Originally posted by genus49:
Originally posted by JoseCortez:
You guys are hilarious. Anything to protect your precious.
The knock all year was that Kyle did not develop any offensive rookies. McCaffrey, a 29 year old running back with a history of injuries, who looked awful running the ball all year, would have probably benefitted from not being played so much, and would have more years on his tires if he wasnt played so much. The rookie rb would have beneffitted from playing time. The rookie wr would have benefitted from playing time. Instead, McCaffrey looked like a broken down man at the ned of the year, and the rookies lost a year of playing time.
And when Lance did'nt play the argument was "he just needs reps!"
We arent talking about that superbowl anymore. We are talking about the team going forward. Kyle had a chance to give these rookies some valuable playing time that would have benefitted them next year. Oh well.
3 out 4 teams left also have a rb by committee. Look how McVay expertly blends corim and Williams. Look how the Seahawks used Kenneth walker and charbonet. Look at the patriots with Henderson rhamondre Stevenson. Even the bears with swift and monangai. Shanahan just loves running his players into the ground. He even refused to play kittle and tonges at the same time.
Ah yes Tonges the missing peace to greatness. Just look at him in the last game and see what Kyle had us missing all year 
When you have to make up stuff to complain about then you know there isn't a real argument here.
Acting like Jordan James and Jordan Watkins are Michael Jordan's of the NFL and Kyle is just holding them back 🤦♂?.
They're both day 3 rookies. James 2 guys down the depth chart, after starting the year being 3 guys down the depth chart. Watkins got injured in preseason then kept getting injured missing critical development time.
Jordan James wasn't going to save our season and RB is the easiest position to transition from college to the pros. Watkins I would've liked to see play over Bourne but clearly he wasn't showing enough in practice to merit serious paying time and it's not like Bourne was heavily featured by the time Watkins was healthy again.
Faster and younger doesn't guarantee they're ready to contribute or contribute in a major way. Find something else to complain about.
I'm not sure that's exactly what he was saying. While I don't have the same, unrelenting issues with Kyle that some people do, I do wonder about some of the choices he's made. For instance, I get that McCaffery is a unique player, and Kyle puts a lot of trust in him, but 400+ touches? I mean, there are other backs on the team. If Kyle doesn't thrust them to get the job done, then why are they there?
He said Jordan James had been ready to play the last six weeks of the season but that there was "no room" for him on the gameday roster. Why, so he could have Robinson and Guerendo up, who he rarely ever used as actual RBs? Then there was the whole circus around the WR position, I know injuries played a part in how that all played out, but still. Demarcus Robinson had one significant game statistically, Bourne had two and they were important games, I'll grant that, but in a year they went into thinking it would be important to develop their rookies and young players hardly any of them really got a chance outside of a few,
It was really just Stout, West, Collins and Williams, until he got hurt. Sigle had a chance and looked pretty good early on, got benched for eight weeks, then came back and looked pretty good again. Why not give him the opportunity to learn through his mistakes the way Stout did? It's not like the safeties they had back there were world beaters.
I think the point about Tonges is that he showed he had excellent hands and was a legitimate receiving option, but he really only played when George was out. while down the freeway Mckay was doing some interesting things with three TE sets. Given all of our issues at the receiving position this year, it seemed, looking in from the outside, that there might be some opportunities to utilize his receiving skills in more innovative ways with both he and George on the field together, but that never really happened. It doesn't mean that Tonges would have altered the course of the season, just that it would have given defenses another thing to think about.
I guess my last gripe would be about Sebastian Valdez. They brought him up a few times to reward him for his work on the scout team, but they never played him, why? As bad as their interior pass rush was this year, it seems like they would have been interested in seeing what he could do. My only thought is that they like his upside enough that they didn't want to put him in a position to be poached off the practice squad if he got out there and showed what he could do. Not saying that's the case, it's just a thought.
This administration has a lot to answer for in terms of questionable draft picks, bad free agent signings, and the slow pace at which they develop rookies. But, in spite of all that, they have found a way to keep the team competitive. However, both Seattle and LA seem to have taken significant steps forward so it will be incumbent upon Kyle and Lynch to show they can improve the roster enough to keep up. Go Niners!
