I’m saying there’s a chance. I mean people are even starting to respect Daniel Jones as he starts to look like an actual Vanilla Vick. The man is playing extremely well and taking care of the ball better than he has his entire pro career. This is enough to make it so Barkley only needs 9 rushes to win a game. Seriously. We have a chance against the Eagles. This will be the 3rd matchup of the season and it is dang hard to beat a team three times in a row–especially in such a short turnaround (last team the Eagles played was the Giants). I’m very excited and I suspect the Eagles might be a little flat coming off the bye week. So, there’s a chance.
Meanwhile, I’m in the top half of the players in a three week Champion of Champions Yahoo experience. I get to play for free and have the chance to win money if I pick the top point getting players from a limited slate of options. That slate is presently limited to this Sunday’s games. So, I have to ask myself how much I trust the 49rs defense. I don’t entirely trust the Bengals D in Buffalo. They’ll do fine–even challenge for the win, but getting fantasy points? That comes down to Niners or Cowboys and I think the Niners have the better look. I think they can get to Prescott and force him to do Prescott things. I also have no faith that the Maher situation has stabilized. He might get one blocked and returned.
Overall, this looks to be a fun football weekend, and I cannot wait for Saturday to get started.