Good morning. The 49ers beat Washington 23-17 on Monday night to go 6-0, in the most annoying win of the season. Brock Purdy became the highest rated passer in NFL history. Mike Evans limped off again, and here is the part you need before Atlanta: postgame, Shanahan said the Achilles is intact, tendinitis that acted up, no further testing expected, and a return after the Week 8 bye is in play. The offense still fell apart the moment he left, which is the whole point of this week's Take: Evans is this team's fig leaf, the defense is young and great, the Super Bowl window is wide open, and John Lynch should empty the clip: Khalil Mack, DeForest Buckner, all of it. Plus the fake GM price board, the original sin of the 2020 trade, and why Waianae and Kapolei belong in the same column. Read it: https://essential49ers.com/takes/2026-10-19-empty-the-clip.html