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00:00Joe as we shared last week when you and I were here on a Tuesday recapping the
00:08end of week number three around the NFL as we get done with one week we look
00:12forward to the next and that means practice reports and injury updates from
00:16the weekend that was as you project the days to come and the update around
00:21Christian McCaffrey was that he was not even going to be stateside he was going
00:25to fly to Germany to see a specialist to deal with the Achilles tendonitis
00:29that had him placed on IR for the San Francisco 49ers well a further update
00:36last night from ESPN's Adam Schefter is that he is dealing with Achilles
00:40tendonitis not just in one leg but in both legs so maybe he's going to Germany
00:47to get answers on this but there does not seem to be an end in sight for
00:52Christian McCaffrey the IR stint that is up to four weeks could be continued
00:59beyond now Jordan Mason has been fine the Niners handled business as a
01:03double-digit favorite against the Patriots on Sunday to improve to an even
01:08500 2 and 2 but when you're losing the best offensive player in the National
01:13Football League at least he won off that player of the year a season ago it's
01:18never a good sign and it's never a good sign when uncertainty clouds the
01:23situation yes so it's it's kind of crazy how this worked out right it's been
01:28bothering his one leg for a while and because of that he's been unbeknownst to
01:34him over using the other leg to compensate for the pain in the right leg
01:39and now he's created tendonitis in both of them but it still is the only one leg
01:44that seems to be bothering him but here's the other problem they keep
01:48saying there's nothing you could do except rest this that's the only
01:52treatment if there's no tears and nothing requires surgery then the only
01:58thing that is going to help this is basically resting it and not playing
02:03NFL football so who knows Ben when he's coming back at this point and if it's
02:08worth it because if he comes back and he pulls it what then what we're in the
02:12next year before we can see him again yeah that's the fear right anything that
02:19could lead to a rupture of the Achilles yeah I'm not a doctor I don't know how
02:23tendons necessarily work if it's overextended does it give you a higher
02:27probability of rupturing the entire thing which sidelines you forever and
02:32although Christian McCaffrey is a unicorn he's getting up there just a
02:36little bit as a running back how detrimental would that be I think worth
02:41it is the conversation I am sure they are having internally with the 49ers
02:47I'm sure CMC is debating with his team with the organization it's just not a
02:52good good story for San Francisco at this moment and again Jordan Mason has
02:59been really really solid a hundred plus in three of the four games for Sam Fran
03:04this year overall Joe the 49ers still remain the favorites to win an NFC
03:08championship despite an uneasy start at 2 and 2 they're plus 380 we have seen
03:14this number be closer to two and a half bucks throughout this season already but
03:19still plus 380 they're nearly two dollars in front of a Detroit team that
03:24we just sung the praises for a little bit ago plus 550 for the Lions second
03:29best price Philadelphia two and two plus 650 and the undefeated Minnesota Vikings
03:35the best record in the NFC at plus 750 knowing that there is some uncertainty
03:42around the 49ers yes they looked a lot healthier on Sunday against New England
03:47Debo Samuel George Kittle back for that offense as well Joe do you believe you
03:52can buy into the Niners price at this time
03:58no I don't unfortunately and that's that's the scary part that was part of
04:04the reason why I actually made them one of my survivor picks this week because I
04:09don't know what this is going to be we said it last week then where why is he
04:15going to Germany there's something else going on here and I don't think the 49ers
04:19at any point thought there was a possibility they'd have to run the tables
04:24this year without McCaffrey in uniform and on the field here and that is becoming
04:29it sounds like a very big reality to them right now we're talking about what
04:33the offensive player of the year we're not talking about a dude you can just
04:37throw different guys in there be like oh he's easy to replace he's not easy to
04:41replace here and that means they become a little less potent in a very crowded
04:45NFC right now so I'm not optimistic with the 49ers until they can figure out
04:52what's going on with McCaffrey as a collective we have diminished the value
04:56of a running back you think that's even more demeaned in a type of offensive
05:02scheme like Kyle Shanahan heck we do the same to Brock Purdy the most important
05:06player on the field at the QB spot because of Shanahan scheme and all the
05:11talent elsewhere but Christian McCaffrey is a unique individual in terms of what
05:16he presents when he is healthy and frankly since he got traded to San
05:21Francisco he had been pretty fully healthy for the 49ers not the case as
05:27of this moment Sam Fran back in Santa Clara after a couple of road games
05:32they're a seven and a half point home favorite against the Arizona Cardinals
05:38they were home on Sunday as well but a seven and a half point favorite against
05:42the Cardinals a good cover team as an underdog I think that game is slightly
05:47more competitive Joe also from ESPN's Adam Schefter the ultimate insider
05:53perhaps if you saw those reports yesterday the Chiefs still awaiting
05:57official confirmation on the extent of Rasheed Rice's knee injury we had Dr.
