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havoc's avatar

Its good we start off with an easy schedule. Cardinals, Jets, Giants three games without deebo we can get by. He returns week 4 vs the eagles so if we get off to a hot start we can easily be 4-0. If Dante Pettis is ever going to be a starter this might be his last chance.

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Sir Lancelot's avatar

yup - can you imagine the fiasco if we played the Rams week one with how bad our IOL is at the moment

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havoc's avatar

Aaron Donald might have 5 sacks in the first half 😳. Looking at our schedule we can easily go 7-0. Then we have another 3 game gauntlet with the hawks, packers and saints. Being an optimist I can see us going 13-3 if we stay healthy and Jimmy improving.

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Sir Lancelot's avatar

The Bills game in imo the hardest - they match up incredibly well with our team

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Doni's avatar

Jennings not being promoted bodes well for Aiyuk, so @ least there’s that

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Doni's avatar

Also, I wasn’t exactly expecting Deebo to play week 1, so I’m not surprised they put him on IR w/a designation to return...

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Sir Lancelot's avatar

yeah - Deebo got ruled out for tmrw a couple days back, but his injury is super complicated and easy to reinjure - correct decision by shanny and lynch

I wanted to see white but if Aiyuk is healthy, im not complaining 🙃

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RaikkFan's avatar

Aiyuk being ready to go is so crucial for us; he is the speedster we need on the outside to prevent the Cards from over-loading the box. And then, of course, we have Jet who is RAAARING to go. Plus Reed is healthy.

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RaikkFan's avatar

I'd rather have Grasu at Center and Brunskill at RG with McKivitz backing up rather than Brunskill at Center and McKivitz (rooke) at RG and Compton (shudders) backing up at Guard spot. Grasu is a 3rd round pick and has had some experience. It's not as if he is a rookie stepping up to the plate AT Center without any pre-season games.

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FrankfurtNiner's avatar

Just signed up here and wanted to say that I’m already enjoying the articles a lot more than NN. Feels like a real fans site. Keep doing what you’re doing!

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RaikkFan's avatar

Welcome!! Yes, the quality of these articles are something to behold, much better than those you get on ESPN or other websites, where paid writers dish out some drivel straight-up

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