Austin Gayle

And I think this is going to be another case of that where Mike McDonald doesn't want Sam Darnold to have to go win the game.

He doesn't.

I don't think any coach coaching Sam Darnold really wants to put him in that position.

They want to run the ball successfully, which they should be able to do against a very banged-up Niners defense.

And they want to put Sam Darnold throwing the ball to JSN when he's wide open or running off play action.

I think this is...

where if you are a Niners fan, you're praying for a Sam Darnold disaster, a 2-3-4 turnover game that gives you a chance.

I've got another flip-flop here because I remember last week on this pod, I was doubting the Patriots.

I said, maybe next year.

And after that, and I said this on the pod, if they beat the Chargers, I think a lot of people will really quickly say, oh my God, the offensive line is terrible.

They got to fire Greg Roman, like just an easy matchup for the Pats and like blah, blah, blah.

That was an impressive win for me.

I thought that the defense had a phenomenal game plan.

You saw after the game that Chargers players were going up to Patriots linebacker Robbie Spillane.

And we're like, we had no idea what defense you're running.

Meanwhile, me and you sitting on the couch, like they're blitzing again.

They're blitzing again.

And like still like Chargers were completely lost.

Yeah.

I thought that was an impressive defensive game plan for the Pats.