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Bub Means, as long as Spencer Rattler is QB, he seems to like to throw to him...

I agree 100%. The days of dominating defenses like the 85 Bears are long gone. Defense in the NFL today is more like it is in the NBA than it is football of the past. Teams don't rough up and run over offenses any more, that's against the rules. It's much more of a bend but don't break philosophy.

Yes indeed! You could say the bus driver QB is making a come back of sorts. It was bound to happen I suppose. I think as much as anything, we're just coming out of an era that had exceptional QB play. Probably the greatest in NFL history. This certainly led to teams over valuing the QB position like we see today. As teams see overpaid and overhyped QBs like Dak get spanked by journeymen and washed up QBs more and more, they will reign it in a little

How about their other stud WR?

That's great! He'll be back on IR by week 10

ACL tear it appears... This is the season the wheels fall off the 49ers

Translation- He's saving them from having to offer Fields a big contract extension at the end of the season...

In my league, each game, going into Monday night, not a single team with 100 pts... I have the highest score of 95 with only Ladd McConkey to go tonight, so I should break 100 but no guarantee. I can't remember the last time that happened, don't know if it ever has... So far this season, it's been way up and down, but this week all down

They're winning because of their defense mostly

I'm glad I did start Maye, CJ Stroud was awful today

FU to Tank Dell! I should have known not to take last week as a sign...

Drake Maye, 4 TD passes in 4 qtrs The rest of the team 2 TD passes in 5 games...

I think more than anything they just have a bunch of raw, young talent at OL and they're kind of mix and matching what they have vs what they need. More than anything they just need some experience at the pro level and learn to work together as a unit. They will definitely have to keep drafting some OL though. Zack Martin isn't gonna be around much longer and Steele isn't irreplaceable. I think that's just something every team should do though, is regularly draft OL.

That's a big part of the issue with the OL, they're starting a bunch of young guys and they're playing out of the position they're normally used to. The right side of the line, with Martin, as good as Guard as there has been in the NFL for the past decade, and Steele at RT, who is a solid veteran. Then on the left, you have a rookie at LT who switched from RT, and at LG, You have Tyler Smith, who has played 2 seasons but has shifted from LT to LG, and at C Cooper Beebe, another rookie, who switched from Guard. So they're quite a bit of a work in progress, but all are very talented.

We get big bonus pts for long TD plays and he throws a beautiful deep ball. I think Jax is a team he can have a big game against, they're ranked 32nd against QBs in my league. I agree though, he's not somebody to start against a good D

Call me crazy, but I just picked up Drake Maye and plan to start him this week vs the Jags... I have CJ Stroud but I just like that match up better

The thing is, he's still basically the same QB he was as a rookie. He's not really improved that much. Maybe he's a little bit more polished, but you just don't see the improvement you would hope for in a QB that's been a starter for nearly a decade. As a 4th round draft pick, that unexpectedly got thrust into the starting role from day one, he was exceptional but now, he's just a slightly above average QB. The OL has usually been one of the best in the NFL, but there have been a few times when it was shaky, and he struggled. Same thing with the WRs. That's why they traded for Amari Cooper in the middle of the season a while back.

That's an excellent description of him as a player. Good but not great. He doesn't have any big strengths or weaknesses as a QB, he's decent all around the board, but not great anywhere. The one thing though, he doesn't seem to handle pressure well at all. That's not good for a franchise QB.

I"m a Cowboys fan, yes it would be... He has a 5-1 record as a starter in his career. When they went 12-5 and sent Tom Brady into retirement in 2022, he went 4-1 as a starter after Dak was injured in the season opening loss to Tampa Bay. Everyone thought the season was over but Cooper Rush saved it.

Absolutely! At a buck especially

I've not been this sad about a fantasy football injury in years! In my league where we get 15 pts for TDs over 50 yards, and 12 pts for TDs over 40 yards, and 12 pts for return TDs, this guy was a super hero

There's a small number but it's mostly the older guys like Henry, Kamara, and Barkley. The thing is, the younger RBs aren't really breaking out the way they used to. Bijan and Breece were supposed to be super studs and they're basically flex play. Give it another 2-3 seasons or so...

I could see RB/WR being a hybrid position down the road... Deebo Samuel is a pioneer

And quite possibly, the last ever

Yes, a rookie stud WR like that, he's as valuable as they come.