Should 49ers pursue Steven Jackson?

Originally posted by AmpLee:

Originally posted by GNielsen:

Originally posted by AmpLee:
The Niners should pursue every free agent.

Why? The Niners have been a very successful running team now for a few seasons. They're needs are on defense.

Thank you. I really need one of those.

No, draft Marcus Lattimore!!!!!

I hear JaMarcus Russell has just been released. Lets sign him to a 8 year, $80 mil, $70 mil guaranteed.

Originally posted by 9ersLiferInChicago:
I hear JaMarcus Russell has just been released. Lets sign him to a 8 year, $80 mil, $70 mil guaranteed.

He's down to 308 lbs. and a 6.2 second 40. Sign him!

Originally posted by GNielsen:

Originally posted by 9ersLiferInChicago:
I hear JaMarcus Russell has just been released. Lets sign him to a 8 year, $80 mil, $70 mil guaranteed.

He's down to 308 lbs. and a 6.2 second 40. Sign him!

Use him in the Jumbo package

If he's cheap, he can take Jacob's spot. I don't see why not.

Two bulls = Gore and Jackson

Two hare's = hunter and james

One Gazzelle = Kaep

One cheerleader = Dixon

Originally posted by Young2Rice:
If he's cheap, he can take Jacob's spot. I don't see why not.

Two bulls = Gore and Jackson

Two hare's = hunter and james

One Gazzelle = Kaep

One cheerleader = Dixon

LMAO
I agree but the chances of Jackson being cheap are probably really low especially when teams like the Packers or Patriots could really use a RB like Jackson.

why is this in NT?

Originally posted by Ballistic:
why is this in NT?

Pfffft because hes pretty much a Niner already didn't you hear?

No, Gire is gonna get mad

If we signed Steven Jackson then we'd have this weird albino kid following us around too

We have other areas of need. DL, DB, and WR are positions we should be looking at. He would be an expensive luxury.

Dumbest question ever!

He would never want to come here regardless.

He is not a washed up Jacobs. Guy can still play at a high level. He wants to be a starter, and he will be.

I really like Steven Jackson. He runs hard. He's big. He's a smart player. He's versatile. He's a more powerful, less shifty version than Gore, pretty much.
But with the backs we have, he'd mostly be used as a power-back, and would mostly run the same style of runs as Frank Gore... so he wouldn't really be much of a change-of-pace that complements Gore. (Of course, if Gore got injured, we'd have a minimal drop in switching to Jackson).

To summarize, if we had both Gore and Jackson on the team, healthy, we'd really only see Steven Jackson two, three times a game, in a short-yardage situation. The 49ers would rather bring in Hunter or James, guys with different styles of runs, when Gore goes to the bench.

Besides, we already have a guy who can fulfill that two, three short-yardage runs in a game... Anthony Dixon. He didn't do it for us last year, but this year... he was pretty good in short-yardage situations. Throw in the fact that he's a special teams player, and has been in the same system for awhile, we're fine with Dixon as our fourth back.

It'd be nice to have Steven Jackson, but a guy like that deserves to get more carries and more money than he'd get here.