2015 Team Needs

Originally posted by crake49:

Originally posted by AB81Rules:
I agree with Thomas for Iupati, but I wonder if they thought/knew Lynch would be that good year 1. I mean Brooks was on his way out eventually, too high of a salary, but i wonder.

There were so many questions about his character that a lot of people thought they were taking a huge chance on Lynch. My guess would be that they didn't really expect such good production out of him in his first year.

didn't Brooks just lower his salary from 6.5 to like 4 something?

Originally posted by Frisco69ers:
didn't Brooks just lower his salary from 6.5 to like 4 something?

I could be wrong, but I think it was that he didn't reach certain incentives.

Originally posted by crake49:

Originally posted by Frisco69ers:
didn't Brooks just lower his salary from 6.5 to like 4 something?

I could be wrong, but I think it was that he didn't reach certain incentives.

He lost $2.5M in base salary due to a de-escalator, for how poorly he played in 2014.

Originally posted by AB81Rules:

Originally posted by crake49:

Originally posted by Frisco69ers:
didn't Brooks just lower his salary from 6.5 to like 4 something?

I could be wrong, but I think it was that he didn't reach certain incentives.

He lost $2.5M in base salary due to a de-escalator, for how poorly he played in 2014.

How much of that could have been from being benched in some games? Any idea?

Originally posted by dtg_9er:

Originally posted by AB81Rules:

Originally posted by crake49:

Originally posted by Frisco69ers:
didn't Brooks just lower his salary from 6.5 to like 4 something?

I could be wrong, but I think it was that he didn't reach certain incentives.

He lost $2.5M in base salary due to a de-escalator, for how poorly he played in 2014.

How much of that could have been from being benched in some games? Any idea?

It is a bit odd. Number's wise, he produced similar results. I'm guestimating the incentives were tied to the number/percentage of snaps and pro-bowl and/or all-pro performance.

Originally posted by dtg_9er:

Originally posted by AB81Rules:

Originally posted by crake49:

Originally posted by Frisco69ers:
didn't Brooks just lower his salary from 6.5 to like 4 something?

I could be wrong, but I think it was that he didn't reach certain incentives.

He lost $2.5M in base salary due to a de-escalator, for how poorly he played in 2014.

How much of that could have been from being benched in some games? Any idea?

he's still a decent player for us.

Originally posted by NCommand:
Players by positions we've been linked too thus far ranked left-to-right via MadDog's top 256 by ( name ):

Current Offensive Personnel:
QB: Colin Kaepernick; Blaine Gabbert (Garrett Grayson 6'2" 213 4.72 & Devin Gardner 6'4" 205 4.50)
RB1: Carlos Hyde; Kendall Gaskins (Jay Ajayi 6'0" 221 4.57, Timothy (T.J.) Yeldon 6'1" 226 4.52, Matt Jones 6'2" 231 4.37 & Keon Williams 6'0" 238 4.58)
RB2: Reggie Bush/Kendall Hunter; Jarryd Hayne (Jeremy Langford 6'0" 208 4.43 & Marcus Murphy 5'8" 198 4.61)
H-Back: Derek Carrier (Devon Funchess 6'4" 232 4.70 & Brock Lutes 6'4" 230 4.47)
TE: Vernon Davis; Vance McDonald, Garrett Celek, Asante Cleveland & Xavier Grimble (Clive Walford 6'4" 251 4.79 & Cameron Clear 6'5" 277 4.92)
FB: Bruce Miller; Trey Millard
X: Anquan Boldin; Quinton Patton & Chuck Jacobs (Dorial Green-Beckham 6'5" 237 4.49, Ty Montgomery 6'0" 221 4.55 & Vince Mayle 6'3" 222 4.52)
Y (SLOT): Bruce Ellington; Trindon Holiday & Lance Lewis (Phillip Dorsett 5'10" 185 4.33, Devin Smith 6'0" 196 4.42, Stefon Diggs 6'0" 195 4.46, Josh Harper 6'1" 191 4.64, Ricky Collins 5'11" 196 4.57 & Da'Ron Brown 6'0" 205 4.54)
Z: Torrey Smith; Jerome Simpson (Amari Cooper 6'1" 210 4.40, Kevin White 6'2" 215 4.35, DeVante Parker 6'3" 209 4.34, Breshad Perriman 6'2" 212 4.44, Sammie Coates 6'2" 212 4.36 & Deontay Greenberry 6'1" 211 4.50)
LOT: Joe Staley; Erik Pears (La'el Collins 6'4" 305 & Sean Hickey 6'5" 300)
ROT: Anthony Davis; Chris Martin & Fou Fonoti (Donovan Smith 6'6" 338)
LG: Brandon Thomas/Marcus Martin; & Andrew Tiller (Jeremiah Poutasi 6'5" 335 & Ben Beckwith 6'4'" 317)
RG: Alex Boone; Joe Looney (Jamil Douglas 6'4" 304)
C: Daniel Kilgore/Marcus Martin; Dillon Farrell (Ali Marpet 6'4" 307 & Shane McDermott 6'4" 302)

