I think that would be wise. Reynolds has some speed (short passes, jet sweeps) but not good receiving skills.Did McVay say we might sign a WR for depth and as insurance???
Does Jeremy Maclin have anything left in the tank? Is Malcolm Mitchell healthy?
Kupp could be out 6 weeks or he may be out 1-2 weeks so fingers crossed.
I'm not as forgiving. Are teams deciding to hurt our star WR's because they can't stop them? I don't buy that Stewart was trying to "make a football play." You have to intentionally reach for a collar like Stewart did, from behind, despite all the warning/training against performing such a blatant foul.
The same was true about the executed hit on Brandin Cooks last week, Cooks didn't even see what was coming, and so the defender didn't care about head to head contact. Everyone knew that Cooks was concussed last year, keeping him out of a Super Bowl, and felt like a hit job to me.
Not sure why they let him back in the game , that injury looked ugly.
I'm fine with him sitting for a few weeks let's see if Reynolds can step up !
I think that would be wise. Reynolds has some speed (short passes, jet sweeps) but not good receiving skills.
That has been my feeling as well since the hit on Brandin. During GSÖT years the defensive gameplan for some opponents seemed to be to take out (i.e., kill!) Kurt Warner, especially when he was running Mad Mike's empty backfield offensive set formations. And the damn refs hardly ever threw flags for obvious roughing the passer violations. Even Kurt, who hardly complained, would raise his voice to the officials after the most egregious violations. It was the most effective way to slow down our fast & furious GSOT offensive juggernaut.
Our current OL is pretty stout at protecting our Golden Boy, and Jared is much more nimble than Kurt ever was at evading pass rushing defenders. Plus, he is simply tough at absorbing punishment. So the current defensive gameplan for certain current defenders appears to be to target our hyper active receivers to slow the McVay war machine. Expect more questionable play from the '9ers this coming weekend, especially now that Earl Thomas is out.
Some people laugh about Nelson Spruce, but I thought he was a decent slot player and actually could catch (in the limited action I remember) and he's practically unemployed. I'm sure we could get him as a temp replacement. But likely not going to happen. I've seen weirder stuff happen in the NFL
No way Kupp is out 6 weeks.
McVay said Kupp would “probably” miss this week’s 49er game. If there’s a small chance he’ll play in 6 days, no way he’ll miss 6 weeks.
Sounds like the plan is to keep him out for the Niners, then probably play vs. Pack, with Saints at the latest.