My Predictions for This Season

The important questions:

1. Will Dak return to form or start to decline?
2. At 32, how many games can Tyron Smith play before he gets injured?
3. Can our defense make critical stops when we need them, esp stopping the run?
4. What are the effects of losing Kellen "The Hammer" Moore and Big Mac calling plays?
5. Will the curtains be closed for home games lol?

My prediction: 9-8 with a first round, wild card playoff win followed by the traditional divisional round loss.

My reasons for my prediction are listed below:

• Dak will return to form making last season’s interceptions an anomaly
• Injuries always happen and a lack of depth on the offensive line will be tested
• "Losing" KMoore as offensive "coordinator" will be a perk, not a liability
• I still don’t feel like the run defense has been fixed so we’ll see
• There are always surprise teams and I can see us losing some winnable games that look like easy wins now
• Finally, the continued streak of having a hc that has zero power to hire and fire will continue to cripple this team, esp in the post season. We have done an amazing job of drafting and building a roster that could compete in the post season but the Jones model of constantly undermining the hc and making trades behind his back will continue to be the ceiling we hit in the post season. Culture, hierarchy, and delegated authority matter in any organization and not having a pyramid power structure (we have a "spoke and hub" power structure with everyone (players, coaches, etc) reporting to the Jones boys) where authority is delegated flies in the face of organizational excellence and the effects are inescapable.

It will be curtains if:

1. Dak gets injured – That was the luckiest 4 wins Cooper Rush had last season and I don’t think he’s in the top 50% of backup QBs in the NFL. I also don’t think much of Trey Lance (If SF can’t make a QB out of a player, then wow).
2. Our center Tyler B gets injured
3. Parsons gets injured for more than a few games
4. The Eagles look the same as last season

What do you think?