Frank Gore Thread

Originally posted by JTsBiggestFan:
Are you telling me a broken hand caught 4th and 2 on that final drive??

so much heart on this team. Gore, Bowman, Staley all played through significant injuries at some point during this game.

It's a shame gore won't win a championship in a niners Uni. I hope he eventually wins one, even if it isn't with us.

he is our god, hail gore.

though, imho he could end up as a cap casualty this year.
no way that we pay him over 6 mio. given our tight cap space and the upcoming extensions.
all of this saving, and more, would be directed to aldon ALONE, imo.
then we still can and probably will cut rogers and dahl. would result in.savings of about 8 mio. and about 8 mio. will be there from the beginning.

at least boldin and kaep will receive new contracts and the rookies want to be signed as well.
do not want to be in baalke's place.

Originally posted by Gavintech:

Originally posted by 24plus25er:
Gore will be our Mariano Rivera the next 2 years. Kap, Latti and Hunter will beat em up and Gore will close them out.

I like it!

I like it too, wish the coaches didnt give him such a heavy workload. We have so much depth at RB and I feel like we barely tap into it

Everyone is going to remember the 11 carries for 14 yards but there are circumstances around everything. Seattle was constantly in our backfield. Gore was playing with a broken hand. I think his carries will be reduced next year as we work Lattimore in. He isnt going to run for 1,000 but we wont need him to. he will get us 50 a game and pass protect. Next year is probably it though.

Gore will still be the best overall back on the roster & his experience trumps fresh legs.
RB by committee will probably be the norm, but I can't believe Gore won't be #1

Frank's final year of his contract (2014): $3.3 million (+ $3.15 million in bonuses)

does anyone know what those bonuses are?

Originally posted by boast:
Frank's final year of his contract (2014): $3.3 million (+ $3.15 million in bonuses)

does anyone know what those bonuses are?

2013-14 Roster Bonus: $750,000
2013-14 Game Bonus: $2 million
Annual Workout Bonus: $400,000

Team should try & trade for Adrian Peterson, and I'm not kidding. AP has 3 to 4 years max on his career too. Why not? Give the Vikings our 1st this year and a 2nd. We'd still have 4 picks from 62 thru 95.

Team should try & trade for Adrian Peterson, and I'm not kidding. AP has 3 to 4 years max on his career too. Why not? Give the Vikings our 1st this year and a 2nd. We'd still have 4 picks from 62 thru 95.

Originally posted by ElephantHaley:

Team should try & trade for Adrian Peterson, and I'm not kidding. AP has 3 to 4 years max on his career too. Why not? Give the Vikings our 1st this year and a 2nd. We'd still have 4 picks from 62 thru 95.

lol. no.

1. we can't afford him
2. they won't trade him
3. we can't afford him
4. RB is the least of our worries
5. we can't afford him

Yeah but Gore is pretty much done. He doesn't have the burst, power or quickness anymore and he was never great at short yardage too. If I was Baalke, I'd bring back Gore in a reduced role at a reduced price. This team needs a workhorse every down back.

You guys saying that Gore has declined are nuts. He has shown no signs of that. Seattle has a great defense and the came with a game plan to shut down our running game. They executed it well and we failed to counter.

That said, he's getting older and won't be able to play forever. We have this discussion every off-season and he keeps coming back strong.

My prediction is that Gore will start in 2014. The real competition will be for the backup RB spot between Kendall Hunter and Lattimore. James should stick as a change of pace back and return specialist.

Gore plays out his contract, retires, and Lattimore starts in 2015. Book it

For the people that said the niners should extend Gore for another 2 years to get a ring, why not just make him an assistant RB coach next to Rathman?.. If they win the SB he can get a ring as a coach, I know it sucks because you would want to win it as a player but father time don't see it like that.

Originally posted by boast:

Originally posted by ElephantHaley:
Team should try & trade for Adrian Peterson, and I'm not kidding. AP has 3 to 4 years max on his career too. Why not? Give the Vikings our 1st this year and a 2nd. We'd still have 4 picks from 62 thru 95.

lol. no.

1. we can't afford him
2. they won't trade him
3. we can't afford him
4. RB is the least of our worries
5. we can't afford him

this plus we can't afford him