Steve Young is a believer, and can you blame him?
The 49ers Hall of Fame quarterback believes that with Christian McCaffrey in Kyle Shanahan’s system, San Francisco has the chance for offensive nirvana this season.
“I’m looking at Christian McCaffrey coming out of the huddle, and Deebo’s not even healthy, and I remember when we had [John Taylor], Jerry [Rice], Brent [Jones], Rickey Watters, William Floyd, we had people coming out of our ears, like this is nirvana,” Young said on KNBR. “You just want to play for this team. You just want to run those plays. Nirvana.”
The combination of the 49ers beating the Rams and doing so thanks to McCaffrey’s insane three touchdown day has changed the outlook in the NFC West. Not only has SF now swept the season series, with McCaffrey, they are unquestionably the better team moving forward. Even though the 49ers are at .500, there are in the best position they have been all year.
“The Rams are so understaffed,” Young continued. “They have no chance. They are an 8-9 team maybe. They don’t have the guys coming out of the locker room…They went all in and it worked, and then it doesn’t work. Good for them they got it done last year, but this year it ain’t happening.
“This is perfect. We’re in a perfect place. 4-4 is not where I thought we’d be, but where this division is right now, with the Rams, the Cardinals filp-flopping around and winging it…and the Seahawks let’s just let it play out.
“Do we really feel threatened in a big ballgame? No. So let’s win the division, get in the mix, see what happens.”
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