John Lynch - 49ers GM

Originally posted by SmokeyJoe:

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
Lynch is well aware of what their needs are. I'm guessing he prioritized signing Evans or some other proven WR before any other position because of the Jennings situation.. He may have felt that picking at #27 would make it a long shot to get anyone as good as Evans. No way they could go into next year with the often injured Pearsall as there only recieving option. Now I think they'll go DL or OL dependng on who's there when they pick. They may still pick a WR in a later round.

Denver released Greenlaw so I wonder if they'll try and bring him back.

Wouldn't be surprised at all if we still went WR early.

I think signing Evans takes WR off the board early. Just too many more pressing needs all over the roster, and now a little breathing room at WR.

Evans, Pearsall, Robinson, Watson are locks. I still have hopes for Cowing. That leaves one, maybe two, more spots between FAs/Rookies/UDFAs.

My guess is we target WR in the 4th +- a round. But then again, I know nothing of college players and where positional values are in the draft. And I admit, Kyle is a bit of a wild card with offensive guys in the draft.

I'd be surprised if they took WR before the 4th, but my jaw wouldn't exactly be on the floor.

Originally posted by Willisfn4life:

Originally posted by ninersrule4:

Originally posted by Fanaticofnfl:
I firmly believed WR was our biggest need this morning.

What is our new biggest need? DL or interior OL?

They need to address the secondary. The safety's are some of the worst in the league.

I think you address the secondary first and foremost by addressing the dline. Pressures do wonders for a secondary. That was non existent most of last season.

With a healthy Bosa and Huff the first few weeks of the season the secondary was god awful. WRs running wide open. Thankfully AZ nor New Orleans can throw. They are not very good. Safety needs to be addressed.

Originally posted by ninersrule4:

Originally posted by Fanaticofnfl:
I firmly believed WR was our biggest need this morning.

What is our new biggest need? DL or interior OL?

They need to address the secondary. The safety's are some of the worst in the league.

I don't think we move from Mustapha yet.

It's also a great S draft this year.

I can see them grabbing a vet in FA and then drafting a S in the 3rd, maybe 4th.

Mustapha
Vet
Draft
Sigle

DL, WR, CB/S is where I'm picking our first 3 picks to go. I just don't see OL happening unless Trent leaves and causes a big strategy shift.

As for CB we're locked in with Lenoir and Stout. No idea what is going on with Green so we need somebody from somewhere.

Originally posted by ninersrule4:

Originally posted by Willisfn4life:

Originally posted by ninersrule4:

Originally posted by Fanaticofnfl:
I firmly believed WR was our biggest need this morning.

What is our new biggest need? DL or interior OL?

They need to address the secondary. The safety's are some of the worst in the league.

I think you address the secondary first and foremost by addressing the dline. Pressures do wonders for a secondary. That was non existent most of last season.

With a healthy Bosa and Huff the first few weeks of the season the secondary was god awful. WRs running wide open. Thankfully AZ nor New Orleans can throw. They are not very good. Safety needs to be addressed.

I mean it's the beginning of the season. Nobody is in mid season form. All in all the team gave up less than 200 yards passing in both of their first two games. And one of those games was the Seahawks. Bosa went out hurt in the Arizona game.

Once again I agree the secondary needs attention but I do not agree it should take priority over the dline. Winning in the trenches is the age old secret in winning football games.

There is no reason both can't be addressed this off-season. Their is good depth at both Dline and safety in this draft.

Originally posted by 9ers4eva:

Originally posted by Willisfn4life:
Not saying the secondary doesn't need attention. I'm saying the dline needs it more. Our dline statistically was among the worst in the league last season. No secondary is holding up under that.

I'd say they need it pretty equally. There's no Nick Bosa returning to help the secondary.

I think the defensive performance stands for itself with a healthy pass rush versus a non healthy pass rush. The secondary personnel didn't change much during that duration but the dline sure did and it fell off a cliff without Bosa.

Sign Hendrickson and call it a free agency

Originally posted by ninerfan4life:
Sign Hendrickson and call it a free agency

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Not expecting that but that would really open up a lot of options in the draft.

Originally posted by ninerfan4life:
Sign Hendrickson and call it a free agency

curious why he didnt go today.

looking for a mega deal?

Originally posted by Crown:

Originally posted by ninerfan4life:
Sign Hendrickson and call it a free agency

curious why he didnt go today.

looking for a mega deal?

31, coming off a back injury. I'm sure back injuries scare teams even the stupid ones that over spend

Originally posted by FredFlintstone:
31, coming off a back injury. I'm sure back injuries scare teams even the stupid ones that over spend

I definitely would be in on Hendrickson with a Mike Evans type deal (somewhat incentive based)

We need safety and Pass Rush help. I hope we get some stud DT and DE. Even gettin a guy like Joey Bosa as a rotational piece would be great.

No real reinforcements for the O-line.

More of the same. Same roster construction. Same results.

We can't run against Seattle with our current O-line and we can't protect Purdy on passing downs against Seattle.

Well I guess that with 33-yr old Evans we can score a TD against Seattle this time to only lose by 28 because I imagine that Whiterspoon and Emmanwori are terrified of Evans

Evans is just another Shanahan's whim and I don't care about the apologetic comments you guys are gonna make.

Originally posted by Monsterniner:
No real reinforcements for the O-line.

More of the same. Same roster construction. Same results.

We can't run against Seattle with our current O-line and we can't protect Purdy on passing downs against Seattle.

Well I guess that with 33-yr old Evans we can score a TD against Seattle this time to only lose by 28 because I imagine that Whiterspoon and Emmanwori are terrified of Evans

Evans is just another Shanahan's whim and I don't care about the apologetic comments you guys are gonna make.

Originally posted by FredFlintstone:

Originally posted by Crown:

Originally posted by ninerfan4life:
Sign Hendrickson and call it a free agency

curious why he didnt go today.

looking for a mega deal?

31, coming off a back injury. I'm sure back injuries scare teams even the stupid ones that over spend

Great pass rusher, not the best vs the run

Originally posted by Chance:
I think signing Evans takes WR off the board early. Just too many more pressing needs all over the roster, and now a little breathing room at WR.

Evans, Pearsall, Robinson, Watson are locks. I still have hopes for Cowing. That leaves one, maybe two, more spots between FAs/Rookies/UDFAs.

My guess is we target WR in the 4th +- a round. But then again, I know nothing of college players and where positional values are in the draft. And I admit, Kyle is a bit of a wild card with offensive guys in the draft.

I'd be surprised if they took WR before the 4th, but my jaw wouldn't exactly be on the floor.

I definitely don't think Robinson is a lock to be on this team.