Which 49er retires next?

Jun 6, 2015 at 12:09 AM

theninermaniac
Veteran
Posts: 3,411

After one more arrest, and one more dumb tweet, the Niners will be due for another retirement. Who's the player that retires?

If you also want to predict the next arrest and dumb tweet, feel free to.

I'm predicting:

1. Next arrest: Jerome Simpson on drug charges

2. Next dumb tweet: Darnell Dockett makes racially insensitive tweet about rich Caucasians.

3. Next retirement: If Eric Reid takes another concussion and he decides to hang them up, I don't think anyone's surprised.

Jun 6, 2015 at 12:11 AM

Jiks
Member
Posts: 29,220

Eric Mangini

Jun 6, 2015 at 12:14 AM

DonnieDarko
Veteran
Posts: 62,491

Vance McDonald

Jun 6, 2015 at 12:27 AM

mayo49
Veteran
Posts: 64,320

Vernon Davis

Jun 6, 2015 at 2:54 AM

paulk205
Veteran
Posts: 824

I don't like any of the choices above. They are either too old or too obvious (Reid has had a bunch of concussions already and everyone expects him to retire next, Bowman had a potentially catastrophic injury). 49ers retirements have to have this essential "WTF?" quality about them. . Lattimore and Justin aside, which were both expected, we have had amazing "WTF?" retirement moments. Coffee is my archetypical one since it involved a young, completely uninjured player. So, my choices are:

1. A high draft pick from THIS year. Armstead or Tartt deciding they want to join the Peace Corps, or a monastery.

2. A young player in his prime we've been counting on to replace a departed veteran (like Borland would have replaced Willis). Hyde would be a good one.

3. A player from a comparatively contactless or low playing time position, but on whom we have been counting on. How about our long snapper?

4. A player whose departure would make sense of a recent head-scratching draft pick : Lee is the most obvious one.

[ Edited by paulk205 on Jun 6, 2015 at 3:06 AM ]

Jun 6, 2015 at 3:07 AM