Game Preview: Cincinnati Bengals at San Francisco 49ers
Previewing the San Francisco 49ers' Week 8 home game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
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00:00 Brock pretty good enough to beat Cincinnati without practicing no practice Wednesday limited on
00:05 Thursday which means you know, no 11 on 11 team drills and then walk through today
00:10 So we had some practice but no like full practice. Is he good enough to go out and beat Joe Burrow at home?
00:17 In my opinion. Yes, we've seen this before
00:20 Brock deserves our grace
00:23 Because even though I'm evaluating Brock is a franchise quarterback, right? Not a one-and-done guy
00:28 Okay, so the level of scrutiny is a little bit higher when you're talking about keeping a guy not just using him as a band-aid
00:34 Um, so Brock deserves our grace because of what he did in the previous season in the seven games
00:39 But during that short period of time so much has happened and even one thing that happened was he played on the short week
00:48 Injured and won a game against Seattle, right that was on the road
00:50 It was recorded that he couldn't even throw the ball during the week his own
00:54 Oh his ribs his ribs were ailing him so bad that he could barely get through the game now
00:59 Concussions and rib injuries are completely two different things, right?
01:03 I mean if he's literally not feeling up to the task cognitively, then that's a problem
01:08 He can't play but if he if they roll the ball out, I expect Brock to play
01:13 I expect him to go because really Brock's issue is
01:16 Being able to rest which if he's not practicing
01:20 That's extra days that we're kind of stealing on his arm that he usually would not have gotten so that's extra rest in true
01:26 And honestly Brock's issue with knowing that knowing our offense isn't a problem at all
01:31 He sees the field so I would expect if he passes through protocol. I would expect him to be ready to go
01:36 Yeah, I mean the way I look at it is this is a must-win game for the Niners darn near you can't go in
01:44 I mean you'd be five and three be fine
01:45 It'd just be so demoralizing to go into the bye week on a three-game losing streak and who gives the Niners the best chance to
01:51 win not Darnold
01:53 Yeah
01:55 And my only thing with this is like again, I want to be real careful here
01:58 I'm not a doctor but man
01:59 He just had a concussion like a few days ago and we've seen in the NFL
02:03 Players get a small concussion play the next week and get another concussion and it's all bad
02:08 So I really hope the Niners are very very very very careful here and don't just say you know
02:14 What is a mild concussion Brock give us our best chance to win go suit it up like?
02:17 Yeah, another one. It's all bad. Be careful that happened to it last year. Yeah
02:23 I mean, I definitely agree with you on this front. So this is the deal
02:26 This is beyond Brock this is like before Brock was even here
02:32 Kyle Kyle is still on the slab for three areas with developing the quarterback
02:40 Keeping the quarterback healthy and scouting for the quarterback position. Those are three things that will not change it to Kyle can prove that okay, and
02:47 This is one that falls under one of these criteria keeping the quarterback healthy
02:52 Okay, so I don't not only is Brock young. Okay. He's a rookie
02:57 So he needs to be protected through process of the game, which means that he doesn't know what he doesn't know
03:03 That's a real thing Brock has it played enough to know what he doesn't know. That's up to Kyle
03:10 To help Brock save Brock from himself. That's one -
03:14 Also Brock isn't just a young quarterback who needs to be saved on the field from his head coach with
03:21 Understanding the game from a maturity standpoint, but from a health standpoint Brock is coming off of a UCL injury
03:27 What should be able to protect what should be height?
03:29 What should raise height even more for him to be protected by Kyle and then also three the physicality standpoint?
03:37 I'm gonna tell you this right now. I
03:39 Do not want to see Brock in any more QB sneaks. It's just pointless
03:44 I mean, what are we doing? We're a running team with a whole stable of thoroughbred backs, especially with back
03:50 Specifically made for this. Why are we even playing with fate doing this not because it's just Brock
03:57 But come on man make it make sense. We've been here seven years. You can't keep the guy healthy
04:01 He can't keep any of them healthy. So why are we even playing this game?
04:05 I really do not understand why we're doing anything physically laborious with Brock as far as QB sneaks, really