DrMaxPower

I can empathize. I was an undersized Center that used his head to compensate way too much. I played a full season with a pinched nerve in my neck that lead to multiple stingers every week. The mixture of numbness/immobility, combined with the feeling that your arm is literally on fire is not fun. My finger tips were still numb a couple months after the season. I remember snapping left handed a couple times because I couldn't grip the ball. In retrospect, it was dumb to keep playing but 'Glory Days' and all that...

He's become a capable player. I'm comfortable with him out there if Brown needs a rest. We've really got a solid tackle stable right now. Dawkins/Brown/Van Demark/Grable/Gourage is a really impressive group. Must be 1 of the strongest league wide.

I've had a million stingers. They way he was stretching his neck and holding his arm, I figured stinger all the way. What a stud he's become. Hopefully he's OK but this is a good week to get some rest if needed.

Agreed totally. It also ties into a lack of fundamental football knowledge. Most people have no idea what is actually happening on any given play. They're just following the ball. The endless 'prevent defence' complaints, the vague cries for 'creativity', 'adjustments' and 'being aggressive', the unwillingness to consider the limitations of the players on the field at that time. So maddening. Most of the biggest whiners barely have a surface level understanding of the game and no clue what they are talking about.

Alright, that's fair. I mistook you as part of the group saying he doesn't get credit.

And how did that work out, without the steady hand of McD? Not well.

This just isn't true. No player or team is at their best all the time. They aren't robots. Why can't record holding athletes consistently have results at that limit? Because 100 different things need to come together just right for optimal performance. If it was, you wouldn't see Cleveland beat Pittsburgh or Josh have a game like VS the Texans. Every single team and player has ups and downs in their performance. You'd be lucky to see any individual player play at their absolute peak more than a few times per year.

These are the kind of games that spook me a bit. 49ers are in desperation mode. They need to win to salvage their season. There's too much veteran talent on the team for them to close out a season with Super Bowl aspirations with a whimper. I expect to get their best effort and a difficult game.

I'd be surprised to see them hit safety high. Maybe corner, though I'm personally comfortable with drafting later and developing. We have options for 2025 on the roster already. It sounds like the strength of this draft is front 7. Supposedly a weaker WR class than the last few years. I fully expect to see DT and DE in the 1st 2 rounds. I would have said WR with the other 2nd but will depend who's available. I could see corner if they don't like their options. Overall, they're in really good shape. They could roll out a solid team in 2025 with no draft or FA at all.

Agreed. However, even if you agree with the other description of the play,the criticism of Lewis is totally over the top. Arguably the greatest WR of this generation made an incredible play that most couldn't have. There's no shame in getting beat like that and it's certainly not a reason to be all over a UDFA as if he's a failure who is a giant liability. Lewis has been a solid contributor for a couple years now. They seem to have found his niche this year and he's really been excelling.

Unless things really change, Josh doesn't have a realistic chance. Lamar is playing lights out and running away with it. The antithesis of last year. Lamar/Baltimore would need to hit the skids and Josh would have to crank up the production. I just don't see it.

The physicality more than makes up for any supposed lack of athleticism. He's a dog. Nobody is going to treat him like a punk. That attitude/confidence can spread through the defence. I think the plan has always to pay 1 corner and rotate the other. Benford will get his well deserved bag.

No. They are solid but too much inexperience, too much dead cap space. This is one of the weakest squads we've had since Josh 'arrived'. It's been a successful reset/reload so far to be sure. They are still one of the better teams despite the big roster purge. I'd have trouble putting them higher than 3rd in the AFC at best though. Doesn't mean they can't get it done this year. Stranger things have happened. I have higher expectations for '25 and '26 though.

Ask a San Diego fan if firing Marty (who accomplished less than McD in the playoffs) was a mistake. Pretty sure Packers fans aren't clamoring to dump La Fleur.

They don't have Hill and Waddle. I would hope the plan VS the Ravens would alter next game, pending injuries. Chiefs are too well balanced; stick to the plan against them.