Vance "Beastmode" McDonald Thread

Originally posted by tjd808185:

Originally posted by NCommand:

I think we traded him to get rid of his contract since that was WAY too expensive if he wasn't going to be our #1. It would have been nice to have him as a #2 but he probably wouldn't have develop like he has if he's only targeted a couple times a game...same concept as Delanie Walker.

Agreed on the 1st part for sure. We extended him to be the guy at te then a new coaching staff came in with other plans. The right thing for both sides is to give him a new home. We get cap space, and 1 less possible disgruntled player his career doesn't get ruined.

Originally posted by NCommand:

Comical...71.6 grade, #11 ranked TE. I think the Steelers won that trade.

Originally posted by CharlieSheen:

Originally posted by tjd808185:

Originally posted by NCommand:

I think we traded him to get rid of his contract since that was WAY too expensive if he wasn't going to be our #1. It would have been nice to have him as a #2 but he probably wouldn't have develop like he has if he's only targeted a couple times a game...same concept as Delanie Walker.

Agreed on the 1st part for sure. We extended him to be the guy at te then a new coaching staff came in with other plans. The right thing for both sides is to give him a new home. We get cap space, and 1 less possible disgruntled player his career doesn't get ruined.

People also forget it took him until like game 5 this season to really shake the PTSD he had from all the drops here. He had some bad drops for Pitt before things got better.

I think with Kittle he'd finally be able to work through it without the pressure of being the man, and being the player defenses focus on. Unfortunately that's not what a rebuilding team wants from a player with his price tag. It was time to move on.

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

Originally posted by NCommand:

Comical...71.6 grade, #11 ranked TE. I think the Steelers won that trade.

They definitely won the trade. But it needed to happen. He had like 1 positive play for every 10 negative ones. But for folks saying we should have kept him, does the same patience exist for other guys who have a similar ratio of good to bad plays? Or guys who at least flashed some potential here and there? No one that is pro McDonald, who took 6 years and a 2nd contract to put it all together, should be on the cut Trent Taylor bandwagon.

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:

I doubt Vance would've worked through it without getting lots of targets. Some of us who were his last supporters wanted this for years, but to no avail. I'm just glad we have Kittle who has everything we could want in a TE.

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
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Vance getting into the endzone.

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
I doubt Vance would've worked through it without getting lots of targets. Some of us who were his last supporters wanted this for years, but to no avail. I'm just glad we have Kittle who has everything we could want in a TE.

This...exactly. He got better and better the more targets he got. Cold, he was terrible.

Originally posted by TheXFactor:

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
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Vance getting into the endzone.

I knew the second he went to Pittsburgh, he would be used correctly.

Originally posted by 9moon:

JAWS MickiDs just didn't fit here... the guy worked hard and had talent but for some reason, he couldn't put it together here.. he was too inconsistent...

I'm glad to see him doing well in Pittsburgh, he's more of their type of player anyhow.. but as u see, Kittle has been the type of TE we've had over the years... even that overrated OTHER #85, I was never a fan of..

Originally posted by FL9er:
George Kittle:

29 Games

115 rec, 1669 yds, 14.5 avg, 6 TDs, 73 first downs

Vance McDonald:

71 Games

115 rec, 1576 yds, 12.7 avg, 12 TDs, 73 first downs

Originally posted by NineFourNiner:

Originally posted by FL9er:
George Kittle:

29 Games

115 rec, 1669 yds, 14.5 avg, 6 TDs, 73 first downs

Vance McDonald:

71 Games

115 rec, 1576 yds, 12.7 avg, 12 TDs, 73 first downs

Career drops:

Kittle - 6

McDonald - 379,021