Stop two of this roadie is Minnesota, land of 1,000 flakes. I guess we can all thank or collective stars that the bromance between Kyle Shanahan and Kirk Cousins has never reached its fruition. Then again, if you listen to the pundits, Shanny would have turned Cousins into Joe Montana at this point and we’d have a few Super Bowls by now.

I guess we will never know, but Minnesota is seeing the flipside of all their close win last year with a boatload of close losses. Of their 13 wins last year, 11 of them were one score or less. This year, all 4 of their losses, and their 2 wins are all one score or less.

I have no idea what this means. Do they blow leads? Do their comebacks fall short? One constant is Kirk Cousins, the guy who can’t quite do enough at the right time to get the team on a roll in the playoffs. One playoff win in 12 seasons is a pretty small pull seeing he has reached the playoffs 5 times with the Redskins and Vikes. I mean, shit, Purdy has 2 playoff wins in what amounts to 3/4 of one season.

Cousins’ numbers are always fairly spectacular, he likely passes 40,000 yards this season, and he has 7 4,000 yard + seasons under his belt. He has a solid 266/109 TD/INT ratio, 67% completion percentage, and a 97.9 QB rate. These are numbers a lot of teams would KILL for, but the results just aren’t there.

Weird.

The news on our front is good, at least as far as the injuries go. Deebo, Trent Williams, and CMC all avoided major injuries and look to take advantage of the extra day’s rest to get ready for this game in the great white north.

The big question, to me at least, is how Purdy responds to this game. Even in his spectacular game against the Cowboys, he missed his first couple throws. Like the Cleveland game, they were mainly behind his receivers. He reset himself pretty quickly in that Dallas game, but never really did get on track in the shitty weather of Cleveland.

Yeah, it’s a big learning experience for him as he really is green at being a pro and playing in different stadiums in differing weather. He hasn’t even had the luxury of having a training camp as the #1 starter. So, I’m sure he’ll bounce back and put together a great game and the Niners take this one going away. This is my hope anyway.

One thing I wish I would see, and I was saying it last week.

GET MASON IN EARLIER.

And

STOP RUNNING DEEBO.