2018 Team Information (Needs)

Originally posted by NCommand:

So for years, the #49ers have ignored the need for an edge rusher, a single high safety AND a number 1 receiver, and now you think they'll address all those needs in one offseason? That's cute. If they draft Bosa addressing the biggest team need. Take the win and be happy.

— James LeBreton (@jamesplebreton) January 2, 2019

I think they can get 2/3 if they're lucky. Back the Brinks truck up for Earl Thomas, and either pray AZ passes on Nick Bosa or identify the correct next-best edge rusher after him.

Originally posted by NCommand:

So for years, the #49ers have ignored the need for an edge rusher, a single high safety AND a number 1 receiver, and now you think they'll address all those needs in one offseason? That's cute. If they draft Bosa addressing the biggest team need. Take the win and be happy.

— James LeBreton (@jamesplebreton) January 2, 2019

Just outbid the Cowboys for Earl Thomas in free agency. That seems like a reasonable goal to achieve.

We won't get Bosa, so it is whatever. Just draft another interior DT and stick with Marsh another year. Hopefully hes the next Aaron Donald.

Wide receiver. Yeah, not getting my hopes up. Shanahan will need to stop discriminating against big bodied receivers. There's a couple of guys I've got my eyes on like DK Metcalf, Hakeem Butler, N'Keal Harry. These aren't Shanahan prototype receivers that are 5'9''.

Originally posted by NinerGM:

Here's the state of the OL:

We hope Tomlinson will be back in 3 - 4 months (remember Cooper?)
We hope Richburg will be improved.
We hope Person will maintain or get better than average.
We hope Staley will not diminish because of age.

There cannot be any injury to either Staley or McGlinchey because of Gilliam (complete garbage), Williams is a project and Shon Coleman is a big ?.
Garnett is notoriously unreliable.
Magnusson looks good but is unproven.

We allowed 125 QB hits this season and the rate at which this happen was irrespective of starters at QB or WRs.

The OL is so onion skin paper thin, not one injury can happen to tackle and we better not be forced to dig deep at OG.

The OL is one injury away from a disastrous season where Jimmy running for his life on his surgically repaired ACL is just not a good scenario.

Please, build the lines. Please.

I have to be realistic with this FO. They love themselves some Richburg and Tomlinson.

Ali Marpet already resigned so he's off the market. My next RG target is Mark Glowinski from the Colts (their stellar OL). He's currently ranked as the #10 G. Resign Mike Person (who dropped from #4 to #18) to compete for depth including at C. I'd like either a LT or LG to be taken with the 2nd pick.

Both Tomlinson and Richburg badly need some REAL competition and we need some real talent at RG at least.

The OL got worse the second half of the season except Staley, who like always, got better, ending the year as the #6 T overall.

Originally posted by NCommand:

So for years, the #49ers have ignored the need for an edge rusher, a single high safety AND a number 1 receiver, and now you think they'll address all those needs in one offseason? That's cute. If they draft Bosa addressing the biggest team need. Take the win and be happy.

— James LeBreton (@jamesplebreton) January 2, 2019

Oh lord that tweet is so whiny, i heard my chemical romance playing in my head while I read it.

The team have added a multitude of wide receivers over the last two years including using a second. What so people are really going to be mad they didn't wildly over pay for Watkins or robinson who both didn't even come close to 1k yards?

Oh who was the plethora of edge talent last year we missed out on? Geez really missed out on Harold Landry.

I respect the point on FS. Even though Colbert looked like the future last offseason, they should have brought in more insurance than DJ reed.

Originally posted by philosoraptor:

Oh lord that tweet is so whiny, i heard my chemical romance playing in my head while I read it.

The team have added a multitude of wide receivers over the last two years including using a second. What so people are really going to be mad they didn't wildly over pay for Watkins or robinson who both didn't even come close to 1k yards?

Oh who was the plethora of edge talent last year we missed out on? Geez really missed out on Harold Landry.

I respect the point on FS. Even though Colbert looked like the future last offseason, they should have brought in more insurance than DJ reed.

The only one whining is you.

And he's still accurate though. He's also talking about years...not just this year. Clearly, we've been unable or unwilling to secure a blue chip ER, FS and WR...not really a secret to us 49er fans.

