Originally posted by 49ers81:
Originally posted by brodiebluebanaszak:
Great signing. This guy was a rock star in preseason
That and a dime will get you a cup of coffee in these league. How many guys have we seen over the past several years who tore it up during pre-season, got cut or traded at the end of camp and promptly disappeared from the NFL radar. The RB, Winston, who went to Cleveland. The LB that we traded to Indianapolis, that ER, Rush I think his name was, who ended God knows where. He played well during pre-season and clearly got caught up in a numbers game here but it is probably telling that no other team has signed him in the interim. I mean its not like there is an abundance of good edge rushers sitting around looking for work and yet he wasn't even apparently considered to be an adequate rotational guy by the 32 other teams that had a chance to sign him. I wish him the best and maybe being lined up with all of the guys we have up front will help him elevate his game. We'll just have to wait and see I guess. I think that an even bigger loss than Blair during the Seattle game was Jones, who was really tearing it up. Luckily he looks like he will only be out a short period of time. Hopefully we will get ho back in time for that stretch of games after the Cardinals.
Fair point but you're completely missing the other half of that coin....LONG line of UDFA's, players never getting invited to the combine like Poona Ford and the myriad of top 4 round misses and the circumstances around a player getting cut (not eligible for the PS, broken hand, deep unit, $, improper scheme fit, poor personnel eye, favoritism, timing of the cut, player maturity/growth, age, study habits, IQ, etc...and a million other circumstances).
Thinking 32 personnel departments have it locked it is silly. I think Oscar summed it up perfectly here:
How many fans in here have had far better shadow drafts and off season plans than our very own personnel staff? When you dive into how most scouts and pro personnel and GM's even get their jobs in the first place, it's no wonder they don't do any better than the average fans with far more resources. Too many variables.
That said, Moore should be an excellent W9 ER in rotation hopefully replacing Blairs 37% snaps and production...if not more.
[ Edited by NCommand on Nov 14, 2019 at 5:41 AM ]