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00:00According to a lot of people, the Niners' most valuable player is now out for the next
00:11four games, and who knows when he's going to be back beyond that.
00:14Again, we'll talk to Doc.
00:15We've got a lot of big things to talk about today.
00:17The Niners hardly any movement.
00:19So again, in one hand, I have to listen to McCaffrey, the most valuable player over Brock
00:22Purdy.
00:23And on the other hand, the Niners are fine because he's a running back here, Donnie.
00:27Let's just key in on this.
00:29The gap between San Fran, who is half the number of anybody else in this conference,
00:34is that correct or is that wrong?
00:37It's hard to say because what's clouding our vision, I guess you could say, Kevin, is the
00:40week one win.
00:41And it's like, okay, McCaffrey's not there.
00:43They smoked the Jets.
00:44Many think we'll be a playoff team in the AFC and chance for maybe win the AFC East.
00:49That's what we're worried about.
00:50But also, we can't understand the fact, and I understand people say, hey, look, running
00:54backs don't matter.
00:55You can interchange them.
00:57Quite frankly, it's not a great argument for me based on week number one of what Jordan
01:00Mason came in to do and say, well, I don't even know if McCaffrey could do any better.
01:03But the one thing we do know is, you've watched Christian McCaffrey in that offense for basically
01:06the last two years.
01:07He has been absolutely phenomenal, particularly in the passing game.
01:10You're telling me that that elite wide receiver crew and also tight end and then McCaffrey
01:14swinging out into the backfield for passes left and right four to five yards where he
01:17can probably take it the distance?
01:19That's what I'm trying to weigh in on.
01:21But make no mistake about it, the 49ers aren't just, hey, no big deal, Christian McCaffrey's
01:25going to be out for five weeks.
01:26That will be a big deal.
01:27And it's probably going to come up tonight.
01:29Understand this.
01:30The New York Jets probably didn't know that Christian McCaffrey is going to be out.
01:33So what do they do, Joe?
01:34They said, you know what?
01:35Make sure these packages with the running backs are in.
01:36We have different defenses called, and it's sort of hard to adjust sometimes on the fly.
01:40Mason was fantastic.
01:41I doubt he is going to be 100 to what, plus 130 each and every week on the ground.
01:47That's not happening.
01:48Today, we'll find out.
01:49But for me, they're not a better football team with McCaffrey.
01:51They need him, Joe, if they want to win.
01:53Oh, absolutely.
01:54In regards to big picture, right, NFC Championship, Super Bowl, you need Christian McCaffrey in
01:59regards to that lineup.
02:00Short term, in regards to grinding out wins and getting wins on the road like they're
02:04going to have to do today against Minnesota, I think they could, you know, utilize Jordan
02:09Mason and still be fine and still potentially cover this number.
02:12Now, I will say, this game last year was one of the games where they lost to Kirk Cousins,
02:17right?
02:18He had a big performance.
02:19Would he complete 35 of 40 for over 300 yards in regards to that?
02:24And that was the game Brock Purdy got hurt and dinged up in.
02:26They're going to need the rushing attack today.
02:28They're going up against a quarterback they know well.
02:30Sam Darnold went up against that secondary.
02:33So I still give the edge defensively to San Francisco in this matchup.
02:37I would lay the 4.5, even though they're on the road.
02:41And I do feel that Darnold maybe resorts to some turnover.
02:44For my thing with the big picture end of it for the San Francisco 49ers and why I'm going
02:48to, for now at least, you know, stay cautious on this team, bearish on this team, is even
02:55at the end of the game, Trent Williams starts limping off.
02:57Like, I know he's fine.
02:58I know he's playing today.
03:00I do not believe in that offensive line one bit if Trent Williams is not there.
03:04And then you would compound that with the fact that McCaffrey is just not, is not ready
03:08to go.
03:09They absolutely handled their business against the Jets.
03:11And I think it's very on the board, if not correct, that they are the best team in the
03:17conference.
03:18I don't think they're this much better than everybody else in the conference the way they
03:22were lined last year.