My first thought when I read about this was Deion signing for the 49ers in 1994. Rent-a-dude for a ring. Yes Chase is no Deion, but Bosa far exceeds Merton Hanks. Bosa/Young is today's Deion/Merton. Not going to be easy.
I gotta feeling this is going to work out. All the Eagle crap about the Commanders mismanaging Young. Whatever. Randy Moss sucked when he went to the Raiders, and then he went to the Patriots. Good teams know how to get the best out of the best. The 49ers know how.
It's nowhere near when the 49ers signed Deion Sanders for the '94 season FFS. Steve Young, Jerry Rice, Ricky Watters, Harris Barton,. Steve Wallace, William "Bar None" Floyd, Brent Jones, John Taylor, Ed Norton Jr, Eric Davis, Merton Hanks, Bryant Young, Lee Woodall...
It's not even close to it.
Because I haven't even included the Cowboys roster in 94.
There was no parity back then. The salary cap was maybe in its first year. There were really only three teams to speak of in the NFC for pretty much all of the 1990s. That's no longer.
We are in an era where one signing can tip a very good team to a great team.
9ers were what, 3-4 before getting McCaffrey last year? They win out and they And they go to the NFC championship.
One player added to a pretty loaded team can make all the difference, especially these days.
And I don't like the 9ers. Wish I saw this differently.
Go back and tell us who the coaches were in the NFC that won Super Bowls before the Salary Cap was mandated.
Sanders was a shutdown corner that was signed for the reason of Michael Irvin alone. The 49ers defensive backfield is not near the '94 team, one can argue that the '94 defensive front 7 is better than current one in '23 even with the aqustion of Chase Young. Guess who the coordiantors were in '94? Ray Rhodes and Mike Shanahan. You're trying to compare this current team to '94 because of Coach Prime?
No, not what I'm saying. I'm saying the impact of the Young signing is possibly as impactful as signing Deion, just not as sexy given the equity that, seemingly, exists in the NFL today compared to then (never mind Deion was front page news for reasons outside of outstanding play).
Put another way, in today's NFL, it's rare to see an acquisition that strikingly tips the scale in your favor, but this, to me, might be one.
In 1994, when the 9ers got Sanders, in my mind, as a diehard Packer fan, the season was over. 9er Super Bowl was inevitable, and yes, he was signed to beat the Cowboys. Only difference was back then, there were three loaded teams in the NFC and it stayed that way for a decade.
We were only one year into free agency then. The League was top heavy, so a big signing meant adding a star to a roster of stars. Not true today, but a big signing can be impactful. It's not often you see the signing of an impact player that changes everything in today's NFL. I think this could be that.
Now the ***** in the armor is the Purdy question. The 9ers can do this because they're not paying for a superstar quarterback. Young, Aikman, Favre. We're a far cry from that.
Nick Bosa: 41 (4th)
But he’s so delusional that he basically begs for Hurts to fail so he can say “I told you so”. Weird duck for sure…
little typo there,
, and rooted for them during the Super Bowl. I always felt that the only thing that could possibly hold this 49ers team back this year would be injuries, but that hasn’t been the only thing, they gotta get the defensive side of the ball sorted out. There really aren’t any significant injuries there - they are just underperforming or Wilks’ scheme isn’t working or probably it’s a combination of the two. This offense, even when averaging over 30 ppg, seems to be fueled from the defense providing the spark. Be that from turnovers or a sack providing great field position. 