As to last year, Robinson was their #1 WR playing in an offense who was 25th in passing attempts and in year one of coming back from an ACL. You're out of your mind if you don't think he would have stabilized our ZWR position and had over 1K in our system. But if you're cool with Garcon, Goodwin and Bourne, great...how much did those 3 cost us in cap space this year for their epic contributions? Yeah, I'd take Robinson, thank you.

Having Robinson meant we could have used that trade-up for Landry instead. Much bigger need than Pettis who is now, simply replacing Goodwin at XWR, like McGlinchey replacing Brown. How much was really gained...same needs still exist today. And the FO was once again the bridesmaid on Mack as well...like Garrett and soon to be, Bosa. We good with Marsh though. Obviously, nobody could have challenged that dude!

Single high FS? Kind of a big deal in this defense. I actually don't fault them for this one although keeping Brown meant they could have picked up Derwin James instead.

So yeah, he's still accurate. The FO didn't have a plethora of options this last year (as an example) but they made their choices and they could still work out just fine. We'll see over time.

Originally posted by NinerGM:

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by NinerGM:

Here's the state of the OL:

We hope Tomlinson will be back in 3 - 4 months (remember Cooper?)
We hope Richburg will be improved.
We hope Person will maintain or get better than average.
We hope Staley will not diminish because of age.

There cannot be any injury to either Staley or McGlinchey because of Gilliam (complete garbage), Williams is a project and Shon Coleman is a big ?.
Garnett is notoriously unreliable.
Magnusson looks good but is unproven.

We allowed 125 QB hits this season and the rate at which this happen was irrespective of starters at QB or WRs.

The OL is so onion skin paper thin, not one injury can happen to tackle and we better not be forced to dig deep at OG.

The OL is one injury away from a disastrous season where Jimmy running for his life on his surgically repaired ACL is just not a good scenario.

Please, build the lines. Please.

I have to be realistic with this FO. They love themselves some Richburg and Tomlinson.

Ali Marpet already resigned so he's off the market. My next RG target is Mark Glowinski from the Colts (their stellar OL). He's currently ranked as the #10 G. Resign Mike Person (who dropped from #4 to #18) to compete for depth including at C. I'd like either a LT or LG to be taken with the 2nd pick.

Both Tomlinson and Richburg badly need some REAL competition and we need some real talent at RG at least.

The OL got worse the second half of the season except Staley, who like always, got better, ending the year as the #6 T overall.

They might love them but the tape doesn't lie and neither does 125 hits. I really hope we turn to FA to find some help at the OL. KS and JL arrogantly believed their small average WRs would be able to do well and it cost KS a FQB. I hope he learned his lesson and doesn't think the poor pass-blocking is just going to help itself with a FQB on a surgically repaired ACL. I hope someone is listening.

Build the lines. Please.

All this please. Please .

Draft is going to be:

1.ER or passrusher(Q),

2. hopefully OT or OG 2nd/ or conceivably another ER, esp if we draft Q.

3-5: LB, CB , FS depending on whether Lynch buckles down and gets serious in FA.

Therefore:

FA:

ER if any there and if guy is decent, overpay . We need two in FA/draft, and if a good 3rd one, him too. But has to be quality.

CB and again if decent, overpay to get him here. Then find the next one who could start.

LB. we need two, so get one for sure and two if true starters. (Even 1 would be appreciated)

FS starter, not a has been.

OG but if not a starter, pass. We gotta have starters, we already got backups.(playing as starters). If two get a second one.

OT but starter only. If lynch gets us chopped liver OT, we got backups. Again, we need starter.

Note: No order to this as it is FA . But this yr John better bring his checkbook with lots of checks. IF he can nail down 2,3 or 4 starters, that is just something we don't have to do again in draft. So buy, John, buy. Caveat is no backup material. We got a teamful of that, maybe as many as 12-13 of 'em.
STARTERS....just starters. The worst thing that could happen is we get a "RIchburg" type starter, and that is a ball buster. Just cant do that again.

You'll notice no. #1 WR. If we jump up with only 5 picks then we better be using our picks from 2020 to do so. We need LINES, and then the back 7 on D.

