chicago, 19-10.

Denver, with Russell Wilson making his debut at Seattle, crumbled in the red zone and lost to the Seahawks, 17-16.

Green Bay was humbled by Minnesota, 23-7.

Las Vegas instantly dropped back in the AFC West with a 24-19 loss at the Chargers.

Each of those four 0-1 teams has a chance Sunday for redemption at home. Not that this

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