Who was your favorite 9er who never panned out? | Page 14

Liked him a lot, but I liked Jamie Winborn more. He was primarily drafted for his speed and to spy Marshall Faulk. And man was he good at that. I remember him shutting Faulk down by himself a couple times. He just couldnt put it all together to become an every down backer.

Thought he might be a star in the making early on...

[ Edited by JBrack on Oct 5, 2012 at 9:01 PM ]

Oct 5, 2012 at 10:39 PM

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LifelongNiner
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I liked Manny Lawson. I really hoped he would develop into a Julian Peterson type and could shut down some of the more athletic TEs coming into the league now. Then there is Arnaz Battle, who I wanted to be our Troy Brown.

Oct 6, 2012 at 6:22 AM

#202

49glory
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Taylor Mays... so sad.

Oct 6, 2012 at 9:47 AM

#203

GoreGoreGore
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Originally posted by GuessWhosOn3rd:
Brandon Lloyd

this.

Oct 6, 2012 at 10:17 AM

#204

jimrat
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JJ Stokes, I thought this guy was gonna be a beast on the other side of Rice.

Oct 6, 2012 at 11:09 AM

#205

tohara3
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Originally posted by qnnhan7:
R W McQuarters

He had talent as a DB. Just didn't do much the first 2-3 years that he was here. Went on to have a good career elsewhere.

This. Thought he was gonna be a very good corner and explosive return man for the 49ers.

Oct 6, 2012 at 11:29 AM

#206

tohara3
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Originally posted by btthepunk:

Thought this kid was gonna come in and be our shutdown corner from da 'U'.

Oct 6, 2012 at 11:35 AM

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ninerfan52
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Anyone remember Mike Wilson, he was a #3 but had good hands, would come in and D would not pay attention to him and Joe would hit him for 1st downs.

Oct 6, 2012 at 12:31 PM

#208

49AllTheTime
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Originally posted by ninerfan52:
Anyone remember Mike Wilson, he was a #3 but had good hands, would come in and D would not pay attention to him and Joe would hit him for 1st downs.

Joe hit everyone that was open

Oct 6, 2012 at 1:04 PM

#209

mayo49
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Originally posted by ninerfan52:
Anyone remember Mike Wilson, he was a #3 but had good hands, would come in and D would not pay attention to him and Joe would hit him for 1st downs.

I wouldn't say Wilson never panned out. He was a good Niner.

Oct 6, 2012 at 1:10 PM

#210

dtg_9er
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Originally posted by English:

Originally posted by SolRebe1:
Eric Johnson anyone?

Considering he was, what, a 7th round pick? I think he did pretty good.

He was a favorite of many on this board, including me. He was a pretty heady route runner.