Things to look forward to NEXT year...

Originally posted by valrod33:
Gore
Vernon
Willis
Crabtree

Andy Lee
Iupati- he's gonna be Great

Cut: Anthony Davis- he's gonna be the next KWAME HARRIS

Keep: Singletary as our motivational half-time Speaker


KEEP NATE DAVIS...WE COULD USE HIM IN "THE IKE SPECIAL"






JK JK

Originally posted by CrankDatCrabtree:

Originally posted by valrod33:
Gore
Vernon
Willis
Crabtree

Andy Lee
Iupati- he's gonna be Great

Cut: Anthony Davis- he's gonna be the next KWAME HARRIS

Keep: Singletary as our motivational half-time Speaker


KEEP NATE DAVIS...WE COULD USE HIM IN "THE IKE SPECIAL"






JK JK

Originally posted by valrod33:
Gore
Vernon
Willis
Crabtree

Originally posted by 76Razor:

Originally posted by susweel:
Willis
VD


Are the only MUST keep players but even then if the right offer presented itself I would listen.

Gore should be used for trade bait. I love him, but if we could get picks...

Yah I agree its time to move from Gore as the bell cow of the offense. RB by committee is the new NFL.

Lee
Gore
VD
Crabs
Willis
Iupati
Mays
Bowman
Dixon
Spencer


and that Ike special is funny!

Gore
Dixon
Crabtree
V.Davis
Iupati
A.Davis
J.Smith
Willis
Bowman
Mays
Adams
Lee

Originally posted by 9ersnation:
Gore
Dixon
Crabtree
V.Davis
Iupati
A.Davis
J.Smith
Willis
Bowman
Mays
Adams
Lee

seems about right

Roughly 30 players on the current squad will still be on the roster when this team gets into the playoffs.

We could discuss 2 or 3 of those but would certainly agree on 28-30.

NOTE: Due to the lack of a QB, it will be two more years before a rookie will be ready to lead this team. Hence, my forecast is that the 49ers will next make the playoffs in 2012. Some like Gore, Clements, Goldson and Spikes will likely no longer be starters or have left the team for other reasons.

Originally posted by SnakePlissken:

Gore
Dixon
Crabtree
Williams
Ginn (unless we find an upgrade at PR/KR)
V. Davis
Byham
Staley (at RT)
A. Davis
Iupati
Bass (may be difficult to find an upgrade in FA or the draft)
Lee
J. Smith
Willis
Mays
Lawson
Spikes (if he doesn't retire)


BUT, I expect all of these guys to be with us in camp next year.

OT Staley
OT A. Davis
G Iupati
C Bass

TE Davis
TE Byham

RB Gore
RB Dixon

WR Crabtree
WR Ziegler
WR Morgan
WR/PR Williams
WR/KR Ginn

QB T. Smith (if he plays well enough to grab the starting job)

OLB Brooks
LILB Willis
RILB Spikes
ROLB Lawson
RDE Smith
LILB Bowman

NT/DT Francios
DT/DE Sopoaga

S Mays
S Goldson
S R. Smith
C Spencer
C Adams
C James

LS Jennings
PT Lee

QB Nate Davis has shown some potential, but unless we are using the same offense next year I can't see them investing a lot more time in him.

SanFranAddic, I'm interested to know why you took Byham over Walker? Granted, Walker is exceptional trade bait, but in my book, Walker's speed, soft hands, and special teams contributions make him worth keeping. I should mention that I'm very impressed with Walker and am subsequently biased.

I'll concede that I'm a bit prejudiced against TE's with (to this point) balky hands, so there's a good chance that I'm missing what many seem to like about Byham. It's way too early to write Byham off, but to this point I haven't been very impressed vs. Walker...again, I'm biased.

Not being snide or sarcastic, various players fly under everyone's radar from time to time. It would seem Byham has flown under mine.

our best player Justin Smith.
Patrick Willis
Vernon Davis
Frank Gore
M. Crabtree
Taylor Mays

Originally posted by Chief:
our best player Justin Smith.

I'm not going to let you die alone on that assertion.

When you consider what Smith is doing with an obligatory double team that frequently draws support from a back, it quickly becomes difficult to argue that Smith isn't the most dominating player that we field. Think about it, a double team is 1/3rd of an opponent's average pass protection scheme, often more. The fact that he manages to hury QBs at all is amazing, given what he's up against. He's an absolute animal and a joy to watch on Sundays.

We're damned lucky that Justin Smith is sane and living on the right side of the law. Otherwise, we'd all be menu items at Justin Smith's BQQ.

next year we can always look forward to next year