Focus on next season or try to compete for wild card?

Buchy · 2018-09-30T12:22:48-07:00

Just curious as to what everyone's thoughts are. I'm in the place that we focus on next season and spent this year developing our rookies and year two players so we see better development next season with Jimmy. I don't think Armstead, Ward, Garcon or Mitchell currently warrant taking snaps from other players and I would be in favour of trying to trade all of them for draft capital and looking to get a top pick so we can take one of the promising edge rushers coming out. I don't see us making a wild card push at all, unless CJ's really developed, but the defense is also all over the place in terms of blown assignments and playing guys out of position or those not offering much. Thoams should be starting at 5t instead of Armstead, Jones should be our main NT (f**k knows why we have Mitchell on the field in Nickel, he's played more snaps like that than Solly) and I think we should be rotating Day and Taylor in the mix as well. Armstead is not a good player, he's big and strong but he's slow and not reading the game well (and I used to defend him). Ward has fallen off a cliff in terms of play, and injury - yet another guy I defended in pre-season - and I would much rather see Moore and DJ Reed taking their learning lumps than waste more time with ward. Garcon has been pretty invisible this season so far with Jimmy and I would rather have Pettis taking those snaps and Richie James active. This is not a "we suck" post but rather what I think would offer us more next year on Jimmy's return - what do you think? Edit: I should say my concern on waiting until we are out of contention is that may be past the dread deadline and I also think the snaps are more valuable for the young players to have some form of pressure in that we "could" make a push.

Focus on next season and build for Jimmy's return

Let's go down swinging for the wild card

Wait until we're out of contention then play the rookies

Sep 30, 2018 at 12:44 PM

LenCat
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https://www.49erswebzone.com/forum/niners/191442-tanking/

Sep 30, 2018 at 12:46 PM

pelos21
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Compete until we're mathematically eliminated.

Sep 30, 2018 at 12:51 PM

Ashelbash
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We have to go for it. It might well be a case of going down swinging anyway but I hope we don't go down and losers and cowards.

Sep 30, 2018 at 12:58 PM

JaggedJ
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Don't we have enough 1st and 2nd year players without loading up on more just because?

Sep 30, 2018 at 1:10 PM

Ark49er
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Next season man. Don't want meaningless victories that can cause us just to miss the playoffs and possible be out of the top 6 or 7 draft positions. I also didn't want Jimmy playing at all last year for this very same reason because I knew he would be good enough to start the team to win. Of course I got excited when the wins started coming in row and didn't care where we would draft.

Sep 30, 2018 at 1:14 PM

dj43
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Originally posted by LenCat:
https://www.49erswebzone.com/forum/niners/191442-tanking/

It is a duplicate topic but cannot be moved because of the poll feature.

Sep 30, 2018 at 1:15 PM

Stud
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Wild Card with this defense? LOL.

Sep 30, 2018 at 1:20 PM

Buchy
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Originally posted by dj43:

Originally posted by LenCat:
https://www.49erswebzone.com/forum/niners/191442-tanking/

It is a duplicate topic but cannot be moved because of the poll feature.

Sorry, I didn't realise there was another poll - would only add I don't mean focusing on next season to be tanking - I mean it as getting our younger players vital experience and snaps so we see less mistakes next season when Jimmy returns.

Sep 30, 2018 at 1:36 PM

FaTaL
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Let's see how ugly it gets

Sep 30, 2018 at 2:13 PM

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tohara3
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We will compete, but we just don't have enough to get there I believe

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