The Screw McCloughan Mock Plan

no on giving up a 3rd for kirk morrison...and the only similarity between aj eads and clay matthews is that theyre both white

Morrison is not fit to play MLB in 4-3 let alone be a Ted LB in 3-4. He should be a WLB in 4-3. Yeah, he racks up a lot of tackles, but he misses so many tackles it's not even funny. Teams run quite a bit against Riaders, so Morrison gets plenty of opportunities. Not to mention, Raiders OLBs, especially Howard is even worse against the run - helping Morrison have huge totals.

Raiders tendered Morrison for 3rd so they could get rid of him. They could have tendered him for 2nd (at the same salary) but figured no one would give up a 2nd rounder for him.

I liked the first round picks, and Chad Jones is good as well. If we are plannin' to draft a SS - I rather go with Rolle in the 3rd.

Morrison is a joke of a linebacker. The guy is fast that's pretty much it. Every time I've seen a Raiders game which thankfully isn't too frequently he kept most of his tackles after the offensive player is behind him...dragging him down from behind.

He would get destroyed in a 3-4, especially at TED where he would have to eat up blockers so Willis could make the plays. I don't see Morrison doing that at all and you want to bring someone in to help make the players around him better not worse.

Even though I would like to draft a corner earlier that could take over for Clements should he be gone after this season, I like it.

Just one question though, why draft Spiller and Holliday? I mean I like both guys, but part of the biggest value for Spiller (at least initially) is that he can be the return guy, because he very likely is not going to get enough playing time on offense to justify his first round salary.

Originally posted by 49ersMyLife:
Morrison is not fit to play MLB in 4-3 let alone be a Ted LB in 3-4. He should be a WLB in 4-3. Yeah, he racks up a lot of tackles, but he misses so many tackles it's not even funny. Teams run quite a bit against Riaders, so Morrison gets plenty of opportunities. Not to mention, Raiders OLBs, especially Howard is even worse against the run - helping Morrison have huge totals.

Raiders tendered Morrison for 3rd so they could get rid of him. They could have tendered him for 2nd (at the same salary) but figured no one would give up a 2nd rounder for him.

I liked the first round picks, and Chad Jones is good as well. If we are plannin' to draft a SS - I rather go with Rolle in the 3rd.

You are right that he needs to become better at wrapping the ball carrier up, but with so many opportunities surrounded with below average talent, I think the prob. of wiffing on tackles is higher.

I still believe he would be fine as a 3-4 TED, but I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on that issue.

While I do like Rolle, Jones seems to be the combine beast type player that McCloughan would fall in love with. But I am glad you like some of the other picks.

Originally posted by PA9erFaithful:
Even though I would like to draft a corner earlier that could take over for Clements should he be gone after this season, I like it.

Just one question though, why draft Spiller and Holliday? I mean I like both guys, but part of the biggest value for Spiller (at least initially) is that he can be the return guy, because he very likely is not going to get enough playing time on offense to justify his first round salary.

Good question. Some times separate KR and PR duties like the 49ers did last year amongst different players. In addition, injuries may occur and more depth at these positions is necessary. Furthermore, if a guy like Spiller becomes too valuable (what if Gore goes down and Spiller explodes) to the offense, you want to find another person able to handle ST duties.

He certainly doesn't fit the mold of a McCloughan back, but once again, he can go f**k himself.

hilarious post...good stuff geek

I hate the raiders, therefore have never seen morrison play or even heard of him so I have no opinion on that trade.

Draft is solid, I love the influx of players on the Oline and Spiller and Holliday is good for reasons already stated.

I'd like to see us draft or pickup a mauler of a TE for our 4th and 1 type situations where we NEED to get that yard and need the big, strong bodies to get the push.

Couple good picks is okay, don't like the rest of moves.

I am going to laugh my ass off when Spiller is taken in the top 10 and everyone here s**ts a brick and posts "noooooooooo" at the same time.