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Niners go WR... almost all outs had +400 or better going into last night.
Market simply does not understand the psychology of Lynch/Shanahan brain trust.
For the record, if Osa was living up to the 3rd round pick the Niners traded for him, we wouldn’t be pursuing D Buckner. My guess is Buckner and Halton are the starting DTs for the NFC Championship game.
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A third through the season, here's where I think things land:
NFC
1. Niners
2. Bears
3. Falcons
4. Cowboys
5. Vikings
6. Seahawks
7. Packers
wc: chi>gb, sea>atl, min>dal
dr: sf> sea, chi>min
nfcc: sf>chi
AFC
1. BUF
2. KC
3. BAL
4. JAX
5. NE
6. HOU
7. DEN
wc: kc>den, bal>hou, jax>ne
dr: buf>jax, bal>kv
afcc: buf>bal
SB: SF>BUF
Ahead of tonight's game...
Top 25 QBs in league, not including 2024 draft class:
1. Josh Allen
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2. Patrick Mahomes
3. Lamar Jackson
4. Joe Burrow
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5. Brock Purdy
6. Dak Prescott
7. Jared Goff
8. Matthew Stafford
9. Jordan Love
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10. Justin Herbert
11. CJ Stroud
12. Trevor Lawrence
13. Bryce Young
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14. Jalen Hurts
15. Tyler Shough
16. Baker Mayfield
17. Sam Darnold
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18. Kyler Murray
19. Jacoby Brisset
20. Geno Smith
21. Aaron Rodgers
22. Mac Jones
23. Kirk Cousins
24. Daniel Jones
25. Malik Willis
Steve Wilks likely cost the Niners a SB. At this point, one of worst defensive coaches... that keeps getting jobs. The Adam Gase of DCs
The #Commanders have hired Steve Wilks to work with the defensive coaches under Dan Quinn and Daronte Jones, per me and @RapSheet. The decision to hire Wilks was made last month. He started last week.
Wilks will help with game planning. He won't be with the team on game days.
Fitzpatrick is right... Peyton called a really good game imo... Nix is actively holding this team back. He had multiple chances to run for a first down and dove short.
Ryan Fitzpatrick just went on a rant ripping #Broncos QB Bo Nix:
“Bo Nix is not playing competitively. It’s almost disrespectful to the quarterback position how he’s playing football.”
(🎥 @NFLonPrime)
Rarely tweet about mainstream nfl discussion, but this is a great barometer for who knows ball:
Trent Williams + Fred Warner could retire after this season and they are HOFers.
George Kittle + Mike Evans are very likely HOFers
CMC is not guaranteed in, but I'd have him likely to make it after another couple good seasons.
Bosa needs another DPOY and couple All Pro seasons. Possible but not surefire.
No NFL team has more surefire future Hall of Famers than the San Francisco 49ers.
Cc: @tyschmit
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Update thru 5 games of relatively even personell:
+.074/ play (~50th percentile)
+2.76 CPOE (~60th percentile)
QBR: 64.9 (QB avg is 50-55)
PFF: 69.9 (QB avg is 60)
This Narrative is massively overblown. The personnel mismatch in the two Jan 2025 games (within 2 weeks of each other) was tremendous.
After removing the 2 games from this Jan, in 4 games against Macdonald's defense Purdy has averaged:
--> +.12 EPA/play
--> +2.1 CPOE
--> QBR: 65.6 (QB avg is 50-55)
--> PFF: 68.6 (QB avg is 60)
This includes Purdy's worse game of his career.
Best Deep Ball in the game.
Jordan Love's 2nd TD to Christian Watson traveled 66.9 yards in the air.
It's the 3rd-longest completed throw in terms of air yards in the NFL since 2016, per @NextGenStats.
Other than bad-luck injuries, the biggest threat to this Niners team is the Special Teams.
- Eddy P is off to a slowww start
- Deebo has a fumble problem
- Punt return team is very weak... old habits die hard
- Waitman in lone bright spot
Purdy and co. have 10 big tests this regular season:
1. Rams, grade: A
2. @ SEA, grade: B
3. WAS (MNF)
4. @ DAL
5. MIN (SNF)
6. SEA
7. LAR
8. @ LAC (TNF)
9. @ KC
10. PHI (SNF)
Purdy's MVP case gets decided in these 10 games... prob can't afford a bad night and a loss to PHI in January.
That game had about 4 massive coinflip calls, first three went seatte's way until that last play.. the most notable calls were grounding that forced 1st & forever and the deebo fumble.
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Replying to @Steph49K
Ironically I think it comes down to how well the 49ers can run against Seattle’s nickel, 2-shell defense
Roseman shows us the advantage of having job security here. Not too many GMs are trading away a solid center one day after losing a HOFer at tackle. But this is clearly +ev for Eagles long term.
This Narrative is massively overblown. The personnel mismatch in the two Jan 2025 games (within 2 weeks of each other) was tremendous.
After removing the 2 games from this Jan, in 4 games against Macdonald's defense Purdy has averaged:
--> +.12 EPA/play
--> +2.1 CPOE
--> QBR: 65.6 (QB avg is 50-55)
--> PFF: 68.6 (QB avg is 60)
This includes Purdy's worse game of his career.
#49ers QB Brock Purdy has a 75.8 passer rating in 6 games (playoffs included) against a Mike Macdonald defense (5 vs Seahawks and 1 as DC with Ravens)
Purdy has a 105.8 passer rating in every other game of his career (playoffs included)
NFL Head Coach Rankings 2026 (1.0):
HOFer:
1. Kyle Shanahan
2. Sean Mcvay
3. Mike Macdonald
4. Ben Johnson
5. Andy Reid
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Elite:
6. Kevin O'Connell
7. Liam Cohen
8. Sean Payton
9. Shane Steichen
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Add Value:
10. Matt Lafleur
11. Kellen Moore
12. Dave Canales
13. Dan Campbell
14. Jim Harbaugh
15. John Harbaugh
17. Kevin Stefanski
18. Demeco Ryans
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Ehh:
19. Mike Vrabel
20. Zac Taylor
21. Robert Salah
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Should/will be fired:
22. Dan Quinn
23. Brian Schottenheimer
24. Nick Sirianni
25. Todd Bowles
26. Aaron Glenn
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First Time HC:
1. Klint Kubiak
2. Joe Brady
3. Jesse Minter
4. Mike Lafleur
5. Todd Monken
6. Jeff Hafley















