49ers WR Mike Evans Likely to Miss Next Week's Game Against the Cowboys

The 49ers just received a sobering injury update for Mike Evans. He will definitely miss this upcoming game against the Raiders, but he is questionable at best and probably won't play the following week against the Dallas Cowboys, according to the various insiders. And this kind of feels like a slow drip of inevitable bad information or bad news from Mike Evans. And I feel like they're conditioning us for the big reveal. Because I keep comparing it to Christian McCaffrey's injury. Well, you know, Christian dealt with this a couple of years ago. The Niners know exactly how tricky a situation like this can be because Christian dealt with this a couple of years ago. Well, Christian missed eight games with Achilles tendonitis and then had week nine as a bye week to get prepared for week 10 when he finally played. So, so far, Mike Evans missed the Falcons game. He got a bye week. He's missing the Raiders game. He's probably missing the Cowboys game. That's four weeks. I mean, if this is going to follow the Christian McCaffrey timeline, then he can miss another four games after that or more. And if that's what it is, then so be it. Because the Niners can make the playoffs without him playing much of November or December the way I see it. They need him in the playoffs where they're going to make it. And if he's healthy for those few games, they can win the Super Bowl. But if they bring him back too soon and he makes it worse, they're screwed. And really, it's a real shame that they brought him back against Washington when he didn't practice all week and asked him to play through that injury in the first place. Although we see why they lost to Atlanta the next week without him. They're really vulnerable without him. Not because they don't have talent. Simply because Kyle Shanahan doesn't trust young players. If a young player makes... One mistake, you're in the doghouse. If an older player makes a mistake, you get to keep playing. It's a silly thing. So to me, this season, the regular season, doesn't depend on Mike Evans. He could go to Germany. He needs to get right. Whenever he comes back, he needs to be 100% healthy. This season comes down to Kyle and his belief and trust in Jordan Watkins and Kalen Black. You can't just bench them when they make one mistake because they're really good. Both of them are really explosive, and they can take this offense to a way different level, a whole different level if Kyle will just let them. Now, I'm not saying Kalen Black can fumble every week, but sometimes you got to show your young guys that you believe in them, especially if your name is Kyle Shanahan and everyone thinks you're a Hall of Famer, man. It goes a long way to tell Jordan you believe in him because he's good. Use your young guys, Kyle.