- The 49ers probably won't have all their key players healthy by the playoffs.
On the 49ers' older core, with Deebo Samuel's hamstring injury.
“They're not going to all be healthy by the time the playoffs roll around.”
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Gildefense, Stephen A confused him with a different Kirk last year, so it could be worse.
PelisseroIt's true. I said Christian Kirk has not played for the Texans. I meant Jaden Higgins. But Kirk previously had been on the Texans and also unavailable. Anyway, they might get some reinforcements here, but there's not another Debo walking the face of the earth. that's going to require some recalibration here. If you're Kyle Shannon about how you're going to win, I would think the Mike Evans feels a big part of it.
PelisseroIt's so
Kapadiainteresting to do the math of like, because I think we are all accustomed to it. It's like, it's the Niners. They're not going to all be healthy by the time the playoffs roll around. It's just kind of like you're waiting for it and they are older players. Their key players are over 30, especially on the offensive side of the ball.
KapadiaSo I was doing the same math in my head. I'm like, if they have two of three now, McCaffrey, Kittle, Evans.
KapadiaI feel like it's going to be enough if, you know, Purdy, Shanahan, if you have two of those three guys. But I don't know. Obviously, you would love to have all of them. We're seeing it. They've been one of the best offenses in the league for over a year now, last year. And again, this year, this wasn't even necessarily a great offensive game by any metric.
KapadiaBut I think sometimes when you're playing a great defense, it's not about the final numbers and the efficiency and the nerd stats. It's just like they had a drive in the third quarter where Purdy got it done.
From the episode transcript around 00:32:57. Speaker names are recognized by voice.

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