Niners confirm the smokescreen

[Mr. Scot]

6 hours ago, Tepper's Chest Hair said:

Would the 9ers admit it anything else?

This is just standard "say you always supported the guy you drafted" talk, regardless of the situation.

When you picked in the top three, it's a pretty safe bet that you actually did.

[RumHam]

On 5/22/2021 at 12:11 PM, Mr. Scot said:

Gotta give it to 'em, well played.

Honestly not sure what the point was, though. Once they were at #3, they had their pick.

and you, the useless fuging media, ate it up when we all knew better. 

[CanePantherHornet]

This is bullshit and they're just trying to save face. There is absolutely no logical reason for a smokescreen in their scenario. Jaguars were obviously taking Lawrence. Jets head coach just came from the 49ers so he had to have some sort of inkling what they were thinking. 

 

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, CanePantherHornet said:

This is bullshit and they're just trying to save face. There is absolutely no logical reason for a smokescreen in their scenario. Jaguars were obviously taking Lawrence. Jets head coach just came from the 49ers so he had to have some sort of inkling what they were thinking. 

 

That's my opinion too. An attempt to save face where the attempt itself basically betrays that the rumors were right all along. There was zero reason for them to try to put up a smokescreen after making their deal.

All they really had to say here was either nothing at all (probably the best option) or say they made the deal for Lance but of course they were going to continue to do their due diligence on Mac Jones too. Why wouldn't they? You've already made the deal. Make damn sure you're taking the best QB available.

 

[TheCasillas]

This is all to cover up the fact that Mike S and the GM were not in agreement who to take 3. There were several reports that Mike wanted Jones but the rest of the staff wanted Lance. This is shut the book on any internal drama getting outside of the org

[shaqattaq]

On 5/22/2021 at 12:43 PM, MHS831 said:

Let's take a look at the genius behind the concept of a smokescreen here:

1. Trevor---LOCKED IN

2. Wilson---LOCKED IN  Jets were not trading out unless it was for a team willing to pay for Wilson.

3.  OH, we better do some head bobbing and weaving here---maybe a juke step.  That is like trying to bluff with 4 aces.   If they played Jones to fool people, I hope Jones scalds their asses when they play.

So maybe they wanted teams to invest time into bringing in Lance etc. after they supposedly took Jones.  Who? The Falcons?  The Bengals and Dolphins were set at QB---Philly? Detroit?  Denver? 

I do not understand the strategy.

 

Maybe they wanted to see if they could BS the Jets into picking Jones and they had Wilson above Lance on their board. Hard to imagine, BUT the jets are frikkin stupid.

[Wes21]

On 5/22/2021 at 12:43 PM, MHS831 said:

Let's take a look at the genius behind the concept of a smokescreen here:

1. Trevor---LOCKED IN

2. Wilson---LOCKED IN  Jets were not trading out unless it was for a team willing to pay for Wilson.

3.  OH, we better do some head bobbing and weaving here---maybe a juke step.  That is like trying to bluff with 4 aces.   If they played Jones to fool people, I hope Jones scalds their asses when they play.

So maybe they wanted teams to invest time into bringing in Lance etc. after they supposedly took Jones.  Who? The Falcons?  The Bengals and Dolphins were set at QB---Philly? Detroit?  Denver? 

I do not understand the strategy.

 

IMO there was no grand strategy.  The trade basically went down during Wilson's pro day and the 49ers were there.  IMO around that time they decided they had at least 3 QB options they would be perfectly happy with.  But if they stayed at 12 they wouldn't have a seat at the table.  They basically said that word for word after the trade.

For future reference the Mac Jones rumors came out WAY too soon after the trade.  They were basically instant.  Which basically means someone ran with a random story or Lynch literally hung up the phone to confirm the trade and then instantly dialed a media person to say "hey, we just made a trade and it was definitely for Mac Jones."  Either way it was BS.

[Mr. Scot]

1 hour ago, Wes21 said:

IMO there was no grand strategy.  The trade basically went down during Wilson's pro day and the 49ers were there.  IMO around that time they decided they had at least 3 QB options they would be perfectly happy with.  But if they stayed at 12 they wouldn't have a seat at the table.  They basically said that word for word after the trade.

For future reference the Mac Jones rumors came out WAY too soon after the trade.  They were basically instant.  Which basically means someone ran with a random story or Lynch literally hung up the phone to confirm the trade and then instantly dialed a media person to say "hey, we just made a trade and it was definitely for Mac Jones."  Either way it was BS.

I don't know how the story got out there, but it was definitely out there. Our friend Verge was one of the first to mention it here, with the source being another team's NFL scout.

It quickly became obvious that teams across the league bought into the idea, as did analysts. Mocks done around that time pretty much reflected the line of thought.

It wasn't until the last couple of weeks before the draft that rumors started floating around the pick might be Lance instead. But even then, most still seemed to think it was going to be Jones.

Edited May 24, 2021 by Mr. Scot

[Wes21]

5 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

I don't know how the story got out there, but it was definitely out there. Our friend Verge was one of the first to mention it here, with the source being another team's NFL scout.

It quickly became obvious that teams across the league bought into the idea, as did analysts. Mocks done around that time pretty much reflected the line of thought.

It wasn't until the last couple of weeks before the draft that rumors started floating around the pick might be Lance instead. But even then, most still seemed to think it was going to be Jones.

I definitely understand that the rumor grew legs.  But it was always BS, and alot of people knew it from the start and maintained it thru the entire process.  I think the timing of everything pretty much told the story here.  Lynch was on the road when the trade was announced, or so it appeared.  Noone "overheard" some secret conversation or discussion, which is how alot of rumors are painted.  "Sources close to the situation" could be anybody within an earshot of a conversation.  However with this one you either have to believe that Lynch picked up the phone to tell a media buddy that "oh yeah, I just made a move for Mac Jones" or when a media guy called Lynch immediately after the trade Lynch said "oh yeah, that move was definitely for Mac Jones."  And if either one of those scenario's was true...obviously they are blowing smoke up someone's butt because teams don't tend to do that.

In the end it was always BS and lots of people knew it from the start.  There was no benefit to them giving up their real "target" for that spot...so they either put out a BS name or allowed a BS name to float out there.