49ers' First Half Domination: 7-1 Record & Player Highlights

Um, but John, I wanted to ask you because we have failed to mention the team that is seven and one in the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC West. They beat the Raiders. I understand they beat the Raiders. It was 38, 17. And you now have this NFC West that has the Seahawks with four losses. The Rams got a win in Washington. Myles Garrett looked fantastic. That is what all Rams fans have been wanting. First game on American soil for Myles Garrett, I might add. Three sacks for him in his first game. That's the most I've ever seen Aaron Donald smile in a Rams uniform. He was cheesy. You saw all of his teeth. It's over. His post-game comments were my favorite. He's You know, every time I got the hit, I already got him down. So, technically, those are our sacks. Those are our sacks. my So, you can tell, like, he is beaming with joy to be able to, favorite. because this is what he came back for, right? This is what Aaron Donald came back for. And I can tell through the first seven weeks or whatever it was without him, like, he was kind of down. Like, I never saw him smile. He wasn't really jovial. He wasn't energetic. He didn't sign up for that. Yeah, and he didn't sign up for that. They were, what, four and four. They were a mess. And now you start, you're starting to see like what it could look like if they both stay healthy. Again, the Rams have their other issues, but I wanted to hit the 49ers because the 49ers are seven and one. And a lot of people, Oh, the bears are NFC favorites. Oh, the Packers are NFC favorites. And nobody's like the Niners, anybody like they're starting to get healthier. They're playing really well. Like I know their schedule was one of the weakest in history. But they're still playing well, and they've been injured up to this point. What do you think about this Niners team? I mean, they're 7-1. They just whooped the Raiders. They're basically whooping everybody. I think the problem with the Niners is you expect them to be good. They're a postseason judge. People aren't really going to judge them until the postseason because of all their past success. But in addition to that, you're also waiting for the next person to get hurt. The Raiders, the Raiders, the 49ers feel like the team that they're going to let you down, not because they are going to play poorly. They're going to lose all their guys. So as much as they are putting up great numbers and hammering people, no one's looking at them and going, you know what? Watch out for that. Because they're like, well, watch out for it. Watch the steps. I mean, literally, you could turn an ankle. You could sprain a knee. And now you got Brandon, now you coming back. So ain't no telling what's going to happen in that locker room. Well, I don't know what's happening with that. That's another situation that they're going to have to deal with because he went in front of reporters with his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, and they're like, ah, you know, we're back, we're healthy, we're going to work with the Niners and all this stuff. And a lot of people in Niners media, they're saying like, ah, they'll probably cut him, they'll probably eat the money and take the cap hit and move on from him because, you know, at this point, what does it matter? But in the back of my head, I'm saying like, well, listen, if he's healthy, he was just an all pro a couple of years ago. If he's fully healthy and they are injured as much as they are a shot, maybe if you're not healthy up here, that's the thing that I'm worried about. After that, it don't matter where you help the app. And I think his issue may be up here where he's not healthy. And that needs to be addressed more than anything. And I think the 49ers know that. And so to me. The 49ers season started when they all got together as a family and they went to Australia. I think that really put them on a positive wave. And they really rode that wave throughout the season, man. Because if you remember, they started the season with Brandon. Now you talk about he wanted to play on the commanders and their owner in East Palestine trying to get some strange, some strange, but some change. So maybe that galvanized it, John. I hope not. I hope not. That's a combination of all of it. I hope we never hear about it. I don't think they want to hear about that either. But in any case, the Niners beating everybody up. They're 7-1, but I think, like you said, they will be judged by what they do in January and February, not by what they do right now. So they can win the division, whatever. We'll see what happens.