Time to look at the Positives

Originally posted by crake49:
Positives: we aren't showing Dallas or anyone else the "new wrinkles" in our offense; we aren't showing anyone our starting defense.

This is why I think we'll play Dallas in week one just like we played GB in week one last year, they won't even see us coming.

let the media keep talking negatively about this team. "doesnt count but it matters" etc etc. just wait til we unleash in the regular season and win that SB trophy. Homer this and that, i know what this team is capable of.

Originally posted by Wu-5Rings:
Agree lynch and lemon. Make room for Acker and Dontae some how........

http://espn.go.com/blog/san-francisco-49ers/post/_/id/8752/san-francisco-49ers-projected-roster-4

I have no idea why Williamson is so hung up on Ramsey. The guy couldn't stay healthy in college, and that trend has continued into the NFL. He hasn't played a snap in the preseason, and I absolutely cannot imagine another team plucking him off the PS. At this point, I think we keep seven DL: Cowboy, Ray Mac, Williams, TJE, Dial, Carradine, Dobbs, hopefully with Dorsey on IR designated for return. Given that, I wouldn't mind going heavy on OLBs, particularly given Aldon's suspension. I think we'll play more four-down linemen looks with Bowman out, and Lynch has the size to play along the DL without much of a problem (at least on passing downs). I think we keep Skuta, Lemonier, and Lynch. Thomas should be safe on the PS.

Not a big fan of Williamson's projection. Granted I disagree with just a few things, but they're pretty big disagreements.

Why is Williamson still projecting Boone as part of the starting O-line roster?

Vegas has us at 10 1/2 wins. Thats a pretty good indication of how tough our schedule is considering we've been to the NFCCG the past 3 years. My money is still on us though.

I don't even know where to start as there has been so much answered positively for me!

It's probably much easier to determine what we still need to work on:

• Can Akers and Lee work out the new stadium challenges?
• How long will Aldon be out...and Bowman and Dorsey?
• Can Wilhoite play quicker/faster and with less hesitation once he's next to Willis and with the rest of the starters?
• Can Lemonier take the next expected big step in year 2 and help hold down the WILL until Aldon comes back?
• How healthy are Williams, Culliver and Anthony Davis?
• How quickly will the secondary gel?
• Gabbert or Johnson?
• Can Kilgore get some strength or is Marcus going to beat him out within the next 2 weeks?
• Boone who? But are we going to resolve it or get something for him? Looney/J.Martin look good.
• Can the coaching staff finally figure out how to avoid delay-of-game penalties?
• Can we get Crabtree locked up before game 1?

Originally posted by NCommand:
I don't even know where to start as there has been so much answered positively for me!

It's probably much easier to determine what we still need to work on:

• Can Akers and Lee work out the new stadium challenges?
• How long will Aldon be out...and Bowman and Dorsey?
• Can Wilhoite play quicker/faster and with less hesitation once he's next to Willis and with the rest of the starters?
• Can Lemonier take the next expected big step in year 2 and help hold down the WILL until Aldon comes back?
• How healthy are Williams, Culliver and Anthony Davis?
• How quickly will the secondary gel?
• Gabbert or Johnson?
• Can Kilgore get some strength or is Marcus going to beat him out within the next 2 weeks?
• Boone who? But are we going to resolve it or get something for him? Looney/J.Martin look good.
• Can the coaching staff finally figure out how to avoid delay-of-game penalties?
• Can we get Crabtree locked up before game 1?

I think the new Crabtree contract situation may have direct implication to whether we hold onto Boone or trade him. Because we are 9mil under the cap and that figure doesn't include Boone's salary, we may opt to use his salary space to extend Crabtree while getting a nice draft pick for a player we may see minimal drop off with his replacement.

But bringing Boone back for what could be a higher cap figure and resigning Crabtree may eat up to much of that needed salary cap cushion needed for the season.

So I think the question between trading Boone for a draft pick(s) or holding onto a quality player may really be trading Boone to extend Crabtree and grabing picks vs letting Crabs be a free agent while holding onto Boone.

Originally posted by Shorteous:

Originally posted by NCommand:
I don't even know where to start as there has been so much answered positively for me!

It's probably much easier to determine what we still need to work on:

• Can Akers and Lee work out the new stadium challenges?
• How long will Aldon be out...and Bowman and Dorsey?
• Can Wilhoite play quicker/faster and with less hesitation once he's next to Willis and with the rest of the starters?
• Can Lemonier take the next expected big step in year 2 and help hold down the WILL until Aldon comes back?
• How healthy are Williams, Culliver and Anthony Davis?
• How quickly will the secondary gel?
• Gabbert or Johnson?
• Can Kilgore get some strength or is Marcus going to beat him out within the next 2 weeks?
• Boone who? But are we going to resolve it or get something for him? Looney/J.Martin look good.
• Can the coaching staff finally figure out how to avoid delay-of-game penalties?
• Can we get Crabtree locked up before game 1?

I think the new Crabtree contract situation may have direct implication to whether we hold onto Boone or trade him. Because we are 9mil under the cap and that figure doesn't include Boone's salary, we may opt to use his salary space to extend Crabtree while getting a nice draft pick for a player we may see minimal drop off with his replacement.