Current Defensive Personnel:
RDE: Justin Smith/Tank Carradine; Kaleb Ramsey & Lawrence Okoye (Arik Armstead 6'7" 292, Marion Edwards Jr. 6'3" 280, Henry Anderson 6'6" 294 & Tory Slater 6'5" 290)
LDE: Quinton Dial/Darnell Dockett; Tony Jerrod-Eddie (Marcus Hardison 6'3" 307, Xavier Cooper 6'3" 293 & David Parry 6'1" 308)
NT: Glenn Dorsey/Ian Williams; Mike Purcell & Garrison Smith (Danny Shelton 6'2" 339, Eddie Goldman 6'4" 337 & Carl Davis 6'5" 320)
WILL: Aldon Smith; Corey Lemonier (Randy Gregory 6'4" 235 4.64, Zach Wagenmann 6'3" 247 4.82 & Ryan Delaire 6'4" 254 4.67)
SAM: Ahmad Brooks/Aaron Lynch (Alvin "Bud" Dupree 6'4" 269 4.56, Lorenzo Mauldin 6'3" 259 4.85, Lynden Trail 6'7" 269 4.87, Ryan Russell 6'4" 269 4.71 & Tavaris Barnes 6'3" 275 4.85)
TED: Michael Wilhoite; Desmond Bishop & Shayne Skov (Stephone Anthony 6'3" 243 4.56, Benardrick McKinney 6'4" 246 4.66 & Taiwan Jones 6'3" 245 4.90)
MIKE: Navarro Bowman; Nick Moody & Nick Bellore (Shaq Thompson 6'0" 228 4.64 & Paul Dawson 6'0" 235 4.93, Denzel Perryman 5'11" 236 4.68, Kwon Alexander 6'1" 227 4.63 & Junior Sylvestre 6'0" 233 4.46)
CBX: Dontae Johnson; Shareece Wright & Leon McFadden (Jalen Collins 6'1" 203 4.48, Byron Jones 6'1" 199 4.30 & Tray Walker 6'2" 197 4.52)
CBZ: Tramaine Brock; Chris Cook & Marcus Cromartie (Marcus Peters 6'0" 197 4.53, Alex Carter 6'0" 196 4.51 & Tye Smith 6'0" 195 4.60)
CBY (SLOT/NICKLE): Jimmie Ward; Kenneth Acker & Keith Reaser (Doran Grant 5'10" 199 4.46, Quandre Diggs 5'9" 196 4.50, Justin Coleman 5'10" 185 4.53, Deshazor Everett 5'11" 188 4.49, Darryl Roberts 5'11" 190 4.36 & Chris Dunkley 5'11" 183 4.57)
FS: Eric Reid; Craig Dahl (Kurtis Drummond 6'1" 208 4.65 & Jordan Richards 5'11" 211 4.65)
SS: Antoine Bethea; L.J. McCray

The San Francisco 49ers will have their local Pro Day in Santa Clara at the team's headquarters on Friday afternoon. In total, there are 65 players who will be participating in the event.

This pro day is for 2015 NFL draft-eligible players who either attended college in the Bay Area or played football at the high school level within the area. The most notable players include a quartet from Stanford which consists of DE Henry Anderson, DT David Parry, CB Alex Carter, S Jordan Richards and WR Ty Montgomery.

The most interesting name listed, is LS Nate Boyer who is a 34-year old long snapper. He was originally a walk on at the University of Texas.