Last yr we got the McG, Jet and Pettis, and sigh, Richburg. This yr we get lines and back 7 D. Sorry Kyle, no WR until you protect your qB , get an ER, LB, CB, FS, and OT + OG. Hopefully one of those also can snap. Don't do like last yr and HOPE your crappy OL gets better. It is a FAIL right now for protecting the one hardest guy to get...FR QB. For gosh sakes, both JL and Kyle need to use their football wisdom and protect jimmyG. If not, then neither makes it 6 yrs here.

The above scenario only works if Kyle can be kept in check re: #1 WR (unless an Antonio B type), but that is FA /trade. Also if he just has to have an offensive player not OG or OT, Mayhew, Peters, Lynch, Saleh(??? Maybe not), and perhaps the new guy being talked about, need to keep him from doing that. JL does have control over top 90 as i recall. And jeez, listen to the scouts and use their input. But no 1 man picks. Make it either unanimous or at least a large majority of F.O. Kyle getting his way with anything but OLinemen...cant happen in draft. FA ...fine. But NOT draft.

Free Agency/Draft Retooling Plan:

Coaching Changes: None, but wanted either Todd Bowles or Ed Donatell hired as the Defensive Coordinator.

Notes:
Jimmy Garoppolo will only count $20M this year.Do not resign DeForest Buckner. He's only counting $5.79M in 2019 and then we can exercise his 5th year option ($10M) and then Franchise Tag him cheap ($14-$16M) since he plays on the interior. No rush.Solomon Thomas adds around 5-10 pounds and gets back to training inside at 3T/1T to pair with DeForest Buckner at 1T/3T. Last year, the FO paid out $87.8M which included extending our own and signing free agents to these core players. This total also included $37M to Jimmy Garoppolo.

2018 Free Agency Spendings:
Jimmy Garoppolo $37,000,000
Weston Richburg $9,260,000
Jimmie Ward $8,526,000
Marquise Goodwin $6,275,000
Richard Sherman $6,175,000
Jerick McKinnon $6,000,000
Cassius Marsh $3,481,250
Laken Tomlinson $2,850,944
Jonathan Cooper $2,475,000
Garry Gilliam $2,450,000
Brock Coyle $2,050,000
Shon Coleman $658,000
Mike Person $630,000

2019 Salary Cap: We're projected to have $71M (including rollover) before the following cuts.

2019 Cap Cuts/Savings:
Pierre Garcon $6M
Garry Gilliam $5.05M
Cassius Marsh $4.2M
Malcolm Smith $4.05M
Earl Mitchell $3.7M
Brock Coyle $2.5M
Garrett Celek $2.1M
Dekoda Watson $1.5M
C.J. BeatHard $786K
Trent Taylor $645K
Matt Dayes $645K
James Onwualu $645K
Godwin Igwebuike $570K
Jullian Taylor $521K
J.P. Flynn $495K
Tarvarus McFadden $13K = +$32M

2019 Total Cap: $103M

Projected Franchised Players/Cost
Position: Current / Projected
Cornerback: $14,975,000 / $16,175,000
Defensive end: $17,143,000 / $17,291,000
Defensive tackle: $13,939,000 / $15,355,000
Linebacker: $14,961,000 / $15,591,000
Offensive line: $14,077,000 / $14,201,000
Punter/kicker: $4,939,000 / $5,018,000
Quarterback: $23,189,000 / $25,103,000
Running back: $11,866,000 / $11,322,000
Safety: $11,287,000 / $11,256,000
Tight end: $9,846,000 / $10,486,000
Wide receiver: $15,982,000 / $16,948,000

