Solomon Thomas--Stanford

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by SofaKing:
A bit too early for that, but its a logical destination given the need for a quality edge player and Thomas is arguably the 2nd best player in this drat behind Garrett. His combine performance pretty much sealed it imo. If the 49ers don't go QB at #2, chances are very good they pick Thomas.

Ideally they would acquire Thomas and an edge guy like Charles Harris, spend the rest of the draft on the offense. Thomas and Harris would go a long ways towards improving the pass rush and making this a more sound, talented defense overall.

Originally posted by Heroism:

In between the last ten or so soiled pages of frivolous back and forth between posters arguing over what position Solomon Thomas plays or if he's a fit in our scheme, Phoenix blessed this thread and snuck in this gem of a post.

Originally posted by jreff22:

Originally posted by GhostOfBaalke:

Originally posted by SofaKing:

Originally posted by GhostOfBaalke:

Have there been any real reports on Niners wanting Solomon? Lately he's been popping up in almost every mock draft going to us. But that's all I can find.

A bit too early for that, but its a logical destination given the need for a quality edge player and Thomas is arguably the 2nd best player in this drat behind Garrett. His combine performance pretty much sealed it imo. If the 49ers don't go QB at #2, chances are very good they pick Thomas.

Yea, some could argue that there are safeties or a CB who is the second best player. But this is a total rebuild and there's no way Shanny/Lynch are content with just patching up the worst run d in history. They know they gotta do something big. And of course the Stanford connection. Solomon has perfect behavior and leadership, total Lynch guy.

Part of the whole bad run D was having Bow and Armstrong out. If Bow is back to 100% we aren't getting run over like last year.

Originally posted by jreff22:

Part of the whole bad run D was having Bow and Armstrong out. If Bow is back to 100% we aren't getting run over like last year.

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by jreff22:

Part of the whole bad run D was having Bow and Armstrong out. If Bow is back to 100% we aren't getting run over like last year.

What? Week 2 we gave up 176 yards to NC (over 100 to fozzy), week 3 130 to Seattle (micheal over 100), 200 yards week 4 to Dallas (zeke 140 yards). Those were games with Bow. AA hasn't proven to be good at stopping the run regardless of injury.

Originally posted by GhostOfBaalke:

I agree. That was a big part. Along with the line getting bullied. On paper going into the season our d sounded pretty good. Problem is we relied on a bunch of injury prone guys.

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by jreff22:

Part of the whole bad run D was having Bow and Armstrong out. If Bow is back to 100% we aren't getting run over like last year.

What? Week 2 we gave up 176 yards to NC (over 100 to fozzy), week 3 130 to Seattle (micheal over 100), 200 yards week 4 to Dallas (zeke 140 yards). Those were games with Bow. AA hasn't proven to be good at stopping the run regardless of injury.

Originally posted by NYniner85:
What? Week 2 we gave up 176 yards to NC (over 100 to fozzy), week 3 130 to Seattle (micheal over 100), 200 yards week 4 to Dallas (zeke 140 yards). Those were games with Bow. AA hasn't proven to be good at stopping the run regardless of injury.

Originally posted by jreff22:
We started the season with 4 hard opponents. When teams got easier I doubt the numbers would be that high with Bow and Ray Ray. We also had the D on the field too much thanks to Kelly.

You're blaming AA yet the guy had a bum shoulder. He should've been shut down earlier, that's not his fault.

Originally posted by jreff22:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by jreff22:
Part of the whole bad run D was having Bow and Armstrong out. If Bow is back to 100% we aren't getting run over like last year.

What? Week 2 we gave up 176 yards to NC (over 100 to fozzy), week 3 130 to Seattle (micheal over 100), 200 yards week 4 to Dallas (zeke 140 yards). Those were games with Bow. AA hasn't proven to be good at stopping the run regardless of injury.

We started the season with 4 hard opponents. When teams got easier I doubt the numbers would be that high with Bow and Ray Ray. We also had the D on the field too much thanks to Kelly.

You're blaming AA yet the guy had a bum shoulder. He should've been shut down earlier, that's not his fault.

Originally posted by NinerBuff:
If by no other measure, the level of activity in this thread, the Watson thread, Trubisky thread, and the Kirk Cousins thread show where the Niner fans think we're going with our pick. Most mock drafts I've seen either have us taking Trubisky or Thomas, and there still remains the possibility of trading for Cousins.

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by NYniner85:
What? Week 2 we gave up 176 yards to NC (over 100 to fozzy), week 3 130 to Seattle (micheal over 100), 200 yards week 4 to Dallas (zeke 140 yards). Those were games with Bow. AA hasn't proven to be good at stopping the run regardless of injury.

And that is my main concern about Armstead. If he sucks against the run then he is nothing but a rotational player in this defense anyways.