Here is a full list of the participants in the 49ers local Pro Day:
Harry Adjei, WR, Adams State
Esston Al-Uqdah, S San Jose State
Henry Anderson, DE, Stanford
Tyler Anderson, FB, Oregon State
Anthony Arguello, LB, LaVerne
Sean Bacon, LB, San Jose State
Dre Wesley-Baskin, OT, BYU
Adrian Blake, San Jose State
Tra'mayne Bondurant, S, Arizona
Nate Boyer, LS, Texas
Mario Brown, RB, Eastern Washington
Diandre Campbell, WR, Washington
Jabari Carr, WR, San Jose State
DeAndre Carter, WR, Sacramento State
Tracy Clark, CB, Washington State
Damon Collins, CB, UNLV
Alex Crosthwaite, G, California
Rob Daniel, CB, BYU
Ken Egu, CB, Duquesne
J'Ron Erby, CB, Wayne State
Dasheon Frierson, CB, San Jose State
Rickey Galvin, WR, Washington State
Ryan Goforth, LB, San Jose State
Nigel Haikins, CB, Nevada
Randy Harvey, CB, Florida International
Forrest Hightower, CB, San Jose State
Alvin Jelks, RB, San Jose State
Quinn Kaehler, QB, San Diego State
Akeem King, S, San Jose State
James Langford, K, California
Poppy Livers, WR, Villanova
Mike Lowe, S, California
Gabe Manzanares, RB, UC Davis
Joshua McCain, WR, Idaho
Xavier Milton, WR, Florida Tech
Ty Montgomery, WR, Stanford
Kyle Olugbode, S, Stanford
Trevor Pardula, P, Kansas
Delency Parham, CB, Idaho
David Parry, NT, Stanford
Connor Peters, TE, Boise State
Kris Petersen, DE, Texas State
David Peterson, C, San Jose State
Edward Plantaric, FB, Stanford
Toni Pole, NT, Washington State
Travis Raciti, DE, San Jose State
Blake Renaud, LB, Boise State
Ben Rhyne, P, Stanford
Jordan Richards, S, Stanford
Xavier Russo, LB, Brown
Ricky Seale, RB, Stanford
John Sheperdson, LS, California
Teddy Silano, OT, Colorado Mesa
A.J. Tarpley, LB, Stanford
Austin Trainor, QB, Florida A&M
Foloi Vae, DE, San Jose State
Siuea Vaesau, DE, UNLV
James Vaughters, LB, Stanford
Matt Vinal, S, UNLV
Lee Ward, FB, Stanford
Jacob Wark, WR, Oregon State
Brandon White, WR, San Diego
Harrison Wilfley, DE, California
Jordan Williamson, K, Stanford
Dylan Wynn, FB, Oregon State

http://www.examiner.com/article/49ers-will-host-65-players-at-local-pro-day

Looking at the shear volume above in Post #97 you'd think Baalke's priorities are as follows (looking at quantity AND quality): NT (3), WR (13), ILB (8), DE (6), CB (10), RB (4), OLB (6), OL (6), TE, FS (2) & QB (1)

Read more at http://www.49erswebzone.com/forum/nfl-draft/181420-2015-prospects-49ers-have-met-thread/page7/#v7DSg7rsFljCfd6p.99

^^^ Getting down there on final visits!

"We feel very good at where this roster's at from the standpoint of going out and playing a game tomorrow," Baalke said

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/sports/nfl/san-francisco-49ers/article18780615.html#storylink=cpy

Looking at the roster in posy #800 above and the prospects, I agree!

Originally posted by NCommand:

