You know, one of the dimest things we hear from the talking heads every week is,

just imagine when this team gets fully healthy.

And that's good advice.

To just imagine it, I mean, because the reality is no team is ever going to be fully healthy.

From a football perspective, the real key is that the injured player isn't the key to your team's success,

because just like a game of Jenga, if you remove the

wrong piece, the whole thing's gonna implode. And unfortunately, this season's injuries

are already coming to a head, and lower back, and Achilles. Yes, we're seeing entire teams

of zombies in matching helmets. They're the walking dead out there. Except, I guess they're more

like running, so I guess it would be more like the fast zombies in World War Z.

The point is, some would-be contenders are already finished.

Like the Niners, for instance.

Yeah, I saw Mac Jones last Thursday night, and I'm happy for him and his ample bosoms.

What is the story with those pad tits he's got? We've got to get to the bottom of this. That's a good case for Pablo to tackle. Meantime, that win over the Rams doesn't change this. The Niners' hopes for a home game in Super Bowl 60s are already finished. Sure, I bet they're going to make the playoffs, but the ceiling is now terminally lower after unstoppable pass-rushers

slash political activist Nick Bosa's latest season-ending injury. Deja vu, the Jenga theory

took down San Francisco last year, too. I'll let CMC and Trent Williams decide whose absence

left the bigger hole there. Of course, the Bengals were doomed, the second Joe Kuhl went down, but now Baltimore's

down and out too.

Was Namdi Madabike the Ravens Jenga piece?

Or is it him plus Lamar?

And now an injury report that's longer than their actual roster.

The Chargers were looking great even after losing left tackle Rashan Slater.

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