49er TE Blake Bell

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:
Yep, dude catches everything, other than the hospital pass Gabbert threw him in the DEN game. He doesn't have the speed McD has but he has much better hands.

In the RZ, you need very good hands in the first place though.

great rookie class

Originally posted by cciowa:
great rookie class

Just read the entire draft class made it plus a few UDFAs and we are the 8th youngest team now. Future looks very bright esp. if these guys can come together and especially with all the cap space we will have for next year. But even for a young team we still 19 of 29 veteran starters with lots of playoff experience. 9 starting second year players and 2 rookies. That's a nice balance. And we've almost got rid of all the nuckleheads. Bunch of high character dudes now. I'm loving this team and have a good feeling about all the coaches. Let the season start and see how we fare.

Let's go Niners.

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by cciowa:
great rookie class

Just read the entire draft class made it plus a few UDFAs and we are the 8th youngest team now. Future looks very bright esp. if these guys can come together and especially with all the cap space we will have for next year. But even for a young team we still 19 of 29 veteran starters with lots of playoff experience. 9 starting second year players and 2 rookies. That's a nice balance. And we've almost got rid of all the nuckleheads. Bunch of high character dudes now. I'm loving this team and have a good feeling about all the coaches. Let the season start and see how we fare.

Let's go Niners.

this bothers me

Originally posted by Zachary:

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by cciowa:

great rookie class

Just read the entire draft class made it plus a few UDFAs and we are the 8th youngest team now. Future looks very bright esp. if these guys can come together and especially with all the cap space we will have for next year. But even for a young team we still 19 of 29 veteran starters with lots of playoff experience. 9 starting second year players and 2 rookies. That's a nice balance. And we've almost got rid of all the nuckleheads. Bunch of high character dudes now. I'm loving this team and have a good feeling about all the coaches. Let the season start and see how we fare.

Let's go Niners.

this bothers me

Que?

Originally posted by fropwns:
Que?

It doesn't bother me so much, but it's a lot of unproven players in big roles. I think of it as something exciting and promising, but I can see why people would be worried.

Originally posted by gold49er2183:

Originally posted by fropwns:
Que?

It doesn't bother me so much, but it's a lot of unproven players in big roles. I think of it as something exciting and promising, but I can see why people would be worried.

i don't worry because there's no reason that they can't shine. the talent is there. the coaching is there. they can do it.
every team has unproven players in big roles imo.

especially in our division
every single team in our division has an unproven offensive line. every one.
seattle's rock solid secondary with a hurt earl thomas and possibly no chancellor and then no thurmond suddenly only consists of sherman and that's it- unproven

rogers wr core is unproven
dallas cowboys running backs and defensive line and secondary is unproven
patriots wr core is unproven
the eagles entire team is unproven
its just the narrative you want to put on that tag

its all feelings.

there's this list of players under 25 or something out there i have to find it but pretty much the unproven tag as it relates to the 49ers was always negative.

the unproven tag as it related to other teams players with even less real game experience that our guys was promise and assured ascension into stardom.

Originally posted by jonesadrian:

Originally posted by gold49er2183:

Originally posted by fropwns:
Que?

It doesn't bother me so much, but it's a lot of unproven players in big roles. I think of it as something exciting and promising, but I can see why people would be worried.

i don't worry because there's no reason that they can't shine. the talent is there. the coaching is there. they can do it.
every team has unproven players in big roles imo.

especially in our division
every single team in our division has an unproven offensive line. every one.
seattle's rock solid secondary with a hurt earl thomas and possibly no chancellor and then no thurmond suddenly only consists of sherman and that's it- unproven

rogers wr core is unproven
dallas cowboys running backs and defensive line and secondary is unproven
patriots wr core is unproven
the eagles entire team is unproven
its just the narrative you want to put on that tag

its all feelings.

there's this list of players under 25 or something out there i have to find it but pretty much the unproven tag as it relates to the 49ers was always negative.

the unproven tag as it related to other teams players with even less real game experience that our guys was promise and assured ascension into stardom.

Good points!

Originally posted by fropwns:

Originally posted by Zachary:

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by cciowa:
great rookie class

Just read the entire draft class made it plus a few UDFAs and we are the 8th youngest team now. Future looks very bright esp. if these guys can come together and especially with all the cap space we will have for next year. But even for a young team we still 19 of 29 veteran starters with lots of playoff experience. 9 starting second year players and 2 rookies. That's a nice balance. And we've almost got rid of all the nuckleheads. Bunch of high character dudes now. I'm loving this team and have a good feeling about all the coaches. Let the season start and see how we fare.

Let's go Niners.

this bothers me

Que?

I think he's talking about using esp. And the actual word especially in the same sentence.

Originally posted by gold49er2183:

Originally posted by fropwns:
Que?

It doesn't bother me so much, but it's a lot of unproven players in big roles. I think of it as something exciting and promising, but I can see why people would be worried.

Which of the 9 2nd year players starting for the first time worry you? Hayne and Pinion are the rookies. Do they worry you?

Just curious...

Originally posted by Zachary:

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by cciowa:
great rookie class

Just read the entire draft class made it plus a few UDFAs and we are the 8th youngest team now. Future looks very bright esp. if these guys can come together and especially with all the cap space we will have for next year. But even for a young team we still 19 of 29 veteran starters with lots of playoff experience. 9 starting second year players and 2 rookies. That's a nice balance. And we've almost got rid of all the nuckleheads. Bunch of high character dudes now. I'm loving this team and have a good feeling about all the coaches. Let the season start and see how we fare.

Let's go Niners.

this bothers me

Lol

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by gold49er2183:

Originally posted by fropwns:
Que?

It doesn't bother me so much, but it's a lot of unproven players in big roles. I think of it as something exciting and promising, but I can see why people would be worried.

Which of the 9 2nd year players starting for the first time worry you? Hayne and Pinion are the rookies. Do they worry you?

Just curious...

Read my post again. I think of it as a good thing that we have young players earning important roles. "Its exciting and promising". But I can see why some people are worried. They follow the narrative that we must suck if we have to play so many unproven players. I see it as the opposite because there's still a ton of talent on the team.

To answer your question I'm not worried about our rookie or sophmore class.

I'm one of the more positive fans you'll find on this site.

Time to start using Bell. Vance sucks.

Bump because I'd like to see more of this guy

Originally posted by Stud:

Time to start using Bell. Vance sucks.

This. I think Bell would actually try to catch the ball