2015 Team Needs: (Order of Tier Importance: Top Tier, Second Tier & Third Tier)

Top Tier:
OLB - This is considered a top priority if the rumors are true and we release Brooks post-June 1st. However, current rumors have Brooks staying on but Skuta signed a big deal in FA. All we have left is Lemonier after that. This is a Baalke-like pick (meaning, unexpected mostly) not only so we can groom him while he contributes as a pass rush specialist this year but next year (starter) if/when we lose Brooks but also because we need to make a decision on Aldon regarding a long-term contract. Also, nothing improves your secondary faster than a consistent, rotating, monster pass rush! Projection: 1st or 2nd round
DE - Less of a need with the signing of Darnell Dockett but Baalke still likes to plan ahead. This position still could be a higher pick if Justin Smith officially retires. Currently, we have depth with Dial at LDE along with TJE (tendered) and Ramsey coming into the mix (highly touted as well). Plus Dorsey can play DE as needed with a healthy Williams returning. If BPA is a DE, this could be our #1 pick. Projection: 1st or 2nd round
WR - We need a tall, bigger-bodied prototypical WCO WR who's got top-tier talent to learn from Boldin (i.e. DGB/Strong) esp. given Crabtree is sure to leave via FA and Johnson was cut d/t his salary (and he's better suited for the slot anyhow). The signing of Torrey Smith alone eliminates 1 of these 2 types of WR's we needed. Projection: 1st or 2nd round
ILB - We tendered Wilhoite (thank you Baalke). And then both Borland and Willis retired. Are you kidding me? Who's next, Bowman? Possible. Therefore, this is a much bigger hole today. Bowman and Wilhoite would make a viable starting lineup but not dynamic unless Bowman is 100% healthy. We only have Shayne Skov and Nick Moody behind them. Projection: 2nd or 3rd round
RB - Baalke still has to plan for depth and he likes to have like-players at each spot. He'll need to find a similar-style RB to Hyde as he's shoring up the backups with Hunter-Hayne and now Reggie Bush through FA. He'll most likely be a zone-blocking RB for this new system. A great one could be had from the 2nd round on (like Hyde last year). Projection: 3rd or 4th round

Second Tier:
LG - Could use a premier starting LG here now that Iupati has moved on in FA although we should have some great competition with Thomas/Martin/Looney. Projection: 3rd or 4th round
CB - Outside CB. This could be a #1 pick now that Cox & Culliver are gone via FA. Both the Cook and Wright signings are solid depth players with potentially more. We already have depth with Johnson, McFadden, Reaser and Acker. Projection: 3rd or 4th round
FS - Craig Dahl resigns to stay on as a ST ace (14 tackles last year and he replaces Bubba) but we still need to seek out a real FS behind Reid and who can also be a quality ST player. Bethea isn't getting any younger and Reid has concussion issues while L.J. McCray continues to develop (but is promising) and Ward is learning two positions (slot and FS) and healing up himself. Projection: 4th round
LT/RT - You can never have too many good T's. The Pear signing is basically this year's Jonathan Martin. Having Boone on the team helps. Projection: 4th or 5th round
NT - Mangini likes wide-bodied 2-gap NT's so we may go that route as well (even as high as Eddie Goldman or Carl Davis around the 25th pick on a trade-back) even with Dorsey/Williams back 100% healthy together for the first time. Projection: 5th round
QB - We retained a veteran backup in Gabbert and you can expect a hand-picked QB by Geep/Logan to fit their offensive system and develop over time (and push CK). Projection: 6th round

Third Tier:
PK - We could use a rookie to challenge Phil Dawson in camp as we could save $3,134,000 if we cut Dawson (40) with only $1M in dead-money (post-June 1st). Projection: 7th round
P - We could use a rookie to challenge Andy Lee in camp as we could save $1,550,000 if we cut Lee with only $1M in dead-money (post-June 1st). Projection: 7th round
TE/H-Back - We could use a tall 6'6" TE who can catch for the RedZone and to split out wide or for more competition at the H-back spot even though we'll have Miller, Carrier & Millard. Speaking of Miller, pay attention to his domestic violence issue. Projection: 7th round

Draft Round - Ideal Position Targets by Draft Pick:
1 (15/15) - OLB/DE
2 (14/46) - WR/ILB
3 (15/79) - LG/RB
4 (27/127) - CB/FS
4 (33/132) - LT/RT
5 (15/151) - NT
6 (14/189) - QB
7 (29/246) - PK/P
7 (37/254) - TE/H-Back

Let's take a look back at our original tier-needs and compare to Baalke's prospects:

