The past week and a half, I’ve read way too much about a quarterback “controversy”. That conversation is about as useless as the police officer pulling over a Waymo during a DUI stop. The real conversation worth having is the trade conversation: do the 49ers change course on their “reload” year and cash in some chips for a star pass rusher?

The whole idea of a “reload” year is that you take gambles on young guys with cheap contracts. Across Dee Winters, Mykel Williams, Renardo Green, Upton Stout, and Alfred Collins, the 49ers went into the season with total question marks for key starters. If those question marks are answered by season’s end, then you successfully reloaded and the “window” is open again.

At this point in the season, I can see the new window starting to materialize. I’m n

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