kungfoodude

I don't think you are going to see the 49ers give up Jimmy G when they are still battling for a playoff spot. Not to mention, Lance was a guy that had a bigger learning curve than most of the top QB prospects so it makes a lot of sense for them to bring him along slowly and not throw him into the deep end in year one. Jimmy G might get traded but it will probably be in the offseason and not during the season.

I am of the opinion that Brady is not the biggest issue on our offense but Rhule will ultimately can him because someone is going to have to pay for this season's offensive failures(largely created by Rhule). I expect Brady will be the sacrifice and Rhule's public statements seem to indicate he is setting that up.

I actually wasn't aware the Pats forced that many INT's. That is holy poo bad news for us. We have two QB's who never met an INT they wouldn't throw. Ugh.....now I am getting the feeling our defense will be facing some short fields.

New England has a +1 Turnover Differential on the season, which is 13th in the NFL. The bigger worry is our offense. New England is tied for 2nd in the NFL in INT's with 10 total. That doesn't bode well for either Darnold or PJ Walker. On the positive side, they only have the 16th rated rushing defense(by YPG) in the NFL. So, we should be able to run the ball against them.

Mac Jones just generally tries to not fug up for their defense, so we can likely get to him a little. Speaking of, their defense is slightly above average(14th in Pass/Rush DVOA). The offense is a little middling(18th rush and 14th pass DVOA). Their sacks allowed and adjusted sack rate are literally the NFL average. Mac Jones has faced five top 12 rated(DVOA) pass defenses so far this season and has 2-3 record against them. Stats versus top 12 pass defenses: 244.6 Pass Yds, 1.2 Pass TD, 1.2 INT, 66.1% Completion, 2 sacks, 7.2 rush yds, 0.2 Fumbles Lost Stats versus non top 12 pass defenses: 258.0 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD, 0 INT, 71.4% Completion, 1.7 sacks, 6.3 rush yds, 0 Fumbles Lost

How about New Orleans. If there was ever a team that needed a QB and was completely built to win now, that's it. But, I generally believe he will stay put in Seattle for the meantime. He is just pointing out that he is getting sick of the underinvestment in the OL. I sort of wish Cam had done that during his time in Carolina. But, Wilson has some years left on his career, so if things continue to flounder(by their standards) in Seattle, he may just wait for another landing spot to come available.

I don't see Wilson wanting anything to do with the Dolphins either, unless his wife wants to live in Miami. We don't have one of the worst rosters in the NFL, we have a pretty good roster, actually. The biggest thing we are lacking is experience and that will matter to an elite, SB winning player. The more guys that have been successful in their careers and know what it takes to win in the postseason, the better your chances are. We are just light on those guys because of our youth. They haven't even really learned how to win consistently in the regular season yet. Like it or not, that stuff does matter.

Well, pick your measure? By Football Outsiders DVOA, our best pass defense ranking ever was.....1995 and 2015. We were ranked #2 in the NFL. But do you want to measure it by opponent completion percentage? Opponent passing yards per game? Interceptions? Opponent QB Rating?

Yeah but we have to build something they want to go to. Right now, that is far from the case. Especially for veterans that want to win titles and win them now. Neither our rosters nor our coaching staff is going to attract that caliber of talent. Both of those guys have won titles and they are going to be able to find excellent spots IF they decide to even leave(which I genuinely doubt).

I don't disagree that a draft prospect is the preference but the problem with QB draft roulette for bad franchises(which we definitively are) is that it can end up in a multi-year search. That's why I compared our 2018 to current span to the Browns 1999-2017 span. It looks very similar to that at the moment. It isn't uncommon for the bottom of the league to look that way for many years as they flounder trying to get a QB. This is another issue I had back in 2019 with the "rebuild" idea. Very few successful NFL franchises ever attempt a rebuild of the scale that we were attempting. Of the few that did, most spent a decade or more in the cellar of the NFL. The issue is that in the NFL, windows are short. Rebuilding is never a good idea, you have to constantly retool as you go to stay competitive. Now, on the positive side, we do suddenly have a pretty good and very young roster. We do need to keep retooling and keep improving, because this roster isn't that far from being competitive. In fact, it could compete right now if we just fixed two issues, OL and QB. But, we can't really afford to flounder in the cellar of the NFL for another 1-2 seasons or we won't be retooling, we'll be rebuilding again. That's how you become the Browns, Bengals, Raiders, etc, etc.

That has been my suspicion the entire season, TBH. I see them pulling up short on routes that Darnold is leading them into big hits and I see some frustration when guys are streaking wide open. Plus, the ball placement and timing is so obviously bad. IMO, they have zero confidence in Darnold. They know who he is and they aren't playing hard for him as a result.

Players chase money but winning players also chase opportunity. It's the reason players like Matt Stafford didn't chose us or the Jags or any of the rest of the bad franchises in the NFL. I don't see much in the way of immediate help in the draft, hence why I would rather pursue a competent veteran QB. If we just start the process of getting the OL fixed and then let our strengths(defense, running game) carry us in 2022, perhaps we can attract a top tier QB talent or go for broke in the 2023 draft to get The Guy. We will see what happens.

Yep. I would love to have kept Heineke or Cam or have signed Tyrod Taylor or Trubisky or traded for Minshew or gotten any number of other veterans that could help us just be at least average at the position. I think we are having a completely different discussion about this season had that been the case, poo OL or not.

I agree. This is a team that could have won immediately. All we had to do was take the OL seriously and not assemble the worst QB unit in the NFL. That was it.

The only real measure you can use is statistical to compare our history. The "on paper" measure is harder to agree on. Too subjective. We are a top 10 passing defense(probably top 5 after the stats update for this week). But we have been a top 5 passing defense before in our history.

Statistically, not yet.

I don't know that even I would roll with Sam in 2022 even thinking rebuild. I am very sure they will not, because Tepper seems impatient and Rhule is gonna be feeling the heat. They have all bought in on the "win now" mentality. I would start Sam again simply because you risk flatly losing the team and losing talent that just wants out of here. It's hard to keep competitive people around on a losing franchise. That is at least part of what keeps bad franchises bad for a long time.

He is either getting released or getting moved or gonna be a backup. If you bring him back as a starter, you are just asking to be fired. He will not improve and he will cost you games. I agree on the focusing on winning. It's a very strange thing to say but they sort of got caught up in the moment and forgot this was a rebuilding effort. The sad part is that we aren't that terribly far away from being a good team. They just need to stick with the ORIGINAL plan and build effectively. Fix the OL and get a real NFL QB.

Eh....I tend to think that Dillard might just be a bust. Not sure I would send a talented player for him. Perhaps some minor draft capital.

What? Taylor is a rookie. He has a three year cheap deal. We'd be nuts to trade him.

Agreed and he might develop further if he gets a lot more reps and experience with various teams. Backup could work out for him. Or he could just simply not have it at all and be out of the league in 2-3 years.

I think he cares about winning, he just doesn't know how to accomplish it is the issue. I think the staff knows they can't bring him back as a starter. That is essentially signing their own pink slips.

Yeah, I completely disagree and I don't think Tepper cares about that at all. He cares about winning because he knows that is what puts asses in seats, not gimmick home players.

Yeah, I am really concerned about that outcome as well. We don't have the luxury of being able to miss on our 1st round pick, because almost all of our picks are Day 3 picks. If we don't see "The Guy" at QB in this class, get the best OL available. Fix a problem that you can, not create a new problem by wasting draft capital on a reach at QB. fug me, we've basically done that in free agency two years in a row, let's not have Version 3.0 of that.