1 (15/15) - OLB/DE - Baalke has met with 6 OLB's and 5 DE's
2 (14/46) - WR/ILB - Baalke has met with 13 WR's and 8 ILB's
3 (15/79) - LG/RB - Baalke has met with 4 RB's and 2 G's and 1 C
4 (27/127) - CB/FS - Baalke has met with 10 CB's and 2 FS's
4 (33/132) - LT/RT - Baalke has met with 2 T's
5 (15/151) - NT - Baalke has met with all 3 top-tier NT's
6 (14/189) - QB - Baalke has met with 1 QB
7 (29/246) - PK/P - None
7 (37/254) - TE/H-Back - Baalke has met with 3 TE's

Baalke's top priorities appear to be: (Goal)
1. NT (3) - Looking at all 3 top NT's within the first 29 picks and no further (Round 1 - Trade back to 25th)
2. WR (13) - Looking at 8 picks within the top 63 picks and 5 more from the 154th pick on (Round 2 or 4)
3. ILB (8) - Looking at 5 picks within the top 58 picks and 3 more from the 94th pick on (Round 2 or 3)
4. DE (6) - Looking at 6 top DE's within the first 104 picks and no further (Round 2 or 3)
5. CB (10) - Looking at 5 picks within the top 107 picks and 5 more from the 199th pick on (Round 1 or 6)
6. RB (4) - Looking at 2 picks within the top 68 picks and 2 more from the 135th pick on (Round 2 or 7)
7. OLB (6) - Looking at 2 picks within the top 19 picks and 4 more from the 88th pick on (Round 1 or 6)
8. OL (5) - Looking at 4 picks within the top 91 picks and 2 more from the 197th pick on (Round 3 or 7)
9. TE (2) - Looking at 2 picks within the top 74 and no further (Round 3)
10. FS (2) - Looking at 2 picks at 122 & 126 and no further (Round 4)
11. QB (1) - Looking at 1 pick within the top 61 picks and no further (Round 2)

Originally posted by NCommand:
Looking at the shear volume above in Post #97 you'd think Baalke's priorities are as follows: WR (13), CB (10), ILB (8) and OLB (6) will be our top picks followed by DE (5), RB (4), NT (3), T (3), G & T (2) & QB (1)

Read more at http://www.49erswebzone.com/forum/nfl-draft/181420-2015-prospects-49ers-have-met-thread/page7/#v7DSg7rsFljCfd6p.99

Baalke is a devious fellow...so these guys might be marginals he wanted to scout, while definatess are in the book. Or not...LOL.

Originally posted by dtg_9er:

Originally posted by NCommand:
Looking at the shear volume above in Post #97 you'd think Baalke's priorities are as follows: WR (13), CB (10), ILB (8) and OLB (6) will be our top picks followed by DE (5), RB (4), NT (3), T (3), G & T (2) & QB (1)

Read more at http://www.49erswebzone.com/forum/nfl-draft/181420-2015-prospects-49ers-have-met-thread/page7/#v7DSg7rsFljCfd6p.99

Baalke is a devious fellow...so these guys might be marginals he wanted to scout, while definatess are in the book. Or not...LOL.

"I've got Baalke all figured out! " said no Juan ever!

I like your list, but NC , bad as we need the WR, CB, ILB, OLB, followed by OL and DL, we have to come out of this with a bona fide #2 qB. Leaving this til last isn't going to help us unless the kid is another tom brady. We have to get a #2, because at #2QB right now we got a project, and there goes our season if kap gets hurt. WE were just dam lucky last yr, that we managed 8-8 . Take kap out and what do we do? right, 4-12. We gotta get by trade or earlier draft a Qb who could take over and win . Right now we don't have one.

Originally posted by pasodoc9er:
I like your list, but NC , bad as we need the WR, CB, ILB, OLB, followed by OL and DL, we have to come out of this with a bona fide #2 qB. Leaving this til last isn't going to help us unless the kid is another tom brady. We have to get a #2, because at #2QB right now we got a project, and there goes our season if kap gets hurt. WE were just dam lucky last yr, that we managed 8-8 . Take kap out and what do we do? right, 4-12. We gotta get by trade or earlier draft a Qb who could take over and win . Right now we don't have one.

