Seven days from now, we’ll have meaningful football. I understand if you cover a team that you’re naturally going to side or show bias toward the team you cover. As you’ll see below, the two writers that cover the 49ers' opponent for the first two weeks both picked their teams to win.
This is not last year. There was a preseason. This is a better team with fewer question marks. The 49ers aren’t facing a divisional opponent. DeAndre Hopkins isn’t on the other sideline.
I couldn’t imagine the overreactions if San Francisco, touchdown favorites over Detroit, were to lose to the Lions.