“But I think that’s probably what it is—is hope right now. And I wish it were a little bit more than that.”
I’m still not sold on the coverage abilities of the 49ers’ safeties. Let’s be abundantly clear: Ji’Ayir Brown has been playing his ass off. Malik Mustapha was in pure human missile form this week. I really liked what I saw. But this team hasn’t been challenged deep, and there were two occasions where Brown and Mustapha got beat, but weren’t punished. That was largely due to the weather and/or Shedeur Sanders. Until I see them perform well against a team that threatens them deep, I’ll be dubious….CJ West is difficult to move. West was phenomenal in the run game this week. And by phenomenal, I mean steady. As in, an obelisk. He got destroyed once, when he was displaced about 15 yards down field, and I think he’s extremely susceptible when attacked laterally, at his hip. But Kalia Davis is all boom or bust, and the steadiness I saw from West to simply remain, and then rip against double teams was fantastic to watch. That’s proper big fella football.“