Baalke's top priorities appear to be: (Goal)
1. NT (3) - Looking at all 3 top NT's within the first 29 picks and no further (Round 1 - Trade back to 25th)
2. WR (13) - Looking at 8 picks within the top 63 picks and 5 more from the 154th pick on (Round 2 or 4)
3. ILB (8) - Looking at 5 picks within the top 58 picks and 3 more from the 94th pick on (Round 2 or 3)
4. DE (5) - Looking at 5 top DE's within the first 104 picks and no further (Round 2 or 3)
5. CB (10) - Looking at 5 picks within the top 107 picks and 5 more from the 199th pick on (Round 1 or 6)
6. RB (4) - Looking at 2 picks within the top 68 picks and 2 more from the 135th pick on (Round 2 or 7)
7. OLB (6) - Looking at 2 picks within the top 19 picks and 4 more from the 88th pick on (Round 1 or 6)
8. OL (5) - Looking at 4 picks within the top 91 picks and 2 more from the 197th pick on (Round 3 or 7)
9. TE (2) - Looking at 2 picks within the top 74 and no further (Round 3)
10. FS (2) - Looking at 2 picks at 122 & 126 and no further (Round 4)
11. QB (1) - Looking at 1 pick within the top 61 picks and no further (Round 2)

Yeah, thus far, aside from Garrett Grayson (ranked #61) & Devin Gardner (not ranked), we haven't been connected to anyone else (that we officially know about). My guess is that they are looking at a 3rd string developmental player like Gardner as an UDFA who's got all the athletic abilities like CK but extremely raw. Baalke also reported that the coaches loved working with just the 2 QB's. Perhaps that's some insight going forward. A guy like Gardner can work in as a WR, all-purpose QB while slowly develop as a QB over time?

Keep in mind that Baalke is tied with Bill Belichick (NE) with 18 draft-day(s) trades to date during the same span. So this is my "Moving & Shaking" 2015 Mock Draft.

Trades (x2): Traded the 15th for the 25th and 56th & traded the 127th for the 153rd and 184th
1 (25/25): NT Eddie Goldman
2 (14/46): XWR Dorial Green-Beckham
2 (24/56): RDE Marcus Hardison
3 (15/79): TE Clive Walford
4 (27/132 COMP): FS Kurtis Drummond
5 (15/151): ZWR *Dezmin Lewis
5 (25/153): ILB Taiwan Jones
6 (24/184): OLB Ryan Russell
6 (14/189): XCB Tray Walker
7 (29/246): RB1 Matt Jones
7 (37/254 COMP): PK Justin Manton

* Only player not visited with (or recorded)

UDFA Position Targets: LG, T, QB & P
(Shane McDermott C 6'4" 302, Darryl Roberts CB Y 5'11" 190 4.36, Chris Dunkley CB Y 5'11" 183 4.57, Tory Slater DE R 6'5" 290, Travis Raciti DE R 6'4" 288, Michael Lowe FS 5'11" 207 4.72, Ben Beckwith G L 6'4" 317, A.J. Tarpley ILB MIKE 6'0" 232 4.75, Tavaris Barnes OLB SAM 6'3" 275 4.85, Ryan Delaire OLB WILL 6'4" 254 4.67, Devin Gardner QB 6'4" 205 4.50, Keon Williams RB1 6'0" 238 4.58, Marcus Murphy RB2 5'8" 198 4.61, Cameron Clear TE 6'5" 277 4.92, Brock Lutes TE H 6'4" 230 4.47, Da'Ron Brown WR Y 6'0" 205 4.54, Ricky Collins WR Y 5'11" 196 4.57 & DeAnder Carter WR Y 5'8" 185 4.44)

Notes: Release Ian Williams saving $1,162,500 with only $333,334 in dead money. In short, get a 2-gap starting NT for Mangini (makes the entire 3-4 defense better), gain an additional 2nd rounder, save $1.16M and still have veteran depth with Dorsey behind him (plus Dial if needed). Also, only Dezmin Lewis and Justin Manton are the only two players picked that we weren't tied to thus far.

And here is the "Staying Pat" 2015 Draft Picks:
1 (15/15): ZWR DeVante Parker
2 (14/46): TED Stephone Anthony
3 (15/79): LDE Xavier Cooper
4 (27/127): FS Kurtis Drummond
4 (33/132): SAM Lynden Trail
5 (15/151): XWR Ty Montgomery
6 (14/189): XCB Tray Walker
7 (29/246): WILL Zach Wagenmann
7 (37/254): ZCB Tye Smith