Free Agency: OverTheCap was used for free agency $ projections.
FS Earl Thomas 30 SEA 91.3 #3 S $12M APY - No brainer.
RG Mark Glowinski 27 IND 71.8 #14 G $10M APY - The RG behind one of the very best OL's in the game protecting Andrew Luck with excellent depth in Mike Person.
SAM/ER Preston Smith 26 WAS 79.4 #16 ED $9M APY - A real 6'5" 265 4.71 SAM who can cover some (Fred Warner 4.64), play through the strong side and provide actual edge rush who rarely has to come off the field.
WILL Jordan Hicks 26 PHI 72.6 #19 LB $7M APY - Veteran MIKE who moves to space at WILL to pair with Fred Warner and Preston Smith. Will learn both spots. 4.68 speed with coverage range.
BE Arik Armstead 25 SF 79.9 #16 ED $6M APY - AA is resigned to a 4-year $24M deal; down from $9M for 2019 alone.
LCB Rashaan Melvin 29 OAK 56.9 #92 CB $4M APY - Veteran CB depth who fits our prototype to compete with Witherspoon and Moore.
RG Mike Person 30 SF 75.5 #6 G $4M APY - Reward our own and Mike Person will help Mark Glowinski get up to speed and provide excellent depth.
XWR John Brown 28 BLT 68 #55 $4M APY - Kyle finds some speed depth behind Goodwin who can also play the slot.
Special Teams - PK Robbie Gould ($3.5M APY); P Bradley Pinion ($2.5M APY); RB Raheem Mostert($1.2M APY); WILL Elijah Lee ($1M APY) & SAM Mark Nzeocha ($800K APY) - Reward our own.

2018 Cap Spend - $88M
2019 Cap Spend - $65M
2019 Rookie Pool (5 picks) - $7.5M
2019 Remaining Cap - $30.5M
2019 Cap Rank - 4th

2019 Draft:
1/2 ER Brian Burns
2/36 LT Greg Little (developmental)
3/00 ZWR Bryan Edwards
4/00 WILL
6/00 MIKE

Offensive Personnel: --- 25
QB: Jimmy Garoppolo; Nick Mullens
RB: Jerick McKinnon; Matt Breida, Jeff Wilson & Raheem Mostert
FB: Kyle Juszczyk
TE: George Kittle; Ross Dwelley
XWR: Dante Pettis; Marquise Goodwin
SWR: Richie James; [John Brown]
ZWR: [Bryan Edwards]; Kendrick Bourne
LT: Joe Staley; [Greg Little]
LG: Laken Tomlinson; Joshua Garnett
C: Weston Richburg; Erik Magnuson
RG: [Mark Glowinski]; Mike Person
RT: Mike McGlinchey; Shon Coleman

Defensive Personnel: --- 25
BE: Arik Armstead; Kentavius Street
1T/3T: DeForest Buckner; D.J. Jones
3T/1T: Solomon Thomas; Sheldon Day
LEO/ER: [Brian Burns]; Ronald Blair
SAM/ER: [Preston Smith]; Mark Nzeocha
MIKE: Fred Warner; [5th Draft Pick]
WILL: [Jordan Hicks]; Elijah Lee & [4th Draft Pick]
RCB: Tarvarius Moore; Ahkello Witherspoon
SCB: D.J. Reed; K'Wuan Williams
LCB: Richard Sherman; [Rashaan Melvin]
FS: [Earl Thomas]; Adrian Colbert
SS: Marcell Harris; Jaquiski Tartt

Special Teams: --- 3
LS: Kyle Nelson
PK: Robbie Gould
P: Bradley Pinion
KOR: D.J. Reed & Richie James
PR: Dante Pettis; D.J. Reed
GR: Raheem Mostert & Tarvarious Moore

NC, is that the same Glowinski that was trash in Seattle and got waived? INDI is a power team. He sucked at zone in Seattle(if it's the same guy).

I just looked, and it is the same guy.

Originally posted by Heroism:

NC, is that the same Glowinski that was trash in Seattle and got waived? INDI is a power team. He sucked at zone in Seattle(if it's the same guy).

Yes, went from starter to 4th string in SEA. Does not appear to be a good fit here

Originally posted by Heroism:

NC, is that the same Glowinski that was trash in Seattle and got waived? INDI is a power team. He sucked at zone in Seattle(if it's the same guy).

I just looked, and it is the same guy.

They run mostly zone...see the Person thread.

Saffold is an interesting option

Didn't know where to put it but it certainly impacts team information....

What's up with 49erstweets.com? I know I can't be the only one who has that site on constant refresh to check the latest news links/tweets for us quickly. Site looks like it's offline which means I have to comb through twitter like a caveman :(