Rich Hribar#24 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 7, 2026
In their Week 1 fantasy preview of 49ers-Rams, Hribar tiers the key players: Stafford as a strong QB1 and Purdy as a back-end QB1, McCaffrey as a volume-based RB1, Kyren Williams a strong RB2, Nacua a WR1, Adams a WR2, Mike Evans a boom-or-bust WR2/WR3, rookie De'Zhaun Stribling a WR3/FLEX, and Terrance Ferguson and Colby Parkinson as TE2s.
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What Rich Hribar said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromI believe any expected regression will have to wait and am handling Stafford as a strong QB1 option in Week 1.
- Where it was published
- Sharp Football Analysis
- The piece
- 49ers vs. Rams Fantasy Football Worksheet, Week 1
- The original
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- 1Carver Willis to be 1st on the depth chart“The 49ers still have question marks at left guard entering the opener, expecting to start fourth-rounder Carver Willis”
- 2Demarcus Robinson to be 2nd on the depth chart“He is likely Evans' primary backup at X.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carver Willis to be 1st on the depth chart1 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Demarcus Robinson to be 2nd on the depth chart2 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 2 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
2 checkable claims — 2 depth chart calls — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 3 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
Of the 2 unsettled calls enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands below the rest of the room on every one.
Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
Where this call stands in the room
Carver Willis · 2026 season6 calls from 3 pundits between 1 and 1. Rich Hribar said 1. the room's median is 1. not settled yet
Every dot is a call somebody published on the same question. Where the dots land says where this take sits, not whether it is right — nothing here is settled yet. Hover a dot for the name and number; click it to read that take.
Their call against the room
Their call against everyone else's, while this is still unsettled.
1Depth Chart CallsCarver WillisSan Francisco 49ers
Carver Willis to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Depth Chart CallsDemarcus RobinsonSan Francisco 49ers
Demarcus Robinson to be 2nd on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Who this take is about
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