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Stephen Nover's NFL Preseason Friday Big Ticket
(NFL) LA Chargers vs. San Francisco,
Point Spread: -7.50 | 100.00 San Francisco (Home)
Result: Loss
Point Spread: -7.50 | 100.00 San Francisco (Home)
Result: Loss
Certain coaches don't care about preseason. The Chargers' Brandon Staley is one such fellow.
The Chargers' only victory during their last seven preseason games came against the Rams, whose coach, Sean McVay, cares even less about preseason than Staley.
This is a lot of points to lay in an exhibition game. But it's justified.
The 49ers are expected to play starters. They also have much better depth than the Chargers and a far stronger quarterback rotation with Brock Purdy, Sam Darnold and Trey Lance.
The Chargers can't risk an injury to Justin Herbert, or any of their other stars, because they are so thin with a major talent dropoff from starters to reserves.
That means LA will be going with a quarterback rotation of Easton Stick and seventh-round rookie draft choice Max Dugan.
The 49ers are home and have fierce competition in their secondary that needs to be sorted out. They'll also want to showcase Lance so they'll be doing all they can to make him and their offense look good.
The Chargers' only victory during their last seven preseason games came against the Rams, whose coach, Sean McVay, cares even less about preseason than Staley.
This is a lot of points to lay in an exhibition game. But it's justified.
The 49ers are expected to play starters. They also have much better depth than the Chargers and a far stronger quarterback rotation with Brock Purdy, Sam Darnold and Trey Lance.
The Chargers can't risk an injury to Justin Herbert, or any of their other stars, because they are so thin with a major talent dropoff from starters to reserves.
That means LA will be going with a quarterback rotation of Easton Stick and seventh-round rookie draft choice Max Dugan.
The 49ers are home and have fierce competition in their secondary that needs to be sorted out. They'll also want to showcase Lance so they'll be doing all they can to make him and their offense look good.
