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Let's get right into it with the stock report.

So like every week, I've gone back and re-watched the Denver game.

Uh, and I've got a couple of guys who really impressed and a couple of guys who disappointed.

But let's start with the good news, right? The number one stock up guy for me is pretty clearly Sebastian Valdez.

Valdez is really starting to make some great plays against the run, which is where the Niners need him most.

He has not been finishing plays as often.

He's not getting flashy TFLs or anything like that, but he's really starting to blow up blocks and free up room for his teammates to make some very solid plays.

He's got a lot of plays where he will turn a five, a six, a seven, an eight-yard gain into a one, a two, or a three-yard gain.

And those gains, those plays are important, right? That matters over the course of a game.

Uh, Valdez clearly had his best game as an NFL player.

Uh, he was genuinely great against the Broncos, who for all intents and purposes, have an awesome offensive line, right? So very, very impressive from Valdez there.

I had a blast watching him in this game.

He's not a guy that you're ever gonna be able to get back on the practice squad.

This is a guy who you need to keep on your fifty-three from here on out.

Uh, number two in the stock up category is another young defender.

It's Malik Mustafa at safety.

Mustafa was playing a fair amount on defense even before Marquise Siegel went out.

Uh, to pull up the specific snap count here, Mustafa played twenty-one defensive snaps, um, which is, you know, more than a fair amount of people, more than Jayden Dugger, more than Jack Do- Jack Jones did, for example.

Uh, you know, it, it's not as much as, uh, Ji'Ayir Brown or, uh, uh, Marquise Siegel at safety, but you know, they were rotating him in there.

I believe that was the highest snap count of his season for Mustafa, and he was pl- making plays.

He was looking good out there.

He was flashing his range in run defense, and he had the highlight pass breakup on Evan Ingram on a deep out.

That was one of the deepest throws for Bo Nix all day.

Mustafa undercut the route, got his hands on it, said, "No, thank you.

That'll be incomplete." Uh, Mustafa was, was really solid against the Broncos, and he's gonna need to have a huge performance against Seattle if the Niners are gonna get the win.