2023 NFL PRESEASON WEEK 1 WINNERS AND LOSERS JUSTIN FIELDS SAINTS OFFENSE YOUNG WRS AMONG STANDOUTS

isn't nearly as cut-and-dry as the regular season when it comes to evaluating performances. Context is doubly important, with big names often intermingled with fringe-of-the-roster hopefuls. But that doesn't mean we can't draw a few conclusions in the lead-up to the real matchups. With a week of 2023 NFL preseason in the books, here are some of the

Kyle Shanahan and the have been put under the microscope in the wake of their LVIII lo s to the . For the second time under the head coach (and against this very same team), the Niners held a double-digit lead in the Super Bowl and eventually came out on the losing end of things. That has given Shanahan's detractors plenty of ammunition to label hi