But bringing Boone back for what could be a higher cap figure and resigning Crabtree may eat up to much of that needed salary cap cushion needed for the season.

So I think the question between trading Boone for a draft pick(s) or holding onto a quality player may really be trading Boone to extend Crabtree and grabing picks vs letting Crabs be a free agent while holding onto Boone.

I agree and I posed that scenario re: the Dorsey signing. We didn't need to rush to sign Glenn...he was injured and going nowhere. With Harbaugh saying publically we can win with Looney, then the Dorsey signing and now the close-to-signing Crabtree contract, it signals to me the FO had made their final attempt with Boone and are moving on. Peace!

been very impressed with how well Looney and J.Martin played together against the starting Denver D.

Originally posted by NCommand:

I agree and I posed that scenario re: the Dorsey signing. We didn't need to rush to sign Glenn...he was injured and going nowhere. With Harbaugh saying publically we can win with Looney, then the Dorsey signing and now the close-to-signing Crabtree contract, it signals to me the FO had made their final attempt with Boone and are moving on. Peace!

That's the conclusion I came to as well.

They've sent a message to Boone, and he should pay attention to it. Or he's gonna lose a lot of money.

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by Shorteous:

Originally posted by NCommand:
I don't even know where to start as there has been so much answered positively for me!

It's probably much easier to determine what we still need to work on:

• Can Akers and Lee work out the new stadium challenges?
• How long will Aldon be out...and Bowman and Dorsey?
• Can Wilhoite play quicker/faster and with less hesitation once he's next to Willis and with the rest of the starters?
• Can Lemonier take the next expected big step in year 2 and help hold down the WILL until Aldon comes back?
• How healthy are Williams, Culliver and Anthony Davis?
• How quickly will the secondary gel?
• Gabbert or Johnson?
• Can Kilgore get some strength or is Marcus going to beat him out within the next 2 weeks?
• Boone who? But are we going to resolve it or get something for him? Looney/J.Martin look good.
• Can the coaching staff finally figure out how to avoid delay-of-game penalties?
• Can we get Crabtree locked up before game 1?

I think the new Crabtree contract situation may have direct implication to whether we hold onto Boone or trade him. Because we are 9mil under the cap and that figure doesn't include Boone's salary, we may opt to use his salary space to extend Crabtree while getting a nice draft pick for a player we may see minimal drop off with his replacement.

But bringing Boone back for what could be a higher cap figure and resigning Crabtree may eat up to much of that needed salary cap cushion needed for the season.

So I think the question between trading Boone for a draft pick(s) or holding onto a quality player may really be trading Boone to extend Crabtree and grabing picks vs letting Crabs be a free agent while holding onto Boone.

I agree and I posed that scenario re: the Dorsey signing. We didn't need to rush to sign Glenn...he was injured and going nowhere. With Harbaugh saying publically we can win with Looney, then the Dorsey signing and now the close-to-signing Crabtree contract, it signals to me the FO had made their final attempt with Boone and are moving on. Peace!

I think it's the shrewd thing to do. I'll gladly lock up Crabs at the expense of Boone! But throw a 3/4th round pick into it and I says Hellzz ya.

But, if the assumption is true I think Boone has to be traded first before Crabtree's deal is made public or we may loose some leverage with a Boone trade.

Originally posted by NCommand:

I don't even know where to start as there has been so much answered positively for me!

It's probably much easier to determine what we still need to work on:

• Can Akers and Lee work out the new stadium challenges?
• How long will Aldon be out...and Bowman and Dorsey?
• Can Wilhoite play quicker/faster and with less hesitation once he's next to Willis and with the rest of the starters?
• Can Lemonier take the next expected big step in year 2 and help hold down the WILL until Aldon comes back?
• How healthy are Williams, Culliver and Anthony Davis?
• How quickly will the secondary gel?
• Gabbert or Johnson?
• Can Kilgore get some strength or is Marcus going to beat him out within the next 2 weeks?
• Boone who? But are we going to resolve it or get something for him? Looney/J.Martin look good.
• Can the coaching staff finally figure out how to avoid delay-of-game penalties?
• Can we get Crabtree locked up before game 1?

We got Akers back ?

Digging back in and finding this thread I wonder if the original poster wants to do an update for this season?

There are a number of positives from the draft, coaches, and development of the current roster.

Originally posted by KeepRabbitsOut:

Digging back in and finding this thread I wonder if the original poster wants to do an update for this season?

There are a number of positives from the draft, coaches, and development of the current roster.

Right now we have very few known positives... There us a lot if hope abd expectation. The only two absolutely known positives, are that staley abd Bowman were in the OTA's, abd say they will play this season, and for us. The QB position us in Flux at best. We hope Torrey Smith will come through. We hope Hyde can stay healthy for a full season. We hope Kelly can perform magic as a HC. We have expectations that our two first round draft picks will start and perform well as rookies. But the only two players on the 49ers that have proved, here, on this team, that they can perform at a very high level consistently, over the course of an entire season are Bowman and Staley.