06:04David Chow on the show yesterday he pretty much told us to based on video it
06:09looks to be a torn ACL and there's a test you do right there on the field
06:14before x-rays before MRIs which of course give you that official
06:18confirmation and the extent of the injury that you can pretty much tell 95
06:23percent of the time if it is a torn ACL he feels pretty confident I believe the
06:29Chiefs are just delaying the inevitable which they have every right to do even
06:34if it's not a torn ACL I don't think we see Rasheed Rice until the very late
06:38portions of this season for KC yeah and well and now here comes the problem you
06:45also know you're not seeing Isaiah Pacheco or Marquise Brown who are both
06:49on injured reserve and in all likelihood not going to be seen for the rest of at
06:55least this year so no doubt you gotta they gotta start making figuring out
07:00what's going on do they have enough in the building here Ben to compensate you
07:04can lose one of those guys maybe even two but three of those guys they got a
07:09problem in Kansas City Joe we'll talk about the top of the Super Bowl odds
07:13because both of those teams San Francisco we just discussed in Kansas
07:17City dealing with grave injury concerns in the opening month to change our
07:22outlook significant and I mean incredibly significant injury concern
07:28for the two Super Bowl favorites and the two teams that are favored to win their
07:32conference crown after the opening month of this season San Francisco was two and
07:37two Kansas City is one of the two teams that remains unbeaten after only four
07:42weeks at four and oh the Chiefs Joe five to one favorite to win Super Bowl 59 San
07:48Francisco the team that lost to Kansas City and Super Bowl 58 just a dollar and
07:52a half behind we talked about the issues with Christian McCaffrey the uncertainty
07:56surrounding the Achilles tendonitis now in both legs the Chiefs are trying to
08:01tell us there is still some uncertainty into the true extent of Rasheed Rice's
08:06injury but we expect him to miss a significant amount of time if not the
08:10entirety of the rest of this season so you could have Rasheed Rice out for the
08:16year Isaiah Pacheco out for most of this season same story for an offseason
08:21acquisition in Hollywood Brown and yet we give the Chiefs the benefit of the
08:25doubt and rightfully so look at the wide-out room last year it wasn't good
08:29the Chiefs had the worst offense they had under Patrick Mahomes as the
08:33starting quarterback they still won their second consecutive Super Bowl do
08:38the Chiefs have enough in the tank to make that the case two straight times to
08:43win a Super Bowl as the first team to ever win it three years in a row that's
08:49the problem and listen of the two teams Kansas City deserves the benefit of the
08:54doubt and I have long said this Ben and a big believer of it receivers don't make
09:00quarterbacks quarterbacks make receivers and we have evidence of that time and
09:07time again I mean don't look any further than Tom Brady how many Hall of
09:10Fame wide receivers were creating great opportunities he played with one Randy
09:16Moss and they didn't win the Super Bowl so this is one of these situations from
09:21far to Aaron Rodgers you give Mahomes the benefit of the doubt because he's
09:27good enough to take probably guys off the street and make him look real good I
09:31do think you better start investing in a lot of props on worthy moving forward
09:37because I think he's gonna get a whole lot of looks here and Kelsey it looks
09:42like it's starting to warm up here a little bit yeah I trust that Kansas City
09:46will figure it out and be okay with all those injuries more so than I am with
09:51the 49ers right now yeah you got to give the Chiefs the benefit of the doubt and
09:57they have the pedigree and the experience even with a cast and crew
10:01that is slightly inferior to our expectations that they have figured it
10:05out before the rookies Xavier worthy will be expected to do a ton Justin
10:09Watson now becomes the number two wide receiver Sky Moore man if that guy's got
10:13anything we will find out right now but we would expect a couple of acquisitions
10:19whatever that looks like for Brent Beach and that KC front office let's go to
10:24some other injury news twice in a span of four plays on Sunday Joe was Anthony
10:29Richardson knocked out of Indy's first win of the year over Pittsburgh you put
10:34in the steady veteran presence of Joe Flacco you are going to deliver for
10:38Indianapolis he is listed AR as day to day with both abdomen and hip injuries
10:45but still optimistic he could play on Sunday as the Colts will play on the
10:50road in a divisional duel in Duval County against Jacksonville right now
10:54Indy listed as a two and a half point underdog Joe do you believe Anthony
10:59Richardson plays and if so does that move the number at all in Jacksonville
11:04on Sunday well it didn't look like I moved much when Flacco came in but again
11:10how you know can he hold down the fort long enough I believe they're gonna try
11:15to do whatever they can to try to get him back on the field that being
11:19Richardson because they clearly need to get him the experience and the reps and
11:24they gotta figure out how many kids got nothing but talent but if he's gonna be
11:28on the sideline or we're gonna continue to be an injury concern they need to
11:31figure that out sooner rather than later but I think Flacco is more than capable
11:36with that with the offense to be able to keep the steady the ship like you said
11:42earlier with Tennessee I think he can steady the ship long enough for them to
11:46figure it out and then we're gonna have to make a decision if if he can't come
11:50back as to whether or not we think Flacco can do what he did in Cleveland
11:53last year it's what Flacco has done it's what Indianapolis had with
11:58Gardner Minshew a year ago but Joe is right you want to see if Anthony
12:03Richardson who you expended a fourth overall pick on in 2023 is your
12:08franchise quarterback first three weeks not great only QB that had started a
12:13game with a completion percentage sub 50 50% but he was really good early on
12:20Sunday let a touchdown drive hat was 3 of 4 for 71 yards through the air 24
12:26more on the ground and had Indianapolis inside Pittsburgh's 10-yard line before
12:32he was banged up and out of the game you can rely on Joe Flacco but I think you
12:38want Anthony Richardson to be under center